Oxford University vaccine shows 70% protection
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#2Duplicated with this one in the top?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25184331
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#4Note there is some confusion in the efficacy rates reported by the media.
https://twitter.com/covidvaxnews/status/1330783886830256128?...
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#5Obviously they'll be a bit disappointed with those numbers, but I think the article undersells how big a difference the ease of storage will make. It requires a fridge instead of specialist cold chain equipment.
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#6Correct me if I'm wrong but they ran 2 tests, and if you give someone a half a dose, wait a while then give a full dose, it's 90% effective?
So calling 70% is inaccurate?
ref: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-23/astrazeneca-oxford-co...
Re: Oxford University vaccine shows 70% protection
#7Correct me if I'm wrong but they ran 2 tests, and if you give someone a half a dose, wait a while then give a full dose, it's 90% effective? So calling 70% is inaccurate? ref: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-23/astrazeneca-oxford-co...
Yeah, this seems to be an average of 2 different dosing regimes, one of which was 90% effective.
Re: Oxford University vaccine shows 70% protection
#8Correct me if I'm wrong but they ran 2 tests, and if you give someone a half a dose, wait a while then give a full dose, it's 90% effective? So calling 70% is inaccurate? ref: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-23/astrazeneca-oxford-co...
From the article:
"There is also intriguing data that suggests perfecting the dose could increase protection up to 90%."
Re: Oxford University vaccine shows 70% protection
#9Correct me if I'm wrong but they ran 2 tests, and if you give someone a half a dose, wait a while then give a full dose, it's 90% effective? So calling 70% is inaccurate? ref: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-23/astrazeneca-oxford-co...
Yeah, this seems to be an average of 2 different dosing regimes, one of which was 90% effective.
Won't they have to do another trial for that effectiveness number to be official ? Otherwise the other manufacturers could have announced results earlier, due to having to wait for fewer infections.
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#10I really don’t get the point of averaging two different dose regimens when only one of the two will be used in practice. The real news here is 90% efficacy, plus it will get even easier to mass produce because it will only require a half dose the first time.