Source: ☕️ LEGITIMATE CONFUSION ☙ Thursday, February 16, 2023 ☙ C&C NEWS 🗞*WORLD NEWS AND COMMENTARY* 🗞 🔥 Yesterday I reported about liberal WaPo columnist Taylor Lorenz, who is starting — tentatively, just barely — to question the alarming incidence of deaths in younger people. I suggested Taylor’s public doubts are evidence that the mass hypnosis might be starting to wear off. Yesterday,... Read more
Archive for the ‘Science’ Category
C&C. Hyper-leukemia. Private Drones? Russian Nuclear Ships. The Cochrane Mask Review.
February 16 | Posted by mrossol | Childers, Health, Mandates, Science, Transparency[non]
The Aseem Malhotra lecture isn’t what you think it is
February 14 | Posted by mrossol | Critical Thinking, Science, VaccineInteresting. I did not read the lecture by Dr. Malhotra, but can sort of guess(?) It is helpful to consider other viewpoints, so I wanted to include it – since I probably don’t do enough of that. mrossol Source: The Aseem Malhotra lecture isn’t what you think it is | Science-Based Medicine For those audience members unfamiliar with Dr. Aseem Malhotra... Read more
The “evidence pyramid” should be dismantled, brick by ill-conceived brick
February 13 | Posted by mrossol | Critical Thinking, Math/Statistics, Prasad, ScienceSource: The “evidence pyramid” should be dismantled, brick by ill-conceived brick I wrote last week about a systematic review of physical measures to block viral transmission. In the post I referenced the famous (or perhaps infamous) evidence pyramid. My goal was to show the idealized version of evidence—wherein a systematic review of randomized trials strengthens one’s confidence in any one trial’s... Read more
It was cruel to trick people that they can protect immunocompromised loved ones by masking & being precautious
February 8 | Posted by mrossol | Coronavirus, Health, ScienceBy Vinay Prasad, Feb 8, 2023 Source: It was cruel to trick people that they can protect immunocompromised loved ones by masking & being precautious
There are still some people taking precautions because they know someone who’s immunocompromised or live with someone who’s immunocompromised. We have set these people up for failure. Public health has lied to them.
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Public health is not like medicine: It doesn’t have to generate evidence
February 7 | Posted by mrossol | Health, Ruling Class, Science, The Left, WHOBy Vinay Prasad, Feb. 7, 2023. Source: Public health is not like medicine: It doesn’t have to generate evidence
During the pandemic, the same person who says “this observational study of <insert cancer drug> can’t prove it works because of residual confounding” is happy to say, “this observational study of community masking proves it works.” Bizarre, right?
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Wide confidence intervals means an intervention could still work; Is that the standard we always use in medicine?
February 7 | Posted by mrossol | Critical Thinking, ScienceBt Vinay Prasad, February 6, 2023 Source: Wide confidence intervals means an intervention could still work; Is that the standard we always use in medicine?
I took the liberty of plotting the largest randomized trials of masking from the Cochrane review, and, first off, as you can see, all the confidence intervals are wide, and compatible with important...
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