> I'm simply stating that my personal observation supports what a scientific study says. When there is evidence to back up an anecdote it ceases to be an anecdo

> I'm simply stating that my personal observation supports what a scientific study says. When there is evidence to back up an anecdote it ceases to be an anecdote. That's actually a really good example of confirmation bias :) it can be a real sneaky logical fallacy! In this case you have no controls in place to verify the what, why, or how of those people's infections, but because it matches what you think it should you've accepted it as further evidence that confirms the proposition of the study. Anecdotal evidence remains anecdotal whether or not it correlates with a position in either direction.