The Placebo Factor
4 min readMay 19, 2020
Even a fake pill can help or cure half of people’s symptoms
Fake medicine and quackery have been around for centuries. However, the recent admission by Donal Trump that he has in fact been taking Hydroxychloroquine to prevent Covid-19 infection, has renewed public interest in how drugs are tested and deemed to be effective for treating something. This post is not to debate this medication’s use for coronavirus, the President’s…
