Originally Posted by
drk
How it applies.
You never will know what benefit any single one individual that you treat will have benefitted. You don't have a control.
The only benefit seen is in population studies. One population with the treatment, one without.
Now, try explaining that to mom.
"Hey mom. Put these drops in your kid's eyes for xxx years. It will reduce their statistical risk of average myopia progression."
"Hey dad. Put your kid in these (expensive) MF SCLs (with crap for optics, BTW). It will reduce their statistical risk of average myopia progression."
Etc.
What will be told them (and I've already seen it, brother) is: "Your kid has myopia. We need to stop it from progressing with orthokeratology lenses." Uh, it doesn't work like that.
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