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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: 0.205s | 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. ortusdux ◴[27 Jun 22 20:29 UTC] No.31900349[source]▶
The 3rd paragraph links to the publication that this article is a brief summary of. They controlled for many lifestyle factors in their research.

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