14/18 Also 95% effectiveness does *not* “understate” the effectiveness. In reality, real-life effectiveness is often lower than efficacy (which @DLeonhardt would have known if he’d read my @AHCJ piece to journalists on the nuances of vaccine effectiveness)https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2020/10/know-the-nuances-of-vaccine-efficacy-when-covering-covid-19-vaccine-trials/ …
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The question of what we do and don’t know about vaccine efficacy against transmission is a matter of immunology and virology and you have accused experts of *deliberately* withholding scientific information from the public on this.
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Incredibly damaging attacks on scientific matters. I’ll be honest. It’s disheartening to see from a fellow academic and leads experts to consider simply disengaging from public outreach at all.
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If we are talking about reporting on vaccines and how it contributes to vaccine hesitancy, as well as how journalists should responsibly cover this topic, I'd say that
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Vaccine hesitancy is a whole other level of science communication because there is so much trust involved. If you get it wrong and lose trust, you'll be trying to make it up for a long time.
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Actually, if we’re talking about health and science communication about vaccines, *I* am the expert. I actually do have a peer-reviewed paper on it, I’ve presented at conferences, I’ve given a half dozen keynotes to orgs like AAP, immunization action coalitions, and
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...an international audience that incl the former head of the US vaccine office. I’ve given Grand Rounds on it, I’ve written a chapter on vaccines in 1 book, I’ve written another book entirely on vaccines, & I’ve given presentations on vaccine communication to peers for 8 years.
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Except I’m not so sure that you are “super duper cautious.”
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