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It's a statistical effect called Simpson's Paradox. The 60% is nothing to be worried about. https://www.covid-datascience.com/post/israeli-data-how-can-efficac
by est31 5y ago
It's a statistical effect called Simpson's Paradox. The 60% is nothing to be worried about.
https://www.covid-datascience.com/post/israeli-data-how-can-efficacy-vs-severe-disease-be-strong-when-60-of-hospitalized-are-vaccinated https://www.covid-datascience.com/post/israeli-data-how-can-...
https://twitter.com/jsm2334/status/1427465566210695178 https://twitter.com/jsm2334/status/1427465566210695178
- charbonneau 5y agoThe Simpson's Paradox seems to refer to something else: https://twitter.com/_MiguelHernan/status/1428014414666420230 https://twitter.com/_MiguelHernan/status/1428014414666420230
- est31 5y agoIf you go by what Simpson wrote, then maybe it is a different paradox. If you go by what most people are being taught the Simpson's paradox is, then no. Ultimately it's besides the point. The conflict is resolved by better statistics.