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> The head at Karolinska said that they used Chloroquine becuase everyone else did.

Really troubling if that’s the only metric they go by to decide whether to administer a particular treatment or not!

This is pretty common in medicine. Consensus weighs heavier than actual evidence unfortunately.

I didn't know that. I could see that trend in the U.S., given how litigious people can be about medical treatments and alledged malpractice by everyone following consensus before research one can defend a treatment by saying it is current best practice, everyone does it after all.

Do you think something like that happens?

I haven’t considered that angle but I think it comes down to human nature mostly. Trust in authorities seem to be our default mode of operation, and critical thinking is not something that’s taught in med school or valued in hospitals. Doctors are mostly not scientists. Ask your doctor to read a study and they might read the abstract. Most have no ability to evaluate the quality of a study

I had no idea...

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