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A majority of people are vaccinated against measles. Do vaccinated people make up a majority of measles deaths too? If not, then that can't be why.
by josephcsible 4y ago
A majority of people are vaccinated against measles. Do vaccinated people make up a majority of measles deaths too? If not, then that can't be why.
- injb 4y agoI don't know if I understand your comment. If 100% of people were vaccinated against covid, then 100% of covid deaths would have to be among vaccinated people, wouldn't they? Now it may be that the measles vaccine is 100% effective for all I know, so maybe no vaccinated people get it. But covid vaccinated people do get (and die from) covid, so more vaccinated people means a higher percentage of deaths will be among vaccinated people.
- josephcsible 4y agoMy point is that it isn't just because a majority of people are vaccinated. It's also because the COVID vaccine is really ineffective compared to most others, including the measles vaccine.
- Arnt 4y agoDo you have any numbers for that? A comparison of the five major covid vaccines with, say, the twenty most recent flu vaccines would be really interesting.
- josephcsible 4y agoHow about against other mandatory vaccines like polio and MMR, rather than against optional ones like influenza?
- Arnt 4y agoFine, whatever you have.
- Arnt 4y agoBut it can be due to age skew, e.g. older vaccinated people dying at higher rates than younger unvaccinated people. It would be interesting to see rates per age cohort.