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That Americans don't understand what a 99.9875% Survival rate means... (media.patriots.win)
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– usdodsgssog 3 points ago +4 / -1

Has the '90% effective' been specified? Is is 90% effective at healing someone who's about to die? What exactly is that 90% referring to!?!?

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– rutabaga 2 points ago +2 / -0

The problem would be if the vaccine created an extra immune response, which could lead to a greater death rate than the 99.9875% from covid. Luckily, I don't think that happens: https://www.wksu.org/npr-news/2020-11-18/early-trials-of-chinese-companys-vaccine-show-it-triggers-an-immune-response https://www.verywellhealth.com/allergic-reaction-to-the-flu-vaccine-4112324

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