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Originally Posted by aschen

I mean why believe some anecdotes from staff. Did they or you compile statistics with any rigor? Why believe the news? I agree there. Yet there is a ton of actual compiled data that says the vaccine is remarkably effective at keeping people out of the hospital. Been posted again and again in the various threads.


My anecdotes, have about a dozen friends and family that are Drs. They all say overwhelming majority of those hospitalized for c19 are unvaccinated. My brother in law who is a pulmonologist, whos prime job is taking care of c19 patients, says you would have to basically be insane not to get vaccinated at this point (at least for the vast majority of people). Hey just another anecdote of what some guy said though


Also as more people get vaccinated we are getting closer to the base rate fallacy Bayesian trap of statistics. If 100% are vaccinated a 100% of those hospitalized will be vaccinated. Statistics from US in aggregate were interesting because they are straightforward to interpret with near 50% vax rate.

Because the staff were specifically pointing out the error in the news. Having worked for a newspaper (tech side) in the past and talking with the photographers covering some trials I have found the news people report based on their agenda.