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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