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re: 28 year old covid vaccine trial participant has died (update: he had the placebo)

Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:53 pm to
Posted by notsince98
KC, MO
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:53 pm to
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Even if they had received a real vaccine, we know that vaccines are not 100% effective.


For a lot of vaccines, the placebo is a different vaccine. Not sure if any vaccine safety trials are done with actual placebos.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 10/21/20 at 1:04 pm to
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For a lot of vaccines, the placebo is a different vaccine. Not sure if any vaccine safety trials are done with actual placebos.



The AstraZeneca one apparently used saline placebos. So not another vaccine.

ClinicalTrials.gov info on one of the trials
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