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How disinformation works: HART's Clare Craig posted a Swiss graph showing covid hospitalisation rates by vaccination status. It suggests people who had a booster shot were more likely to end up in hospital with covid. But here's what she's not telling you… đź§µ pic.twitter.com/Vk0OWqkCXx
— John Bye (@_johnbye) December 11, 2022
2) Booster shots in Switzerland were mostly given to older and more vulnerable people, as they're more likely to get seriously ill from covid. That means the graph she shared is seriously skewed – the vast majority of the oldest people are boosted and most young people aren't. pic.twitter.com/weR85OlwDk
— John Bye (@_johnbye) December 11, 2022
5) Even if we drop down to younger groups, where booster shot uptake is lower and more focused on people with conditions that may make them particularly vulnerable to covid, people who had the booster were still doing slightly (50s) / much (60s) better than the unvaccinated. pic.twitter.com/irgV78arH5
— John Bye (@_johnbye) December 11, 2022
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