Improving Bayesian estimation of Vaccine Efficacy
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A full Bayesian approach to the estimation of Vaccine Efficacy is presented, which is an improvement over the currently used exact method conditional on the total number of cases. As an example, we reconsider the statistical sections of the BioNTech/Pfizer protocol, which in 2020 has led to the first approved anti-Covid-19 vaccine.
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