more covid vaccine math
In the previous post I was basing my calculation on a shaky assumption that CDC provides the correct numbers in our best interest. What if it doesn't?
Here are the calculations that I trust more:
If I chose not to vaccinate my teen son, the probability of heart inflammation from covid is 0.05X multiplied by (probability of getting covid) multiplied by (vaccine effectiveness in preventing covid).
0.05X*0.01*0.2=0.0001X
If I chose to vaccinate my teen son the probability of heart inflammation is
X+0.05X*0.01*0.8=1.0004X
Final difference being 10000X in favor of not vaccinating. May be that is why European countries do not recommend to vaccinate children, unless they have a condition that makes their odds of covid complication very grim.
Here are the calculations that I trust more:
If I chose not to vaccinate my teen son, the probability of heart inflammation from covid is 0.05X multiplied by (probability of getting covid) multiplied by (vaccine effectiveness in preventing covid).
0.05X*0.01*0.2=0.0001X
If I chose to vaccinate my teen son the probability of heart inflammation is
X+0.05X*0.01*0.8=1.0004X
Final difference being 10000X in favor of not vaccinating. May be that is why European countries do not recommend to vaccinate children, unless they have a condition that makes their odds of covid complication very grim.
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но конечно есть всякие другие нюансы.
кончено, было б классно, если б у вакцины не было побочек. увы, недостижимо. чем хуже возбудитель, тем побочнее прививка.
кончно, было б здорово, если б привика "работала" на защиту и формирование популяционного иммунитета. и предотарвщала бы болезнь.
увы, это тоже не так.
так что нужно действительно думать и взвешивать риски, но только более адекватным способом, чем предложенное умножение (на мой взгляд, а вы, конечно, как хотите)