I have Some Thoughts™ on this headline. It is not a good headline. It is, in fact, a terrible headline.https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/889899739231256577 …
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En réponse à @ChrisWarcraft
Here's the problem - the study was on brains from people that thought they had CTE. This is called self selection bias.
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En réponse à @ChrisWarcraft
HOWEVER, in the study, they acknowledge this, and also state they have 1400 additional brains to test, that were not self selected.
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En réponse à @ChrisWarcraft
This means that even if all those other brains test negative for CTE (which is highly unlikely), a football player's risk for CTE is 9%...
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En réponse à @ChrisWarcraft
Have you seen any type of control group? CTE in gen pop and/or other occupations? <- not snark genuine curiosity.
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En réponse à @wjb76
as far as I know, the CTE baseline for general pop is 5%
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I guess my other question would be what the goal is? NFL disclosure and acknowledging the risk? A Football 'MSDS' binder so to speak?
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