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9 months agoNot an antivax article exactly, but the title alone will create concerns. Whilst it mentions 1m saved lives, it doesn’t identify the significant number who avoided long term harms resulting from COVID infection. Finally, the article doesn’t even attempt to advise the tiny proportion of people who develop the adverse effects.
I used to teach medical statistics to post grad doctors in the UK. One of my examples was the drop in HRT use in the 90s with UK newspapers reporting a doubling in cancer risk. That was also a relative risk, with absolute risk remaining extremely low. Both the all cause mortality and the absolute measures for quality of life were such that more women suffered and died as a result of the headline scare story.