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What is the breakdown of unvaxxed/vaxxed in hospital admissions and deaths?

Serious question. I wonder about vaxx effectiveness when I see these numbers. But the breakdown matters.

I live in Nova Scotia, Canada. Our breakdown from Mar 15-Nov 26 is[1]:

- Hospitalizations: 84.4% unvaxxed, 9.6% 1 shot, 6% 2 shots

- Deaths: 69% unvaxxed, 7.1% 1 shot, 23.8% 2 shots

Total admissions and death rate numbers don't tell the whole story - breaking them down by vaxxed/1shot/2shot will help unpack "who to blame".

In fact, you can dig deeper. My province doesn't release the numbers but from what I can tell the 2-shot people who die are generally older and/or infirm. So I believe the 2shot numbers are being thrown off by an atypical population... which means the general population has less to fear from covid if they're double vaxxed. My co-founder informed this is an example of "Simpson's Paradox"[2].

What kind of vaxxed/unvaxxed breakdown are you seeing in Denmark?

1 - https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/204d6ed723244dfbb76...

2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox

parent kareemm 4 years ago

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