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> In 2011, using 2009 data, we published a study demonstrating that among the most highly developed nations, those requiring the most vaccine doses for their in
by brucethemoose2 3y ago
> In 2011, using 2009 data, we published a study demonstrating that among the most highly developed nations, those requiring the most vaccine doses for their infants tended to have the least favorable infant mortality rates (r = 0.70, p < .0001).
I stopped right there.
Correlation is interesting, but its not the causation this study is seemingly reaching for.
- fwungy 3y agoMy scientific methods professor taught that "correlation is not causation BUT when you find it you have to explain it, because correlation is a foundational indicator for science."
- brucethemoose2 3y agoYeah, but in this case thare are a billion variables that are not controlled at all. One could easily spin this paper as super pro or anti vaccine.
- foxyv 3y agoAll you have to do is look at their chart. It is pretty much a shotgun pattern with a line drawn through it. https://assets.cureus.com/uploads/figure/file/677883/lightbox_2f70990019fe11eeb3b6793d78df575a-Improved_Scatter_Plot.png https://assets.cureus.com/uploads/figure/file/677883/lightbo...