NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings

Re:NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings by timdev2 on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @11:07PM (#28069360)

If you're going to use VAERS data to support your argument, you really must take extra care to demonstrate that you understand what those data actually are, and explain why your conclusions should be taken seriously.

Otherwise, you risk being lumped in with the multitude of bad takes made by people who misunderstand what VAERS is, and don't understand statistics.

> US Covid deaths peaked in early January, three months before US daily vaccines peaked in mid-April, and VAERS deaths peaked in March-April.

I find an April peak in VAERS deaths entirely unsurprising, since that's exactly when the rate of vaccination was highest.

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Re:NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings by walterbell on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @11:14PM (#28069408)

If you know of non-VAERS public sources of vaccine adverse event data, references would be appreciated. A link was provided to one pathologist autopsy study, more are needed. CDC VSD (Vaccine Safety Datalink) is not public, sometimes we get data snapshots when CDC is investigating specific adverse events, like blood clots, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27464528

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Re:NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings by timdev2 on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @11:29PM (#28069508)

Perhaps I wasn't clear. I wasn't complaining that VAERS was a bad source of data. I was pointing out that your post is hard to distinguish from the large body of bad posts that misinterpret those data because their authors fundamentally misconstrue what the data actually represent.

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Re:NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings by walterbell on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @11:31PM (#28069532)

Ah, thanks for clarifying.

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