3 ms·
A large part of this study consists of a review of data from a prior study. That study is here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8486393/ https://w
by scythe 4y ago
A large part of this study consists of a review of data from a prior study. That study is here:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8486393/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8486393/
It may be helpful to read them both together. As the authors emphasize, the statistical analysis of these phenomena is quite difficult, but one thing that stuck out to me: there is practically no correlation with population density, before or after controlling for the community vulnerability index.
- ghaff 4y agoI suspect, to the degree we ever actually know, that a lot of seemingly sensible interventions and behaviors may have made some difference at the margins--and if people had done nothing outcomes would almost certainly have been worse. But vaccinations and improved treatments aside, it seems fairly clear there weren't silver bullets.