[astrophysician]

hmm..I see your point but I'm not sure I agree, saying 2/3 of people that otherwise would have died are no longer is tailored to the problem. E.g. if mortality rate from all covid infections went from 0.1% -> 0.001%, thats incredibly impressive and important since the mortality is now 1% of what it was, meaning 99% of deaths are being avoided but "the mortality rate went down by 0.099%" sounds small and insignificant.

[petschge]

Which is why it is good to give absolute risks before and after a change. That way you can easily compute and judge both absolute risk reductions and risk ratios.

[LudwigNagasena]

That’s because people mess up percentages and percentage points all the time.