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I think it wouldn’t matter if the authors were trained as immunologists or not had they published a methodologically sound findings. That’s the problem with aut
by f6v 5y ago
I think it wouldn’t matter if the authors were trained as immunologists or not had they published a methodologically sound findings. That’s the problem with authority in science right there.
One important takeaway is that even “scientists” can be anti-vaxers.
- AstralStorm 5y agoThe problems should have been caught by a statistician, not even immunologist. The mistake in paper is essentially a base rate fallacy.
- username90 5y agoDoctors usually don't know statistics so when they review papers like this they don't see any issue. They do it on paper but not in practice. You see it in most published medical papers, no matter the bias or leaning, but the only time we get up in arms over it is when it supports causes we think are wrong.
- francisduvivier 5y agoTrue, but a lot of people seem to be missing that this knife cuts very much both ways. Scientists can also be non-objective pro-vaxxers, not wanting to look critical at anything provax and immediately very critical of anything that smells like anti-vax. Basically double standards are applied everywhere, on both sides. And imho this is quite a problem in the current situation.