Oxford University breakthrough on global COVID-19 vaccine

Re:Oxford University breakthrough on global COVID-19 vaccine by bumby on Monday November 23, 2020 @09:55AM (#25187297)

Couldn’t the same be said in reverse? I.e., due to sampling error the reports could be amended to a 95% efficacy when more data comes in?

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Re:Oxford University breakthrough on global COVID-19 vaccine by twoslide on Monday November 23, 2020 @10:55AM (#25188052)

I don't think we know based on public information. Some media report "up to 90%" which suggests the upper bound of the confidence interval, rather than the centre. Could also be a very wide CI, that overlaps with the standard dosage.

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Re:Oxford University breakthrough on global COVID-19 vaccine by bumby on Monday November 23, 2020 @11:31AM (#25188471)

That's a fairer statement than the original which seemed biased towards only reporting the lower end of the interval without acknowledging the upper bound.

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