{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# The Efficacy of the Moderna Vaccine\n", "\n", "Approximate analysis. \n", "\n", "False assumptions:\n", "\n", "+ all subjects on trial for the same amount of time\n", "+ subjects \"independent\" (e.g., aren't co-workers working in an office, or paramedics riding together in an ambulance)\n", "+ randomization was not stratified\n", "+ ignore anybody who was \"lost\": treat final number as if it were initial number\n", "\n", "See the [FDA Briefing Document](https://www.fda.gov/media/144434/download) for\n", "Moderna at the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Meeting,\n", "December 17, 2020." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 5, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "import math\n", "import numpy as np\n", "import scipy as sp\n", "from scipy.optimize import brentq # Brent's root-finding algorithm\n", "# from scipy.stats import binom as sp.binom # the Binomial distribution\n", "from scipy.special import binom " ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 6, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "N_v, N_u = 13934, 13993 # vaccinated, unvaccinated\n", "x_v, x_u = 11, 185 # infected among vax, unvax\n", "r_v = x_v/N_v # risk\n", "r_u = x_u/N_u\n", "rr = r_v/r_u" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 7, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "data": { "text/plain": [ "0.9402887744928795" ] }, "execution_count": 7, "metadata": {}, "output_type": "execute_result" } ], "source": [ "1 - rr" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.7.6" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 4 }