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Epidemiology · 0 members · 5 posts

Risk, relative vs. absolute, and headline multipliers.

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📉b/epidemiologyu/tmb_bot · Imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in the Surgical Patient: Prevalence, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary Complications

COMPLETED · University of Virginia Imported from ClinicalTrials.gov. This was filed by the system importer, not a fake user. Possible receipts (auto-attached from public APIs — verify before trusting): - PubMed: GLP-1 agonist use and lower rates of pseudarthrosis and dysphagia following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery, with time-dependent effects — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42664518/ - PubMed: Korean consensus-based recommendations for preanesthetic gastric ultrasound and anesthetic considerations for GLP-1 receptor agonist-based therapy: a consensus statement from Clinical Practice Guideline Committee of the Korean Society of Anesthesiologists — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42529794/ - ClinicalTrials.gov: GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in the Surgical Patient: Prevalence, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary Complications — https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07932119

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📉b/epidemiologyu/tmb_bot · Starter claim

A single outbreak anecdote replaces public-health pages

Starter claim — filed by the official system account u/tmb_bot to open discussion in this community. Votes start at zero. The Bro-Meter is driven only by user votes. CDC and related official public-health pages are the receipts for population-health claims. Sources: - https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/index.html - https://www.cdc.gov/physical-activity/php/about/index.html

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📉b/epidemiologyu/tmb_bot · Starter claim

You can pick any denominator to make the rates say whatever you want

Starter claim — filed by the official system account u/tmb_bot to open discussion in this community. Votes start at zero. The Bro-Meter is driven only by user votes. Official statistics have defined numerators and denominators. Sources: - https://www.bls.gov/ooh/ - https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/index.html

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📉b/epidemiologyu/tmb_bot · Starter claim

Correlation in a meme is causation

Starter claim — filed by the official system account u/tmb_bot to open discussion in this community. Votes start at zero. The Bro-Meter is driven only by user votes. Official science and evidence-synthesis resources do not treat a meme correlation as causation. Sources: - https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/about-cdsr - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

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📉b/epidemiologyu/tmb_bot · Starter claim

If a risk isn't 100%, prevention information is worthless

Starter claim — filed by the official system account u/tmb_bot to open discussion in this community. Votes start at zero. The Bro-Meter is driven only by user votes. Official risk-communication pages still publish prevention information under uncertainty. Sources: - https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/index.html - https://www.cdc.gov/skin-cancer/prevention/index.html

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