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>They are relatively fewer that unvaccinated, but no fucking way near the 90% constantly touted in these forums. Imagine there are 100 vaccinated and 5 unvacci
by belltaco 5y ago
>They are relatively fewer that unvaccinated, but no fucking way near the 90% constantly touted in these forums.
Imagine there are 100 vaccinated and 5 unvaccinated vulnerable people, and all of them are exposed to covid. At 95% effectiveness against hospitalization, you'd have 5 vaccinated and 5 unvaccinated, i.e 50-50. The OP is referring to places with lower percentages of vaccinated than Iceland.
- angelzen 5y agoThat is a good illustration of the concept of vaccine effectiveness, but assumes infection translates into hospitalization 100% of the times. The real hospitalization rate is 1-5%, though half the country believes it is >50%...