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Originally Posted by Red Herring
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I don't know if you've read the last BMJ? Interesting comments in there from some doctors involved in briefing the media on medical matters.........
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I only look occasionally out of curiosity when searching for general info. There's a good article which shows some of the limitations of data/information being published and the ways in which stuff gets "dumbed down" either intentionally or simply for convenience here
https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/01/04...-the-raw-data/
Statistics eh?
I'll have to remember to check online every night to see what the next day's rules are going to be. Nice to know the folk in control really know what they're doing and have a strategy.
Edit - just read this BMJ article on the delay between vaccine doses. The authors listed at the end of the article probably have a reasonable clue as to what they are talking about, I would have thought.
https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/01/05...-second-doses/
In summary they suggest the AZ version type has some background which would suggest probable efficacy even with extended interval between doses, the Pfizer/Moderna type doesn't have supporting background data because of the absence of previous use of this mRNA type of vaccine and the acceptability of the delay is based on assumptions not evidence. Go Matt Hancock ......