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  1. Comment on Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Official teaser trailer in ~movies

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    I agree. Someone pointed out somewhere else that part of what made the original Ghostbusters good is that it's a comedy superimposed on top of an apocalyptic horror movie. I think apocalyptic...

    I agree. Someone pointed out somewhere else that part of what made the original Ghostbusters good is that it's a comedy superimposed on top of an apocalyptic horror movie. I think apocalyptic disaster movie has the potential to work well. I really thought that Afterlife worked and I'm excited for this one too.

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  2. Comment on Cardiovascular ER visits plunged after Pittsburgh coal plant shut, study finds in ~health

    Icejacket
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    This is a good question that I didn't see directly addressed in the article or the text of the study (on a quick read), but it seems to be indirectly controlled for in this way (quoting the study...

    This is a good question that I didn't see directly addressed in the article or the text of the study (on a quick read), but it seems to be indirectly controlled for in this way (quoting the study itself):

    [...] such a reduction in medical visits after the closure was not seen in counts of visits for physical injuries, a control health outcome not thought to be affected by air pollution, confirming the specificity of the closure health benefits to biologically plausible outcomes.

    I think one would expect all cause visits to drop if health coverage were the driving factor.

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