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antivaxxers, apples to oranges, Dr. Susan Oliver, fooled by p-hacking and apples to oranges comparison”, Peter Doshi et al, serious adverse events (SAEs)
Norm’s note: What follows is an ‘unrolled’ Twitter thread by Dr. Norman Fenton that you should be able to find HERE. Follow the links, of course. The preprint at issue can be found HERE.
1. Here’s our detailed response to the .@DrSusanOliver1 video (praised by many who should know better) which attempted to ridicule a preprint by BMJ Editor Peter Doshi et al on vaxx adverse reactions.
https://probabilityandlaw.blogspot.com/2022/06/response-to-susan-oliver-video.html
2. We welcome the responses of important influencers like .@ProfPHansen and .@d_spiegel who were so impressed with the video. The claims in it are highly misleading (and rather offensive); we show the evidence and a Bayes reanalysis supports Doshi et al

3. Also posted here:
Originally tweeted by Prof Norman Fenton (@profnfenton) on July 1, 2022.
Wow, Tubularsock thought with the creation of monkeypox we’d be done with covid.
They just don’t make them like they did in the good old days.
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SARS-CoV-2 is the Toyota Corolla of viruses; monkeypox is the Ford Pinto.
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