Claim: Raw numbers of hospitalizations or deaths among those who are vaccinated are not a good indicator of whether vaccines are effective. If the large majority of a population is vaccinated, it's not surprising if most deaths are among the vaccinated. But social media posts misuse data from the U.K. to suggest the COVID-19 vaccines don't work.
Fact-check: Why It's Easy to Misinterpret Numbers of Deaths Among the Vaccinated - FactCheck.org
Verdict: raw numbers of hospitalizations or deaths among those who are vaccinated are not a good indicator of whether vaccines are effective. if the large majority of a population is vaccinated, it's not surprising if most deaths are among the vaccinated. but social media posts misuse data from the u.k. to suggest the covid-19 vaccines don't work.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2021-11-01T21:43:40