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This got flagged yesterday and I was pretty disappointed by that. The single post said it was FUD and linked a different study, which was on sperm, not eggs. An
by jbritton 1y ago
This got flagged yesterday and I was pretty disappointed by that. The single post said it was FUD and linked a different study, which was on sperm, not eggs. And this study on rats is about a publication in the journal of virology, which I assume raises it above the level of FUD.
- EA-3167 1y agoIt may not be FUD, but it's a really minor result from an absolutely tiny (n=10) study in rats, out of a fairly minor Turkish university. At the very least I would add, "In a small number of rats in a single study" to the title, given the associated politics around vaccination these days, and the reality of how few people read beyond headlines.
- derbOac 1y agoThere's also the omitted relevant comparison, which is live SARS-CoV-2 virus exposure with no vaccine.
- gus_massa 1y agoI agree, just three minor comments: * It's 3x10 rats, there are 3 groups (placebo, Pfizer, Sinovac) with 10 rats in each of them. * From the research article (with minor edits for space): Parameter Control G. mRNA V. G. Inactivated V. G. p ---------- ----------- ----------- ------------------ ----- Primordial 106.70±5.33 42.40±4.96 70.10±12.04 0.001 Whatever it means, it's an interesting difference. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folliculogenesis#Phases_of_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folliculogenesis#Phases_of_dev... it doesn't look like a short time problem. But the T.A. in my physics lab class would have yelled at me for hours for using too many decimals. * > "In a small number of rats in a single study" HN should add that automatically to the title of all submissions, and then dang/tomhow just remove the few cases where that dos not apply. I'm not sure if I must add a :) or a :( at the end of the sentence.