What I'm struck with over and over in this whole fiasco is how blurred the data is. Regarding immunity, there are four distinct groups:
1. vax only
2. natural only
3. natural plus vax
4. no vax or natural
Any report or analysis that combines these groups is basically useless.
I do a bit of data analysis for my work, and I always try to avoid lossy aggregation. That is, capture the data in most the most granular form and aggregate during the analysis as appropriate. Then I or someone else can always come back and aggregate it differently. Storage and processing is dirt cheap. It seems like "public health" is stuck in the 20th century. Of course reverse Hanlon's Razor applies. That is, we shouldn't assume incompetence. Aggregation often serves propaganda goals. Lumping naturally immune with "unvaccinated" suits their narrative.
What I'm struck with over and over in this whole fiasco is how blurred the data is. Regarding immunity, there are four distinct groups:
1. vax only
2. natural only
3. natural plus vax
4. no vax or natural
Any report or analysis that combines these groups is basically useless.
I do a bit of data analysis for my work, and I always try to avoid lossy aggregation. That is, capture the data in most the most granular form and aggregate during the analysis as appropriate. Then I or someone else can always come back and aggregate it differently. Storage and processing is dirt cheap. It seems like "public health" is stuck in the 20th century. Of course reverse Hanlon's Razor applies. That is, we shouldn't assume incompetence. Aggregation often serves propaganda goals. Lumping naturally immune with "unvaccinated" suits their narrative.