Thread by @VincentRK

All this quarrel was over whether Astra Zeneca vaccine is 79% effective or 76% effective.

Pundits/Experts: Don't let irritation with how the company managed the trial supersede the fact that this is a great vaccine that saves lives.

Don't become a reason for vaccine hesitancy

Your wanting to sounding wise may lead to more vaccine hesitancy.

Be clear on how unbelievably good the vaccine is. That's the truth. Analyze the data & present the efficacy and safety results.

Hold your thoughts on how the company could have better publicized the results.

There is just too much bashing of a vaccine over process and details and too much missing the big picture.

There is no evidence that the integrity of the randomization was compromised. The vaccine works. Really well.

This bashing is mostly coming from US pundits/experts, when our country doesn't need this vaccine anymore.

This is the only realistic vaccine for a large proportion of the world. It will save countless lives. There is no doubt about it.

Here is the press release of the updated primary efficacy analysis. astrazeneca.com/content/astraz…

You know the big mistake was? It was not that Astra Zeneca put out a press release with 79% efficacy instead of 76% — probably in their excitement to get good news out early.

It's that we didn't approve a highly effective vaccine in December. We lost 180,000 lives since Jan 1