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Coronavirus vaccine trials won’t tell us if they save lives, prevent serious illness or stop transmission – here’s why – The Conversation UK
Coronavirus trial protocols have only recently been released. This is what they show.
There are currently at least six COVID-19 vaccines in phase 3 clinical trials the final phase of testing. These trials all aim to compare the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines versus a placebo. However, as Peter Doshi, associate editor at the BMJ, asks in a new report, what does effective actually mean?
The primary goal of these phase 3 trials in progress is to determine whether the vaccine reduces the risk of a person getting symptomatic COVID-19. To be counted as a COVID-19 case, trial…
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