Fuming. I supported a US trial of AstraZeneca so it could undo the *unnecessary* damage to vaccine confidence from their botched initial rollout. Yesterday, I was cautious because, again, press release, no data. Turns out AZ is botching this rollout, too.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1374060809144438785 …
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The short of it is the AZ final trial results look fine, but for some unfathomable reason, they did a press release on *earlier* results instead of waiting 48 hours to release latest ones (which may have a few more negative events, but are still great).https://www.statnews.com/2021/03/23/astrazeneca-may-have-used-outdated-information-in-announcing-covid19-vaccine-results/ …
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Yes, exactly this. There will likely be no accountability for a series of terrible and completely unavoidable actions. Next time we blame people for falling for misinformation, remember the role they played in contributing to this environment of mistrust. https://twitter.com/mathnegative/status/1374351913341231111 …
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Can't describe how angry I think we should be at AstraZeneca right now. I hope for an investigation on the whole thing from start, including what if any role/involvement Oxford had on the botched side of things. The vaccine is fine! People in charge need to face accountability.
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Yes. In my view, US institutions have generally been doing an excellent job with the vaccine trials. Credit/recognition where due.https://twitter.com/atlantictriangl/status/1374359120472649729 …
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The tragedy is this all could have been avoided if AstraZeneca waited 48 hours and released a paper along with their press release, and had not called essentially outdated results "interim" (they had newer results at hand!). Repeated unnecessary missteps damaging a good vaccine!
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This is how I feel. If it were available to me/my loved ones, I would not hesitate. The AZ vaccine itself is already delivering excellent results. But vaccination requires building confidence, not just good vaccines, and process matters. See Europe, too.https://twitter.com/ashishkjha/status/1374351260191649794 …
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I honestly do NOT think there's anything else wrong! The US Data and Safety Monitoring Board has the (more final) results, and it really doesn't look like there is anything wrong besides AZ's repeated errors in the public-facing handling of a good vaccine.https://twitter.com/pvancleaf/status/1374390973812252674 …
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If you’re so confident in the vaccine why are you blaming them for paper work instead of focusing your anger on the government that can’t see what you see?
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It's not "paper work" to first botch the dosing, then merge trials in ways that made analyses difficult if not impossible, then not have enough elderly people in trials, then do a trial with all the right things and not wait 48 hours but release outdated results without noting.
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