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acasper [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

Absolutely, but take into account the window in which it occurred and that becomes a significantly more worrisome probability of a causative relationship.

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FLIBS 2 points ago +2 / -0

True it's worth a look, and should be investigated. But again if you have a population of 6 million and ~30 of them will have a CVST this year. That works out to 1 case every ~2.5 weeks . If the 6 occurrences go back to the beginning of the year that would still be inline statistically as 5.6 people of the 6 million people in that group would have had a CVST by today. Now if they occurred in the last two weeks at once that is a concern.

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acasper [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

Worth noting that they didn’t specify that the total number of cases is six either. Just that they are investigating six cases. They live using wiggle words.

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FLIBS 2 points ago +2 / -0

Yep, very true.