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Remember when the message they were safe and proven to prevent you from getting COVID?

• ben_w 4y ago
  No, I remember the scientists being “it’s amazing, we managed 90% effectiveness at preventing infections, and we would still have gone forward with this if it had only been 50%”.
  • nradov 4y ago
    Which scientists stated that? The vaccine clinical trials only measured rates of severe symptoms and death, and they did well at reducing those. But the initial trials didn't even look at infection rates as an endpoint.
    • ben_w 4y ago
      Professor Jennifer Rogers. Here's the transcript of the podcast I listened to: https://www.numberphile.com/s/Statistics-and-Saving-Lives-with-Jennifer-Rogers.pdf https://www.numberphile.com/s/Statistics-and-Saving-Lives-wi... Though I had misremembered, it was 95% effective and they would've been happy with 30% (the 50% was a slightly different claim right next to 30%).