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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: 0s | source
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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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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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1. 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).