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Canine Confounders

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Did the dogs of Mexico City really stop their owners dying rom Covid-19? Isaac Núñez shares an astonishing tale of causal questions, selection bias and confounding

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10c2f92eacc880ce6449a9 https://doi.org/10.1111/1740-9713.01670

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