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Thursday, July 29, 2021

102 out of 100

One of my profs did his post doc with the Nobel Laureate Manfred Eigen.  He said that Eigen would try to determine the results of the scientific papers from the diagrams before reading the text.  I wonder what Eigen would make of Denmark having 122 vaccinations per 100 people.  
Are Danes needle happy, drawn to syringes wielded by people in lab coats?

By reading the article (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/07/29/world/europe/europe-us-vaccination.html) you would learn that the correct heading should be "Doses per 100 people".  Statisticians might be frothing at the mouth because it is not clear what the breakdown is for vaccines which require two doses (Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech ) or a single dose (Johnson & Johnson).  The article makes it clear that the vaccines being used in the EU require 2 doses.

(Image: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/07/29/us/EU-US-vaccination-promo-1627593309433/EU-US-vaccination-promo-1627593309433-threeByTwoMediumAt2X.png)

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