I continually see memes quoting statistics that claim to show the ineffectiveness of vaccines.
Anybody with even middle school level math competency should be able to see through the misrepresentation of these statistics.
A recent example stated that 85.7% of deaths over a particular week in Scotland were vaccinated people. The conclusion drawn was that the vaccines don't work because the vast majority of people dying were vaccinated.
What was left out in the post was that 94% of Scotland has received at least 1 dose and 74% has received 3 doses. That leaves only less than 6% of the population unvaxxed accounting for 12% of the deaths. This data suggests (suggests, doesn't prove anything), just the opposite of the conclusion drawn.
Misuse of statistics makes people look either stupid or dishonest. If you see something posted like this, you should immediately question your source. Anybody passing off this kind of stuff isn't vetting their sources or their numbers either through actual intent to mislead or sheer stupidity. Either way, the source cannot be trusted. Trusting such a source is just allowing yourself to be duped (which makes you a dupe) or a liar yourself.
Hold yourself to higher standards of integrity, please, everybody. It doesn't help anybody to lie about facts or pass on lies about facts.
Fully vaccinated means "fully vaccinated." I've been clear about that in all my posts. Health officials have stated that one or two doses are much less effective than 3 doses or 3 doses + booster. So why should people not fully vaccinated be included with the fully vaccinated?
But you could do that math, too, if you thought it would make the case better. Notably, you did not do that. Why? Because it doesn't really help you. So let's throw in the insufficiently vaccinated population.
Deaths Dec 14 - Apr 17 Partially Vaccinated: 881 Fully Vaccinated: 2,832 Fully+Booster: 1,995 Total: 5,708
Unvaccinated: 9,512
Total Deaths: 15,220
%Deaths Partially or Fully vaccinated: 5,708/15,220 = 37.5% %Deaths Unvaccinated: 62.5%
So congratulations, you managed to argue that if you include insufficiently vaccinated people with fully vaccinated people, you move the needle about 4%.
Now. If you could have done the math, or just look at the figure and make reasonable estimations, you would have known that your argument wasn't going to help you much. The % of deaths of unvaccinated are still far greater than insufficiently and fully vaccinated people. This is true despite the fact that there are more total people in the vaccinated pool:
Partially + Fully Vaccinated Total: 1,066,884 Unvaccinated: 945,183 Total: 2,012,067
%Population Partially + Fully Vaccinated: 53% %Population Unvaccinated: 47%
So if vaccines were as effective as say a plecebo, you would expect no difference in % deaths amongst all the groups. Instead we find that % of unvaccinated far outweighs % of vaccinated deaths.
You guys continually try to fudge these numbers are try to find a way to build cognitive to walls around your false beliefs. Or you're just lying.
"Insufficiently vaccinated" LMAO. I don't believe or trust the "health officials". So really, you've wasted your time on me writing all this. Maybe you'll get some fool who read it to get jabbed, good luck to them if that's the case.
Insufficient is my term. The term in report is "Partially." However, we know that "partially" is "insufficient." That's why health officials recommend getting boosters.
I know there are a lot of fools out there who trust memes from unknown sources that they see on the internet over virologists, epidemiologists, and other health experts. If that's you, then have at it. I don't care.