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Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by dangus on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:16AM (#25113408)
Why not just use the actual data and not anecdata at all?

And also, the extremes are important because statistically more people hit those extremes than with other respiratory viruses. There are states reporting nearly full ICUs right now. There are states (re)opening field hospitals.

The whole reason for lockdowns and restrictions isn’t to prevent a huge amount of deaths. Most people don’t die from Covid. The whole point is to keep our hospital system above water.

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Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by rwcarlsen on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:17AM (#25113420)
Why was the most upvoted comment before mine anecdata? Obviously people find anecdata relevant or it wouldn't be so upvoted.
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Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by dangus on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:19AM (#25113449)
Why are you worried about who is upvoted?
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Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by rwcarlsen on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:22AM (#25113476)
I'm not - I just wanted to try to provide a more balanced view after the fashion that the community seems to be interested in.
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