The Times now has the actual data (reported in the Guardian blog) - the sample of over-65s was 341 taking the AZ vaccine and 319 controls. There was ONE Covid case in each group, meaning that we are … (View Post)

Apols if already published, but this report on real-world Israeli experience with the Pfizer vaccine (ex-Guardian blog) is heartening: Seems thoroughly persuasive. ------- One domestic healthcare pro… (View Post)

Der Spiegel (pretty mainstream magazine though with a bias to being anti whoever is in power) reporting the "maybe only give AZ to younger people" speculation too now - I don't think t… (View Post)

If the sample is small enough, then the 95% confidence interval is large - as we know from opinion polls. It could be true that the clinical trials had a very small number of people over 85 who contr… (View Post)

Yes, I think that's worse. Being a climate change denier probably has a neglible impact on the planet - you're expressing a silly opinion. Being an anti-vaxxer is risking being guilty of ma… (View Post)