Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-12-01 00:16:35 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 287C9FE1ECEC4CA0E0D7DCAEFFD90AF11D05EA424D4468BE5F410704D9926B7F
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Original Note:
Letter is false & misleading. Relative risk reduction (RRR) is not a deceptive method to determine efficacy. RRR is the most common method to determine efficacy against control group. Randomized controlled trials do not test for transmission, this was publicly known https://health-desk.org/articles/what-do-the-efficacy-rates-of-covid-19-vaccines-mean-and-do-the-efficacy-rates-impact-a-population-s-herd-immunity https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-thelancet-riskreduction/fact-check-why-relative-risk-reduction-not-absolute-risk-reduction-is-most-often-used-in-calculating-vaccine-efficacy-idUSL2N2NK1XA/ https://www.factcheck.org/2022/10/scicheck-its-not-news-nor-scandalous-that-pfizer-trial-didnt-test-transmission/
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