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Glancing over it, it seems pretty hard to draw any useful conclusions from it. I would expect that those most at risk from covid are the most likely to get vac
by swsieber 5y ago
Glancing over it, it seems pretty hard to draw any useful conclusions from it.
I would expect that those most at risk from covid are the most likely to get vaccinated for it. I would expect the effect to get smaller once you start controlling for age (which they did not).
Granted, I don't think it's an unreasonable expectation. But I wouldn't state it as being supported by that paper.
- landemva 5y agoDid you see this part? Seems to be a conclusion. 'persons who survived a previous infection had lower case rates than persons who were vaccinated alone.'
- swsieber 5y agoI did. And it in no way disagrees with my above comment. _Persons_ who survived a previous infection had lower case rates than persons who were vaccinated alone. This _does not mean_ that prior infection confers better protection. The vaccine vs infection was not distributed randomly - inherent risk is a confounding factor. So an equally likely explanation for the conclusion (as opposed to your interpretation of causation) is that the people who are naturally better at fighting off covid (e.g. younger, fewer high-risk factors), are less likely to get the vaccine.