alloneword » 09 Feb 2022 02:52 wrote:Then there's the denominators question.
Clearly the definition of 'fully vaccinated' has changed several times along the course of this data, but I see no effort made to indicate where.
Yet in their 'dashboard', they claim 86,972 as being 'fully vaccinated', which (by their definition) means 3 doses each, yes? Well that would mean 260,376 doses, yet they claim to have administered only 173,938.

This is on their dashboard page right now:
Individuals Fully Vaccinated - The total number of Humboldt County residents who have received
both doses of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine series or
one dose of a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine as reported by CAIR.
So it doesn't mean three doses. it means one or two depending on the vaccine.
My rough calculations show that if you shift the ~9k 'partially vaxxxed' from the from the 'unvaxxed' to the 'vaxxed' denominator, the hospitalisation rate for 'unvaxxed' drops by over 22%, whilst the 'fully vaxxed' rate climbs over 10%.
Whatever, it's all of little interest when - as is so often the case - the actual source data is not provided.
"Partially vaxxed" cannot be counted as vaccinated.
Vaccines don't work immediately. The provoke a response from the body that can take up to two weeks to take effect, and in double dose regimes need both doses to take the proper effect.
That is why there is a category for "partially vaccinated" that stands on its own and isn't considered vaccinated or unvaccinated.
Some partially vaccinated people will have a fully effective response earlier than others but its only something you'd know if you tested everyone for serum levels of anti bodies and had comparisons prior to vaccination. Some people need only one dose of a two dose regime to provoke an effective immune response, other need both doses and two weeks or more to get the same response.
But including it in either data set just fucks with the results or their accuracy.
If you (or anyone else) counts partially vaxxed people as unvaxxed or especially as fully vaxxed you are just manipulating the data to get a result you prefer.