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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: 0.217s | source
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willcipriano ◴[27 Jun 22 20:21 UTC] No.31900253[source]▶
People who get yearly flu vaccines probably go to the doctor more regularly than those who do not. I would expect that people who more regularly go to the doctor are also more concerned about their health. I'd expect people who are concerned with their health to behave in ways that limit disease.

Without a proposed method of action, I suspect this is just noise.

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TylerE ◴[27 Jun 22 20:28 UTC] No.31900333[source]▶
Otoh, people who visit the doctor regularly are more likely to be diagnosed
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ncmncm ◴[28 Jun 22 01:55 UTC] No.31903264[source]▶
That was obviously controlled-for.

A study of this size would not be conducted by idiots. HN has no such filter, though.

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1. TylerE ◴[28 Jun 22 07:13 UTC] No.31905039[source]▶
You should look at home many papers get withdrawn over really simple stuff.