“The nagging question after these studies was whether we had a true finding versus a spurious one due to ‘the healthy survivor effect,’ also called ‘the healthy vaccinee effect’,” Schulz told MNT.

This is the key bit — the new study rules out most influences of the healthy survivor effect.

[–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 days ago (3 children)

So all these connections to nutrition and a healthier lifestyle were survivor effects? Viral has an actual effect?

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago

Yup

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Environment always trumps health activities. Jogging in New York City along traffic is equivalent to smoking a pack a day of cigarettes.

Most of the modern maladies we have come from toxic environments and viruses.