I published an article last night highlighting major changes in the Alberta.ca Covid-19 Vaccine outcomes tab. They basically shifted huge numbers of vaccinated cases, hospitalizations, and deaths to unvaccinated. It was unclear to last night whether this was an example of gross incompetence or an attempt to reclassify the term “unvaccinated” to mean something totally different than it did the day before. I thought they had come up with an arbitrary timeframe, after which those who received their doses would automatically switch back to be “unvaccinated”. On the other hand, my first article showed similar examples of bulk shifts in November and December of 2021 (see article below), so it is possible there is someone working on the dashboard who is prone to massive mistakes. Such human error, combined with insufficient quality control measures can lead to huge data reassignments very easily. After all it only takes one click on the mouse to change a lot of data in a database.
It was not a mistake. It was a deliberate attempt to hide the monstrous effects of dose 3 but it failed because you lot are too eagle-eyed so they had to revert it. However, in-so-doing, they have highlighted just how much dose 3 within 2 weeks they are dumping in dose 2. I've done the analysis. Hoping to write it up after I've put my kids to bed this evening.
I have been involved, as a private citizen, interacting with the government employees who manage statistical dashboards. I have found that if you reach out to them they are generally willing to discuss the data and the process they use to manage and publish the data. Before we impute negative motives to these people, I would strongly suggest you develop a relationship with the government employees who manage the data you are following. Their’s is generally a lonely job. They are people too. It’s their job to educate the public.
It was not a mistake. It was a deliberate attempt to hide the monstrous effects of dose 3 but it failed because you lot are too eagle-eyed so they had to revert it. However, in-so-doing, they have highlighted just how much dose 3 within 2 weeks they are dumping in dose 2. I've done the analysis. Hoping to write it up after I've put my kids to bed this evening.
I have been involved, as a private citizen, interacting with the government employees who manage statistical dashboards. I have found that if you reach out to them they are generally willing to discuss the data and the process they use to manage and publish the data. Before we impute negative motives to these people, I would strongly suggest you develop a relationship with the government employees who manage the data you are following. Their’s is generally a lonely job. They are people too. It’s their job to educate the public.
Thanks for this article. Can you share the url for the Alberta Covid-19 dashboard?