More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’

Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by cik2e on Monday January 10, 2022 @06:22PM (#29884524)

I've read that the pfizer study compared rates of positive test cases between the two groups.

BUT, the tests were administered based on self-reported symptoms which were then evaluated by a staff member to decide whether a test was warranted. This absolutely blew my mind.

This kind of avoidable subjective decision making should not be happening in a clinical trial. All participants should have been tested at regular intervals.

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Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by beerandt on Monday January 10, 2022 @06:32PM (#29884645)

Equally... that when they repeat it and get different numbers, the failed trial will be ignored in favor of the passing trial, without first invalidating the previous results[0], and without using any increased burden of proof.

Passed+Failed = "Passed!"

[0] There will be a reason given to ignore that first trial, it just likely won't be a good one.

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Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by tekknik on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @11:15AM (#29893362)

How does one not self-report symptoms? Some will be externally obvious but how does someone know someone else has chest pain, or a sore throat?

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