Quote Originally Posted by Deeranged View Post
You're becoming too much like hard work so my last words on this.

I said there looks to be a correlation between numbers of Covid deaths and the reduction in numbers of expected deaths. I didn't say for absolutely certain that was the only reason, I proposed it as a hypothesis. That's all I've done.

I agree doctors are trained in medicine, however they are not the go to guys in establishing cause of death every time, that'll be the coroners. Doctors can only diagnose pre mortem and cannot make any call post mortem unless they themselves are qualified to carry out and report on the relevant examination. The doctors are quite correct in seeing a positive Covid test on the patient's pre mortem records and adding that to the death certificate, I made that very clear in my previous post. Once that word appears on the certificate however the death is attributed to Covid whether that has been the genuine and final cause or not. Such a death might normally be considered sudden and a post mortem might have been ordered however the one word on the certificate means that no post mortem will be required.

I have never said I know better than any doctor, I most definitely don't, I just question the validity of the dataset.

Most research is done by looking at empirical evidence, conducting appropriate analysis and reaching some kind of conclusion. I haven't actually done much research on this subject, all I've done is look at a report that I was directed to as disproving my initial thoughts and have formed a hypothesis in support of my original thoughts from that report. I raised a question that will most likely be asked later by people employed to do so and possessing the analytic tools and resource to properly investigate the correlation.

I've proposed no conclusion. I've asked you to disprove my hypothesis.

Research methods was pretty much core in both my degrees.
Well you are not very good at it. Correlation suggests a link,you offered correlation as"proof". No research ever proves anything,it only provides evidence. Unless,like in your case,you look at some numbers,jump to a conclusion,the tell everyone to prove you wrong. You presented this mumbo jumbo as proof you were right,

I presented the same evidence,but with a different theory as to why the outcome came to be,then you told me my evidence was rubbish,and not as good as yours.

The only difference between the two is that I have the entire medical profession on my side,you have nobody