An article on a U.K. conspiracy website misrepresents a Health Security Agency report, claiming that 90 percent of COVID-19 deaths in England were fully vaccinated. The article does not take into account that the most vaccinated group in the U.K. is the elderly, who are also most at risk of dying from COVID-19. More than 95 percent of U.K. residents aged 65 or older and 100 percent of those in their 70s are fully vaccinated.
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Bad actors online are increasingly misrepresenting data in order to cast doubt on vaccines in the third year of the pandemic. Explaining that as vaccination rates climb, vaccinated people make up a larger proportion of infections and deaths is recommended. For example, if 100 percent of a population is vaccinated then 100 percent of deaths will be in people who are fully vaccinated. That tells us nothing about how effective a vaccine is. When the data is broken down by age and other demographics, it becomes clear that vaccinated people are better protected against infection and serious illness than unvaccinated people. Fact-Checking Source(s):
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