There was a contradiction from the start. On the one hand, RSV is so dangerous that we need to vaccinate without showing the thing patients care most about: death. On the other hand, it's not feasible to power a study to show such a benefit. Don Quixote could have been a medical author.
The end result of focusing on hospitalization will b…
There was a contradiction from the start. On the one hand, RSV is so dangerous that we need to vaccinate without showing the thing patients care most about: death. On the other hand, it's not feasible to power a study to show such a benefit. Don Quixote could have been a medical author.
The end result of focusing on hospitalization will be that mild RSV case will be admitted to the hospital in vaccine studies. Bingo, they found a benefit of reduced hospitalization!
There was a contradiction from the start. On the one hand, RSV is so dangerous that we need to vaccinate without showing the thing patients care most about: death. On the other hand, it's not feasible to power a study to show such a benefit. Don Quixote could have been a medical author.
The end result of focusing on hospitalization will be that mild RSV case will be admitted to the hospital in vaccine studies. Bingo, they found a benefit of reduced hospitalization!