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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by gizmondo on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @07:21PM (#28532871)
I happened to read it already.

Are you willing to bet that the tweaked Moderna vaccine (the trials of it was announced, right?) shows worse efficacy than the original? Odds 51:49 in your favor, null hypothesis of the same efficacy is a tie. That's generous I think, if nobody knows.

If not - why not?

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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by Zpalmtree on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @03:43AM (#28536374)
Are you arguing we should just assume the new changes are good and roll them out without testing?
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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by gizmondo on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @05:01AM (#28536843)
Yes, without large scale randomized efficacy trials. That's what we do with the flu.
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