Looks like the view expressed was true and backed up by the ONS data.
So... great evidence on the obvious beneficial benefit of vaccination.
The view expressed was very misleading. The statistic covers the first 6 months of 2021 and almost all the deaths in that period occurred in the first few months when on average only about 1%-2% had been vaccinated, so a number in that sort of range would be expected even if the vaccines didn't work at all. This has been covered before https://dailysceptic.org/forums/postid/41817/
You may need to revisit your estimates.
By 31 March 54.2% and 7.8% had first and both doses respectively.
By the end of June these numbers are 78% and 57%
The earliest published numbers were 4% and 1% on 10 January.
@thinksaboutit OurWorldInData shows 0.6% fully vaxxed on 10 January, 6.6% by 31 March. Even on 10 March it shows just 2% fully vaxxed. Single dose numbers on 10 January were 3.6% and 45.7% on 31 March for a mean of around 25%. The numbers are still hopelessly confounded by time.
The CDC has even tried a similar trick with non-COVID mortality! According to them, full vaccination was associated with a 2/3 reduction in non-COVID mortality between December and July, which again just reflects normal strong seasonality in death rates. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/pdfs/mm7043e2-H.pdf
@thinksaboutit OurWorldInData shows 0.6% fully vaxxed on 10 January, 6.6% by 31 March. Even on 10 March it shows just 2% fully vaxxed. Single dose numbers on 10 January were 3.6% and 45.7% on 31 March for a mean of around 25%. The numbers are still hopelessly confounded by time.
The CDC has even tried a similar trick with non-COVID mortality! According to them, full vaccination was associated with a 2/3 reduction in non-COVID mortality between December and July, which again just reflects normal strong seasonality in death rates. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/pdfs/mm7043e2-H.pdf
Best to read the UK government's official data.
Even when you search for the most convenient source, then cherry-pick your reference date, you still disprove your original assertion.
The point is, the claim is based on outdated data. Also, does the 99% claim actually make the distinction between single vaccinated and double vaccinated? As far as I can recall, it didn't. It viewed single vaccinated people as "unvaccinated". If so, the majority of the UK population were still "unvaccinated" during most of the period in question.
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