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ShutTheF---Up posted...

While you're not wrong, this doesn't completely negate concerns, actually for much the same reason that the "99% survival rate!" cries from anti-vaxx crowd doesn't mean much either.

DISCLAIMER: To be very clear before someone tries to declare this "misinformation", the following paragraph is using example numbers to illustrate the concept; I am not claiming they are actual real-world stats. (I know, this is such a ridiculous thing to write a disclaimer about, but recent events have proven such disclaimers are necessary on GameFAQs.)

For example, if the vaccine reduced the risk to 1/100th of what it was, but the Omicron variant also caused 100x as many cases - those cancel out exactly and you're pretty much back to the original position in terms of healthcare burden. But, because there's still more cases, there's a much higher contact tracing burden, at least for places that are still doing that - and places that aren't, will see higher case numbers due to that, as the whole point of contact tracing is to attempt to break, or at least slow down, at least some of the chains of transmission.

Again, those are example numbers to illustrate a point, not the actual change in risk from vaccines / increase in case rates from Omicron.

The thing is though, youre exactly right that your numbers arent correct, and that matters.

whether its to save face or not, public health officials in Denmark are claiming that hospitalization rates are such that their healthcare system isnt being overwhelmed even despite the massive increase in cases

https://twitter.com/TheLocalDenmark/status/1494359378228437011

they remain at an extremely low death rate compared to much of the rest of the world (722/million compared to USs 2851/million)