On Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 9:20:45 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 05:32:17 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 4:24:11 PM UTC-4, Scott Lurndal wrote:
writes:


"The effectiveness of the Moderna is 94.1%; Pfizer, 95%,
Johnson & Johnson, 66%."

Since the survival rate of unvaccinated people is 99.7% or so those
numbers are somewhat un reassuring.
You are comparing
apples to oranges. You cannot extrapolate from the
death rate of those who have so far had the virus to the
entire population, the majority of which have not contracted
the virus. So your 99.7% number is meaningless, wrong and dangerous.

+1

AFAIK, the 99.7% number is BS to begin with. Over 2% of those diagnosed with Covid
have died. There are undiagnosed cases that will bring that down, but I think
his 0.3% number is highly suspect and probably came from the usual place..
Yeah that right wing nut job web site WebMd.

https://www.webmd.com/lung/covid-recovery-overview#1

Coronavirus Recovery Rates
Scientists and researchers are constantly tracking infections and
recoveries. But they have data only on confirmed cases, so they cant
count people who dont get COVID-19 tests. Experts also dont have
information about the outcome of every infection. However, early
estimates predict that the overall COVID-19 recovery rate is between
97% and 99.75%


At least you're consistent. You just take a part of what someone states, then
twist it into whatever you would like it to have been. The classic example is
experts and officials have said repeatedly that they don't know if the vaccines
prevent transmission *yet*, but that based on other vaccines and science, they
*believe* that they will prevent transmission. You take that and turn it into
asking what good is the vaccine, when they say it won't prevent transmission.