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In all the statistics I've seen, excess deaths have been driven by Covid variant waves. I'm sure this is no different. Of course, the crazies will go berserk ov
by somewhereoutth 4y ago
In all the statistics I've seen, excess deaths have been driven by Covid variant waves. I'm sure this is no different. Of course, the crazies will go berserk over any temporal coincidence with the vaccination rollout programs.
I'd prefer not to see this kind of nonsense given time of day on HN, as a supposed science/technology based forum.
- version_five 4y ago> I'd prefer not to see this kind of nonsense given time of day on HN, as a science/technology based forum. Then why did you make a comment that's mostly about it?
- acta_non_verba 4y agoScience is the system of questioning things through a repeatable methodology. Is that not exactly what is happening here? Science is always in a state of flux, as it should be until we know everything. Don’t get religious about it.
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- wessorh 4y agoIts not crazy if we just talk data and statistics. I find the intersection with vax mandates and the overwhelming datasets coming from Germany and Israel and the UK quite interesting. So lets just stick with facts and debate those.
- SubiculumCode 4y agoThe authors have never published a paper in epidemiology, and trust me, there are plenty of pitfalls even very smart people can fall into when they don't understand the ins and out of a field.
- chiefalchemist 4y agoAnd just the same, it happens within a field of expertise. Biases, groupthink, egos, etc. None of us, including science, is immune to such things.
- cf141q5325 4y agoThe authors are data scientists. So articulating what exactly the pitfalls are that disqualify them from working with an epidemiological dataset would be really helpful. As a non data scientist, it is not obvious to me what qualification they are lacking when it comes to working with an existing dataset.