Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I still don’t really know the answer, but if you followed the conversation around around the trials the informed people had a high degree of confidence Pfizer & Moderna would pass — speculation was overwhelmingly about when they’d be approved not whether. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 3, 2021 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Good thread. I remember trying to ask some qualified people how common it is for a vaccine candidate that makes it to a Phase 3 trial to flunk at that stage, and people who do this work seemed to feel it was an inappropriate line of discussion. — PolitiTweet.org

A serious reasoning error that is particularly common among educated people is to argue that if a study hasn't been… https://t.co/WSxFMff7bB

Posted Jan. 3, 2021 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

For better or worse, those of us who mostly spend our time arguing about economic policy are very accustomed to relying on evidence that does not reach the quality bar of a large-scale clinical trial. You’ve gotta make do with what you have. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 3, 2021 Hibernated