Is Peter Doshi from the @bmj_company incompetent?
🧵 1/n
The @UofMaryland published the full speech of Peter Doshi on november 2, 2021 in the Capitol in the USA. I don't know if I have to laugh or cry in front of such ridiculous arguments.
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The @UofMaryland published the full speech of Peter Doshi on november 2, 2021 in the Capitol in the USA. I don't know if I have to laugh or cry in front of such ridiculous arguments.
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1/ No one claimed hospitalizations and deaths were almost exclusively occuring in the unvaccinated. But the vaccines reduce these risks.
2/ Protection wanes with time as for almost any vaccine, and the virus evolves, so boosters a required.
1/ No one claimed hospitalizations and deaths were almost exclusively occuring in the unvaccinated. But the vaccines reduce these risks.
2/ Protection wanes with time as for almost any vaccine, and the virus evolves, so boosters a required.
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"In the UK, most hospitalizations and deaths are among the fully vaccinated, as Boris Johnson said"
This is misdeading and occulting 2 statistic effects.
"In the UK, most hospitalizations and deaths are among the fully vaccinated, as Boris Johnson said"
This is misdeading and occulting 2 statistic effects.
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1. The base rate fallacy:
The more people vaccinated in the UK, the more hospitalizations and deaths occuring among the vaccinated.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_rate…
1. The base rate fallacy:
The more people vaccinated in the UK, the more hospitalizations and deaths occuring among the vaccinated.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_rate…
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2. The Simpson's Paradox:
the base risk isn't the same among the 2 populations of vaccinated and unvaccinated people. People with underlying conditions and old people are overrepresented in the vaccinated group.
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/…
2. The Simpson's Paradox:
the base risk isn't the same among the 2 populations of vaccinated and unvaccinated people. People with underlying conditions and old people are overrepresented in the vaccinated group.
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/…
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To avoid this you have to separate age groups and calculate the hospitalizations or death rates in each group.
Graphs from the @nytimes ⤵️
nytimes.com/2021/10/12/bri…
To avoid this you have to separate age groups and calculate the hospitalizations or death rates in each group.
Graphs from the @nytimes ⤵️
nytimes.com/2021/10/12/bri…
@nytimes 7/n
Then those who claimed the trials show the vaccines were highly effective in saving lives were wrong:
Do you know any vaccine highly effective on infections and severe diseases being ineffective in saving lives? If you don't fall severely ill your risk to die is much lower.
Then those who claimed the trials show the vaccines were highly effective in saving lives were wrong:
Do you know any vaccine highly effective on infections and severe diseases being ineffective in saving lives? If you don't fall severely ill your risk to die is much lower.
@nytimes 8/n
Finally, @MerriamWebster who changed the vaccine definition. Lol.
Merriam-Webster isn't a scientific dictionary. Their definition lacked genetic vaccines, they just corrected it.
Finally, @MerriamWebster who changed the vaccine definition. Lol.
Merriam-Webster isn't a scientific dictionary. Their definition lacked genetic vaccines, they just corrected it.
@nytimes @MerriamWebster 9/n
In 2007, the @WHO published guidelines for DNA vaccines.
who.int/publications/m…
In 2007, the @WHO published guidelines for DNA vaccines.
who.int/publications/m…
@nytimes @MerriamWebster @WHO 10/n
Yeah, it's also vaccines with immune response against infectious diseases.
Yeah, it's also vaccines with immune response against infectious diseases.
@nytimes @MerriamWebster @WHO 11/n
But some will argue it's not RNA vaccines...
RNA vaccines are similar to DNA vaccines for the WHO.
But some will argue it's not RNA vaccines...
RNA vaccines are similar to DNA vaccines for the WHO.
@nytimes @MerriamWebster @WHO 12/n
So Professor @StabellBenn, when I tell people that I won't be confident in Peter McCullough or Peter Doshi, I know what I'm talking about...
So Professor @StabellBenn, when I tell people that I won't be confident in Peter McCullough or Peter Doshi, I know what I'm talking about...
@nytimes @MerriamWebster @WHO @StabellBenn 13/n
... even if I have zero publication nor working in research. Cheers 🍻
... even if I have zero publication nor working in research. Cheers 🍻
https://x.com/StabellBenn/status/1742163443820425299?s=20
@nytimes @MerriamWebster @WHO @StabellBenn 14/14
So people, what do think about Peter Doshi from @UofMaryland and @bmj_company / @bmj_latest in the subject of epidemiology and covid vaccines ?
So people, what do think about Peter Doshi from @UofMaryland and @bmj_company / @bmj_latest in the subject of epidemiology and covid vaccines ?
@nytimes @MerriamWebster @WHO @StabellBenn @UofMaryland @bmj_company @bmj_latest @threadreaderapp unroll
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