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.
You should write a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine with your suggestions.
If you're really interested, you could look up this: Mio C, Cifù A, Marzinotto S, Marcon B, Pipan C, Damante G, et al. Validation of a One-Step Reverse Transcription-Droplet Digital PCR (RT-ddPCR) Approach to Detect and Quantify SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Nasopharyngeal Swabs. Disease Markers. 2021;2021: e8890221. doi: 10.1155/2021/8890221
or this: 10. Mio C, Cifù A, Marzinotto S, Bergamin N, Caldana C, Cattarossi S, et al. A Streamlined Approach to Rapidly Detect SARS-CoV-2 Infection Avoiding RNA Extraction: Workflow Validation. Dis Markers. 2020;2020. doi: 10.1155/2020/8869424
or this: 13. Washington NL, Gangavarapu K, Zeller M, Bolze A, Cirulli ET, Barrett KMS, et al. Genomic epidemiology identifies emergence and rapid transmission of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 in the United States. medRxiv. 2021 [cited 11 Apr 2021]. doi: 10.1101/2021.02.06.21251159
or this: 14. Lo Menzo S, Marinello S, Biasin M, Terregino C, Franchin E, Crisanti A, et al. The first familial cluster of the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the northeast of Italy. Infection. 2021; 1-5. doi: 10.1007/s15010-021-01609-6
It's all cited in the study itself, because that's what science does.
You're just naysaying the science. And that was just one study and there have been literally hundreds of studies.
You're looking for ways out to protect your cherished and firmly held dogma.
Was it insufficient though? What makes you think so? To think they can't fully sequence this virus is another ridiculous position.
Where are your studies?