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Absolute Risk Reduction versus Relative Risk Reduction: Is One Better for COVID vaccines?



Roger Seheult, MD of MedCram explains absolute risk reduction versus relative risk reduction. See all Dr. Seheult’s videos at: https://www.medcram.com
(This video was recorded on October 12, 2022)

Roger Seheult, MD is the co-founder and lead professor at https://www.medcram.com
He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.

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Importance of understanding relative vs. absolute risk reduction regarding COVID-19 vaccines (Peter Attia MD) | https://youtu.be/u1wEruG4jys

Incidence and relative risk of stroke in the diabetic and the non-diabetic population between 1998 and 2014: A community-based stroke register (PLOS) | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0188306

Relative Risk Reduction vs. Absolute Risk Reduction – Dr Malhotra – A CNM Talk Highlight (College of Naturopathic Medicine) | https://youtu.be/hb_oQox1YqE

Another Bit of Pandemic Fallout: The Weaponization of Absolute Risk Statistics (Absolutely Maybe) | https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2022/06/02/another-bit-of-pandemic-fallout-the-weaponization-of-absolute-risk-statistics/

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Fact Check-Why Relative Risk Reduction, not Absolute Risk Reduction, is most often used in calculating vaccine efficacy (Reuters) | https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-thelancet-riskreduction/fact-check-why-relative-risk-reduction-not-absolute-risk-reduction-is-most-often-used-in-calculating-vaccine-efficacy-idUSL2N2NK1XA

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