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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

However, I'm still not going to take the vax

Not as if it matters. I was pro-vax during the delta variant when the vaccine still helped mitigate bad scenarios, now like whatever, it won't even protect you that much (only for two-three weeks after the effects kick in, which is a week or two), it's a vaccine for radically different virus, and they're not updating it.

If you want to avoid covid, N99s are a way to go.

[–]DragonerneJesus is white 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There is even evidence to suggest that the early effectiveness of the vaccines is due to a data manipulation trick whereby they push vaccinated cases forward 1-2 weeks while updating vaccinated populations in real time. During a surge, this creates a smaller top of the fraction and a bigger bottom of the fraction (cases divided by population).
I have evidence for this in danish data that I have gone over myself and that I can confirm with 100% absolute certainty (although I do not know if this was done intentionally or if they're just following a standard procedure that everyone uses that creates this effect in the data).

Just to show how stupid this is; for the past 3 months, 100% of the cases have been vaccinated people, some weeks more than 100% ! Yes, you know things are funky when the numbers reach more than 100%, but the funkiness is merely a result of the data manipulation. And obviously the officials or media are not showing vaccinated / unvaccinated numbers now, like they do during the surges.

[–]Nombre27 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I recall a good article showing just that, I'll link it if I can find it. They basically made the 2 week cut-off and defined that as still being "unvaccinated" so that they could conflate data from groups that they shouldn't have, i.e. injected but within 2 weeks and completely uninjected. There's literally no reason to do that, especially considering the acute immune response of vaccination.