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The story, and the study, are terrible. Chris Snowden demolishes it here: https://snowdon.substack.com/p/is-drinking-never-good-for-people https://snowdon.subs

The story, and the study, are terrible. Chris Snowden demolishes it here: https://snowdon.substack.com/p/is-drinking-never-good-for-people https://snowdon.substack.com/p/is-drinking-never-good-for-pe... > Notice, by the way, that nobody involved in this research is recommending that teetotallers over the age of 40 should start drinking moderately, despite the study showing that this would improve their health. Even in the world of 'public health', fanaticism has its limits.

raverbashing 4y ago
> there appears to be no protective effect at moderate rates ... (because) they associate alcohol consumption at any level with tuberculosis > TB is not really an alcohol-related disease and is only viewed as such in this study because (a) drinking might weaken the immune system and (b) people who go to bars and clubs are more likely to catch an infectious disease. I kid you not. Really