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Why is it a confounder? If people have less traffic accidents due to staying at home, that makes the virus a little less destructive in terms of lives (just rem
by eternauta3k 7y ago
Why is it a confounder? If people have less traffic accidents due to staying at home, that makes the virus a little less destructive in terms of lives (just remember to account for the economic cost).
- jacquesm 7y agoBecause you won't be able to break out Covid-19 caused deaths from the aggregate.
- dredmorbius 7y agoI disagree, as noted elsewhere in this thread. Pandemic effects should be consider society-wide. Specific causal and medical or other mechanisms will differ, but it's the net effect which matters.