[deleted] t1_iy38xwv wrote on November 28, 2022 at 12:27 PM

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MikeJeffriesPA t1_iy3aeab wrote on November 28, 2022 at 12:43 PM

Most people who die in car accidents were wearing their seatbelt, too.

If 80% of Americans are vaccinated, and 58% of deaths are those who are vaccinated...doesn't that mean the vaccines are at least doing something?

Especially considering older adults are most likely to be vaccinated and also the highest-risk group for COVID?

stablegeniusss t1_iy3ay4h wrote on November 28, 2022 at 12:48 PM

Around 80% of Americans have received some form of vaccination. It’s not that surprising that they make up 56% of covid deaths for a single month when you’re looking at that large a subset of the population. Another way to look at that is that 20% of the US population is unvaxed and made up 44% of US related covid deaths for august

No-Blackberry4518 t1_iy3bdhb wrote on November 28, 2022 at 12:53 PM

But The first year the vaccine came out, the majority of Americans were not vaccinated obviously . But yet the media missused that statistic, and said that it was a pandemic of the unvaccinated. So we should use that statistic now the same way they used then correct?

stablegeniusss t1_iy3ebkq wrote on November 28, 2022 at 1:21 PM

They were likely saying that because the unvaccinated were dying at a substantially higher rate than people who were vaccinated and boosted.

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drconn t1_iy4cs9n wrote on November 28, 2022 at 5:38 PM

Transparency and the truth is always the way to go.

OppositeOfOxymoron t1_iy4bbzs wrote on November 28, 2022 at 5:28 PM

Congratulations. You're using the base rate fallacy.

The unvaccinated are dying at 10+x the rate of vaccinated people in most western countries.

No-Blackberry4518 t1_iy4c9p6 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 5:34 PM

Yes. The same fallacy used by the media the first year the vaccine came out when the majority of Americans were not vaccinated obviously . But yet the media missused that statistic, and said that it was a pandemic of the unvaccinated. So we should use that statistic now the same way they used it then.