How many lives do COVID vaccines save? Evidence from Israel
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SciScore for 10.1101/2021.10.27.21265591: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Ethics not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Computational methods and availability: All calculations were made in Python 3.8 and are available as coded in Jupyter notebooks on the laboratory Github (9). Pythonsuggested: (IPython, RRID:SCR_001658)Results from OddPub: Thank you for sharing your code and data.
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:Limitations: Our study was limited in that it focused on the population of individuals over 70 years old. The number of deaths in this age …
SciScore for 10.1101/2021.10.27.21265591: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Computational methods and availability: All calculations were made in Python 3.8 and are available as coded in Jupyter notebooks on the laboratory Github (9). Pythonsuggested: (IPython, RRID:SCR_001658)Results from OddPub: Thank you for sharing your code and data.
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:Limitations: Our study was limited in that it focused on the population of individuals over 70 years old. The number of deaths in this age group was 61% of total deaths before mass vaccination of the older population, i.e., before the study period. During the study period the percentage of deaths in this group was 40%. The study period after vaccinations was limited due to uncertainties related to the Delta variant and the temporal period of vaccine efficacy in individuals. Therefore we limited the study period to the end of June before the Delta variant created new patterns of rising cases. Thus, the precise results relate to conditions in which the Alpha variant was predominant, and the vaccine efficacy was presumed to be high. Many questions about the effects of vaccination on the Delta variant remain unanswered with real world data as it is presently in clear how much of the rise in deaths may be due to vaccines wearing off. Calculating the precise number of saved lives by any vaccine is an impossible task. The counterfactual number of deaths if the public had never been vaccinated depends upon many variables that change because of the patient’s vaccine uptake. For example, we might assume that due to the high uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine in Israel, the government became less strict in terms of closures, but how strict exactly it might have been in the counterfactual world is a mystery and only one of many variables affecting transmissions and deaths. After a steep rise...
Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
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