> This isn't some small percentage of people this is 3 - 8% [1] of people hospit...

umvi on Feb 23, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Covid vaccination linked to 'substantial reduction...

> This isn't some small percentage of people this is 3 - 8% [1] of people hospitalized

And what percentage of people that get covid are hospitalized? Let's estimate and say 3% of people that get covid end up hospitalized. 3-8% of 3% is, frankly, a small percentage of people.

You can make any percentage seem large and scary with the right framing (https://xkcd.com/1252/)

dev1n on Feb 23, 2021 [–]

And the same can’t be true for making percentages seem small and insignificant? What exactly are you trying to prove?