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

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231 points cachecrab | 3 comments | 27 Jun 22 19:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.627s | 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. yeeetz ◴[27 Jun 22 20:38 UTC] No.31900461[source]▶
This is a published journal article that took those covariates into account. Off-hand comments dismissing articles with a correlation vs. causation quip is so expected and tiresome, especially since you can make these comments without reading the actual article.
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2. bloodyplonker22 ◴[27 Jun 22 22:36 UTC] No.31901809[source]▶
It's interesting how you can condescendingly say "took these covariates into account" without even thinking about how many outside variables there are that they simply cannot take into account because there are obviously too many. Most people don't think too much and just read articles and take anything in writing as the truth.
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3. ncmncm ◴[28 Jun 22 01:59 UTC] No.31903280[source]▶
"Most people", particularly, who make knee-jerk "correl- not causation" trolls for HN points.

You played yourself.