People have been asking me to debunk this thread "proving" that COVID-19 deaths are false positives by correlating things, but instead I thought I'd simply list a few things that are more well correlated than this https://twitter.com/ClareCraigPath/status/1317009608448290816 …
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Divorce in Maine, consumption of margarine 99.26% "Biology just isn't like that"pic.twitter.com/AGpnDWRBbS
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Arcade revenue and computer science doctorates 98.51% "Biology just isn't like that"pic.twitter.com/WS23RWtjNf
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These are all from the excellent Spurious Correlations website from Tyler Vigen, who also has a book out of the same name https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations …
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Anyway, it's perhaps not surprising that COVID-19 positive tests in hospital and deaths from COVID-19 would track somewhat, so there's not really much to debunk
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No, most COVID-19 aren't false positives, even in hospital, no matter what conspiracy theorists on twitter sayhttps://medium.com/@gidmk/most-positive-coronavirus-tests-are-true-positives-60c95fe54fec …
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Oh, also, the second half of the thread can basically be explained by changes in testing between March and September, no resorting to vast government conspiracies required!
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