Vax rates, Cases, Deaths by County
Still no proof that higher vax rates = lower pandemic outcomes
We’ve been saying this for a while now but it’s clear that the vaccines are NOT our way out of this pandemic. As Dr. Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford tweeted:
“The vax provides a private benefit (protection vs. severe disease), but limited public benefit (protection vs. disease spread). So what is the argument for mandates?”
Now that October is over we ran the regressions again:
So I took:
All U.S. counties with over 500K in population
Avergae vax rates for the total population, 12+ yrs up, 18+ yrs up, and 65+ yrs
COVID-19 Cases/100K
COVID-19 Deaths/100K
July through October ‘21
Results .07 was best Spearman r2. There’s no relation frankly.
Here are the charts.
Deaths on the top row
Cases on the bottom row
Total, 12+, 18+, & 65+ average vax rates
Size of the dot = population size of the county.
Vax rates, Cases, Deaths by County
Y-axis is labeled “caser” instead of “cases”. Also, could we see the regression lines on the graphs? Thanks!
The chart header reads "Jul 2020" instead of 2021 - can that text be updated for sharing?