CV and mad panic behaviour

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All the numerous statistics I have seen have the Pfizer at around 80% effective and the Astra Z at 60% effective. Both work well but one is clearly superior.

No that is not correct at all, when they are assessed together side by side using the same protocols by independent scientific authorities they are virtually identical in efficacy. The initial numbers reported by AstraZeneca and Pfizer used different measures, which made Pfizer sound superior but it isn't, but the numbers have stuck being the first thing most people heard. It was clever marketing.

Further, those false assumptions have biased data from voluntary reporting sources like the UK Yellow Card system, because people think AstraZeneca makes you sick based on social media and media commentary, they report side-effects at a higher rate. When the reporting is completed and filtered by health professionals the differences almost disappear, what remains is so small it is statistically insignificant and no quantity of FB posts can change that hard real world fact.

The problem is a lack of understanding in the reported numbers, and cherry picking of data by unscientific sources like social media and those with political motivations.

We are partially in this lockdown now because of vaccine hesitancy, the authorities have been discarding expired batches because not enough people are going to get vaccinated, not because there aren't enough staff to issue the doses! My associate went to the Sandon Hub on Thursday and told me that hub had dozens of staff ready and not enough patients to vaccinate, they were pleading with the few patients they had to please spread the word among friends and associates to go and get vaccinated.