Personal experiences or anecdotes (stories) are an unreliable basis for assessing the effects of most treatments

Personal experiences or anecdotes (stories) are an unreliable basis for assessing the effects of most treatments – Evidently Cochrane

Commentary on Twitter

‘It ain’t so much the things we don’t know that get us into trouble. It’s the things we know that just ain’t so.’ – Anon. https://t.co/8vyoayvyZ7 In this @CochraneUK blog, @elainefin4 of @iHealthFacts1 explains why personal experiences, or anecdotes, are unreliable evidence. pic.twitter.com/PqHrnGPvSM

— Students4BE (@Students4BE) September 27, 2020