On 30/03/2021 13:38, Tim Streater wrote:
On 30 Mar 2021 at 12:04:10 BST, Jethro_uk wrote:

On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 11:44:02 +0100, T i m wrote:

In contrast, a mate, his Mrs and their friend all had theirs and all
three suffered ranging reactions from headaches, overall aching to
nausea etc?

It's worth remembering - especially as reporting verges on the hysterical
at times - the placebo effect is very, very real.

I had a mildly aching arm for 24 hours, then nothing more. SWMBO had nothing
at all.

They will have been noting people's reactions during the clinical trials.

With the AZ trials they also used an existing real vaccine in the
placebo group, so that the placebo group would not be made aware they
were in the placebo group due to a lack of any reaction.



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Cheers,

John.

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