A mathematician may be a statistician, but then again may not be. I was  
surprised to see this person falling into the same trap others fall into, 
saying  the breastfeeding must not make a difference because her children didn't 
have  any fewer ear infections ( or different IQs,  gastrointestinal 
infections, insert point of choice) than the  neighbor's children. Statistics 
don't claim this, unless I'm off on my  statistics. Statistics say things about 
groups, cohorts, populations not about  an individual. In a group of 1,000 
children, the breastfeeding group should have  fever overall ear infections, 
fewer cases of childhood leukemia, Type 1  Diabetes, etc. This is not the 
same at all as saying my child is healthier than  yours ( or not) because of 
breastfeeding.
 
Peace,
Judy  

Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA

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