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Remember when the COVID vaccines were in trials and the news were all reporting that they were "80-90+%" effective on the then-current strains? Why, then, do I

Remember when the COVID vaccines were in trials and the news were all reporting that they were "80-90+%" effective on the then-current strains? Why, then, do I keep seeing arguments from people about the vaccines not being perfectly effective?

judahmeek 5y ago
No, I don't remember that. Can you link to an archived news article saying this?
- mcguire 5y ago
  "In another promising medical development, the biotechnology company Moderna has announced its COVID-19 vaccine could be up to 94.5% effective. The news comes a week after Pfizer announced its vaccine could be up to 90% effective based on a similar, early analysis from its Phase 3 trial." (https://abcnews.go.com/Health/moderna-announces-initial-phase-data-showing-covid-19/story?id=74227175 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/moderna-announces-initial-phas...) "And then there were three. U.K. pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, along with its partners at Oxford University, became on Monday the third team to announce positive late stage trial results for a COVID-19 vaccine. The "AZD1222" vaccine was "highly effective'' in preventing disease, with up to 90% efficacy in patients receiving one of the dose regimens used in trials, AstraZeneca announced." (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-oxford-astrazenca-90-percent-effective-trial/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-oxford-astrazenca...) PFIZER: COVID VACCINE OVER 90% EFFECTIVE IN EARLY DATA [video] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG8U3OWSV4o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG8U3OWSV4o) ABC, CBS, NBC.
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    Note the 'could'. Which of course everybody skips.
    - glenneroo 5y ago
      According to this (scroll down to panel #5 about Vaccines): https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/covid-19-coronavirus-infographic-datapack/ https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/covid-19-c... Last updated July 2021 but the data from multiple studies for multiple strains seems to support the initial claims.

judahmeek 5y ago

No, I don't remember that. Can you link to an archived news article saying this?

mcguire 5y ago
"In another promising medical development, the biotechnology company Moderna has announced its COVID-19 vaccine could be up to 94.5% effective. The news comes a week after Pfizer announced its vaccine could be up to 90% effective based on a similar, early analysis from its Phase 3 trial." (https://abcnews.go.com/Health/moderna-announces-initial-phase-data-showing-covid-19/story?id=74227175 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/moderna-announces-initial-phas...) "And then there were three. U.K. pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, along with its partners at Oxford University, became on Monday the third team to announce positive late stage trial results for a COVID-19 vaccine. The "AZD1222" vaccine was "highly effective'' in preventing disease, with up to 90% efficacy in patients receiving one of the dose regimens used in trials, AstraZeneca announced." (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-oxford-astrazenca-90-percent-effective-trial/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-oxford-astrazenca...) PFIZER: COVID VACCINE OVER 90% EFFECTIVE IN EARLY DATA [video] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG8U3OWSV4o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG8U3OWSV4o) ABC, CBS, NBC.
- jacquesm 5y ago
  Note the 'could'. Which of course everybody skips.
  - glenneroo 5y ago
    According to this (scroll down to panel #5 about Vaccines): https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/covid-19-coronavirus-infographic-datapack/ https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/covid-19-c... Last updated July 2021 but the data from multiple studies for multiple strains seems to support the initial claims.