“if it helps those who would have lived regardless”
BUT if they would have lived regardless then you are assuming the triple formula of Dr Zelenko in your own imaginary example study did not help them and you cannot assume that.
Under “strengths and weaknesses of the study” is the following-
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE STUDY
“Treatment with the triple therapy resulted in a numerically lower rate of all-cause deaths. In the absence of clinical details about the untreated patient group, the lower rate of all-cause death in the treated group was not statistically significant. However, the patients in the treated group were all positively risk-stratified while the risk of the untreated group was obviously lower as this group included highand low-risk patients.”
So, IN THE ABSENCE OF CLINICAL DETAILS ABOUT THE UNTREATED PATIENT GROUP, the lower rate of all-cause death in the treated group was not statistically significant.
That is the only thing, no comparison. Plus all white people in the triple formula treated group.
The triple therapy is a better choice than nothing.