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Re:EU scientists reveal long-term brain damage caused by Covid by aqme28 on Sunday October 24, 2021 @06:35AM (#28976602)
You mean 40 anecdotes?

Also I totally get your point, but a comparative study is still much more valuable than a set of anecdotes, even if N=2.

A low sample size mostly just means a higher bar for statistical significance. It doesn't mean a study is useless.

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Re:EU scientists reveal long-term brain damage caused by Covid by LTmufufu on Sunday October 24, 2021 @06:43AM (#28976626)
Well, you're right, i did overstate. I think the researchers and journalists did too. Perhaps i would not be so annoyed with this, had the journalists specifically, just worded it in less bombastic terms.
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Re:EU scientists reveal long-term brain damage caused by Covid by aqme28 on Sunday October 24, 2021 @07:10AM (#28976793)
Journalists are always going to word it in bombastic terms.
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