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Simpson’s Paradox: How to make vaccinated death figures misleading

Simpson’s Paradox: How to make vaccinated death figures misleading

A tricky statistical phenomenon at play.

More or Less · BBC Radio 4

November 28, 20218m 58s

Show Notes

Vaccines are the best way to stop deaths and serious cases related to covid19, this is an irrefutable fact. However, recent ONS data seems to show that vaccinated people had a higher all cause death rate than unvaccinated people. Why is this data misleading? Here’s a clue: it’s to do with a quirky statistical phenomenon called Simpsons Paradox.

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