Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-08-17 16:23:37 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 993F71CD84AA7B24B24F1405CA0FF60A0F6D05D3C85D7C689DD7352B4A65622F
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Original Note:
It was publicly known before any Covid vaccine was authorized that initial Clinical Trials were not designed to study transmission: https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4037 https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/01/04/peter-doshi-pfizer-and-modernas-95-effective-vaccines-we-need-more-details-and-the-raw-data/ "...data are limited to assess the effect of the vaccine against transmission..." https://www.fda.gov/media/144245/download#page=48 https://www.fda.gov/media/144434/download#page=49 Regardless, transmission is significantly reduced: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43440-022-00429-1 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abl4292 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm3087
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