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cord-315457-w1nx9g91	Siedner, Mark J	Desperate times call for temperate measures: practicing infectious diseases during a novel pandemic	2020-04-21		.txt	text/plain	1025	63	66	authors: Siedner, Mark J; Gandhi, Rajesh T; Kim, Arthur Y Of the thousands of peer-reviewed articles indexed in Pubmed, exactly one has reported the results of a randomized controlled trial; a single-centered study with approximately 200 COVID-19 infected individuals, investigating a drug developed for another virus, and resulting in a null finding. And although we agree with ethical obligations that compel medical researchers to make their data publicly available so it can inform the epidemic response, we also remain acutely aware that there has been a corresponding pandemic of COVID-19 misinformation. In the coming months, there will be results from well-designed and peer-reviewed trials that we hope will reveal therapeutic options for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19. In the meantime, we will be asked countless times to help decide which ones are which, often by trusted colleagues in search of a miracle for patients in extremis.	./cache/cord-315457-w1nx9g91.txt	./txt/cord-315457-w1nx9g91.txt