joedirtball wrote:
I agree, which is why those in high risk groups should be vaccinated. Looking at excess deaths in conjunction with vaccination rates for those demographics demonstrates that the vaccines are not working well against delta in many age groups. Additionally, you completely ignore excess deaths when it comes to those 25 and under.
This is not true.. places that collect good data on breakthrough deaths and infections (Israel, UK, plenty of places in the US) show outstanding efficacy against deaths! The fact that we are still seeing excess deaths is really tragic considering how well the vaccines work.
Also, I don't understand the repeated base rate errors you casually make. Do you have ANY studies showing a poor VE against death? There are none. The vaccines are protecting very well. That doesn't mean every death will be prevented, but in the US, we have so many unvaccinated people that they are still making up a bulk of the deaths. Surely you are smart enough to see the data and understand it... but just pretend it doesn't exist? Because you're so mad the vaccines work? Embarrassing.
Lack of excess deaths doesn't mean COVID isn't an issue. The causality doesn't go both ways, this is trivial stuff. We expect big changes in lifestyle that alter the death rates of many common killers of young people (accidents, etc). Regardless, compared to the safety profile of the vaccine... COVID is just worse. Even if the bureaucrats in Europe can't do math.