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i noticed a thing with headlines like these: "x may cause y". Whenever it's "may" or "might", it's almost always meaningless
by peab 3mo ago
i noticed a thing with headlines like these: "x may cause y". Whenever it's "may" or "might", it's almost always meaningless
- shiggydump 3mo agoOnly the Sith deal in absolutes.
- naturalmovement 3mo ago[flagged]
- jambalaya8 3mo agoProblem with those conditions and long COVID and CFS are generally similar: No really reliable guaranteed test for most of them, just a series of symptomatic diagnoses and years of ruling out conditions. No offense, but while some people might be full of crap, you sound really insensitive.
- naturalmovement 3mo agoIf you suppose it's all malarkey and conjecture, what is the problem? When your doctor says that you're wrong, do you accept his advice or tell him he should be more like Dale Carnegie?
- jambalaya8 3mo agoMost logical, rational adults would seek a second opinion, at least in places where those are available; they usually are. Interesting that I said 'some people' and you generalised. FWIW, if my doctor were unfriendly enough, though, I might do that also.
- thenerdhead 3mo agosmall study yes, meaningless no
- Fomite 3mo agoThere has been a shift - an understandable one, and one I by and large support (absent some edge cases) - to move away from causal language for observational studies.