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Pfizer’s Covid-19 Pill is 89% Effective in Phase 2/3 Study

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Post by xboxnolifes »

beaned wrote: post #8

The vaccines were also lauded as 100% effective in the early days by Fauci and others, so just a reminder that time and reproducibility matter before being too confident about it.

I don't recall a single instance of 100% efficacy claim. It was around 92-97%.

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Post by jmarbach »

xboxnolifes wrote: post #11
beaned wrote: post #8

The vaccines were also lauded as 100% effective in the early days by Fauci and others, so just a reminder that time and reproducibility matter before being too confident about it.

I don't recall a single instance of 100% efficacy claim. It was around 92-97%.

You are arguing over semantics. In reality, the Pfizer vax has proven to be less than 10% effective at stopping a future infection.

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Post by jjulius »

jmarbach wrote: post #12
xboxnolifes wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't recall a single instance of 100% efficacy claim. It was around 92-97%.

You are arguing over semantics. In reality, the Pfizer vax has proven to be less than 10% effective at stopping a future infection.

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Post by jmarbach »

jjulius wrote: post #13
jmarbach wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are arguing over semantics. In reality, the Pfizer vax has proven to be less than 10% effective at stopping a future infection.

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You are completely wrong -- totally warped by the narrative.

Look at the Pfizer press release, Nov 9, 2020 - the first sentence:

"Vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants without evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis"

https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-deta...

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Post by kadoban »

jmarbach wrote: post #12
xboxnolifes wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't recall a single instance of 100% efficacy claim. It was around 92-97%.

You are arguing over semantics. In reality, the Pfizer vax has proven to be less than 10% effective at stopping a future infection.

That sounds low. Where did you get your numbers?

Re: Pfizer’s Covid-19 Pill is 89% Effective in Phase 2/3 Study

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Post by jmarbach »

kadoban wrote: post #15
jmarbach wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are arguing over semantics. In reality, the Pfizer vax has proven to be less than 10% effective at stopping a future infection.

That sounds low. Where did you get your numbers?

No post body was provided.

Re: Pfizer’s Covid-19 Pill is 89% Effective in Phase 2/3 Study

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Post by heyitsguay »

jmarbach wrote: post #14
jjulius wrote: post #13

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You are completely wrong -- totally warped by the narrative. Look at the Pfizer press release, Nov 9, 2020 - the first sentence: "Vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants without evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis" https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-deta...

For the variants at the time. The spread of the delta and omicron variants was tracked so closely and garnered so much attention in large part due to their abilities to at least partially evade vaccine-induced immunity, but this was always a known risk. The larger the infected population, the more chances for such an event to occur, hence the importance of measures like vaccinations, social distancing, and lockdowns to curb the spread.

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Post by jjulius »

jmarbach wrote: post #14
jjulius wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Quoted post unavailable.

You are completely wrong -- totally warped by the narrative. Look at the Pfizer press release, Nov 9, 2020 - the first sentence: "Vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants without evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis" https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-deta...

First, as another user pointed out, for the variants of the time. Second, "completely" is a strong word there; your link, and the part you quoted, still clarifies that it's possible to get infected.

Edit: You are also misreading what you're quoting[1].

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29619347

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