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Table 1 Results from a hypothetical active-control COVID-19 vaccine trial

From: Interpretation of active-control randomised trials: the case for a new analytical perspective involving averted events

 

BNT162b2

Experimental vaccine

Person-years follow-up per arm

10,000

10,000

Efficacy

95%

80%

Observed COVID-19 cases

20

80

COVID-19 cases if subjects had not been vaccinated

400

400

Averted COVID-19 cases

380

320

  1. Values in bold are known or directly observed, other values are inferred