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originally posted by: AaarghZombies
a reply to: v1rtu0s0
And as usual you can't counter basic math, so you try to change the subject.
People can rise up all they want, but I'm still right, and I've debunked you once again.
originally posted by: v1rtu0s0
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
a reply to: v1rtu0s0
And as usual you can't counter basic math, so you try to change the subject.
People can rise up all they want, but I'm still right, and I've debunked you once again.
You didn't debunk anything ever.
The Rasmussen poll results match the CDC v-safe data which is a 10 million person sample size. The severe side effects rate is 7-8% in both.
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
a reply to: Kenzo
What you're seeing isn't an accurate representation of scientific truth, but instead a cross section of public opinion.
America is saturated with fake stories about people who have been harmed by the vax, people are merely reflecting that. You get the same thing when asked about rape on college campuses. The truth is that most are actually safer than the US in general, but the surveys show that people think that they are more dangerous.
originally posted by: 1947boomer
originally posted by: v1rtu0s0
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
a reply to: v1rtu0s0
And as usual you can't counter basic math, so you try to change the subject.
People can rise up all they want, but I'm still right, and I've debunked you once again.
You didn't debunk anything ever.
The Rasmussen poll results match the CDC v-safe data which is a 10 million person sample size. The severe side effects rate is 7-8% in both.
The first thing to know is that the Rasmussen poll is considered a conservative organization. You can see that from the fact that nationwide, only about 18% of the population is totally unvaccinated, yet the group that Rasmussen selected reported 32% unvaccinated. Studies from a year ago showed that there is up to a 20 point difference in vaccine acceptance between Blue areas and Red areas of the country, with Blue areas having up to 90% acceptance. So the Rasmussen group appears to be a lot more conservative than average.
The second thing to know is the actual wording of the poll questions. Here's what they asked:
1 How effective are COVID-19 vaccines at preventing infection with the virus?
2 How concerned are you that COVID-19 vaccines may have major side effects?
3 Have you received a COVID-19 vaccination?
4 (Asked of 680 Adults Who Received a Covid-19 Vaccine) Do you believe you have experienced major side effects, minor side effects, or no side effects from your COVID-19 vaccination?
www.rasmussenreports.com...
Look at question #1. If the pollsters wanted to know objectively how effective vaccines are or are not in preventing infection there are a ton of scientific studies out there that discuss this in excruciating detail. A random citizen on the street would have no way of knowing objectively what the mathematical answer to that question is unless they read all the articles and follow the statistical arguments. All they can do is say what their hunch is. Question #3 is the only one that asks about something factual within the knowledge base of the poll respondent and not what the respondent believes or feels. Question #4 asked the people to self-report what they "believed" caused their side effects not what they had a doctors' diagnosis for. Neither did they provide any quantitative definition for "major" or "minor" side effects. Again, there are a ton of scientific research articles out there that use a consistent definition of "adverse side effects" and deal with how many adverse effects are actually attributable to vaccination, after you remove all the other explanations.
The third thing to know is that the public is really crappy at figuring out what caused themselves to experience some kind of adverse effect. Here's a study from 1994 comparing how often people reported adverse effects from getting the flu vaccine compared to people who reported adverse effects from getting a placebo shot:
"Side effects associated with influenza vaccination in healthy working adults. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial"
"Background: Concern about side effects is a barrier to influenza vaccination. This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial assessed side effects following vaccination among healthy working adults.
Methods: Healthy working adults were recruited during October and November 1994 and were randomized to receive influenza vaccine or placebo injections. Local and systemic symptoms during the week following the injection were evaluated through structured telephone interviews.
Results: Of 849 subjects enrolled in the study, 425 received a placebo and 424 received influenza vaccine. Baseline characteristics were similar between the groups, and 99% of subjects completed interviews to assess side effects after the study injection. No differences were seen between the 2 groups for the systemic symptoms of fever, myalgias, fatigue, malaise, or headaches. Overall, 35.2% of placebo and 34.1% of vaccine recipients reported at least 1 of these systemic symptoms (P = .78, chi 2). Vaccine recipients reported a higher rate of arm soreness at the injection site than did placebo recipients (63.8% vs 24.1%, P < .001). Local reactions were mild in both groups and infrequently resulted in decreased use of the arm. After logistic regression, female sex (odds ratio [OR], 1.5;95% confidence interval [CI], 1.1-2.1), age younger than 40 years (OR, 1.6;95% CI, 1.2-2.2), and coincidental upper respiratory tract illness (OR, 4.6; 95% CI, 3.2-6.6) were independently associated with higher rates of systemic symptoms. In the multivariate model, vaccine again was not associated with systemic symptoms (OR, 0.9; 95% CI, 0.7-1.2).
Conclusions: Influenza vaccination of healthy working adults is not associated with higher rates of systemic symptoms when compared with placebo injection. These findings should be useful to physicians and other health care providers as they counsel patients to take advantage of an important opportunity for disease prevention and health protection."
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
In other words, 35% of the population will report adverse effects after getting a saline injection. This was true long before Covid and its vaccines ever came along. The fact that 7 or 8% of the conservative population that got vaccinated "believe" that their major adverse effects were due to the vaccine does not mean those effects actually were.
This is not a scientific study of what actually happened, it is a public opinion poll of what the conservative public imagined happened.
1p36 deletion syndrome, which results in severe intellectual disability
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
America is saturated with fake stories about people who have been harmed by the vax.
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
originally posted by: v1rtu0s0
The 8% is in line with the 7.7% reported by the v safe data base that had a sample size of 10 million.
Game over.
And what do you consider to be a serious side effect?
originally posted by: McGinty
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
America is saturated with fake stories about people who have been harmed by the vax.
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
originally posted by: v1rtu0s0
The 8% is in line with the 7.7% reported by the v safe data base that had a sample size of 10 million.
Game over.
And what do you consider to be a serious side effect?
What do you consider to be a fake story?
originally posted by: panoz77
One question for vaccine proponents. Do you still believe that any of the vaccines are effective? By effective, does the vaccine prevent infection or transmission? I mean that is the whole point of a vaccine, right?