Finding Quality Data in the USA is Like Walking Over Broken Glass
Why do they make it so hard? Good question........
The biggest issue I have trying to actually have any rational discussion about Sars2 virus, covid diagnosis, vaccine efficacy, and anything else is that it’s always complicated.
People see the TV, read crappy mass media sites, and internalize anecdotes about this person’s second cousin’s friend that was once dating a guy that was still only 24 and super healthy that died of covid, so you know how it goes.
I had a far different post planned that covered such things as:
CDC asking DOJ to appeal the mask ruling
Fauci showing up on CNN+ in it’s last days
The new “RESISTANCE” that endeavors to fight the power that tells them if they want to wear a mask, wear one. If not don’t. The horror!
Other stuff
But I got sidetracked. I got into the weeds of US based covid data
So here is what I have.
All the Data is Bad, or Corrupt
It’s nearly impossible to get good, clean, US based data on much of anything. Reporting lags, definition games, age “adjustments”, and “applied models” make it all suspect.
An example was covered here:
Here we see Just a Guy lament the UK data tables, which are great, are going away:
It’s always hard to find good data with all I or anyone looking would need to make complete picture. I am gonna show you!
Walgreens as of today has not pulled their Sars2 testing data, and it’s great raw data. Here it is, latest week:
Wow!!! Vaccine failure!!! We have been conned!!!!
Well, hold on.
Why are the fully vaccinated and especially boosted folks walking into Walgreens to test ALL THE TIME? Are they sick? Bored? Look at the % of tests, it’s a massive tilt. At first blush it’s that vaccines suck and make people get sick. Maybe, but the confounder is that this % is so high, something else is going on. And no, elderly care facilities do not use Walgreens as a test resource. Employees of said places? Doubt it, they would want that in house. Over testing by hypochondriacs? Maybe, I don’t know and cannot say. But it messes with the picture.
So while the above I feel has strong hints about what is going on, I need FAR more to say for sure. Science, it’s not black and white, nor gray. It’s unclear until we have the information we need. Oh, you were not taught that? Well, I was.
On a smaller scale, my home state of Massachusetts. There are some new cool features on the covid dashboard, and it is still a great resource, but stuff is missing.
Last 2 weeks hospital data. 55-65% are vaccinated, BUT also only 30-35% are there for an actual Sars2 infection/covid reason. Well, how do we parse that? Depending on how that skews, it makes a world of difference in what is happening. Over age 60 is orders of magnitude higher for admissions, but here they are all vaccinated. What gives? The numbers do not add up:
Let’s look at deaths, the most difficult to fool with data set.
Again, Over age 65 here make up the vast majority, and the remaining unvaccinated cannot make up what we have seen just by the numbers. So something is wrong, but is being obscured.
See? It’s not clear. Anytime a pundit says “The Science is Clear” they mean please don’t look into it.
Notables
I wanted to do so much more with this post, but out of the hour I set aside to work on these things. I do think on them way more than that, so it’s not that my posts are crap, but writing one of these is hard to do if you want to add any value.
This thread is sooooooo good, just keep scrolling:
Massive data set out of Nordic nations finds myo/pericarditis issues after vaccine in 1 per 2600. Read this, it’s absurd this can be mandated for males under age 18. That’s just for kids so ill they sought help. It’s 5 times higher is my guess:
I am reading this after I hit post button, so:
And my annoyance at things:
Kasie Hunt (on right) is 5 foot 8 inches.
Who told her she could not wear a mask? No one. Just more nonsense:
Cultural Corner
I can tell you after walking to the ring for a lot of amateur boxing matches, this is very real. The sound gets so much louder as you come out to the open section, it’s so great:
Have a good night.