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I would far rather we report 70% and find its more effective than we report is up to 90% effective but in field deployment find its less. A 70% vaccine at wide scale release can keep R under 1.0

1/5th the price, and no need for freezers. This vaccine is huge. I pray for more like this.

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I would far rather we report with just the tiniest bit of nuance. They did distinct variations for a reason. Nobody is reporting all the other approaches that were less favourable.

"I would far rather we report 70%"

That makes no sense since there are no tested regimes with 70% effectiveness. The reporting should say there is a vaccine regime with 90% effectiveness, and add a footnote that another regime that will not be used had a far lower rate of effectiveness.

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