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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Mar 2021

      This is false, but it is understandable if one's mental model of immunity is like a "sea wall" that gets washed over by a tsunami wave—like the Fukushima plant—and if we don't consider how *statistical power* effects trials. My lengthy post on all that: https://zeynep.substack.com/p/vaccine-efficacy-statistical-power …pic.twitter.com/o7TlTfjci5

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Mar 2021

      It's all a bit geeky, but statistical power is a key concept for interpreting most any trial/experiment—including vaccine trials—plus the immune system isn't something straightforward like a sea wall whose height we are measuring with trials. It's one of the most complex topics!pic.twitter.com/Ci0yssbIey

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Mar 2021

      So we're doing ourselves a disservice with these—understandable and common—interpretations. A vaccine that's weaker at preventing mild symptomatic disease is not necessarily unable to prevent severe disease—which would be the case if it were like a sea wall that got washed over!pic.twitter.com/r8cL8oHFQa

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Mar 2021

      IMO we don't have sufficient statistical power to distinguish between the US vaccines for the rare outcomes—severe disease, hospitalizations. They all look VERY good! But timing of trials plus rarity of indicators makes precise differentiating between them lack statistical power.

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Mar 2021

      People are constantly asking me if they should avoid J&J. If thought so, I'd stick my neck out & say it. But no statistical power for that conclusion. Severe outcomes are too rare (yeay!) & can't say that for mild/disease variants either because only J&J tested against variants.

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Mar 2021

      Anyway, I still think there's *every* reason to take the first US vaccine offered. That's what I've been telling people close to me, and the lengthy, geeky, updated explanation on why is the top post, and the older version with the vaccine shanty is here:https://zeynep.substack.com/p/why-you-should-take-any-vaccine …

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    7. Dumbfounded by the dumb I’ve found‏ @dumbfinder_ 3 Mar 2021
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      Have already received Moderna but would desperately love an answer here. How are we defining non-severe disease?

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    8. Dumbfounded by the dumb I’ve found‏ @dumbfinder_ 3 Mar 2021
      Replying to @dumbfinder_ @zeynep

      I have a number of friends, for example, who have had what they describe as the worst illness of their lives ... but they didn't need to be hospitalized and certainly didn't die. Others are currently - still - experiencing dysosmia/anosmia. Are these likely non-severe outcomes?

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Mar 2021
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      They are all much much much less likely after vaccination. The vaccines are great at preventing an astonishing amount of *any* disease with any symptoms. And breakthrough disease among the vaccinated also appears weaker.

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        2. Dumbfounded by the dumb I’ve found‏ @dumbfinder_ 3 Mar 2021
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          Really appreciate it. That and issues pertaining to young kids (still hearing early ‘22 from friends at STAT and IEEE) just consume me.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Mar 2021
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          I think we'll get a vaccine for kids 12-16 this year.

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