Oof.
When I run my weekly county-level vaxx rate updates, I use CDC data for most states but *state* health dept. data for about a dozen of them (which of course takes longer).
Sounds like I might have to move to state health dept. data for...more states.
When I run my weekly county-level vaxx rate updates, I use CDC data for most states but *state* health dept. data for about a dozen of them (which of course takes longer).
Sounds like I might have to move to state health dept. data for...more states.
https://twitter.com/ArmstrongDrew/status/1472211004146786310
It occurs to me that part of the problem may be some people LYING about not having been vaccinated at all in order to get their booster shot before they were eligible (remember, there were a couple of months when you had to be 65+ or 50+ in order to be eligible).
So some people < 65 or < 50 who already had 2 shots might have claimed that this would be their 1st shot instead of their 3rd in order to get it.
Result: It gets counted as a 1st shot instead of a 3rd.
Result: It gets counted as a 1st shot instead of a 3rd.
This isn't as bad as it sounds at first--I thought the TOTAL number of doses was being massively overtcounted, which doesn't appear to be the case. Technically every shot administered still helps.
Still not good, though.
Still not good, though.
As it happens, my county vaxx data only includes those with TWO shots, so it’s probably not impacted by this issue nearly as much…it sounds like the number with 0, 1 or 3 shots are off, but not so much 2. Huh.
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