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CDC acting director criticizes vaccine study methodology

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Jay Bhattacharya, the acting director of the CDC, has reportedly blocked the publication of a study on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness due to its methodology. The study, which used the test-negative design, indicated that the season's vaccines were about half as effective at preventing hospitalizations in healthy adults. Bhattacharya criticized the study's design as "crap" and "logistically ridiculous," though the test-negative design has been a standard method for estimating vaccine effectiveness for two decades. AI

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  1. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · John Drake, Contributor ·

    Acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya Called A Vaccine Study Design 'Crap.' What The Test-Negative Design Is And How We Know Whether Vaccines Measured With It Are Effective

    Jay Bhattacharya dismissed the test-negative design as 'crap.' The biostatistics literature tells a different story.

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