Matt Healy
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Be careful what you wish for: you might get “objectivity” in ways you didn’t expect.
December 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Be careful what you wish for: you might get “objectivity” in ways you didn’t expect.
Reposted by Matt Healy
From the talk I learned about this excellent paper:
Morris JS. Tracking vaccine effectiveness in an evolving pandemic, countering misleading hot takes and epidemiologic fallacies. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Apr 8;194(4):898-907. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae280. PMID: 39218423; PMCID: PMC11978612.
Morris JS. Tracking vaccine effectiveness in an evolving pandemic, countering misleading hot takes and epidemiologic fallacies. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Apr 8;194(4):898-907. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae280. PMID: 39218423; PMCID: PMC11978612.
December 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
From the talk I learned about this excellent paper:
Morris JS. Tracking vaccine effectiveness in an evolving pandemic, countering misleading hot takes and epidemiologic fallacies. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Apr 8;194(4):898-907. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae280. PMID: 39218423; PMCID: PMC11978612.
Morris JS. Tracking vaccine effectiveness in an evolving pandemic, countering misleading hot takes and epidemiologic fallacies. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Apr 8;194(4):898-907. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae280. PMID: 39218423; PMCID: PMC11978612.
HK-Singapore comparison thus shows Omicron was deadly in immune-naïve population, and that even when vaccines didn't stop INFECTIONS because Omicron evades immunity, they still made Omicron MUCH LESS DEADLY.
December 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
HK-Singapore comparison thus shows Omicron was deadly in immune-naïve population, and that even when vaccines didn't stop INFECTIONS because Omicron evades immunity, they still made Omicron MUCH LESS DEADLY.
That paper even uses the same Hong Kong vs Singapore comparison that I have used many times: HK & Sing. both locked down until after vaccines, so both had 1st wave in Omicron era. HK had far more excess deaths per cap. because HK had many more unvaccinated older people.
December 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
That paper even uses the same Hong Kong vs Singapore comparison that I have used many times: HK & Sing. both locked down until after vaccines, so both had 1st wave in Omicron era. HK had far more excess deaths per cap. because HK had many more unvaccinated older people.
From the talk I learned about this excellent paper:
Morris JS. Tracking vaccine effectiveness in an evolving pandemic, countering misleading hot takes and epidemiologic fallacies. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Apr 8;194(4):898-907. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae280. PMID: 39218423; PMCID: PMC11978612.
Morris JS. Tracking vaccine effectiveness in an evolving pandemic, countering misleading hot takes and epidemiologic fallacies. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Apr 8;194(4):898-907. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae280. PMID: 39218423; PMCID: PMC11978612.
December 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
From the talk I learned about this excellent paper:
Morris JS. Tracking vaccine effectiveness in an evolving pandemic, countering misleading hot takes and epidemiologic fallacies. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Apr 8;194(4):898-907. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae280. PMID: 39218423; PMCID: PMC11978612.
Morris JS. Tracking vaccine effectiveness in an evolving pandemic, countering misleading hot takes and epidemiologic fallacies. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Apr 8;194(4):898-907. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae280. PMID: 39218423; PMCID: PMC11978612.