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The Foegen effect: A mechanism by which masks contribute to Covid-19 CFR

by bananapear on 5/2/22, 8:45 AM with 2 comments

• by DemocracyFTW2 on 5/2/22, 10:52 AM

  """ "foegen effekt‘"? Muahahaha. Ohne peer reviewed, und bei Reitschuster veröffentlicht? Muahahahahahahah. Sorry. """—https://twitter.com/larswienand/status/1339599015021690880?l...

  so called after this guy: https://twitter.com/ZachariasFoegen

  As Hossenfelder put it: Over 90% of the crashed planes were found to have wings; we therefore conclude with p>0.5 that wings are detrimental to the safety of flying.

• by bediger4000 on 5/2/22, 1:16 PM

  Do I understand correctly that the author of the paper is naming this "effect" after himself?

  The study only includes data from a few months in mid-2000 in Kansas. Seems premature on that basis.