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re: My 16 year old daughter has covid.

Posted on 8/29/21 at 2:31 pm to
Posted by fjlee90
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Posted on 8/29/21 at 2:31 pm to
I think his point is that the death rate is exceptionally low overall.

So while reducing the rate of death by 85% is a good thing, 85% of a very small number is a very very small number.
Posted by Blue_Rocky
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Posted on 8/29/21 at 2:34 pm to
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I think his point is that the death rate is exceptionally low overall.



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So while reducing the rate of death by 85% is a good thing, 85% of a very small number is a very very small number.

Yup. Which is why running around saying "by XXX percent" is almost always an intentionally misleading stat
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