Pascal Geldsetzer @pascalge.bsky.social · 02/04/2025We see the same protective effect in dataset after dataset from different countries that rolled out the shingles vaccine in similar ways --> this can’t just be a chance finding! 130
Pascal Geldsetzer @pascalge.bsky.social · 02/04/2025You take 1,000 people born one week and 1,000 born just a week later --> no reason to think that they should differ in their health behaviors 🏃♀️🧑🍳. So, we have beauuutiful comparison groups. This is an opportunity to get at cause and effect! 120
Pascal Geldsetzer @pascalge.bsky.social · 02/04/2025What’s so special about our study? In Wales, if your 80th birthday was just b4 the start date of the shingles vax program, you were ineligible. If it was just after, you could get the shot. Just a week’s difference in age means your chances of getting vaxxed jump from 0 to 50%! 141