Hi Chuck: Not all of the U.S. uses DST, so there's a control group.
Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.prc68.com/P/Prod.html Products I make and sell http://www.prc68.com/Alpha.shtml All my web pages listed based on html name http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com http://www.prc68.com/I/WebCam2.shtml 24/7 Sky-Weather-Astronomy Web Cam Chuck Harris wrote: > Bruce Griffiths wrote: >> Chuck Harris wrote: > > ... > >>> It was recently reported that the onset of DST coincides with an >>> increase in heart attacks, and the return to standard time coincides >>> with a decrease in heart attacks. Yet another reason to ditch >>> Daylight Savings Time. >>> >>> -Chuck Harris >>> >>> >> Such "effects" are somewhat suspect as there is unlikely to have been >> any comparable control group not subject to DST. >> Also disentangling seasonal effects from possible DST related effects is >> somewhat problematic. > > Correlation not being equal to causation always causes some lay folk > problems. Though no one said that the DST shift caused the increase; > it would be interesting to know if when the US changed its DST dates, > the effect followed the change. > > -Chuck Harris > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
