By now, many of you will have heard of the recent Lancet study which claims that over 650,000 Iraqis have died due to the actions of the Bush administration. The paper is available online as a pdf. I haven't as yet had a chance to read the paper (still grading), but will just note that even if the estimate is too high, it is probable that the official estimate is too low. For further commentary by SciBlings see: Mike Dunford, Mark Chu-Carroll [here and here], Mike the Mad Biologist, Tim Lambert, and I'm sure others.
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My post on the Lancet article has attracted a fair amount of comment, both in the comments here and on other blogs. On the whole, those who have addressed my criticisms have disagreed with them. I've read the criticisms and re-read both the new and the 2004 Iraqi death toll studies a couple of more…
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I just posted another entry on the topic, responding to some of the comments on this post. My conclusions have changed a bit as the result of some of those comments.
As many of you probably know, a study published today in the journal Lancet estimates that just over 650,000…
billmon has an interesting look at the study and the reactions to it over at http://billmon.org/archives/002822.html