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Re:More than 1/3 of American adults take prescription drugs ... by pwinnski on Thursday June 14, 2018 @10:36AM (#17312006)
I also mis-read the headline, but that doesn't make the headline incorrect.
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Re:More than 1/3 of American adults take prescription drugs ... by alirobe on Thursday June 14, 2018 @11:35AM (#17312431)
Not incorrect, just clickbait.
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Re:More than 1/3 of American adults take prescription drugs ... by sctb on Thursday June 14, 2018 @11:38AM (#17312447)
I'm not so convinced; “linked to” is absolutely bog-standard for correlation. The interesting thing is how much more we're primed to read it the other way even with relatively unambiguous language.
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