I've been following this debate. My first question is was it a blind or double blind study?

If they deliberately gave the drugs to those more seriously ill it was not a blind study, and you could expect a higher mortality rate among those more seriously ill.

Since the drug was given to veterans at VA hospitals you can also assume that the ages might be skewed to older and we know mortality is higher among older.

There are so many details missing from this report I can't even imagine how it can be considered as meaningful except to those who are against the drug's use.

Why do so many want this drug to fail?