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There's no evidence that vaccination is hampering immune response. Among those infected with Omicron, hospitalization and intensive care rates are much higher

• tdrdt 5y ago
  This is not what the stats are saying. And what about South-Africa with a vaccination rate of 26%?
  • maxerickson 5y ago
    What "stats" are you looking at? For instance, 2nd paragraph of this article about Omicron talks about vaccination being protective: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/world/europe/omicron-hospitalization-uk-report.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/world/europe/omicron-hosp... If South Africa ended up fairing far better than a country with similar demographics and higher vaccination rates, it would be relevant, but there's not data to make that comparison, because other countries are much earlier in the Omicron wave.
  • ameister14 5y ago
    >And what about South-Africa with a vaccination rate of 26%? Just pointing out that JAMA says SA has a vaccination rate of 44.3% as of Dec 2021; if you're gonna attack statistics it's a good idea to have the right numbers.
• baskethead 5y ago
  “There’s no evidence” is the official weasel words of the pandemic. https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/the-phrase-no-evidence-is-a-red-flag https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/the-phrase-no-evidence...
  • maxerickson 5y ago
    Fortunately for my comment above, I wrote it with a second paragraph characterizing available data, data that contradicts the claim about the vaccines hampering immune response.
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