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In reply to the discussion: Albuquerque Journal - 19% of new cases are vaccinated [View all]ProfessorGAC
(64,995 posts)19. I Was Making...
...a mathematical point.
19% of cases, absent other information is not informative.
That was my point! And if there was ONE case, it would still be 100%. This headline means very little.
Using somewhat realistic numbers:
10,000 New Mexicans is 6,800 vaxxed, 3,200 not.
Now, let's say 200 new cases are detected in that 10,000.
38 are vaxxed. Out of 6,800, or about 0.57%.
162 are not. Out of 3,200. More than 5%.
The denominator doesn't matter. The odds of getting infected if unvaxxed remains around 8.5 times that of those vaxxed.
Should we monitor breakthroughs? Of course.
Should we act like this 19% is bad news? No.
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New Mexico is about 60% fully vaccinated. If there were no difference between being vaxxed
RockRaven
Aug 2021
#9
You understand that I included that line as a comparison, not because it has anything directly
RockRaven
Aug 2021
#22
And the OP has a pattern of picking out these deceptive clickbait stories.
lagomorph777
Aug 2021
#27
The OP has a pattern of posting a distorted view of very positive statistics.
lagomorph777
Aug 2021
#26
The way you and WOTH are presenting it comes across as deceptive and antivax.
lagomorph777
Aug 2021
#32
I haven't been citing different data, only looking at what you and WOTH are posting.
lagomorph777
Aug 2021
#40
+1000 At least one other poster in this thread seems to be a consistent antivaxxer too.
lagomorph777
Aug 2021
#29
Nobody says vaccinations are magic. You're posting distortions to make them appear useless.
lagomorph777
Aug 2021
#35