Pancakes
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I think the data is pretty accurate, some stuff could be updated more often . it's how you interpret the data to fit different narratives is the problem, manly with media and most of the general public understanding of numbers. The vaccines work, there might be missing data on long term effect but I wouldnt worry about it too much
The big elephant in the room that nobody wants to talk about is the huge disparity of vaccinated in ethnic Minority groups...There is a certain amount of tip toeing around the issue because the majority of people ending up very sick now are not white. The pandemic advisory people are all for it, but they're mostly medical people. The political side is apparently where the hold up lies. Can't say I blame them. Conservative government versus minorities is a bad look
They tried liaising with churches and community groups. A lot of progress was made that way. But apparently very few of the people getting jabs now are 40+ year old people. The are disproportionately middle Eastern or middle/ South Asian. Interesting that uptake in the 18-35 camp of the same ethnicities is on the upswing
If these vaccines "work" I am curious to see your views on the aggressive social polarization of people who choose not to get vaccinated. Not sure what race has to do with anything.
It is also likely, in the hypothetical case we get a 100% vaccination rate, that the goal posts will move again.