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Its so so clearly a joke. Come on man.

by gregjw 5y ago

paulcole 5y ago
From the about page: > Being keenly aware of political biases on both sides, my goal is to try to remain as apolitical as possible and try to filter out what I perceive as political biases and describe what I consider to be key insights gained from a particular report or resource It’s hard to tell what’s a joke anymore.
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spaceisballer 5y ago
Or an advertisement for the new movie.
tux1968 5y ago
What's the joke? It seems to me they're trying to make a point about the study that appears lower on the page, the one claiming that vaccinated people are dying at a higher rate than unvaccinated.
- Hnrobert42 5y ago
  Older people die more often than younger people. More older people are vaccinated than younger people. The study at the bottom shows that vaccinated people are dying at a higher rate than unvaccinated people. The joke is on the person who concludes that the increase in death rate is because of the vaccine and not the age difference.
- he0001 5y ago
  It is a joke as the author states in a more recent article[0] [0] https://www.covid-datascience.com/post/what-do-uk-data-say-about-impact-of-vaccines-on-deaths-part3-all-cause-1st-dose-w-in-21-days https://www.covid-datascience.com/post/what-do-uk-data-say-a...
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- boole1854 5y ago
  The joke is that not taking into account all known correlated predictors when performing a statistical analysis can produce absurd results. In this case, age is a metric variable known to be a correlated predictor of what movies an individual has seen, the probability of their death due to COVID-19, and the probability of their being vaccinated against COVID-19. The precise relationship between those four items is beside the point here -- the point is just that if you did not take into account that age is a metric variable and that it is a correlated predictor of both vaccination status and death, then you did your analysis incorrectly.
- mcguire 5y ago
  That's not a study. It's a blog post.
OJFord 5y ago
I read GP as recognising but criticising the joke - saying that (with quite a bit more thought/effort probably) you could construct one as jokey and ridiculous/unbelievable but based on real sources to make the point with actual data.
- gus_massa 5y ago
  Using the real data is the nice part of many xkcd posts, for example https://xkcd.com/893/ https://xkcd.com/893/

Its so so clearly a joke. Come on man.

by gregjw 5y ago

Its so so clearly a joke. Come on man.

From the about page: > Being keenly aware of political biases on both sides, my goal is to try to remain as apolitical as possible and try to filter out what I perceive as political biases and describe what I consider to be key insights gained from a particular report or resource It’s hard to tell what’s a joke anymore.

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spaceisballer 5y ago

Or an advertisement for the new movie.

tux1968 5y ago

What's the joke? It seems to me they're trying to make a point about the study that appears lower on the page, the one claiming that vaccinated people are dying at a higher rate than unvaccinated.

Hnrobert42 5y ago
Older people die more often than younger people. More older people are vaccinated than younger people. The study at the bottom shows that vaccinated people are dying at a higher rate than unvaccinated people. The joke is on the person who concludes that the increase in death rate is because of the vaccine and not the age difference.
he0001 5y ago
It is a joke as the author states in a more recent article[0] [0] https://www.covid-datascience.com/post/what-do-uk-data-say-about-impact-of-vaccines-on-deaths-part3-all-cause-1st-dose-w-in-21-days https://www.covid-datascience.com/post/what-do-uk-data-say-a...
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boole1854 5y ago
The joke is that not taking into account all known correlated predictors when performing a statistical analysis can produce absurd results. In this case, age is a metric variable known to be a correlated predictor of what movies an individual has seen, the probability of their death due to COVID-19, and the probability of their being vaccinated against COVID-19. The precise relationship between those four items is beside the point here -- the point is just that if you did not take into account that age is a metric variable and that it is a correlated predictor of both vaccination status and death, then you did your analysis incorrectly.
mcguire 5y ago
That's not a study. It's a blog post.

OJFord 5y ago

I read GP as recognising but criticising the joke - saying that (with quite a bit more thought/effort probably) you could construct one as jokey and ridiculous/unbelievable but based on real sources to make the point with actual data.

gus_massa 5y ago
Using the real data is the nice part of many xkcd posts, for example https://xkcd.com/893/ https://xkcd.com/893/