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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Dr Vyom Sharma (ethnic mum)‏ @drvyom 10 Nov 2020

      Dr Vyom Sharma (ethnic mum) Retweeted Health Nerd

      important piece re: pfizer vaccine.https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1326304265304903680 …

      Dr Vyom Sharma (ethnic mum) added,

      Health NerdVerified account @GidMK
      An interim analysis showed 90% efficacy for a COVID-19 vaccine I wrote about what that means for all of us ping @MackayIM @TheSciBabe https://coronavirus.medium.com/an-epidemiologist-on-what-to-expect-from-a-covid-19-vaccine-c727f4bf32dc …
      3 replies 5 retweets 26 likes
    2. Hilda Bastian, PhD‏ @hildabast 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @drvyom

      @gidmk Too many things to correct, but a few things: the trial isn't at less half recruited - it might even be fully recruited. Original interim events wasn't 64: they were 32, 62, 92, 120. 94 infections weren't across the study - only Covid-free people 7 days after 2nd shot..1/2pic.twitter.com/MNykMegaix

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    3. Hilda Bastian, PhD‏ @hildabast 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @hildabast @drvyom @GidMK

      ...Can't spend more time on this, but these problems are common across reports of this news. (My own take : https://www.wired.com/story/the-latest-covid-vaccine-results-deciphered/ … )

      1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes
    4. Hilda Bastian, PhD‏ @hildabast 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @hildabast @drvyom @GidMK

      ...oops - Muphry's law strikes again! "Covid-free" above meant, Covid-free when the trial started. Since I'm back, seems to imply it's not clear what the endpoint is, which is weird, because it's very clear in the protocol. Collection on this vaccine: https://www.zotero.org/groups/2528572/covid-19_vaccine_results/tags/BNT162%20BioNTech-Pfizer/library …

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @hildabast @drvyom

      Yes but the press release wasn't very clear about which endpoint they were reporting against. We've all assumed they've followed the protocol, but the companies have not really clarified that. I did say it's probably this endpoint, but I'd really like to know for sure!

      5:34 PM - 10 Nov 2020
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        2. Hilda Bastian, PhD‏ @hildabast 10 Nov 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @drvyom

          You can't be serious - you're suggesting that they might have done & reported a different interim analysis to that specified in the protocol?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 10 Nov 2020
          Replying to @hildabast @drvyom

          I'm not saying that it's likely, I'm saying it's very frustrating that they didn't clarify in the press release

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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