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Re:Highly Vaccinated Israel Is Seeing a Dramatic Surge in Ne... by hn_throwaway_99 on Saturday August 21, 2021 @08:46PM (#28261947)
I do properly grasp statistics, and your conclusion is unwarranted. If 79% of people are vaccinated, then if hypothetically 79% of the hospitalized people were vaccinated, it would mean the vaccine had absolutely 0% effectiveness.

The fact that only 60% of the hospitalized are vaccinated means the vaccine is more effective than nothing (and the data on death is even better), but as time goes on it becomes clearer the vaccines are not the silver bullet many of us thought they would be.

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Re:Highly Vaccinated Israel Is Seeing a Dramatic Surge in Ne... by jayd16 on Saturday August 21, 2021 @09:14PM (#28262071)
> If 79% of people are vaccinated, then if hypothetically 79% of the hospitalized people were vaccinated, it would mean the vaccine had absolutely 0% effectiveness.

Incorrect. The vaccinations are targeted at the most vulnerable not distributed uniformly so this is not exactly right.

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Re:Highly Vaccinated Israel Is Seeing a Dramatic Surge in Ne... by edanm on Sunday August 22, 2021 @06:22AM (#28264301)
Just to be clear, I agree with your point that there is a difference in vaccinated vs. unvaccinated population (e.g. average age).

But when you say "targeted" at the most vulnerable, I'm not sure how true that is. There's a pretty big push to get everyone vaccinated, including populations that have been reluctant to get vaccinated until now.

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