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Covid-19 linked to type 2 diabetes onset in children

(medicalxpress.com)
10 points wglb | 2 comments | 18 Oct 24 01:34 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
1. jcoletti ◴[18 Oct 24 02:08 UTC] No.41875781[source]▶
Headlines always get me. Correlation identified, but not causation.
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2. mewse ◴[18 Oct 24 02:28 UTC] No.41875867[source]▶
As a practical matter, studies about links between major diseases will always always be talking about correlation.

To reach 'causation' would require intentionally giving your experimental subjects Covid-19 (and in a way that didn't result in them knowing they'd had it!), and that's unlikely to pass muster with the ethics review board.