1083 "These vaccines are unlikely to COMPLETELY STERILIZE a population, likely to have an effect of 60-70%." Freudian slip? (twitter.com) posted 133 days ago by Skyguy 133 days ago by Skyguy +1084 / -1 83 comments share 83 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (83) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 5 ▼ – de9ebkmd7 5 points 133 days ago +5 / -0 Yeah that was my thought, words often have multiple or precise technical meanings in scientific and engineering contexts. permalink save report block reply ▲ 4 ▼ – Skogin 4 points 133 days ago +4 / -0 I don’t buy it. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – zooty 1 point 133 days ago +1 / -0 Yes. And in this case that's not the correct one. https://www.immune.org.nz/vaccines/efficiency-effectiveness#:~:text=Vaccine%20efficacy%20and%20effectiveness%20are,use%20in%20the%20general%20population. I don't believe he intended to use that word and the 60-70% is surely related to how effective the vaccine will be in use but it's very interesting that that word did slip in there. permalink save report block reply
Yeah that was my thought, words often have multiple or precise technical meanings in scientific and engineering contexts.
I don’t buy it.
Yes. And in this case that's not the correct one.
https://www.immune.org.nz/vaccines/efficiency-effectiveness#:~:text=Vaccine%20efficacy%20and%20effectiveness%20are,use%20in%20the%20general%20population.
I don't believe he intended to use that word and the 60-70% is surely related to how effective the vaccine will be in use but it's very interesting that that word did slip in there.