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71. thank you. that is helpful.

Fri Apr 9, 2021, 01:10 AM

Apr 2021

a 10 or 12x reduction in efficacy sounds like an enormous deficit. But, as you explain -- the real measure is in how many people become ill (or gravely ill).

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you might want to look at that again stopdiggin Apr 2021 #53

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