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I am leaning to towards not reliable, as they claim the trend started in Jan 2021, which is a little early for when Israel was vaccinating that population: http

I am leaning to towards not reliable, as they claim the trend started in Jan 2021, which is a little early for when Israel was vaccinating that population: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/31/israel-covid-vaccination-data-offers-hope-exit-pandemic https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/31/israel-covid-v... It seems like the authors probably went into this with a conclusion in mind…

cft 5y ago
- buildbot 5y ago
  Please follow HN guidelines when responding, you could have simply stated, "Looking at figure 1b, it seems like there was time delay between the first dose and the increase in rates".
  - cft 5y ago
    This is a wrong venue to condescendingly teach other people how to write comments. The goal of this forum is to contribute information or insights. If you you think I violated HN guidelines, please downvote and report to dang.
    - buildbot 5y ago
      Respectfully, it is exactly the right venue? I sorta thought that was the point here. And sure, done.
- alimov 5y ago
  I’m not very knowledgeable about this, but I was wondering if MIT (professor?) co-authorship precludes papers from coming to the wrong conclusions? Or is it we’ll know that when a co-author is from MIT that the paper is as rigorous and objective as possible?
  - cft 5y ago
    I am just comparing the potential veracity of a peer reviewed article in Nature of two MIT authors and one emergency physician from Ben Gurion University with a one line dismissal and a newspaper link. Which one is "we'll [sic] known" to be more plausible?
    - fsh 5y ago
      This is not published in Nature. Scientific reports is much less prestigious and selective.
    - alimov 5y ago
      Ok I understand
    - buildbot 5y ago
      I said possibly less reliable because of some interesting data mismatches, not dismissing it. considering then other comments addressing the flaws in their stats, it seems quite wrong. I have a Masters degree from UBC and work as a data scientist, not that actually matters…
      - cft 5y ago
        Can you point to the specific error in the paper? I have a PhD from MIT, but I am not sure why "UBC" is relevant to the paper in question.
        buildbot 5y ago
        I cannot, it is not my area of expertise. For the same reason "MIT" is relevant.

cft 5y ago

buildbot 5y ago
Please follow HN guidelines when responding, you could have simply stated, "Looking at figure 1b, it seems like there was time delay between the first dose and the increase in rates".
- cft 5y ago
  This is a wrong venue to condescendingly teach other people how to write comments. The goal of this forum is to contribute information or insights. If you you think I violated HN guidelines, please downvote and report to dang.
  - buildbot 5y ago
    Respectfully, it is exactly the right venue? I sorta thought that was the point here. And sure, done.
alimov 5y ago
I’m not very knowledgeable about this, but I was wondering if MIT (professor?) co-authorship precludes papers from coming to the wrong conclusions? Or is it we’ll know that when a co-author is from MIT that the paper is as rigorous and objective as possible?
- cft 5y ago
  I am just comparing the potential veracity of a peer reviewed article in Nature of two MIT authors and one emergency physician from Ben Gurion University with a one line dismissal and a newspaper link. Which one is "we'll [sic] known" to be more plausible?
  - fsh 5y ago
    This is not published in Nature. Scientific reports is much less prestigious and selective.
  - alimov 5y ago
    Ok I understand
  - buildbot 5y ago
    I said possibly less reliable because of some interesting data mismatches, not dismissing it. considering then other comments addressing the flaws in their stats, it seems quite wrong. I have a Masters degree from UBC and work as a data scientist, not that actually matters…
    - cft 5y ago
      Can you point to the specific error in the paper? I have a PhD from MIT, but I am not sure why "UBC" is relevant to the paper in question.
      - buildbot 5y ago
        I cannot, it is not my area of expertise. For the same reason "MIT" is relevant.