From: Mark Collins (me@thisisnurgle.org.uk)
Date: Mon Jul 29 2002 - 15:46:48 MDT
On Monday 29 July 2002 9:54 pm, you wrote:
> Virus makes cervical cancer risk soar
<snip>
While there may be a correlation between contracting HPV and developing
cerivical cancer, it doesn't actually mean that HPV causes the cancer. HPV
could, for example, have a greater chance of affecting women who also have a
high chance of developing the cancer.
Unless you can demonstrate the mechanisms involved in how the virus causes
the cancer, I'm not going to jump to any conclusions.
Statistics can be used to prove anything (Wu, '95).
-- === Mark 'Nurgle' Collins http://www.thisisnurgle.org.uk Stupid IRC quote of the <variable time period>: <phoenix> insider, you'll have to excuse nurgle, he's the epitamy of evil
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