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Re:Highly Vaccinated Israel Is Seeing a Dramatic Surge in Ne... by est31 on Saturday August 21, 2021 @07:50PM (#28261670)
It's a statistical effect called Simpson's Paradox. The 60% is nothing to be worried about.

https://www.covid-datascience.com/post/israeli-data-how-can-...

https://twitter.com/jsm2334/status/1427465566210695178

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Re:Highly Vaccinated Israel Is Seeing a Dramatic Surge in Ne... by charbonneau on Saturday August 21, 2021 @08:07PM (#28261754)
The Simpson's Paradox seems to refer to something else:

https://twitter.com/_MiguelHernan/status/1428014414666420230

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Re:Highly Vaccinated Israel Is Seeing a Dramatic Surge in Ne... by est31 on Saturday August 21, 2021 @08:36PM (#28261906)
If you go by what Simpson wrote, then maybe it is a different paradox. If you go by what most people are being taught the Simpson's paradox is, then no. Ultimately it's besides the point. The conflict is resolved by better statistics.
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