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Ecological fallacy: When a scientist (inadvertently, I hope) uses a favorite antivax form of study

Post author By Orac
Post date October 13, 2021
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A longtime favorite technique of antivaxxers has been to do bad ecological studies to imply that vaccines cause harm. Why is a Harvard investigator inadvertently using the ecological fallacy the same way antivaxxers used to do before COVID-19?

Tags Akhil Kumar, COVID denial, COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 vaccine, ecological fallacy, epidemiology, Harvard University, Robert Malone, S. V. Subramanian, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, vaccine, vaccines

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