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Covid vaccines, how effectiveness is calculated and why it is better not to make comparisons

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Vaccines developed to prevent Covid-19 cases have different efficacy data. Some might think that those with greater effectiveness are better than others. But a comparison based on this data alone is not correct.

Covid vaccines, how effectiveness is calculated and why it is better not to make comparisons


Understanding how the effectiveness of a vaccine in preventing Covid-19 cases is calculated in a population exposed to the risk of contracting the disease can help us understand why. At the origin there is a mathematical formula. Applied on data derived from experiments that for each vaccine occurred in very different times and contexts.

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