A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Department of Computer Science has found that, between 2021 and 2022, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in children and young people in the United States, ranking eighth overall. The results demonstrate that pharmaceutical and public health interventions should continue to be applied to limit the spread of the
    • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      You mean like “falling into a single rusty nail is the leading caused of tetanus of the eye? But only a leading cause of loosing an eye?” Scientists, though, have proven that falling right on a rusty nail pointing perfectly upwards with its pointy side straight into the eye is 100% effective at inducing eye removal surgery.

  • Sentau@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    2 months ago

    This study is for 2021-2022 during the peak of COVID and is not indicative of the current situation. While we still have to be vigilant, accidents, murder and especially intentional self harm should be way more concerning

    • modeler@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Car accidents, falls, drownings, poisonings (ie eating something you shouldn’t), fires. There are a lot of horrible ways to go.

    • FundMECFSOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Analysing lots of data.

      Kind of study we call social data science.

      • Scolding7300@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I thought that would be under social studies or medicine or math (statistics) and not part of the computer science department

        • FundMECFSOPEnglish
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          2 months ago

          I did a degree that was “social data science” and we were part both of the computer science and the social science department, so to me it isn’t shocking a study like this might be attributed to the computer science department.