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M. Stankovich, MD, MSW's avatar

First, like so many would be analysts, you apparently over-relied on and failed to heed the accompanied warnings of any and all AI systems to your own detriment. With my graduate assistants, we ran the Czech data with your "system" and provoked the following systemic errors:

1. "Given a fixed cohort of humans at t=0 unless they are very old, they will die at a nearly straight line constant slope over a 1 year period."

This claim is incorrect. Mortality rates do not follow a linear pattern over time. While it's true that as people age, their mortality risk increases, the rate of change in mortality rates varies depending on factors such as comorbidities and lifestyle choices. Moreover, mortality patterns are influenced by many external factors like seasonality and environmental conditions.

2. "The annual slope of deaths/day depends on their physical age, not their comorbidities."

This claim is also incorrect. Comorbidities significantly impact the mortality risk of individuals. People with chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, or cardiovascular disease are at a higher risk of death compared to those without these conditions even if they have similar ages.

3. "So any cohort, regardless of mix of ages, comorbidities, etc. if we care only about death, there are only two key numbers that we can use to characterize ANY group of people: deaths per week (impacted by effective fraility index of the group) and annual change per year in deaths per week."

This claim oversimplifies the complexity of mortality patterns. While it's true that deaths per week is a useful metric for characterizing mortality rates, the claim that comorbidities only affect the "effective frailty index" neglects other significant factors such as lifestyle choices, access to healthcare, and environmental conditions.

4. "The bonus is that if you compare groups of the same chronological age, the second value is the same (the hazard functions will be nearly identical if they are all the same age unless the male/female mix between the groups is vastly different and even then it will be minor)."

This claim is not entirely accurate. While it's true that people of similar ages generally have similar mortality rates within a population, there can still be significant variations due to other factors such as comorbidities and lifestyle choices.

5. "So if you have two 50 year old cohorts and you know the baseline death rates of each cohort, the ratio of deaths per week will always remain constant over a 1 year time frame UNLESS there is a stress applied that is predicted to DIFFERENTIALLY impact one group (e.g., vaccinated) and not the other."

This claim is incorrect. The assumption that mortality rates for two cohorts with similar ages would remain constant unless there's an external stressor affecting one group is overly simplistic. Mortality patterns can be influenced by a wide range of factors, including seasonal changes, environmental conditions, and lifestyle choices. Overall, this statement makes some incorrect claims about the nature of mortality patterns, oversimplifying the complexity of these patterns and neglecting other significant factors such as comorbidities, lifestyle choices, access to healthcare, and external stressors. While it's true that deaths per week is a useful metric for characterizing mortality rates, assuming that mortality patterns can be accurately described by only two key numbers (deaths per week and annual change per year in deaths per week) neglects the complexity of these patterns and can lead to inaccurate conclusions. Moreover, this statement makes misleading claims about the impact of external stressors such as vaccination on mortality patterns.

Back to the drawing board. Epidemiology is not your strength.

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DSK's avatar

The jabs were very effective, because they were designed for one primary purpose, i.e., to reduce the population on the planet That is why they were never tested effectively. The secondary purpose was to make billions of dollars in profit. Now who would want to take responsibility for the deaths and harms created. That is why no one is looking deeper. But you know that Steve. Who wants to get sued, or wants to be taken to court, or exposing the realities.

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