Governor Phil Murphy continued to push his new line on Monday – that New Jersey is experiencing “a pandemic among the unvaccinated” – and no one in the legacy media appears to be questioning him. No surprises there.
Is it true? Are individuals who haven’t received the vaccine keeps COVID-19 alive?
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Also on Monday, across the Pond in the United Kingdom, government officials announced that 60% of folks currently being admitted to the hospital over there have received TWO vaccine doses. That’s according to Sky News and, if true, it’s a very interesting stat.
Back here in New Jersey, our friend Woke Zombie delved into the latest hospitalization data and determined – again, you won’t be surprised – that Trenton’s math isn’t adding up…
Here’s her latest:
NJ case rate currently is 4 per 100k. Our hospital rate is 3.7 per 100k
UK case rate is 60/100k and their hospital rate is 1.1/100k
Something is wrong with the data.
— Woke Zombie 🇺🇸😊 (@AWokeZombie) July 19, 2021
So how could there be so few admissions per week, but our hospitalization census is still elevated and hovering around 300-330?
Several obvious reasons:
a) Counting too many PUIs as covid but arent TP (Inflating CLI)
b) Too many WITH vs. FOR, skewing the numbers
c) Bad data/10
— Woke Zombie 🇺🇸😊 (@AWokeZombie) July 19, 2021
This is just terribly misleading. You dont measure effectiveness against total vaccinated. You measure breakthrough cases vs total cases. This is just disgusting stuff. https://t.co/2As1r2RtLX
— Woke Zombie 🇺🇸😊 (@AWokeZombie) July 19, 2021
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Manipulated case and hospital data is nothing new; we’ve watched these games unfold for 1 1/2 years now. Do you see the problem with that last Murphy tweet highlighted by the Zombie? Vaccinated vs. vaccinated but positive tells us next to nothing useful about what’s going on out there.
I’m not suggesting the vaccine doesn’t help! It probably does, particularly if you’re in a high risk category. Don’t #cancel me, bro!
But is COVID-19’s raw dangerousness at this stage most heavily influenced by vaccine status? Or factors like age and general health (e.g. 70 and fat? Or 45 and super fit?)?
An honest administration wouldn’t conflate two different and important questions.
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