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I saw that email. David Leonhart I believe, who is one of my preferred NYT journalists. Something that was conspicuously absent from the paragraph regarding t
by JPKab 5y ago
I saw that email. David Leonhart I believe, who is one of my preferred NYT journalists.
Something that was conspicuously absent from the paragraph regarding the unvaccinated vs. the vaccinated paragraph preceding it:
Risk stratification by age. When talking about the vaccinated, he calls out the "even in people over age 65".
There is zero question that vaccines reduce the relative risk for people under 65, however, it should be noted that the absolute risk for healthy people in this category is orders of magnitude lower purely by virtue of their age. Unhealthy people in this category should be vaccinated, of course.
Just an example of narrative bias creeping in, even from the relatively top-flight Leonhart.
Anyway, not disagreeing with you, just calling out a specific example of why the journalism on COVID has been, primarily unintentionally, misleading.