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Re:74% of recent Covid cases in parts of MA were among the v... by bananabiscuit on Saturday July 31, 2021 @11:48AM (#28019152)
The 69% figure is out of “eligible” people according to the report. As children aren’t eligible, I’d think they aren’t included in the denominator.

Your hypothesis about anti-vaxxers being hesitant to go test is definitely promising, but having a hypothesis alone isn’t enough, this kind of stuff needs to be looked into and not ignored/labeled conspiracy theories as it so often does.

Edit: just realized that even if the 69% was out of the entire population, that would still imply (on the surface) that being vaccinated is worse than not, since COVID doesn’t discriminate about who it spreads to which makes the whole population eligible to get it.

Re:74% of recent Covid cases in parts of MA were among the v... by dragonwriter on Saturday July 31, 2021 @12:37PM (#28019616)
> The 69% figure is out of “eligible” people according to the report.

The vaccinated population is still skewed elderly, and the elderly are more likely to become “cases” than younger people in the same vaccination status. The population isn't a homogeneous blob.