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Simpson’s Paradox: How to make vaccinated death figures misleading

2021/11/28
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More or Less: Behind the Stats

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Vaccines are the best way to stop deaths and serious cases related to covid19, this is an irrefutable fact. However, recent ONS data seems to show that vaccinated people had a higher all cause death rate than unvaccinated people. Why is this data misleading? Here’s a clue: it’s to do with a quirky statistical phenomenon called Simpsons Paradox.

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