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Re:NY hospital to pause baby deliveries after staffers quit ... by yongjik on Saturday September 11, 2021 @11:04PM (#28498283)
> there's a 100% chance of risk with taking the vaccine ...

Probability doesn't work that way. That's like saying I should buy lottery tickets instead of index funds, because with lottery there's a 100% chance of getting a chance of getting the first prize.

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Re:NY hospital to pause baby deliveries after staffers quit ... by ghoward on Sunday September 12, 2021 @05:59PM (#28505420)
No, I'm saying that electing to not take the vaccine means I have to multiply the probabilities of complications from COVID by the chance I'll get COVID, while if I take the vaccine, I multiply the probabilities of complications from the vaccine by 100%.
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Re:NY hospital to pause baby deliveries after staffers quit ... by Gibbon1 on Sunday September 12, 2021 @09:16PM (#28506817)
> I multiply the probabilities of complications from the vaccine by 100%.

0% times 100% is 0%

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Re:NY hospital to pause baby deliveries after staffers quit ... by ghoward on Monday September 13, 2021 @11:30PM (#28519895)
By that same math, there is 0% chance of complications from COVID.

There is not a 0% chance of complications from vaccines. If you believe that, you need to look at the CDC's own data, as well as data from other countries.

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