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That's bayesian statistics for you. Measles vaccine works about 97% of the time. But if 91% of the population is vaccinated skewing the number of people who cat
by foxyv 8y ago
That's bayesian statistics for you. Measles vaccine works about 97% of the time. But if 91% of the population is vaccinated skewing the number of people who catch the disease.
P(H) - You have a 91% chance of being vaccinated. [2]
P(H|P) - You have a 3% chance of catching measles if you are vaccinated and exposed. [3]
P(H|P') - You have a 90% chance of catching measles if you are not-vaccinated and exposed. [3]
P(H|D) - About 25% of the population that catches measles will be vaccinated. [4]
(1) https://www.sciencenews.org/article/holes-herd-immunity-led-25-year-high-us-measles-cases https://www.sciencenews.org/article/holes-herd-immunity-led-...
(2) https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/vaccination-best-protection-against-measles https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/vaccination-b...
(3) https://www.nvic.org/vaccines-and-diseases/measles/measles-vaccine-effectiveness.aspx https://www.nvic.org/vaccines-and-diseases/measles/measles-v...
(4) http://psych.fullerton.edu/mbirnbaum/bayes/BayesCalc.htm http://psych.fullerton.edu/mbirnbaum/bayes/BayesCalc.htm