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Correct me if I'm wrong but they ran 2 tests, and if you give someone a half a dose, wait a while then give a full dose, it's 90% effective?

So calling 70% is inaccurate?

ref: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-23/astrazeneca-oxford-co...

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Yeah, this seems to be an average of 2 different dosing regimes, one of which was 90% effective.

Won't they have to do another trial for that effectiveness number to be official ? Otherwise the other manufacturers could have announced results earlier, due to having to wait for fewer infections.

From the article: "There is also intriguing data that suggests perfecting the dose could increase protection up to 90%."

I am curious about the up to 90% claim, what doest this mean?

Isn't it 90% or not?

Yeah it’s funny language isn’t it. Like a sale that’s ‘up to half price’.

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