Why does converting to daylight savings time cause more heart attacks?

Question

Apparently at the University of Alabama, people found positive correlations between daylight savings time and heart attacks

Answer 1

Here's a good one. Did you know that researchers in New York found a positive correlation between violent crime and ice cream sales? Both statistics went up AND dropped off at the same time! Spooky, right?!



It's really weird until you realize -temperature- plays a pivotal role.



Correlation does not equal causation. Just because two things happened at the same time doesn't mean one caused the other.



If you ever go to a cemetery, think about this: Every one of those now deceased people ate a pickle at some point while they were still alive, so there's a positive correlation between pickle consumption and death.

Answer 2

"Apparently"? They found "positive correlations"? Nothing in that remotely suggests that converting to daylight saving CAUSES more heart attacks. You are reading something into it which doesn't exist.

Answer 3

I doubt the validity of their claims.