Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Not even trying anymore

Fact checking is officially a thing of the past. Not only is it too expensive for media outlets to do research to check factual information, it is apparently too difficult to do simple arithmetic.

CNN Article about using antidepressants during pregnancy:

"Sixty-eight percent of those who stopped taking antidepressants slipped into depression. They were five times more likely to suffer a relapse than the women who continued on drugs."

Oh so the group that continued on drugs must have had a relapse rate of 68 divided by 5, or about 13%.

"But staying on antidepressants did not shield expectant mothers from depression entirely; 26 percent of those who continued drug treatment became depressed anyway."

Hwaaa?

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