tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943366568013445284.post6633030293391394962..comments2024-02-09T06:15:27.088-08:00Comments on josh barkey: Kissin' CousinsJOSH BARKEYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02056229250824359708noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943366568013445284.post-12463673277154366112013-11-20T11:59:29.105-08:002013-11-20T11:59:29.105-08:00No worries. Accuracy is good. I appended a note. B...No worries. Accuracy is good. I appended a note. But regardless, the chances are still higher in the case of older women than with cousins, so I reckon my point stands.JOSH BARKEYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02056229250824359708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943366568013445284.post-12118688319439496002013-11-20T11:55:35.979-08:002013-11-20T11:55:35.979-08:00But I'm also for not spreading misinformation ...But I'm also for not spreading misinformation :)Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17679063995953399932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943366568013445284.post-45867384827115270722013-11-20T11:54:23.739-08:002013-11-20T11:54:23.739-08:00Here's what Providence Health's website sa...Here's what Providence Health's website says: <br /><br />At 40, your risk of conceiving a child with a chromosomal disorder is 1 in 66. The risk of conceiving a child with Down syndrome – the most common of these disorders – is 1 in 106. <br /><br />Less than 1%. <br /><br />Sorry to distract from your main thrust, to which I am sympathetic. I'm all for questioning biases.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17679063995953399932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943366568013445284.post-33702653529054000472013-11-20T11:25:36.787-08:002013-11-20T11:25:36.787-08:00I got it from a book, which (upon googling, now) s...I got it from a book, which (upon googling, now) seems to have exaggerated. It's still pretty freakin' high, though, and gets higher with every year past 40. At 45 (according to a couple sources I found on the internets) there is a one-in-thirty chance of down syndrome. <br /><br />It's possible that the stat from the book was referring to diagnosis only, since 92% of women whose unborn are found to have down syndrome choose to abort... which perhaps brings the stat way down. I'm not sure, though, since statistics are usually just very useful lies.<br /><br />But even though you shouldn't trust statistics from a book, the internet still proves that the world is indeed a very scary place. JOSH BARKEYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02056229250824359708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943366568013445284.post-65068982676838195002013-11-20T11:02:40.523-08:002013-11-20T11:02:40.523-08:00Do you have a reference/link for the 10% stat?Do you have a reference/link for the 10% stat?Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17679063995953399932noreply@blogger.com