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| Topic | Delta virus. Some really bad news :( |
| averagejoel 07/30/21 1:06:27 PM #48: | zeppelin4ever42 posted... Considering that vaccinated people make up only about 7% of infections in the US (according to the article in the OP), I would guess yesit's worth paying attention to the way information is framed in stories. for example: say 100 vaccinated people attend a party, and 5 unvaccinated people show up; 1 of whom is infected. suppose the other 4 unvaccinated people get infected; and 4 of the vaccinated people also get infected. it could easily be framed as "50% of the people who caught it at this party were already vaccinated!" but it actually means the vaccine is 96% effective I'm not saying your statistic there is misleading in the same way, but we do actually need more information. like 7% of infected people are vaccinated. but what percentage of the general population is vaccinated? (I do trust that it's significantly more than 7%) --- peanut butter and dick ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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