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How is 1/350,000 a LOWER risk than 1/567,000? I don't get it.
by theaeolist 6y ago
How is 1/350,000 a LOWER risk than 1/567,000? I don't get it.
- mikem170 6y agoThey are relatively close, enough so that unknowns may change the equation. Are there more unknowns for covid in young people, or more unknowns from the vaccines? (I'm not commenting on how to solve this equation, just pointing out other factors)
- Kranar 6y agoOne metric is the ratio of COVID deaths / total deaths the other is COVID deaths / total population. Since everyone is expected to get the vaccine, it's not fair to compare COVID deaths / total deaths to vaccine deaths / total population, you need to compare COVID deaths / total population to vaccine deaths / total population. In this case, assuming the numbers posted are remotely accurate, then this specific vaccine could end up being far more dangerous to people under 18 years of age compared to getting COVID and waiting it out for two weeks. We don't know and I'm not asserting one way or another. I'm just saying that making comparisons is much more difficult and nuanced than the straightforward naiive approach.