In this part, we focus mostly on the history and evidence behind the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. In part 2, we will delve more into the political and ethical issues surrounding this massive vaccination effort.

See our last show on covid-19.

Part 1: https://anchor.fm/red-star-radio/episodes/Its-Just-a-Bad-Flu-Part-1-of-2-evvqdr

Part 2 (Patrons): https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-only-its-50787969

Some corrections -

Absolute risk reduction is stated by Leila to be 0.7% for Pfizer. It is 0.84% according to a more recent study (linked below). Also, the rate of people who are NOT getting hospitalization for COVID-19 in all of the clinical trials so far for the *placebo arm* is over 99% (99.99% is for the earlier Pfizer trial released back in 2020).

Also, AstraZeneca does not contain mRNA. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are mRNA vaccines. AstraZeneca instead injects DNA into cells, where the DNA is converted into RNA. The RNA causes those cells to produce coronavirus spike proteins, as the Pfizer and Moderna shots do. It is also a novel vaccine, and is authorized for emergency use in Canada, Europe, but not the USA. Sorry for this mistake.

Finally, another error. We state that the trials do not count adverse events which happen after the first dose. This is inaccurate. They do not count efficacy after dose 1 and only assess it after dose 2. So if you get sick (or die) *of covid-19* after dose 1, this is not counted against the vaccines' efficacy. I've edited the show to remove these portions anyways. 

COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and effectiveness—the elephant (not) in the room