So Zerohedge has an interesting post on the data from the Pfizer vaccine trial’s “placebo arm”. These are the group that don’t get the vaccine to compare to those that do to understand the change the vaccine makes.
Only 3 with severe Covid, 1 of those is hospitalized and no deaths.
Here’s what that looks like in graphic form:
So either we are insane to be thinking this is worse than other corona cold viruses or they focused on a population for the trial that was healthy and unlikely to get C19 or suffer seriously from it if they do.
It turns out that both are true for those under 65 which was the bulk of the trial — and once again here’s what that looks like for Larimer County, CO.
And for the new flu+C19 season so far in Larimer the risk of death for those <65 is 1 / 320,000 or only 3 times as likely as being struck by lightning.
In contrast, maybe 1 in 5 of those who do get the vaccine will have meaningful side effects similar to actually getting C19! Remember all those drug side effect disclaimers at the end of TV commercials? This brings it to vivid life.
Are we sure the vaccine is an improvement over the status quo of last year’s fateful move to Maine?