The Taquet paper suffers from the flaws of data dredging. Matched controls, not randomized, double-blind. “Our primary cohort comprised patients who had a COVID-19 diagnosis; one matched control cohort included patients diagnosed with influenza, and the other matched control cohort included patients diagnosed with any respiratory tract infection including influenza in the same period. Patients with a diagnosis of COVID-19 or a positive test for SARS-CoV-2 were excluded from the control cohorts.”
The matched did not have covid+ diagnosis/test —automatically this may impact the patient’s metal health. Bias. The covid patients had covid+ diagnosis/test, impacting their mental health (FEAR!!!). Imagine all the stessed out treaters, family members, society pounding this home with masks and suits. Also, the covid+ patients were incentivized in the US to be diagnosed with covid and go on vent. Vent will generate a systemic inflammatory response (along with the underlying disease) worsening outcome. So worse outcomes, mentally.
I could go on and pick at this, but hopefully my point is made. The data are biased from the getgo.
I don’t doubt that the rona patients had ‘worser’ mental health outcomes. The outcomes cannot be attributed to the virus alone.
They are literally scaring people to death. People with a COVID diagnosis expect to die. There are certain people that have a chance of dying with any respiratory virus. They have been told this one will kill them, and it does.
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"The Taquet paper suffers from the flaws of data dredging. Matched controls, not randomized, double-blind. “Our primary cohort comprised patients who had a COVID-19 diagnosis; one matched control cohort included patients diagnosed with influenza, and the other matched control cohort included patients diagnosed with any respiratory tract infection including influenza in the same period. Patients with a diagnosis of COVID-19 or a positive test for SARS-CoV-2 were excluded from the control cohorts.”
The matched did not have covid+ diagnosis/test —automatically this may impact the patient’s metal health. Bias. The covid patients had covid+ diagnosis/test, impacting their mental health (FEAR!!!). Imagine all the stessed out treaters, family members, society pounding this home with masks and suits. Also, the covid+ patients were incentivized in the US to be diagnosed with covid and go on vent. Vent will generate a systemic inflammatory response (along with the underlying disease) worsening outcome. So worse outcomes, mentally" This is exactly what I was expecting from Taquet who has been making tons of papers based on fears and emotions on all sorts of issues.
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