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I believe it is 95% effective at getting the disease with symptoms. I understand they never tested people who had no symptoms in their trials.
by cm2187 5y ago
I believe it is 95% effective at getting the disease with symptoms. I understand they never tested people who had no symptoms in their trials.
- dataflow 5y agoOh interesting. Would you have a link on this?
- cm2187 5y agoThat's what I have seen mentioned repeatedly on HN. Some of the comments link to articles and studies, but not being a doctor myself, I have not verified them https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=false&query=pfizer%20symptoms&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=fal...
- dataflow 5y agoOk thanks. Btw, I think my comment is actually correct with that definition, given how having the disease (COVID-19) implies having symptoms. IIRC that's precisely when they say you have SARS-CoV-2 (the virus, which you'd be an asymptomatic carrier of), but not COVID-19 (the disease).