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

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231 points cachecrab | 1 comments | 27 Jun 22 19:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
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bloodyplonker22 ◴[27 Jun 22 20:21 UTC] No.31900254[source]▶
This article has very few details and is rather questionable, at best. Correlation does not imply causation. It could very well be that people who choose to get flu vaccines are more health-conscious and live a healthier lifestyle so they are less likely to get Alzheimers.
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1. i_love_limes ◴[27 Jun 22 20:28 UTC] No.31900344[source]▶
It links to the actual paper if you are interested, the paper has a whole table of covariates it took into consideration. https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-...

I don't think the paper or the journal article suggested it was causal either. But such a correlation with such a large population warrants publication and further research into causation.

You unfortunately chose literally the first thing that any epidemiologist would consider, which is considering potential confounders. Maybe read up a bit before commenting.