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.
I said they aren't necessarily published.
Haha. No you have not.
Not necessarily.
Congratulations, you are succeeding in that goal.
It does indeed matter. It's comments like this that tip me off that you're posing.
"Peer reviews are conducted by scientific experts with specialized knowledge on the content of the manuscript, as well as by scientists with a more general knowledge base. Peer reviewers can be anyone who has competence and expertise in the subject areas that the journal covers."
"For medical journals, peer review means asking experts from the same field as the authors to help editors decide whether to publish or reject a manuscript by providing a critique of the work."
Medical News Today
"Peer review has been defined as a process of subjecting an author’s scholarly work, research or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field." [emphasis added] Peer Review in Scientific Publications: Benefits, Critiques, & A Survival Guide
Non sequitur.
I've countered everything you've thrown out. It's an observation based on your responses. It's clear that you are misrepresenting yourself as a scientist or engineer. You clearly are not. You've been wrong about peer review, you're wrong about the word "theory." Minor league mistakes.
What a surprising response. I like challenging the duped to question their dupedness. I know no one will say they've changed their minds, but at least some of them will think twice about using spurious arguments again.