Peter Doshi: Pfizer and Moderna’s “95% effective” vaccines—let’s be cautious and first see the full data

Source Link: https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/11/26/peter-doshi-pfizer-and-modernas-95-effective-vaccines-lets-be-cautious-and-first-see-the-full-data/ Excerpt:  November 26, 2020 Only full transparency and rigorous scrutiny of the data will allow for informed decision making, argues Peter Doshi In the United States, all eyes are on Pfizer and Moderna. The topline efficacy results from their experimental covid-19 vaccine trials are astounding at first glance. Pfizer says it recorded ... Read more

ABSOLUTE (effectiveness) vs RELATIVE (efficacy) RISK REDUCTION in Research Reporting Bias

Doctors and the public are being told that these injections are “95% effective” but that is the intentional misrepresentation of 1) a STATISTICAL FINDING as if it were 2) REAL-WORLD PROTECTION Doctors and the general public are being told that these injections are “95% effective” but that is the intentional misrepresentation of 1) a statistical … Read more

Bottom Line: The Vaccine Trials Are Rigged – “Effective” Doesn’t Mean What We Think

When we hear a vaccine is effective, what do we think? We think it’ll protect us from catching something, right? Or it’ll prevent us from getting really sick, right? Bottom Line: These trials were NEVER designed to determine that. That’s a BOMBSHELL, in our book. Clipped from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_zty-P-iV0 95% Effective! Woo-Hoo!!! But wait… effective at what??? … Read more

How Effective Is The COVID-19 Vaccine?

“New details from the #Covid19 trials have revealed troubling details in the clinical trial design. This new revelation calls into question the real efficacy of the Covid vaccine.”  Credit to Del Bigtree and The Highwire: https://thehighwire.com/videos/how-effective-is-the-covid-19-vaccine/

“Effective”… You Keep Using That Word (For Covid Shots)…

Yeah, a Princess Bride reference. We’re told “95% effective,” and of course we get excited. We’re meant to get excited. Spoiler: It’s misleading. We expect that “effective” means it’ll protect us from serious illness or death, or at least stop transmission (slow the spread). Nope, not so much. Peter Doshi finds, as those of us … Read more