Hi Bill - just saw your comment. Thanks for the feedback and yes - I thought it was a ridiculous number also. It must be a bigger number because I know almost 500 people who weren't vaccinated! However, clearly the authorities are saying it is a small number and it does point to the fact that a great majority of those over 65 were vaccinated. It was a very efficient campaign and it continues to this day
On reading your latest post, we learn that less than 500 people in Australia
aged 65 or more are unvaccinated! I can hardly believe that figure. In the
Australian health statistics quoted by you (I looked at the file that you cited),
a footnote on the third slide tells us that
##Unvaccinated population is based on the total Estimated Residential Population
minus individuals who have a dose recorded in the Australian Immunisation Register.
The Estimated Residential Population is an estimate from the Australian Bureau of
Statistics so it is not guaranteed to be spot on. A better estimate might come from
Census figures but even then people are inadvertently omitted for reasons beyond
the control of ABS. (It's hard to be sure you've really counted everyone in Australia.)
To cut a long story short, we have to query that figure of 500 or less. It seems to
be too small. Of course, the Government may be trying to minimise the influence
of unvaccinated persons, of whom quite a few actually do exist. It may suit their
purposes to downplay the number of unvaccinated.
Hi Bill - just saw your comment. Thanks for the feedback and yes - I thought it was a ridiculous number also. It must be a bigger number because I know almost 500 people who weren't vaccinated! However, clearly the authorities are saying it is a small number and it does point to the fact that a great majority of those over 65 were vaccinated. It was a very efficient campaign and it continues to this day
Thank you Reuben
Another great and insightful post, Reuben. Wishing you a speedy recovery and already looking forward to your next stack!