They then pooled the numbers from all of these studies into a meta-analysis, which showed that owning a dog was associated with a 24% decreased risk of death, overallpic.twitter.com/J72bvsJGgQ
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Basically, healthy people might be more likely to buy dogs Thus, dog owners die less Association rather than causation
And the mechanisms of dogs saving our lives are a bit flimsy. Some minor reductions in blood pressure =/= lifesaving
So...puppies probably aren't saving our lives They're still great tho, you should definitely get one Adopt, don't shop!pic.twitter.com/n0a6UOHvZf
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