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mchusmatoday at 3:41 AM2 repliesview on HN

I really feel that many of the issues with mRNA vaccines and health studies in general are generalizations like “safe and effective”. Everything has statistical risks and benefits, and we should just share those front and center with people. Eg test results for X mean you have a Y% chance of having X, given your history and symptoms and other results. Here are low cost low risk marginal things you can do to improve statistical significance.

Similar for vaccines, just give us the numbers clearly and upfront.

This bypasses regulators from having to make claims beyond “we reviewed the data and agree with these numbers and feel that this should not be banned.” I do think it would also help to separate something “not banned” and being “required to be covered by insurance” or “required for professions like the military”. I think trying to simplify things makes things worse, because this abstraction is not real.


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estearumtoday at 3:55 AM

> Similar for vaccines, just give us the numbers clearly and upfront.

You are aware that literally anyone can go and literally find exactly these numbers, correct?

The trial results are published!

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peytontoday at 3:51 AM

Yep, those regulated marketing terms could use an update.

Regulators don’t make cures. There’s room to improve on that side of the system.

Especially as emerging approaches seem to be trending more systems-thinking-oriented, eg “this will strengthen your immune system to fight lots of diseases.”