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Anastasis

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  1. The first tell should have been "research" disseminated via lay press without a real publication behind it. Serious people are going to publish their methodology and subject it to peer review. Hacks are going to run it out via uncritical "exclusive reports".
  2. Gonna need overtime to make the over. Don't know what I was thinking.
  3. Just some basic vetting should have set off the red flags. The article was from Sept and had already been posted here. Not sure how it came to the top of your feed, but come on man.
  4. You posted a NBC "exclusive report" on a hack analysis from a special interest group and framed it as a compelling set of research results without actually critically thinking about it.
  5. Texas gonna eat up either one of these bitches if we can hold out shit together tomorrow.
  6. The problem with this approach is obvious, right?
  7. Heartbeat bill, subject of that article, went into effect in 2021. The trigger law 30d after Dobbs in 2022. None of that helps support the interpretations of the data presented in the article you posted. If you move the landmark to 2022 it only further undermines their interpretation of the data. There is actually relevant epidemiology to consider. And then there is disinformation. The article you posted falls into the latter bucket.
  8. My bad. That seems like a really rigorous analysis. Just read that statement and tell me exactly what data points directly support it. The crude maternal mortality rate actually went down after the state's abortion ban. I feel like I am in bizarro world.
  9. From 2021 to 2022 there was actually a decrease. Which is kind of relevant, no? The NBC article didn't say anything about COVID at all. It is pretty clear that this wasn't really rigorous epidemiological research. It's a press release by a special interest group pushing half ass epi to NBC as an exclusive. Again, it would not be particularly hard to do a good analysis of this, controlling for confounding factors such as the substantial impact on maternal mortality related to COVID. But this is not that.
  10. The data in the NBC article you posted is Texas specific and runs through 2022. The MMWR report you cite is aggregate data that runs through 2021. It isn't a gotcha. It's a pretty simple question. Where is the detailed description of the methods and results of the research you cited? Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. What I see in the crude rate charts is an increase from 2019 to 2020, and from 2020 to 2021, followed by a decrease from 2021 to 2022. The Texas abortion ban went into effect Sept 1, 2021. So 2022 is the only full year data under that policy. Overall 2022 rates are lower than both the 2021 and 2020 rates. The race/ethnicity segments are interesting, but the demographic segment with the lowest pre-2021 abortion rate has the greatest increase in maternal mortality. The race/ethnicity segments with the greatest abortion rates pre-2021 have much lower increase in maternal mortality rates. Pretty obvious this doesn't hang together, which is why I was sincerely interested in the analytical methods that led the "researchers" involved to their conclusion as you framed it: "Covid played a part, but these researchers said Texas’ abortion ban is the main reason behind Texas’ quintupling the national increase." COVID is probably driving the raw numbers. You suggested this was teased out in the analysis, but I don't see that. Probably a straightforward difference in differences analysis with some reasonable covariates would suffice. Doesn't have to be overly complex, "Algebra works fine" isn't really how this actually works unless you are in 7th grade math class.
  11. No, I mean the research you cited. Where is the research that includes the interpretation you posted published?
  12. Where is this research published? I'm sincerely interested in the method used to assess confounding related to COVID and it's well established relationship with maternal mortality. The descriptive data are not particularly compelling.
  13. Salt lick taking over old Valentina’s location in buda. https://www.mysanantonio.com/food/article/salt-lick-bbq-buda-roxies-valentinas-20022238.php
  14. Now that we are winding down the season, perhaps is a good time to ask for some education on a protein supplement program. I have never put out any protein supplement, but would like to make a reasonable effort this year to see it is impacts animal size and rack size. I understand a few options in include cotton seed, pellets, etc. Looking for a cost effective solution that doesn't require a bunch of additional trips out to the land. I have broadcast feeders that could be redeployed but no self feeders. It's an open fence plot of land of ~150 acres, two thirds of it planted with coastal and all the animal traffic on the other third. Census is maybe 10 does and 6-8 bucks showing up consistently at the feeders on cameras right now.
  15. TNXP announces appointment of a market access lead. I still think the drug is a dog, but back in at 0.26 to see if they get a little momentum on the run up to the PDUFA date in August.
  16. sanctimonious twattery. Also 1968 mustangs.
  17. Sadly this is no replicable. More likely to throw off a mild clot in my experience.
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