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The other confusing thing is the benefit to risk ratio. Looking at the WHO rates of cervical cancer for Canada with almost complete vaccination rate vs Japan wi
by rawgabbit 2y ago
The other confusing thing is the benefit to risk ratio. Looking at the WHO rates of cervical cancer for Canada with almost complete vaccination rate vs Japan with almost zero vaccination rate, you can argue the vaccine cuts cervical cancer by 2/3. But when you look at the numbers at a per annual basis, the probability of getting cervical cancer is 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent.
https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/cervical-cancer-jpn-country-profile-2021 https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/cervical-cancer-jpn-...
https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/cervical-cancer-can-country-profile-2021 https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/cervical-cancer-can-...