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FBaggins

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2. No... it's "probability" at this point

Reply to bullimiami (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 16, 2020, 07:48 AM

Nov 2020

Those were both very large stage 3 studies with tens of thousands of participants. The likelihood that there would be such diverse results between placebo and vaccine is virtually zero.

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encouraging, yes. but to say that "demonstrates that a vaccine for Covid is a real probability" bullimiami Nov 2020 #1

No... it's "probability" at this point FBaggins Nov 2020 #2

I am wondering if this vaccine is more like an MMR vaccine or a flu vaccine. LonePirate Nov 2020 #3

Does 94% effective means that 94% of the volunteers show the presence of antibodies? question everything Nov 2020 #4