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I’m a little confused about the math for this statement, “The survey results were based on responses from 2,049 Israelis. The MoH reports based on passive surveillance were reported as events per million doses. You have to multiply 2,049 by 488 to get to a million. So the number of each type of event was multiplied by 488 to approximate …
I’m a little confused about the math for this statement, “The survey results were based on responses from 2,049 Israelis. The MoH reports based on passive surveillance were reported as events per million doses. You have to multiply 2,049 by 488 to get to a million. So the number of each type of event was multiplied by 488 to approximate the total number of reports per million that should have been documented in the passive system”.
Wouldn’t 2,049 people at 3 shots each have received 6,147 does, making the multiplying factor to reach 1,000,000 doses be 163? Or am I missing something here?
Thanks.
I'm only talking about (and counting) booster doses, because the survey was focused on people asking about their experience after the booster dose. But I do see the logic of what you're saying.