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If my net worth is 1 cent, and I pick up 37 cents on the street, I’ve increased my net worth over 37-fold. But I’m still worth only 38 cents. Maybe I can buy a
by massysett 5y ago
If my net worth is 1 cent, and I pick up 37 cents on the street, I’ve increased my net worth over 37-fold.
But I’m still worth only 38 cents. Maybe I can buy a gumball. Maybe.
37-fold is meaningless. Unfortunately this press release doesn’t have anything more useful either.
- throwawayfear 5y ago
- cracell 5y ago"Salesman says product he's selling is great!"
- simonh 5y agoCompared to not having the booster (but being previously vaccinated). >37-fold compared to pre-boost levels It's there in the first paragraph. Why are you doing this?
- funcDropShadow 5y agoNeutralising antibody levels are not in a linear correlation with protection from Covid infection or prevention of a severe illness. Lot's of biological measurements have to be interpreted on a log scale. I.e. it is not obvious how much difference that makes. But it definitely improves protection.
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- xboxnolifes 5y agoGP didn't ask "compared to what". They said that showing an increase is not relevant without knowing the base value amount (or final value amount). Or hell, what the implications of the increase are in meaningful terms. Is this more than expected from a booster? Less? About the same? I get this is a report to investors so I'm not the target audience, but unless the reader is familiar with the field, it's just "big number increase good".
- randomopining 5y agoIt's the only solid metric they can report on quantitatively. What else could they report on? There's no way to measure T/B-cell immunity. Plus you can understand that if 2 shots give a low immunity level of like 30%, the increase is substantial which would put 3 shots easily above 50% which is solid.