I feel like the "a 2% death rate is effectively zero" assumption and "95% effective is effectively perfect" assumption is the same messaging and comprehension problem from different directions.
I understand why they wanted to present a relatively rosy picture to make getting vaxed more appealing, but the "if you're fully vaxed, the pandemic is over for you" messaging was a catastrophe.https://twitter.com/TheWayWithAnoa/status/1418171488428040195 …
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Like, people see those numbers and think "oh, so my individual odds are great" but the messaging hasn't done enough to emphasize that on a population level 95% is pretty far from perfect.
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And tbh I *still* don’t have a clear picture of the risks I have while vaccinated, except that I still have some
(So I behave pretty much as I did before with distancing & masking, I’m just less nervous when I’m out of the house) -
yeah, there just doesn't seem to be a whole lot of data on breakthrough cases yet. being vaxed clearly means we're way LESS likely to get it and spread it, and way LESS likely to have a severe case if we do spread it, but I don't know anything about long covid risks yet.
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