Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-06-28 03:02:27 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E33485551E9D5F62F16E0BBF17C98BCF9D4A749AF2C51DCA39569626E3DAF720
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Original Note:
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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