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I don't think we should go down that road. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-demographics-trends https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#

I don't think we should go down that road. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-demographics-trends https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-demogr...

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slg 5y ago
Can you explain what you think your link is showing? I honestly can't tell. First off there is this disclaimer: >These demographic data represent the geographic areas that contributed data and might differ by populations prioritized within each jurisdiction’s vaccination phase. Therefore, these data may not be generalizable to the entire US population. That page also shows the overall percentage of the population with at least one shot is 75.7% and yet no demographic group reaches that number except those over 50 years old. It seems clear that the CDC data is incomplete enough to not be fully trusted, but even if we do trust it, it doesn't do anything to disprove that the highest contributor to a person's vaccination status (besides potentially age) is their personal politics.
- dnissley 5y ago
  The page explains this with a small note: "Race/Ethnicity data were available for 64% receiving at least one dose and 69.1% of people fully vaccinated". So increasing the numbers by about 50% to account for that makes it look more reasonable. Regardless, if we're nitpicking data quality surely a random nbc news poll doesn't exactly pass muster either.
  - slg 5y ago
    The NBC News poll is designed to be representative of national numbers and the CDC page specifically calls out that it isn't designed to be representative of national numbers. Therefore the CDC numbers aren't necessarily more accurate just because the sample size is bigger. And like I said, even if we take the CDC numbers as the objective truth, they do not contradict my original point.
- beerandt 5y ago
  It's meaningless, unadjusted percentages of separate populations. Idk if it's supposed to mislead or confuse, or if they're just idiots at the CDC that don't understand statistics. They shouldn't be comparing percentages of the 3 populations, which is misleading based on different subset sizes. They should be saying what percentage of each demographic has been vaccinated, which is what they insinuate. They give 9.9% total and 14.6% last 14 days representative proportions for Black, who are 12.4 % of the US population. And 61.6% total and 47.9% 14-day for White, who are 61.2% of the US. These seem fairly even, but really 9.9/12.4 gives only 80% of black proportional makeup. While White is 61.6/61.2= 101% And it makes no sense to compare the 14 day subset percentage against either other number.

I don't think we should go down that road. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-demographics-trends https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-demogr...

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slg 5y ago

Can you explain what you think your link is showing? I honestly can't tell. First off there is this disclaimer: >These demographic data represent the geographic areas that contributed data and might differ by populations prioritized within each jurisdiction’s vaccination phase. Therefore, these data may not be generalizable to the entire US population. That page also shows the overall percentage of the population with at least one shot is 75.7% and yet no demographic group reaches that number except those over 50 years old. It seems clear that the CDC data is incomplete enough to not be fully trusted, but even if we do trust it, it doesn't do anything to disprove that the highest contributor to a person's vaccination status (besides potentially age) is their personal politics.

dnissley 5y ago
The page explains this with a small note: "Race/Ethnicity data were available for 64% receiving at least one dose and 69.1% of people fully vaccinated". So increasing the numbers by about 50% to account for that makes it look more reasonable. Regardless, if we're nitpicking data quality surely a random nbc news poll doesn't exactly pass muster either.
- slg 5y ago
  The NBC News poll is designed to be representative of national numbers and the CDC page specifically calls out that it isn't designed to be representative of national numbers. Therefore the CDC numbers aren't necessarily more accurate just because the sample size is bigger. And like I said, even if we take the CDC numbers as the objective truth, they do not contradict my original point.
beerandt 5y ago
It's meaningless, unadjusted percentages of separate populations. Idk if it's supposed to mislead or confuse, or if they're just idiots at the CDC that don't understand statistics. They shouldn't be comparing percentages of the 3 populations, which is misleading based on different subset sizes. They should be saying what percentage of each demographic has been vaccinated, which is what they insinuate. They give 9.9% total and 14.6% last 14 days representative proportions for Black, who are 12.4 % of the US population. And 61.6% total and 47.9% 14-day for White, who are 61.2% of the US. These seem fairly even, but really 9.9/12.4 gives only 80% of black proportional makeup. While White is 61.6/61.2= 101% And it makes no sense to compare the 14 day subset percentage against either other number.