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2023-06-27 15:14:31 UTC - NOT_MISLEADING

The sense in which placebo is being used here, is biologically inert material. Often in 'vaccine placebo trials' adjuvant or another vaccine is used, which is not inert for safety & efficacy outcomes. They do this to avoid unblinding the study, which has it's critics NNN https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-health/placebos-used-vaccine-trials-do-not-please-everyone https://ebm.bmj.com/content/25/6/213

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• The sense in which placebo is being used here, is biologically inert material. Often in 'vaccine placebo trials' adjuvant or another vaccine is used, which is not inert for safety & efficacy outcomes. They do this to avoid unblinding the study, which has it's critics NNN https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-health/placebos-used-vaccine-trials-do-not-please-everyone https://ebm.bmj.com/content/25/6/213