Is vaccine efficacy a statistical illusion?
1 Dec 2021 upate: see update to this article showing that the same statistical illusion of efficacy occurs if newly vaccinated deaths are classified as unvaccinated.
To evaluate the risk/benefit of a vaccine for treating a virus, such as covid-19, we can compare the all-cause mortality rate of vaccinated against unvaccinated people on a periodic basis. I…
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