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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (773711)12/12/2022 9:57:50 PM
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Mathematics is a precise business. We essentially have % uptake stats for live births with 78% of mothers refusing any covid vaccine. It doesn't actually say that 78% of mothers refused any covid vaxx. It says that of the mothers who had live births, 78% did not get a vaxx. It gave no information about mothers who had miscarriages.
Reading should be a precise business too. :) I bolded my statement where I specified "for live births", and the 78% is indeed mathematically precise in the context I stated.

It's why I stated later in that same post...
Still, as I said from the beginning, I agree the data leaves lots to be desired. I do think it gives us a reasonable guesstimate of the Covid vaccine uptake % in expectant mothers, and in the worst case, it at least helps bracket the results.
I said "guesstimate" & "bracket" because I understood we were talking about 2 different things here (live birth mothers vs. expectant mothers), but I did not have the data to speculate on that further. Anyhow, I think the most important thing is that we're now actually both making the same point that the graph is more likely understating the severity of the problem, rather than overstating it.

Sadly, I don't think we can expect any improvement in the stats we see- transparency doesn't serve their purpose.
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