This article is why I don’t follow Yahoo news. It’s total click bait, designed to scare us Into reading and then buy what ever polished garbage the sponsors are selling. Where can we find real news? Unhyped.
The WAPO had the article Yahoo ran, but it makes the differences far more clear:
A key explanation for the rise in deaths among the vaccinated is that covid-19 fatalities are again concentrated among the elderly.
Nearly two-thirds of the people who died during the omicron surge were 75 and older, according to a Post analysis, compared with a third during the delta wave. Seniors are overwhelmingly immunized, but vaccines are less effective and their potency wanes over time in older age groups.
It depends on the outlet, and the Yahoo News one was taken from the WAPO article, which they compacted into a click bait link.
What I hate is that the evening news always characterizes the CDC recommendations at "confusing". Do they think we are morons? If there are signs in the airport that say, "Wear a mask" then you put on a mask. If the airline's rule says you don't wear a mask, wear a mask anyway or don't. Calling changing rules "confusing" gives people permission not to follow the rules. David Muir's job is to clarify the rules, not act like a confused child. Ugh.
From the text shown, seems accurate. What's the issue? Antibodies wane over time, and the elderly and those with compromised immune systems don't seem to rev up antibody production and T-cell production off memory quick enough.
Sort of a clickbait title, but I don't see something inaccurate.
The part you quoted says only: "more vaccinated people are now dying of COVID Why? Vaccine protection wanes over time . . ."
That's true. That is an accurate statement. I cannot find the rest of the article. Perhaps it is inaccurate, but the part you quoted does not give us a reason to think it is irresponsible.
The way the headline is worded is misleading! Some people could misinterpret it as meaning "more vaccinated people are now dying of covid than unvaccinated people."
@perlinator "The way the headline is worded is misleading!"
That would depend on what the rest of the article says. If it says only that vaccinated people are getting sick more than they did with previous variants, that is definitely true, and it is important. Nearly every adult in my family got sick with omicron. We were fine before that.
If this article goes on to say "more vaccinated people are now dying of covid than unvaccinated people" that might also be true for a few places, such as Israel and the UK. That would be the base rate fallacy. You have to look at deaths per capita for vaccinated versus unvaccinated people. If the article explains the base rate fallacy, it is not misleading.
In the extreme case of a population that is 100% vaccinated, everyone who gets sick or dies is vaccinated. That's true, but it does not mean what the antivaxxers think it means.
The WAPO had the article Yahoo ran, but it makes the differences far more clear:
It depends on the outlet, and the Yahoo News one was taken from the WAPO article, which they compacted into a click bait link.
Read it for yourself.
What I hate is that the evening news always characterizes the CDC recommendations at "confusing". Do they think we are morons? If there are signs in the airport that say, "Wear a mask" then you put on a mask. If the airline's rule says you don't wear a mask, wear a mask anyway or don't. Calling changing rules "confusing" gives people permission not to follow the rules. David Muir's job is to clarify the rules, not act like a confused child. Ugh.
From the text shown, seems accurate. What's the issue? Antibodies wane over time, and the elderly and those with compromised immune systems don't seem to rev up antibody production and T-cell production off memory quick enough.
Sort of a clickbait title, but I don't see something inaccurate.
The part you quoted says only: "more vaccinated people are now dying of COVID Why? Vaccine protection wanes over time . . ."
That's true. That is an accurate statement. I cannot find the rest of the article. Perhaps it is inaccurate, but the part you quoted does not give us a reason to think it is irresponsible.
A subscription to one of the good national newspapers—I've picked the Washington Post.