Tag: Test Negative Case Control

The UKHSA's vaccine effectiveness estimates rely on a method that assumes the vaccines don't increase susceptibility to other similar diseases. But what if that assumption is wrong, as it has been with other vaccines?

Vaccine effectiveness remains negative in 30-79 year-olds and not much better elsewhere, according to the latest UKHSA data, despite the boosters beginning to kick in.

The UKHSA's vaccine effectiveness study keeps coming up with estimates much higher than other studies or real-world data suggests. Is this why?