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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. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Apr 6

      Health Nerd Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      The claim that vaccines are 100% effective against severe disease is becoming less and less uncertain as time goes on Fabulous newshttps://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1379064102824316929 …

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      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      More good news. Pfizer has the six month update. *Zero* hospitalizations among the vaccinated vs. 32 among the placebo group (n=46,307). Also real life data from South Africa, where B.1.351 is dominant: zero cases of COVID among the vaccinated vs. nine in the placebo (n=800). pic.twitter.com/2mLOh4LlRN
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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Apr 6

      Previously, the confidence interval for protection against severe disease for Pfizer ran from 0% all the way up to 100% Now it goes from 88%-100%

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Apr 6

      Health Nerd Retweeted Natalie E. Dean, PhD

      As the fab @nataliexdean points out, it is unlikely that the efficacy is truly 100%, but the likelihood that vaccines are protective of ~most~ severe disease is what I was trying to get athttps://twitter.com/nataliexdean/status/1379590938897608704?s=20 …

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      Natalie E. Dean, PhDVerified account @nataliexdean
      Replying to @GidMK
      I get the spirit of this tweet, but the statistician in me feels compelled to point out that nothing is 100%. With millions vaccinated, inevitably there are (and have been already) some breakthrough hospitalizations. Instead, I like to say that efficacy is very very high!
      5:27 PM - 6 Apr 2021
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      • Ana Carolina Peçanha Antonio Tom Avril SandyM Mathematiker plädiert für Ruhe und Rationalität Proud European from Austria🇪🇺🇦🇹 🌏 Aleksey Venditore di papaye fresche JP Jóhanna Jakobsdóttir, PhD
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        1. Trot Stats‏ @TrotStats Apr 6
          Replying to @GidMK @nataliexdean

          Trot Stats Retweeted Detroit Free Press

          And here is some evidence of this, it is obviously something less than 100%!https://twitter.com/freep/status/1379433473140617220?s=19 …

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          Detroit Free PressVerified account @freep
          BREAKING: 246 fully vaccinated Michiganders got COVID-19, 3 died, state reports https://bit.ly/3upmA7Q 
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        1.  🗿לא הבנתי‏ @Hopozitzia Apr 6
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           🗿לא הבנתי Retweeted Yuval Harpaz

          Based on the real world data in Israel it's around 97.5% for Pfizer - which is still excellenthttps://twitter.com/yuvharpaz/status/1378601245678653441?s=19 …

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          Yuval Harpaz @yuvharpaz
          A table with data for computing vaccine effectiveness for over 60 y/o severe cases. The total age population is in the formula (1,509,457), taken from the dashboard. You can change time lag, update population size etc if you wish. links to sources> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1azlgnjwQnX-PO-NECJ6XMsMgknPxlj9l/view?usp=sharing … https://twitter.com/yuvharpaz/status/1378467004949086209 …
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        1. Monica Thallinger MD PhD‏ @MThallinger Apr 7
          Replying to @GidMK @nataliexdean

          I’m only n=1 but I can for sure say Pfizer protected me from P1 In Manaus and now whatever mutant is bugging around here in Jemen!

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