Cricketer Harbhajan Singh posted on Twitter wondering whether Indians need a vaccine against Coronavirus and got mercilessly trolled for lack of logic.
We all have that one uncle in the family who believes fake information (ahem WhatsApp forwards ahem) and shares it on social media with utmost confidence. Cricketer Harbhajan Singh did the same and faced the wrath of the internet. Recently, the cricketer took to Twitter to share that Indians don't need a vaccine against coronavirus with some stats and a flawed logic attached to them.
Take a look:
PFIZER AND BIOTECH Vaccine:
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) December 3, 2020
Accuracy *94%
Moderna Vaccine: Accuracy *94.5%
Oxford Vaccine: Accuracy *90%
Indian Recovery rate (Without Vaccine): 93.6%
Do we seriously need vaccine 🤔🤔
Now, the Indian recovery rate being 93.6% means out of all people infected with COVID-19, only 6.4% of people are at the risk of dying. On the other hand, 94.5% accuracy of the vaccine means that out of all the people who take the vaccine, only 5.5% stand prone to the virus regardless. The accuracy of a vaccine and the recovery rate is not the same thing and cannot be compared.
Twitter was dumbfounded due to the absence of logic. Within minutes, Twitterati unleashed their sarcasm at the cricketer.
Here are some of the hilarious tweets and analogies that fans used to explain the logic to Harbhajan:
Only a handful people are benefitted from playing cricket!
— गणेशभाऊ गाईतोंडे साहेब (Official)💯💯 (@1GaneshGBhau) December 3, 2020
Do we need cricket in India?
Please ask this question first! https://t.co/QweFKfh85q
Harbhajan Singh after being trolled for this tweet 🤣😂 https://t.co/ZgdKZx68rj pic.twitter.com/khiNuQ4T9H
— Nandini Sharma (@nandinisharma99) December 3, 2020
Never recovered from that Afridi innings https://t.co/X160YuFeZS
— Umair Javed (@umairjav) December 3, 2020
Great player. Bad analysis
— Faheem Younus, MD (@FaheemYounus) December 4, 2020
A mistake in COVID analysis costs lives, not runs. Important for us to respect expertise https://t.co/lah9lvnKcM
Mixed day for Punjabis on twitter https://t.co/x7AYo7Ki9I
— Himanshu (@himanshu_dagarr) December 3, 2020
Someone please get the fucking Nobel prize and give to this man for economics and research in madicine .#CoronaVaccine #CoronaVirusUpdates https://t.co/1zQJ8WueNq
— Rohit Vyas (@RohitVy78219715) December 3, 2020
Delete WhatsApp https://t.co/7NXWDBFU8V
— Dharmendra Bhamu (@DrBhamoo) December 3, 2020
Seems Sreesanth had a point 😌#HarbhajanSingh https://t.co/niRQdTKWnz
— अनाज्ञाकारी (@anagyakari) December 3, 2020
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— Inquisitive007👽 (@ConquistadorIN) December 3, 2020
It seems like @harbhajan_singh is sharing the WHATSAPP UNIVERSITY GYAN forwarded by @SrBachchan ... 😉 https://t.co/TbpFZxkSI9
When get admission in "Science" stream through Sport's quota 🙄#CoronaVaccine #coronavirus https://t.co/11NAJwMPSe
— ORAerror (@OraBugfixed) December 3, 2020
I have had enough of twitter this year. Brb in 2021 https://t.co/VxJK6gU7EE
— Mohit Sidhwani (@MohitSidhwani_) December 3, 2020
Whatsapp pe aaya? https://t.co/hpK4frnEEP
— Yusuf Unjhawala 🇮🇳 (@YusufDFI) December 3, 2020
friend : I can drink as much as i want
— Kinda Joey (@Sahilarioussss) December 3, 2020
my friend after 2 peg : https://t.co/LHqSY9rKBy
Now @PMOIndia should launch an education program as "Beta padhao, bakwas se bachao". https://t.co/Kl5HCbZwrV
— Lokesh kumar sharma (@lokeshmadan444) December 3, 2020
Sreesanth was right all along. https://t.co/bmGEHCyKOw
— Abijit Ganguly (@AbijitG) December 3, 2020
Are you feeling bad for poor Harbhajan yet or laughing out loud at the responses?
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