I think some adjustment is appropriate to account for the fact that people in the US are generally systematically different from people in (say) Uganda in a huge range of ways which might lead to significant variation in the quality of existing care, or the nature of their problems and their susceptibility to treatment. As a general matter I’m not necessarily surprised if SM can relatively easily achieve results that would be exceptional or impossible among very different demographics.
That said, I don’t think these kinds of considerations explain a 95% cure rate, I agree that sounds extreme and intuitively implausible.
I think some adjustment is appropriate to account for the fact that people in the US are generally systematically different from people in (say) Uganda in a huge range of ways which might lead to significant variation in the quality of existing care, or the nature of their problems and their susceptibility to treatment. As a general matter I’m not necessarily surprised if SM can relatively easily achieve results that would be exceptional or impossible among very different demographics.
That said, I don’t think these kinds of considerations explain a 95% cure rate, I agree that sounds extreme and intuitively implausible.