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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, the way it is currently is any time someone in the news that is seemingly healthy but has a major heart issue (for example Bronny James) they immediately jump and say "IT WAS THE VACCINE!".

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

And, since the vast majority of people have been vaccinated, it follows that the vast majority of people who have heart attacks have been vaccinated.

Go-go base rate fallacy!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_rate_fallacy

BTW, it's awesome that the graphic for the Base Rate Fallacy is specifically about COVID vaccinations.