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Remdesivir superior to placebo in double-blind, randomized test (nejm.org)
4 points by remote_phone on May 23, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



The abstract mentions "hazard ratio for death, 0.70; 95% CI, 0.47 to 1.04." Should a confidence interval for a ratio metric be symmetric about the estimated value, or is that just a coincidence?


FTR, this is the NIAID study that prompted the emergency use authorization for remedisivir.




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