re: #320 Learned Mother of Zion

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The science sounds real, although I can’t judge if it is. However the first thing that occurs to me when someone plays with statistical estimates like this (and they are back of paper napkin estimates) is whether they included spontaneous abortions (AKA God’s will) in their numbers?

Given that it is estimated that 50% (perhaps 70%) of pregnancies are spontaneously aborted, most in the first month, but many after that; one has to wonder what the increased risk numbers look like if all these are included, even if only those after 1 month.

Obviously, the pool of “abortion” cases increases dramatically, thereby reducing the “increased” risk of the subject group dramatically.