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Phoenix61

(16,950 posts)
28. From the article.
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 07:30 AM
Aug 2021

“The new total, as of Aug. 21, represents an increase of 3,098 from the previous week’s report and accounts for 0.35 percent of the more than 4.4 million fully vaccinated Bay Staters.”

This is great news and indicates the vaccine is 99.7% effective. PSPS Aug 2021 #1
Not sure where you get that. Lucky Luciano Aug 2021 #2
Simple math: 16K breakthrough cases divided by 4.4 million fully vaxxed equals 0.36% PSPS Aug 2021 #4
That's not how efficacy is calculated. LisaL Aug 2021 #19
From the article. Phoenix61 Aug 2021 #28
Again, tha thas nothing to do with vaccine efficacy. LisaL Aug 2021 #35
Sorry, but you're mixed up. PSPS Aug 2021 #44
You are just plain wrong. Ms. Toad Aug 2021 #64
Instead of repeating no it isn't over and over Leith Aug 2021 #51
Yes it does. It indicates that if you are vaccinated, you are unlikely to die even if you get it. Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #58
Of course it is. It's the very definition of efficacy. Please enlighten us with your wisdom. Thanks! PSPS Aug 2021 #45
You don't know the definition of efficacy. LisaL Aug 2021 #61
Ummmm? stopdiggin Aug 2021 #3
Simple math: 16K breakthrough cases divided by 4.4 million fully vaxxed equals 0.36% PSPS Aug 2021 #5
you're digging yourself deeper stopdiggin Aug 2021 #6
What are you talking about? The same figure is in the OP. PSPS Aug 2021 #9
Yup. Says it right there in the article. marybourg Aug 2021 #11
Prime number? I used to know. GulfCoast66 Aug 2021 #14
Wickipedia seems to say its a "rational number". marybourg Aug 2021 #16
It's a repeating decimal which makes rateyes Aug 2021 #18
The name would be you have no a clue. LisaL Aug 2021 #24
From the article. Phoenix61 Aug 2021 #29
And? LisaL Aug 2021 #34
Yes it is. How would you measure it? PSPS Aug 2021 #46
Seat belts. Lucky Luciano Aug 2021 #49
No, that measures the benefit of deciding to use a seat belt, not how well the seat belt works. PSPS Aug 2021 #52
Still bigly wrong Lucky Luciano Aug 2021 #53
LOL. Whatever. I'm done. You're just being a contrarian now. PSPS Aug 2021 #55
I was gonna say the same that you're being intentionally obtuse. Lucky Luciano Aug 2021 #56
You Are Pretty Much Right, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2021 #12
OMG. LisaL Aug 2021 #22
Apples And Oranges, Ma'am The Magistrate Aug 2021 #38
No no no Lucky Luciano Aug 2021 #39
See No. 38 Above, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2021 #40
Your last point above (post 38) is the key one. +1 Lucky Luciano Aug 2021 #50
You don't know how to do these calculations. LisaL Aug 2021 #21
From the article. Phoenix61 Aug 2021 #30
It doesn't matter how many times you repeat this. LisaL Aug 2021 #36
Geesh! How woould you measure it? PSPS Aug 2021 #47
Yes. Absolutely you included people who don't use seatbelts Ms. Toad Aug 2021 #65
No, it's not. LisaL Aug 2021 #20
131 have died? PatSeg Aug 2021 #7
wear a mask, vaccinate; let the experts fight the lunatics with their wrong numbers cadoman Aug 2021 #8
Even if we can get some of the reluctant ones PatSeg Aug 2021 #10
Even one death is disturbing. But if vaccinated in MA driving is now more dangerous GulfCoast66 Aug 2021 #15
"...But for a math guy it does the opposite...", +1 uponit7771 Aug 2021 #17
It depends. How many of the unvaxxed died from covid. That's important to compare mucifer Aug 2021 #37
Yes, the statistics are pretty incomplete PatSeg Aug 2021 #41
Out of 4.4 million! If you're one of the dead marybourg Aug 2021 #48
Yes, I agree PatSeg Aug 2021 #57
That actually great news for we vaccinated folks. GulfCoast66 Aug 2021 #13
40% of infections are breakthrough is good news? LisaL Aug 2021 #23
In populations with a high rate of vaccination Phoenix61 Aug 2021 #31
In a universe with very high vaccination rates still practicing social distancing. That universe. GulfCoast66 Aug 2021 #33
Yes, this article had good news and I note you rounded up the true figure. Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #59
I didn't round anything up. LisaL Aug 2021 #62
This Universe ProfessorGAC Aug 2021 #60
compared to being unvaccinated - yes. stopdiggin Aug 2021 #63
I Know EXACTLY What This Thread Is About ProfessorGAC Aug 2021 #66
the POINT, sir stopdiggin Aug 2021 #68
Massachusetts seems to have more of a problem with breakthroughs than other areas. Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #25
65% of MA is fully vaccinated... So I'm not sure how to take that 40% Azathoth Aug 2021 #26
Was the mortality rate of the unvaccinated mentioned somewhere? ecstatic Aug 2021 #67
No, but it seems likely that mortality rate will follow breakthrough infections rise Azathoth Aug 2021 #69
I want more context behind the numbers genxlib Aug 2021 #27
The key information is that 40% of cases are in the 65% of vaccinated people. Klaralven Aug 2021 #32
MA is interesting because with such a large number of vaccinated persons... Hugin Aug 2021 #42
I couldn't find data on hospitalization and death rates, but those numbers are more favorable Klaralven Aug 2021 #43
Yay! One of the few that seems to get basic math! Lucky Luciano Aug 2021 #54
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