4/n But even a very shallow skim of the methodology brings up extremely serious concerns For example, where did they get their data?
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15/n Also, the authors note that reverse causality may be an issue when interpreting the correlation between COVID-19 deaths and economic intervention, but don't make this point for the stringency index even though it's probably exactly as problematicpic.twitter.com/HTc3sr4dId
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16/n Also, the fact that the authors call this "the least uncertain" data is pretty wild, because a) it isn't and b) the least uncertain sources are TERRIBLE for many countries so WHY USE THEM AT ALL????pic.twitter.com/EaRFI0TcSK
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17/n Ultimately, I cannot see how you can take home anything from this research aside from the fact that some country-level measures recorded years ago correlate well with COVID-19 deaths and some don't
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18/n I feel like
@TylerVigen should create a new version of the Spurious Correlations website with COVID-19 deaths so that people can see just how pointless all of these ecological studies really areShow this thread
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