This is a great example of scientific denialism, mixed in with a bit of Dunning-Kruger for good measurehttps://twitter.com/HeatherxWhite/status/858807313007878145 …
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There are 2 'flaws' talked about. These are apparently enough to label the study as "carefully constructed to mislead"pic.twitter.com/OVlJPMU40J
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The first 'flaw' links to a what is essentially a Youtube clip of someone spouting nonsense. Not exactly good science
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The second 'flaw' talks about the possibility of missing a small number of potential cases in the vaccinated population who only had 1 dose
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But this 'flaw' doesn't make sense; if there was an effect at low exposure you'd expect to see a BIGGER effect using only high exposure
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But most importantly, MINOR ISSUES WITH A STUDY DO NOT MAKE IT WORTHLESShttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/858822688118259712 …
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You see this all the time with science deniers; they find one source of potential bias and start arguing that the study is trash
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I read a lot of studies. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number that were 'perfect'
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In the real world, there is almost always some issue that could be a potential source of bias
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Being a scientist means learning how to look at a study and tell if the POTENTIAL bias has eventuated in ACTUAL bias
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In this case almost certainly not. The original study is an excellent retrospective review of complications in HPV vaccination #vaccineswork
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