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Because I had been wearing those same shoes for years with the exact same level of tightness and never in my life had swollen feet problem before. The bruising
by SOLAR_FIELDS 5y ago
Because I had been wearing those same shoes for years with the exact same level of tightness and never in my life had swollen feet problem before. The bruising was also following the lines of the shoes which is how it was discovered it was related to the shoe tightness
- nradov 5y agoNone of that implies that COVID was the cause. It could just be a coincidence.
- lmkg 5y ago> Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing 'look over there'. Randall Munroe, https://xkcd.com/552/ https://xkcd.com/552/ (mouseover text)
- delecti 5y agoI feel like the two different definitions of "imply" (formal vs colloquial) make "correlation doesn't imply causation" simultaneously true and false. On one hand, correlation doesn't necessarily demonstrate causation, but on the other hand (like the comment says) it does suggest fertile ground for research.
- bcrosby95 5y agoWe also don't make all our decisions in life based upon research. If I eat something and it upsets my stomach, I'm not going to commission a study on it. I'm just gonna avoid eating it.
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- hackerfromthefu 5y agoImply != Prove
- ad404b8a372f2b9 5y agoEverything can be a coincidence, it's not an helpful line of inquiry when discussing personal experience. If the man experiences a once in a lifetime health issue after having caught a virus with symptoms that bear similarities to that issue and with all other factors remaining constant, that's as much validation as you're going to get from someone's personal experience.