I think if anything they would be biased towards having fewer allergies than normal people. Which suggests that 0.21% (1 in 500) is a reasonable bound for how rare a moon dust allergy could be.
Never really verified it but I think allergies are more common in developed countries. If that’s true, that the data is skewed in the opposite direction
Assuming a representative sample, the best point estimate is 1/12 (8.33%), and the 95% confidence interval is 0.21% to 39%.
Longer explanation here: https://lemmy.zip/comment/19753854
That’s the thing I doubt a team of highly skilled astronauts will be representative of the human population
I think if anything they would be biased towards having fewer allergies than normal people. Which suggests that 0.21% (1 in 500) is a reasonable bound for how rare a moon dust allergy could be.
Never really verified it but I think allergies are more common in developed countries. If that’s true, that the data is skewed in the opposite direction
Probably more commonly identified