Examining a statistic called absolute risk reduction — the number of percentage points that an individual’s risk goes down if they do something “protective” — the two companies’ COVID vaccines barely make a dent at all, reducing someone’s risk of experiencing COVID symptoms (the clinical trials’ endpoint) by less than 1%.
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Heard this discussion of Absolute vs Relative Risk reduction talked about on a Dark Horse podcast about a month ago. Most people have very little analytic skill or even the ability to understand basic probabilities, so you can easily wow them by throwing out a statement like ‘95% effective’.
People begin to parrot that phrase without even questioning it. In their head they thin it means they have reduced their risk of catching the virus by 95%. They haven’t.
You have revealed the state of America’s education system. People have been dumbed down so badly that similar statistics will get them to vote for Marxist candidates.