Re:Younger Americans benefit less from booster shots than ol...
by QuercusMax on Saturday February 05, 2022 @06:28PM
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The title may be correct, if you look at the absolute difference instead of the relative difference.
Making up numbers here, but if 10 out of 100 unvaxed people get sick among the elderly, and 6 out of 100 unvaxed get sick among younger folks, then the vaccine "helps" 5 elderly but only 3 younger folks.
But I agree with you that it's certainly misleading.
Making up numbers here, but if 10 out of 100 unvaxed people get sick among the elderly, and 6 out of 100 unvaxed get sick among younger folks, then the vaccine "helps" 5 elderly but only 3 younger folks.
But I agree with you that it's certainly misleading.