Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-06-28 13:00:07 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E64CEF408C71C78D20517A2C13E8B12489EDF23A5F3660130892A2CC154EA348
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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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