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Cochrane is kind of weird, though it probably is how frequentest science is supposed to work, where the null hypothesis is the default. If you actually followed their advice you would get vaccinated for hepatitis A every two years, because the protection lasting any longer is "unsupported by high quality sources".
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I don't remember hearing anything about Cochrane in mainstream news until they put out an unfavorable review on the effectiveness of mask usage during covid 19.
[EBM analysis] "Adapt or die: how the pandemic made the shift from EBM to EBM+ more urgent" https://ebm.bmj.com/content/27/5/253 "Evidence-based medicine (EBM’s) traditional methods, especially randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses, along with risk-of-bias tools and checklists, have contributed significantly to the science of COVID-19. But these methods and tools were designed primarily to answer simp…
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What's the difference in pay between a "full doctor" as you put it consultant (UK) or attending (US)? UK a consultant earns £100k pretax and pays approximately 30% net tax rate and 60% marginal rate. What about US? Apparently family medicine in the US brings in 130% more than the equivalent in the UK (GP which makes up half of all UK doctors). https://revisingrubies.com/us-vs-uk-doctors-salary/ That's truly astoundin…
The highest marginal tax rate in the UK is 45% [1] and you only pay that on income above 125 140 GBP. Where did your 60% come from? [1] https://www.gov.uk/income-tax-rates
The net effect is an effective tax rate much higher than the nominal rate.
You lose other benefits to but they aren't factored in as depend on if you have kids or not etc.