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[QUOTE="Ygggdrasil, post: 6421708, member: 124113"] While the trial involved frequent RT-qPCR testing of trial participants to detect asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, the[URL='https://s3.amazonaws.com/ctr-med-7111/D8110C00001/52bec400-80f6-4c1b-8791-0483923d0867/c8070a4e-6a9d-46f9-8c32-cece903592b9/D8110C00001_CSP-v2.pdf'] published trial protocols[/URL] specify that the primary endpoint of the trial is symptomatic COVID-19 illness, and the [URL='https://www.astrazeneca.com/content/astraz/media-centre/press-releases/2020/azd1222hlr.html']AstraZeneca press release[/URL] is reporting efficacy based on the primary endpoint. The actual data released in the press release appear to be somewhat of a mess, combining data from two separate studies, so it's hard to evaluate their claims without a more full reporting of the data: [URL]https://www.wired.com/story/the-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-data-isnt-up-to-snuff/[/URL] See my post here for more discussion: [URL]https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/coronovirus-vaccine-progress.992484/post-6421572[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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