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Comment by ldoughty

"Lies, ** lies, and statistics"

There was one study that saw 0 participants who contracted HIV during the trial according to the data on the FDA PDF [0]. Was 2,000 participants in Africa who were identified as potentially at risk, aged 16-25.

> YEZTUGO demonstrated superiority with a 100% reduction in the risk of incident HIV-1 infection over TRUVADA (Table 13).

~2,000 given YEZTUGO with 0 infections by the end. ~1,000 given TRUVADA with 16 infections by the end.

Now, this is a great study result if accurate. Substantially better. However, 100% protection is misleading clickbait article. The company does not claim to be 100% effective anywhere I can see... and at best they lifted this statement from this study to use as clickbait.

0: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2025/22...

parent ldoughty 1 year ago

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