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Originally Posted by DaFace
I'm a big fan of the book Factfulness for a variety of reasons, but one of the points he makes is that you should always be skeptical of what he calls "lonely numbers." Without context, we often have very little idea of how mundane or severe the situation might be.
In this case, I'd love to have an article that compares the incidence rate of allergic reactions to other common vaccines. That would be a much better way of understanding whether this is at all abnormal.
Regardless, as long as the reactions can be managed when they occur (which seems to be the case), I'm not too worried about it. |
Pretty much.
I had to take a couple biostatistics classes in college. They were boring but also I learned alot about stuff like that.
"9 people had a terrible reaction to this vaccine and are in critical care".
When in actuality, it's well below the normal setting for those vaccinated. It is what it is I guess