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my hat off to the scientists behind this very remarkable work. so you can't get the clotting without that IGLV3-21*02 gene. now the interesting question here i
by tw1984 4y ago
my hat off to the scientists behind this very remarkable work.
so you can't get the clotting without that IGLV3-21*02 gene. now the interesting question here is that, with current tech, is it possible to manufacture very affordable (e.g. cost comparable to those COVID antigen test kits) rapid test kits that can detect such positive IGLV3-21*02 gene. some false positive level is fine, false negative must be very low.
surely people in low income countries who only have access to the AZ vaccine can benefit from such tests if affordable test kits can be made available to local healthcare workers administrating the vaccination.
- lamontcg 4y agoBetter thing to do is to fix the adenovirus capsid used in the vaccines to prevent the issue entirely.
- ben_w 4y agoMight even be easier than that. You'd want to test for the specific antibody, far too many people have the gene: > About four people in every 100 have IGLV3-21*02
- hansel_der 4y ago> surely people in low income countries who only have access to the AZ vaccine can benefit from such tests if affordable test kits can be made available to local healthcare workers administrating the vaccination. sounds suspiciously like the cost of the additional testing would more than ofset the savings on the vaccine itself
- chrisco255 4y agoThis vaccine isn't even effective any more against modern forms of Covid. Covid mutates multiple times per year. And by and large, low income countries have not been "overwhelmed" by Covid. I'll add, this study is not comprehensive, there could be other risk factors as well, the other vaccines could have issues, majority of the general population has already contracted Covid at least once, etc etc but some people insist on quadrupling down on dubious mRNA treatments with unknown compounding risks for unknown numbers of people. It's the definition of insanity. It might be worth revisiting alternative therapeutic treatments including monoclonal antibodies and antiviral drugs, rather than continue on this ignorant path. Just a thought.
- keewee7 4y ago>low income countries have not been "overwhelmed" by Covid India was completely devastated by COVID-19. One reason was that India failed to focus their care on actually vulnerable elderly people and they instead had 30-something dudes demanding intensive care and taking up oxygen cylinders for themselves and their families.
- fancybouncy 4y agoIsn't most of India's population very young (half of it is under 15)? I'm skeptical that the "vulnerable elderly people" had much impact on India's covid story. Either way, the elderly have already lived their life, isn't it better to focus on the younger people when a choice must be made?
- noduerme 4y agoIf you had two hard drives and had to destroy one, without knowing what was on them, only how much information they each contained... wouldn't you keep the one with more stored in its memory?
- Kwpolska 4y agoYou’re focusing on the memories and experiences of a person, but are completely ignoring the potential to grow, develop, and do things - something that 30-year-olds have, and 90-year-olds pretty much don’t.
- noduerme 4y agoBut it only takes 30 years to make a 30 year old. They're at least 3x more replaceable than 90 year olds. [edit] also, do things for whom? To what end if not to build experience?
- abofh 4y agoAlternatively, most 30 year olds have 30 more years to contribute to society. Most 90 year olds do not.
- Duller-Finite 4y agothe study said that the 5 patients with VITT that they looked at had the IGLV3-21 * 02 polymorphism, but it's a fallacy to say that means that you can't get clotting without it
- agentgumshoe 4y agoOr just stop taking the vaccines because at this point they are doing nothing if not making things worse for most of the populations (look at New York considering its Vax rate for instance). Problem solved.