There's this really poxy morning show on Channel 10, called "9am with David and Kim" - and it's every bit as boring as the name suggests. David Reyne is not a smart man. This conversation took place during an interview with a doctor, regarding clinical trials that go wrong:
David Reyne: Some of these guys were given a placebo.
Dr. David Ritchie: Correct
David Reyne: I don’t really understand what a placebo is, but it seems to have, to have saved them! And wouldn’t it make sense that every time a trial like this takes place, that there’s a placebo on hand?
Dr. David Ritchie: A placebo is just an inactive agent! So it’s a...
Kim Watkins: It’s a pretend drug.
Dr. David Ritchie: It’s a pretend drug – it could be sterile saline for example with no active agent in it.
David Reyne: I was thinking it was a cure of some sort.
Dr. David Ritchie: No.
Here's the video.
David Reyne: Some of these guys were given a placebo.
Dr. David Ritchie: Correct
David Reyne: I don’t really understand what a placebo is, but it seems to have, to have saved them! And wouldn’t it make sense that every time a trial like this takes place, that there’s a placebo on hand?
Dr. David Ritchie: A placebo is just an inactive agent! So it’s a...
Kim Watkins: It’s a pretend drug.
Dr. David Ritchie: It’s a pretend drug – it could be sterile saline for example with no active agent in it.
David Reyne: I was thinking it was a cure of some sort.
Dr. David Ritchie: No.
Here's the video.
6 Comments:
wow... channel 7 doesn't look so bad. did you know that "aussie ron" has a website? and he sings!!!
I read that three times and each time it said "It's a pretend dog."
THREE TIMES!
I finally got it. But for ten minutes I was like "What the fuck?!"
Jesus.
Thank God! I was beginning to think the U.S. had cornered the market on stupid people.
oh no, we have lots of stupid people. we make them all live in Western Australia. but i think maybe they're all entering your Green Card Lottery?
I love David Reyne, & I reckon he was just being sarcastic!
that's an interesting point of view. i personally think he didn't know what the word placebo meant. we may have to agree to disagree, bronwyn!
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