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Old 04-17-2021, 05:15 AM
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Originally Posted by roscoguy View Post
1 in 13,000 is defeat? Not at all. By that 'logic', one could say that one CANNOT get a blood clot from the J&J vaccine. Period. PERIOD!!!!!, which is more than 70 times more likely, given the last data that I've heard. You prefer to use the percentage number, perhaps because it sounds so much smaller than the rate of incidence. The trouble is, 1/13000 or .008% are both greater than '...CANNOT ... Period. PERIOD!!!!!'. Don't ya' hate it when math & reality come together to smack down your victory dance?

Well, honestly, dock, I'm glad to know that you can take a good-natured ribbing, but we've worn this discussion out! Let's just agree that you were wrong & move on.
Well, yes, but clearly YOU are the one who is wrong! (You cannot extrapolate group epidemiologic data and apply it to a few individuals)