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Originally Posted by Chris
A third study has further substantiated the claim that a single dose of either the Pfizer or the AZ vaccine reduces hospitalisation by 80% in those aged over 80.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56267473
I can't help thinking that this latest piece of research still won't be enough for anyone still desperately hoping that the British government and the devolved administrations made a horrible mistake in opting for the 12-week dosage gap... |
I don't think anyone is desperately hoping for failure merely sceptical as to whether it was the right route to go down. There's a lot of money being put into studies to proactively demonstrate what should be obvious from population wide data tracking divergence of those in vaccinated cohorts with unvaccinated cohorts to remove the effect of lockdown.
I'm still yet to see an explanation for the test positivity rate of over 60% for unvaccinated over 70s in the last yet to be peer reviewed study. Obviously, when peer reviewed I'm sure glaring errors (or explainations) will get suitable prominence on the BBC website and other mainstream press.
I guess there's also the question of who is funding such studies, and why, when they wouldn't stand up to scientific scrutiny at this stage for any medical authority seeking to make regulatory changes (e.g. to the quality standard of randomised control trials) but they do make good press releases.
