“Over and over and over again, I’ve been told we should expect immunity from infection to fade Real Soon Now, or that immunity isn’t that strong. … the inevitable media misinterpretations … Naturally, the public-facing articles all seem to quote the 83%, and ignore the 95% and 99%. … (And again, they also take something presented after five months of follow-up, and report it as ‘immunity lasts five months’ because journalism.)”
While this may be true (who knows), can we maybe make it a norm to back up major empirical claims and generalizations with evidence?
“Over and over and over again, I’ve been told we should expect immunity from infection to fade Real Soon Now, or that immunity isn’t that strong. … the inevitable media misinterpretations … Naturally, the public-facing articles all seem to quote the 83%, and ignore the 95% and 99%. … (And again, they also take something presented after five months of follow-up, and report it as ‘immunity lasts five months’ because journalism.)”
While this may be true (who knows), can we maybe make it a norm to back up major empirical claims and generalizations with evidence?