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Re:CureVac fails in pivotal Covid-19 vaccine trial with 47% ... by nyokodo on Thursday June 17, 2021 @03:44AM (#27537103)
> But when looking at who got Covid, the numbers are tiny.

True, of a sample size of 40,000 a small number got COVID. Thankfully it is big enough as the efficacy numbers have proven very accurate in real world measurements.

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Re:CureVac fails in pivotal Covid-19 vaccine trial with 47% ... by spadez on Thursday June 17, 2021 @04:06AM (#27537233)
> Thankfully it is big enough as the efficacy numbers have proven very accurate in real world measurements.

But are you considering the fact that breakthrough infections are counted using comparitively low CT values in RT-PCR tests?

Do we know how it will affect the positive rates of the test?

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