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Cleistheknees t1_j7cgenh wrote

Reply to comment by ceapaire in Did the 2009 H1N1 outbreak in the US increase the incidence of type 1 diabetes in adolescents? by legendary_kazoo

To reiterate, if you’re saying “X is Y”, and it’s only true 30% of the time, then the statement is incorrect.

> They also provided me with This study that says there’s likely a genetic component since identical twins as well as non-identical if one has multiple of the antibodies.

There is most certainly a genetic component to autoimmune type 1 diabetes. That much is beyond question. However, you did say quite a bit more than “there’s a genetic component”.

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