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Re:Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for ... by Waterluvian on Friday February 11, 2022 @10:58PM (#30309808)
Even if the estimates are off by a lot, your point is still pretty clear. This is that bias talked about with covid, right? What’s the name again? Where “more vaccinated people have covid” doesn’t mean what some suggest when most people are vaccinated.
Re:Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for ... by gnicholas on Friday February 11, 2022 @11:07PM (#30309850)
Base rate neglect
Re:Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for ... by TylerLives on Saturday February 12, 2022 @01:41AM (#30310509)
Those covid stats[0] are age standardized and per 100k people. There are still other differences between the populations that could explain it (for example the vaccinated are probably getting tested more often), but it's not as clear as this.

0 - https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/covid-19-stat... page 33 of the full report

Re:Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for ... by harles on Saturday February 12, 2022 @03:12AM (#30310921)
Simpson’s Paradox?