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> If I hadn’t been fully vaccinated just before the first time he got it, I’d probably be dead. Statistically speaking, that isn’t true.
by briandear 5y ago
> If I hadn’t been fully vaccinated just before the first time he got it, I’d probably be dead.
Statistically speaking, that isn’t true.
- lazide 5y agoStatistically, people don’t have a screaming peak infectious toddler in their face without a mask let alone proper PPE for an hour+ (before I could even attempt basic precautions). Statistically, Li Wenliang shouldn’t be dead either. The statistical results reflect the range and distribution of the entire populations exposure and immune responses, which by their nature have outlier situations and responses. Most diseases, the more exposure you get, the more chance it has to take hold before the immune system can fight it, and the worse it gets. I’m pretty confident, but I guess the only way we could know for sure is find a statistically significant population of infected toddlers and unvaccinated otherwise healthy middle aged adults to hold them for an hour.
- samatman 5y ago> a statistically significant population of infected toddlers and unvaccinated otherwise healthy middle aged adults to hold them for an hour. Oh yeah we did that, it was 2020. Turns out basically none of the toddlers died, and for the middle-aged adults, "probably be dead" is > 51% chance, not < 1% as it was in reality.