Scientists quit journal board, protesting ‘grossly irresponsible’ Covid study

Re:Scientists quit journal board, protesting ‘grossly irresp... by f6v on Friday July 02, 2021 @06:48AM (#27709929)

> While the European average is 127 individual case safety reports (ICSRs), i.e., cases with side effect reports, per 100,000 vaccinations, the Dutch authorities have registered 701 reports per 100,000 vaccinations, while Poland has registered only 15 ISCRs per 100,000 vaccinations. Assuming that this difference is not due to differential national susceptibility to vaccination side effects, but due to different national reporting standards, we decided to use the data of the Dutch national register…

So why not take 15 in Poland instead of 700 in the Netherlands? Any indication the Poles are less trustworthy than Dutch?

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Re:Scientists quit journal board, protesting ‘grossly irresp... by boomboomsubban on Friday July 02, 2021 @06:59AM (#27709984)

Or at least take the 127 from the largest sample size. Openly stating "we intentionally altered our sample to fit our desired results" and still getting published is nuts.

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Re:Scientists quit journal board, protesting ‘grossly irresp... by AstralStorm on Friday July 02, 2021 @07:03AM (#27710004)

Heck, why not lump the data together?

Further, get base death rates from fatal causes attributed to vaccine in unvaccinated population. It's rather crucial to do so, because unvaccinated people sitting at homes (not moving enough) can develop clots more often too. Or the opposite.

If that data is insufficient, you can also employ base rates pre-pandemic.

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