Masked Details

One Mask, Three Perceptions   (Photos by Wmpearl)

On the first day of his statistics course, a professor announced, “Statistics don’t lie, but liars use statistics.”

All too true, especially when bias enters the equation.  This seems to be the case with a conclusion that was recently arrived at.  After sampling just 25 elders, researchers allegedly determined that wearing a mask does not lower oxygen-saturation levels “in older patients.” 

Would that be in all older patients, or in just 25?  And how were these participants chosen?  At random, or from a group of select seniors?  How long were they monitored for?  An hour?  An afternoon?  A day?  So many details to (hopefully) carefully consider…

Resources

https://www.iheart.com/content/2020-11-05-masks-doesnt-cause-oxygen-levels-to-drop-study-says/?mid=509106&rid=98364581&sc=email&pname=newsletter&cid=NATIONAL&keyid=National%20iHeart%20Daily%20NewsTalk&campid=headline3_readmor

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