(February 4, 2022 at 6:59 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Worth noting about that video: he starts the description with "Big time, (at least in the UK, not so much in the US.)" And why is Omicron reducing intensive care admissions in the UK, but not the US? Because it turns out that the relatively small difference between the vaccination rates between nations like the US and the UK manages to translate into a big difference in severe cases.
And despite looking into John Campbell's history and finding that he has a tendency to make some very dodgy statements about vaccines, he at least acknowledges that they are a big help in this area, although it's unfortunate that, while the bulk of the video involves looking over this report, he never shows this table:
So, just because things are looking up in Britain doesn't mean the Yanks should become complacent.
Yeah, I wouldn’t trust Campbell’s conclusions overmuch. He is a veritable font of mis- and disinformation, and doesn’t appear to really understand the data he cites.
Boru
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