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2024-11-22 17:33:24
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Kinetix on Nostr: nprofile1q…f7c02 Sometimes there's so much to ask about this stuff... I have family ...

Sometimes there's so much to ask about this stuff... I have family members who spend time eating this stuff up as real information - but even as I look at it today I am reminded what a layman I am. I can point out things like "Children's Health Defense Network" isn't a good source, Michael Nevradakis' PhD is in journalism, the place where the study is published is questionable (though I can't seem to get a definitive "this is a bullshit publishing house"), and I don't see where this study is peer-reviewed, or even how I'd reference that. Doing a cursory scan of the study I see their study is of VAERS data, which, for me, is where I'd like to stop with "raw VAERS data is a pile of questionable crap mixed in with real reports".

Am I off track with my presumptions about this thing possibly not being peer reviewed, or that their study comes from questionable data in the first place? Would I be missing other items that say "Come on, this is bunk"? I generally don't look at individual studies, but I know the anti-vax crowd seems to hang on each new study's words that fit their narratives, even when the study's been updated or retracted. (I have a family member who can't get off the 'aluminum is eating our brains' bit...)
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