Pascal Geldsetzer
@pascalge.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Medicine and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University;
CZ Biohub – San Francisco investigator
https://profiles.stanford.edu/pascal-geldsetzer
@PGeldsetzer1 on X/Twitter
CZ Biohub – San Francisco investigator
https://profiles.stanford.edu/pascal-geldsetzer
@PGeldsetzer1 on X/Twitter
We 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!
April 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We 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!
You 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!
April 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
You 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!
What’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%!
April 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
What’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%!