I honestly disagree, less with Steve's analyses, but strongly with the JAMA article.
1. The authors did not write anything about how they identified the „unvaccinated“. This is not trivial, as these individuals usually do not carry such a stamp in their documents or on their face.
2. They wrote „we enrolled all individuals with at least 1 …
I honestly disagree, less with Steve's analyses, but strongly with the JAMA article.
1. The authors did not write anything about how they identified the „unvaccinated“. This is not trivial, as these individuals usually do not carry such a stamp in their documents or on their face.
2. They wrote „we enrolled all individuals with at least 1 hospital admission record between 2 days before and 10 days after a positive test result for SARS-CoV-2 or influenza and an admission diagnosis for COVID-19 or seasonal influenza.“
Why did they require a positive test?
What about cases of sudden death, myocardial infarction, or cancer? Just not counted!
3. „We removed 143 participants hospitalized with both infections.“
Oh! I felt to have been told since March 2020 that coinfection could not exist …
OK, negligible when considering the 11k cases. Less negligible when considering the 600 deaths.
Summary: I recommend avoiding calculations on lousy data. They can only be misleading.
I honestly disagree, less with Steve's analyses, but strongly with the JAMA article.
1. The authors did not write anything about how they identified the „unvaccinated“. This is not trivial, as these individuals usually do not carry such a stamp in their documents or on their face.
2. They wrote „we enrolled all individuals with at least 1 hospital admission record between 2 days before and 10 days after a positive test result for SARS-CoV-2 or influenza and an admission diagnosis for COVID-19 or seasonal influenza.“
Why did they require a positive test?
What about cases of sudden death, myocardial infarction, or cancer? Just not counted!
3. „We removed 143 participants hospitalized with both infections.“
Oh! I felt to have been told since March 2020 that coinfection could not exist …
OK, negligible when considering the 11k cases. Less negligible when considering the 600 deaths.
Summary: I recommend avoiding calculations on lousy data. They can only be misleading.