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red75prime t1_j6oyhjp wrote

Reply to comment by djublonskopf in Do furry pet owners experience respiratory problems at a higher rate than non-pet owners, due to hair/dander in the home? by Articulated

> and that those symptoms persist at a higher rate than experienced by non-animal-owners even if the household goes animal-free.

Is it a causal link? Or is it because non-animal-owners are a mix of people with and without respiratory issues at approximately population-average proportion and people who'd gone animal-free are more likely to have pre-existing respiratory issues?

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