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I agree with you this is a completely insignificant story. But it's being spun.
by nickthemagicman 5y ago
I agree with you this is a completely insignificant story.
But it's being spun.
- Arnt 5y agoA lot of people like examples more than numbers or graphs. This is an example story. It's pointless for the part of the audience that prefers numbers or graphs, meaningful for the part that prefers examples. Of course you can say it's spin. If there are also spreader events where vaccinated people were infected as much as the unvaccinated, then this is clearly selective and spin. If it isn't, then it's just a honest example and not spin.
- anoncake 5y agoIt's still pointless for the part that prefers examples: It may entertain them, but the "knowledge" they gain is worthless.
- Arnt 5y agoIt says "vaccines work pretty well against the delta variant". Is that worthless?
- anoncake 5y agoThis is an exception. Most stories are more cherry-picked.
- Arnt 5y agoWe know that because you say so, right? Give me your address, I'll send you the newspaper on top of the pile in the living room. I've just looked, it's in English. You can count the stories and analyse them, see how many probably/perhaps/possibly may be cherry-picked.
- anoncake 5y agoAll that are about individual cases. "Someone vaccinated got infected" is cherry-picked. So is "someone did not get infected despite $circumstances". This story is about 30 people. Put another way: If Covid was as deadly as the cold, the chance of someone dying of it would still be close to 1. A story about a death would be worthless. Same for a story about a lucky survivor if Covid had a death rate of 99.9%. The chance of 30 people visiting a party and exactly the 6 vaccinated ones not being infected randomly is neglible.