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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by refurb on Friday November 05, 2021 @12:40PM (#29121674)
Dying, not hospitalization.
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by nradov on Friday November 05, 2021 @12:47PM (#29121766)
Nope. Look at the data again. The risk of dying from an infection in the 18-49 age group is 0.06%. The risk of hospitalization from an infection in that age group is 3%; you claimed 0.08% which is wrong by two orders of magnitude.
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by refurb on Friday November 05, 2021 @06:28PM (#29125399)
Huh? 0.06% and 0.08% are 2 orders of magnitude different?
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by nradov on Friday November 05, 2021 @07:00PM (#29125644)
Are you being intentionally dense? Your original comment claimed a 0.08% hospitalization rate. The actual hospitalization rate is closer to 3%.
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by refurb on Friday November 05, 2021 @07:52PM (#29125962)
Typo. Meant death.
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