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Something was brought to my attention today, so I thought I would share it.
Although we can all say how well the UK has done the vaccine rollout and that Spain has been slower. I find this interesting
Looking at the UK government stats, they add this wording ... percentage of the adult population.
All other countries don't use this statistic.
Off the UK government website - Vaccines are currently given in 2 doses, at least 21 days apart. By the end of 28 July 2021, 43,873 people had been given a first dose and 171,341 a second dose. In total, 46,733,115 people (88.4% of the adult population) have received a first dose and 37,782,252 people (71.4% of the adult population) a second dose of a vaccine.
The table below from our world in data shows the figure that other countries use - percentage of the population....So 71.4% becomes 56.4%. Both figures are correct, but depends which one you want to use. Obviously the UK government prefer the first, higher figure.
Doses given 84.3M
Fully vaccinated 37.6M
% of population fully vaccinated 56.4%
Then using the same table for Spain.
Doses given 55.2M
Fully vaccinated 26.4M
% of population fully vaccinated 56.3%
Although I accept the quantity is higher in the UK. Surely the figure that matters is the percentage of the population, 0.1% difference FULLY VACCINATED.
Just to be clear, I am not saying the UK haven't done well, just showing how figures can be manipulated.