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Vinay Prasad, MD MPH 🎙️📷

@VPrasadMDMPH

Feb 1

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1488318361041838080

Last I saw the RCTs in kids at this age failed to meet the modest benchmark of non-inferior antibody titers from 2 doses of 3 micrograms of vax. Pfizer had extended the trial to add a 3rd dose, but the trial is ongoing. What changed? Do we realize how low a bar this is? 🧵

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1488318361041838080

We are going to approve mass vaccination in the USA based on antibody levels-- not fewer severe cases of COVID19. The trial has absolutely no power to ascertain this rare outcome in kids.

But, even that low bar was not met. the trial added a 3rd dose as Ab levels low

So has the trial met the endpoint?
Is this really the evidence we want? Or should we demand more

Our failure was not demanding kids RCT powered for clinical endpoints.

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Vinay Prasad, MD MPH 🎙️📷

@VPrasadMDMPH

Feb 1

Few thoughts on Rogan/ Spotify 👇👇

1. If Rogan is pushed off Spotify, his influence will actually rapidly grow

Spotify makes it slightly harder to listen to the show. Being independent means he will reach more peopel Clever analysis of this

🧵
theverge.com/22632213/joe-r…

2. The "bad"/ "deadly" claims made on the show are actually far more complex.

I listened to both episodes twice and dissect what was right and wrong for Unherd Magazine 👇👇

It cannot be reduced to simple soundbites
unherd.com/2022/01/we-nee…

3. Many passionate commenters have not listened to the episodes/ have not explained what they view as correct or incorrect.

We increasingly enter a culture where it is acceptable to criticize something without providing examples or reasoning. Not good.

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Vinay Prasad, MD MPH 🎙️📷

@VPrasadMDMPH

Jan 31

Not only am I a progressive, Bernie Sanders fan, but I wrote 2 books about how to reform drug regulation & medicine to improve health & save society $$

So it has been heartbreaking to watch the left on the wrong side of many COVID19 issues: masking, kids, school, mandates, etc

Everything done to keep kids "safe" has been delusional, unproven, harmful mitigation that is not proportionate to the risks they face, harmful to their language and development, and has hurt a generation more than any other insult this century.

The left failed kids
End of story

Here are some links:
I can't believe they never ran a single, cluster RCT in kids
tabletmag.com/sections/scien…

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Vinay Prasad, MD MPH 🎙️📷

@VPrasadMDMPH

Jan 30

https://twitter.com/WesPegden/status/1487580334174908416

Wes' argument is that misinformation thrives in a vacuum where experts/ institutions have lost trust through repeatedly lying or pushing flawed or distorted science...
Is True!

A few e.g.
The Nobel Lies: slate.com/technology/202…
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https://twitter.com/WesPegden/status/1487580334174908416

That was just the start on many issues...
city-journal.org/public-healths…

It even applies to people outside of anointed circles.

What am I to think when someone offers this paper as evidence that masks keep daycares open?

Just read the issues with it. It is astonishing.

vinayprasadmdmph.substack.com/p/a-new-paper-…

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Vinay Prasad, MD MPH 🎙️📷

@VPrasadMDMPH

Jan 29

21 year old soccer player (aka fit) gets 1 vax then has covid. Ok for France, but Canada says no

No wonder trust in public health is in the toilet. 1. Omicron makes vaccine mandates pointless. 2. This gentleman does not need more vax 3. Rule is stupid

si.com/soccer/2022/01…

A world class 21 year old male soccer player gets 1 vax and then covid. Leave him alone. You cannot make him healthier. Using coercive mandates for dose 2 or 3 shatters your credibility. Mandates also won't protect others w omicron piercing vax left, right and center.