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Headline does not match the title or the paper. Moreover, actual conclusion of the paper: “Common vaccines were not associated with a decreased risk of dementi
by yawpitch 6mo ago
Headline does not match the title or the paper.
Moreover, actual conclusion of the paper: “Common vaccines were not associated with a decreased risk of dementia. Unmeasured confounding and detection bias likely accounted for the observed increased risk.”
- LachlanWaffles 6mo ago"Results: Common vaccines were associated with an increased risk of dementia (OR, 1.38 [95% CI, 1.36-1.40]), compared with no exposure."
- JoeAltmaier 6mo agoAgain, the insistence with cherry-picking results. Shame. Conclusions: Common vaccines were not associated with a decreased risk of dementia. Unmeasured confounding and detection bias likely accounted for the observed increased risk.
- yawpitch 6mo agoContinuing the same paragraph: “Applying a 10-year lag period […] and comparing versus prostate cancer screening […] but not breast cancer screening […] attenuated the risk increase.“ The “attenuated” in this case means “weakened the case for”. Or, in other words, we found a correlation without finding any causation.