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Re:Delta CEO wants U.S. to put unruly passengers on 'no-fly'... by 988747 on Saturday February 05, 2022 @06:29AM (#30220116)
> 5 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 compared with fully vaccinated 12-34 year- olds.

This can mean that the risk of hospitalization goes from 0.01% to 0.05%, which isn't something most people would care about. With statistics like that we need absolute numbers, not relative. Your post is basically an example of "how to scare people with meaningless stats".

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Re:Delta CEO wants U.S. to put unruly passengers on 'no-fly'... by michaelmrose on Saturday February 05, 2022 @01:16PM (#30223921)
Actually great grandparent post was asserting that vaccines didn't decrease transmission. In order to counter that assertion the relative numbers are exactly what is appropriate.
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