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apocalypsedg t1_itpxkqw wrote

Reply to comment by Seattleshouldhaverun in Regular physical activity may boost effectiveness of COVID-19 jab. Risk of hospital admission among fully vaccinated healthcare workers was reduced by 60% in the group who engaged in low levels of physical activity, and by 72% and 86% in the medium and high physical activity groups, respectively by Wagamaga

We need to be super careful with drawing that conclusion from statistics like these.

For example, when it was said that 78% of those that were hospitalized were overweight or obese, it sounds like the risk of getting it as an obese person is approx. 4x higher than a healthy weight person. Only when you add the context that 73% of the population is overweight or obese does it become clear that the increase in risk is not that extreme, and healthy weight people are at greater risk than it initially seemed.

Credit to Hank Green for pointing this out a few days ago.

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elixirsatelier t1_itq1pxz wrote

Stuff like this has made politicized science into 99% bunk sorting and should be called out more forcefully in academics. This is a basic integrity failure that has become a norm.

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