I've spent some time in hospitals and I don't overestimate the <1% efficacy, but I'm still frustrated by the innumeracy of the discussion. There are biases in t

I've spent some time in hospitals and I don't overestimate the <1% efficacy, but I'm still frustrated by the innumeracy of the discussion. There are biases in the other direction: medical professionals who watch 100 people die for every 1 saved become desensitized to death and round that to zero. They're not economists, and they don't understand the statistical value of life implies it's worth spending $20,000 for just a 0.3% of survival.