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    Laurie Garrett‏Verified account @Laurie_Garrett 9 Feb 2021

    Laurie Garrett Retweeted NFID

    This is a point I have made over and over again, yet it is popularly still believed that a "95% efficacy" = a 95% reduction in spread of the virus. It means nothing of the kind. Under #COVID19 @FDA process, it means 95% less severe hospitalization & death in vax'ed individuals.https://twitter.com/NFIDvaccines/status/1359217379394392071 …

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    NFIDVerified account @NFIDvaccines
    A2: 95% efficacy means there was a 95% reduction in cases among vaccinated individuals in clinical trials. This differs from effectiveness which measures how well a vaccine works in the community outside of trials. #AskReuters pic.twitter.com/SPlChPByY0
    11:14 AM - 9 Feb 2021
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      1. p-brane‏ @BraneRunner 9 Feb 2021
        Replying to @Laurie_Garrett @FDA

        volunteers are not a random sample, statistically speaking

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      1. Katie Spain‏ @Katie_Spain01 9 Feb 2021
        Replying to @Laurie_Garrett @FDA

        Appreciate the clarification (as always)

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      1. SureJan‏ @surejandotgif 9 Feb 2021
        Replying to @Laurie_Garrett @FDA

        The health communication messaging to the public has been a mess on this (& many other aspects). These are complicated ideas and need to be better/more simply explained

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      1. Branko Milanovic‏ @BrankoMilan 9 Feb 2021
        Replying to @Laurie_Garrett @FDA

        What is often not clear if whether mild and asymptomatic cases are included or not, Sinovac had 3 diff. levels of efficacy in Brazil: 100% against deaths, 80+% against severe cases, but 50% against mild and asymptomatic.

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      2. sml‏ @sahoola 9 Feb 2021
        Replying to @Laurie_Garrett @FDA

        You say “less severe hospitalization & death;” NFID says “95% reduction in cases.” I understand a “case” as an individual who tests positive.

        1 reply 0 retweets 27 likes
      3. dishing pump‏ @slippyr4 9 Feb 2021
        Replying to @sahoola @Laurie_Garrett @FDA

        It’s this. If it were severe disease or mortality then Oxford/AZ efficacy would be way higher since there were no incidences of severe disease or death in the active subgroup in their P3 trials

        0 replies 0 retweets 17 likes
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      1. Arlene Shumaker‏ @BoatMateARS 9 Feb 2021
        Replying to @Laurie_Garrett @FDA

        Got my second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, but this is disappointing.

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      2. dishing pump‏ @slippyr4 9 Feb 2021
        Replying to @Laurie_Garrett @FDA

        @Laurie_Garrett are you sure that’s right? It’s reduction in incidence of infection- you are equating that to “severe hospitalisation and death”. The difference is significant and some vaccines may be better or worse at the latter than that headline efficacy.

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      3. Amanda Galiano, PharmD, BCPS‏ @AboutLittleRock 18 Feb 2021
        Replying to @slippyr4 @Laurie_Garrett @FDA

        Their primary endpoint was disease. They only swabbed those with symptoms. The endpoint was symptomatic COVID, not infections.

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      2. John Skylar, PhD‏ @JohnSkylar 9 Feb 2021
        Replying to @Laurie_Garrett @FDA

        The popular belief you state is wrong, but your correction is also wrong. The 95% number is efficacy against PCR-confirmed COVID-19 disease of any severity. Hospitalization and death not required; efficacy against those is reported separately.

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      3. Inkjet Connoiseur‏ @OttoKurect 9 Feb 2021
        Replying to @JohnSkylar @Laurie_Garrett @FDA

        I know the participants were required to report any symptoms, but it would have been very interesting for several hundred in placebo and vaccine group to have collected daily nose swabs. Might have caught a transient subclin case here or there for group comparison.

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