Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

If one way that breakthrough infections manifest themselves is thru very low amounts of virus in some people, but then you eliminate people with very low viral loads from your comparison, you're sort of begging the question. Need to be careful in cases like these. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 3, 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Another big statistical issue in these studies (at least the Wisconsin one) is that they have truncated samples. People with high Ct values (higher Ct = harder to find virus) are eliminated from the comparison because it's not clear they can be considered "infected". https://t.co/i0EPQjf9Ni — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 3, 2021

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RT @AndreasShrugged: @NateSilver538 They exclude 50% of their samples due to Ct>30 (very low viral load) and unsuccessful sequencing (Suppl… — PolitiTweet.org

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