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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Not great that surveys are overestimating vaccine uptake (though, I'd note that the CDC's data has some issues too). Both on vaccines and other COVID precautions, there are likely some fairly big biases in surveys toward people who are more conscientious/careful about COVID. — PolitiTweet.org

Shiro Kuriwaki @shirokuriwaki

Out in @Nature today: Two large surveys were biased, with too much certainty on the wrong estimate, illustrating Me… https://t.co/4pe31m8lWr

Posted Dec. 8, 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

@thehowie I guess it seems increasingly likely that *either* the vaccines (and/or "natural" immunity?) are quite effective against severe disease (*maybe* more so than lab work implies?) *or* Omicron is intrinsically less virulent, to some degree. Either one would be pretty good news, no? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 8, 2021

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Why? 1) People who are staying home b/c of COVID easier to reach 2) COVID concern tends to be higher among high-edu, high-news consuming, high-social-trust Americans, who are more likely to respond to polls 3) Maybe some social desirability bias (people exaggerate their caution) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 8, 2021