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vtman7 t1_ixuimqh wrote

Reply to comment by IT_GUY_23 in A study of NFL games during the 2020 season suggests a link between attendance and COVID spikes in surrounding counties 14 and 21 days later. The inferred connection held strongest for games attended by 20,000-plus fans by Wagamaga

When I see articles like this, it seems like the authors are trying to come to the conclusion they want. Anything is possible if you cherry pick and manipulate data points

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Korwinga t1_ixvbej2 wrote

There's no cherry picking here. They used the data from all the games in the 2020 season.

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JKUAN108 t1_ixuja23 wrote

> Games with fewer than 5000 fans were not associated with any spikes, but in counties where teams had 20 000 fans in attendance, there were 2.23 times the rate of spikes in COVID-19 (95% CI, 1.53 to ∞).

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