vaccine-effectiveness
3 stories tagged "vaccine-effectiveness"
Investigations
The CDC's Flu-Shot Effectiveness Figures Come Out of a Regression Model, Not a Trial
The CDC's 41 percent flu-shot figure for seniors comes from a regression run on sick clinic patients, and the study's own tables show timing, exclusion and healthy-vaccinee biases built into it.
InvestigationsThe 33 Infections the CDC's 90 Percent Vaccine Number Left Out
In March 2021 the CDC announced that mRNA vaccines cut infection risk by 90 percent. Its own report set aside 33 infections that struck in the days after the shot, and a peer-reviewed critique shows how that counting rule can make a useless vaccine look 48 percent effective.
Infectious DiseaseA Blocked Vaccine Study, and the Statistical Method Its Own Lead Author Warned About
A CDC vaccine-effectiveness study pulled from the agency's own journal landed in JAMA, and the press called it censorship. The method it used has a documented blind spot its own lead author once published on.