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csteele2132 t1_javz0zh wrote

Reply to Too much or too little sleep could be making you sick more. Those who reported sleeping less than six hours a night were 27% more likely to report a recent infection, and those who reported more than nine hours sleep were 44% more likely to report one. by MistWeaver80

“While this study can't prove sleep duration is causing these infections, the team says it underlines how important sleep is to keep us healthy.” No, that’s not how causation works. This article didn’t prove causation, only correlation. The actual problem could be something completely different with the sleep issues as a symptom. Why does it seem like the bar is continually dropping in peer review?

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MoonWispr t1_javy3ae wrote

Reply to comment by eldenrim in Too much or too little sleep could be making you sick more. Those who reported sleeping less than six hours a night were 27% more likely to report a recent infection, and those who reported more than nine hours sleep were 44% more likely to report one. by MistWeaver80

I think the point is if you're consistently sleeping too much or too little it's likely (or always) caused by other factors that need to be dealt with. Work, health, etc.

Studies like this often suggest that simply forcing oneself to sleep more or less will just make things better all by itself. Without knowing the cause, this could even make things worse.

Edit: For example, some health conditions (like allergies) constantly exhaust the body and result in needing extended rest to recover. Not allowing yourself that rest, without dealing with the condition itself, will just make it worse.

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SnooPuppers1978 t1_javnhk1 wrote

Reply to On Facebook, Visual Misinfo Widespread. In the runup to the 2020 U.S. Presidential election visual misinformation was widespread across the platform, and that it was highly asymmetric across party lines, with right-leaning images five to eight times more likely to be misleading. by Wagamaga

While I would intuitively agree with the results, I still wonder how it could be possible to do a study like this in an unbiased manner?

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kananmunamakkara t1_javi298 wrote

Reply to comment by 26_skinny_Cartman in Too much or too little sleep could be making you sick more. Those who reported sleeping less than six hours a night were 27% more likely to report a recent infection, and those who reported more than nine hours sleep were 44% more likely to report one. by MistWeaver80

Yeah but (for example) depression is also sickness. Depressed people sleep more, and also get ill more often because of weakened immune system they tend to have. But I have never heard any evidence that it is too much sleep that causes this. Or can it be a chicken-egg problem

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