For the next pandemic, I suggest that everyone, the general public, politicians, journalists and scientists get a crash course in probability, statistics and experimental design at the start. It might not save that many lives, but it would at least elevate the debate.
This is the super important Oxford paper on vaccine efficacy against Delta & waning that came out last week.
I'm definitely feeling the "finalfinalcombinedve20210816.pdf" document title which accurately describes my academic life! :-)
link to paper here
https://t.co/Rbw24KCMp6
There is a lot of concern/confusion about vaccine effectiveness against the delta variant. How effective are the vaccines against Delta & how to interpret real-world observational data? So much misinformation is being circulated, so this thread brings key data together. 🧵(1/n)
Note: all graphs (and more!) are automatically updated and posted online for later review and easy sharing at the following site: https://t.co/YkMcH3aFyA
Nice tool on vaccine effectiveness: "Media figures often make statements like, ``Half of the people hospitalized for COVID were vaccinated,'' which can mislead us about vaccine effectiveness if we don't know the underlying vaccination rate" Please try it
https://t.co/3HOJNEyH0t
PHO Report on Vaccinated "breakthrough cases" - obviously time lags but still good data
Spoiler: Vaccines work
Fully vaccinated adults make up 0.2% of hosp, 0.2% of ICU, and 0.3% of deaths from symptomatic COVID-19
This is a disease of the unvaccinated
https://t.co/ooUda56npj
“These are real children who were loved and who would have been held by so many, and whose little spirits have been locked into some big dirty secret that we can no longer hide or deny.” https://t.co/LICgfRMSou
1/ Apologies for not posting this sooner. I've been tied up juggling multiple jobs (Bellevue + media + congressional testimony + other), but I think it's important to get this out there now. I could have last night, but...
People of British Columbia! Please do not go out to parties and BBQs and other large gatherings! The COVID is still out there! It’s more fun to hang out alone and smoke weed and watch movies and TV shows anyway! Do that instead! Thank you!
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