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Re:Israel data reportedly shows efficacy drop of Pfizer-BioN... by webkike on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @11:28AM (#27749837)
The percent of hospitalization increased from 1.8% to 7%, which is about four times. This is basically lying with statistics
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Re:Israel data reportedly shows efficacy drop of Pfizer-BioN... by simonh on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @12:04PM (#27750338)
As I understand it that's still better than the non-mRNA vaccines, because it's an increase from a very small rate. What exactly is the lie?
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Re:Israel data reportedly shows efficacy drop of Pfizer-BioN... by webkike on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:58PM (#27754903)
The “lie” (it’s not a lie, it’s just deceiving) is saying that it’s a four times increase. You could also say “6% increase”, but that sounds smaller
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