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Flu vaccination linked to 40% reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease

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231 points cachecrab | 5 comments | 27 Jun 22 19:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.803s | source
1. caromontminy ◴[27 Jun 22 20:17 UTC] No.31900202[source]▶
Great news ! It’s good to know that flu vaccination has two benefits
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2. geraldwhen ◴[27 Jun 22 20:23 UTC] No.31900273[source]▶
Correlation is not causation. Ice cream sales don’t cause drowning.
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3. JumpCrisscross ◴[27 Jun 22 20:27 UTC] No.31900323[source]▶
> Correlation is not causation

No, but correlation isn't meaningless either. This study [1] appears to be as robust as one can get without doing a double-blind trial. Given the effect size, I suspect that is in the works.

[1] https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-...

4. dragontamer ◴[27 Jun 22 20:30 UTC] No.31900359[source]▶
Correlation is sufficient to draw additional studies to add to the discussion however.

And with a proper survey, you can actually account for a lot of these effects. (Ex: after accounting for outdoor temperatures, the Ice Cream Sales / Drowning correlation can be largely factored out).

5. itsoktocry ◴[27 Jun 22 20:53 UTC] No.31900646[source]▶
>Ice cream sales don’t cause drowning.

Imagine thinking this study and those datasets are remotely the same.