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Open thread Jan. 22, 2021

Dan Crawford | January 22, 2021 9:00 am

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  • Denis Drew says:
    January 22, 2021 at 12:00 pm

    Data to ponder: 5% of patients in the 95% immunized group experience on (zero) deaths from infections.

    All important question about the efficacy of one dose: how many people in the 50% immunized group (one dose) who get infected will get very sick or die? If only half as many as non-immunized: that leads to one policy. If only one-twentieth as many severe illnesses and/or deaths than unvaccinated: that leads to a very different policy of distribution — not getting severely ill and not dying being the policy equivalent of not getting infected at all.

    • run75441 says:
      January 22, 2021 at 2:03 pm

      History will let us know.

  • Joel says:
    January 22, 2021 at 2:49 pm

    @Denis,

    That’s why we do clinical trials instead of relying on pundits and speculation.

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