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> 1. For young people, the risks seem to outweigh the benefits. By no small margin either [0] I read this article 3 times and I still don't understand how they
by happymellon 5y ago
> 1. For young people, the risks seem to outweigh the benefits. By no small margin either [0]
I read this article 3 times and I still don't understand how they came to the conclusion, as it seems to not actually compares like with like which creates a very confused conclusion.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, and I am going to pick the middle ground age numbers because no one uses 18-39 as a group for any of their studies, so I'm already suspicious, but:
From your fine news report[0], if you get the AstraZeneca jab there would be two blood clots per 100,000 for those aged younger than 50, of which there is a mortality rate of 17%, which leads you to a rate of 0.34 per 100,000.
Mortality rates for unvaccinated 20-29 year olds with COVID-19 is 2.1 per 100,000. [1]
You are much more likely to suffer deadly consequences from covid compared to the vaccine.
[0] https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40328123.html https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40328123.html
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-reported-sars-cov-2-deaths-in-england/covid-19-confirmed-deaths-in-england-report https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-reported...
- mandmandam 5y agoMy best guess would be that the French study based it's results on the entire population, whereas the UK stats are drawn only from laoratory confirmed cases; thereby ignoring the large number of completely symptom free people, as well as comorbidities. The stats for young people without pre-existing health conditions are wildly lower than the already very low mortality rates.