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I'm not. Taking the last available data point which is 24 Sep 21:

Unvax 80+ - 28 deaths Double-vax 80+ - 243 deaths

What does that mean? It lools like more die with a double-dose. Is that not correct?

You are not. Slightly more vaccinated people died than unvaccinated. However, not from COVID-19. The elderly are more likely to be vaccinated and also more likely to die of heart disease or cancer. You'll note in Table 8 that 34k unvaccinated died of COVID, compared to 14k vaccinated. Also, 83% of people are vaccinated, meaning the unvaccinated would have had to have died at even greater rates, at over 900% the rate of vaccinated. However, to further account for the elderly being at greater risk of COVID, you'll further note that Table 8 has an "age-standardised mortality rate", showing that on an individual basis, choosing to remain unvaccinated made someone 3230% more likely to die of COVID.

Ok, so that makes some sense to me. Thanks for explaining it.

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