Problem 1: Vaccine Efficacy

https://open.kattis.com/problems/vaccineefficacy

To solve this problem we need to manipulate the data into something that's easier to use.

Consider the equation for calculating the vaccine efficacy:

efficacy=infected-controltotal-controlinfected-experimentaltotal-experimentalinfected-controltotal-control\text{efficacy}=\frac{\frac{\text{infected-control}}{\text{total-control}} - \frac{\text{infected-experimental}}{\text{total-experimental}}}{\frac{\text{infected-control}}{\text{total-control}}}

For each strain of the virus, we need to know:

  1. the number of people in the control/experimental group

  2. The number of people infected in the control/experimental group

Once we have all the necessary info collected, we can calculate each vaccine's efficacy easily.

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