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Re:NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings by notJim on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @05:56PM (#28066919)
Do you have a cite? I thought vaccination reduced hospitalization to nearly zero. Here's a link where the highest state is at .06% https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/covid-19-vaccine-breakthrou...
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Re:NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings by peteretep on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @06:08PM (#28067069)
"the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is 96% effective against hospitalisation after 2 doses; the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is 92% effective against hospitalisation after 2 doses"

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/vaccines-highly-effective...

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Re:NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings by notJim on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @06:14PM (#28067121)
That's relative risk, not absolute risk. It's not saying 8% of people will be hospitalized, it's saying vaccinated people are hospitalized 92% less than unvaccinated people. Your absolute risk is much much smaller than 8%.
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