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Tl;Dw - Physics Girl, a popular science education YouTuber, is on an indefinite hiatus due to complications from long COVID resulting in chronic fatigue. The vi

Tl;Dw - Physics Girl, a popular science education YouTuber, is on an indefinite hiatus due to complications from long COVID resulting in chronic fatigue. The video has a lot more detail about the severity of her condition and her husband's efforts to care for her. Her friends are asking people to consider subscribing to her Patreon.

poorbutdebtfree 4y ago
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- racl101 4y ago
  AMI?
  - gpvos 4y ago
    Most likely, a heart attack: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_myocardial_infarction https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_myocardial_infarction
    - racl101 4y ago
      Thanks.
  - dctoedt 4y ago
    > AMI? Heart attack? https://www.jcdr.net/article_fulltext.asp?id=223 https://www.jcdr.net/article_fulltext.asp?id=223
- Kenji 4y ago
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- all2 4y ago
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  - SteveNuts 4y ago
    This article sounds like it was written by a 9 year old
    - 2muchcoffeeman 4y ago
      Let’s please not result to attacking the tone of the article. The data is probably not wrong. It’s probably taken out of context though. But you can get the same issues from contracting COVID. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7035e5.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7035e5.htm Which looks like an order of magnitude greater from getting the real thing. I find people are really not good at considering other scenarios and ball parking risk. Or maybe they just want to be contrarian.
      - 6nf 4y ago
        https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35456309/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35456309/ 200,000 unvaccinated people showed no measurable increase in myo- and pericarditis post covid infection.
        majormajor 4y ago
        The link from '2muchcoffeeman shows a dramatic increase in March 2020–January 2021 rates after Covid among a 36,005,294 cohort group with 1.45M Covid cases. Which is fun, since 200,000 is a LOT of people and would normally (assuming independence and randomness) be seen as more than enough, but there's probably not a lot of true randomness/independence in cohorts of people who got Covid in that period. Probably a lot of shared characteristics. In any case, the sample that's 7 times longer is probably the one to go with. So the express article talks about risk increases of 75% and 557% (Pfizer/Moderna). The COVID cohort in the March 2020-January 2021 US study is a 16x increase. So quite likely several multiples worse to get "original" Covid unvaccinated, also a lot of unknowns around new variants and immune response, of course, but... It's all pretty straightforward, no? Vaccine causes similar effects to a real infection intentionally, to stimulate the immune system. Sometimes this has side effect. The actual virus - which is much more, ahem, viral - hits the body even harder, the immune system produces much larger effects, including more frequent instances of the same side effects. And these numbers all around are still infrequent, and viral infection has caused myocarditits for a long time pre-Covid too, so the hysteria seems like confirmation bias (either of "Covid is the source of all my problems" or "vaccines are bad" reactionary silliness.) How frequently you do or don't get boosters should depend on disease prevalence, patient history, risk factors, etc, but.... the idea that people are commonly dropping dead from these vaccines or this disease super frequently, and worringly more than the whole world full of previous diseases? I'm unconvinced. And that it's "mRNA specific" vs "immune system stimulation" related? Seems to be zero reason to jump to that conclusion.
- slackdog 4y ago
  If only Dianna had been boosted 5 times instead of 4.
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- JesusLovesEwe 4y ago
  Alternately: Stay the hell away from the vaccines, people!
  - therein 4y ago
    Vouched for your post for visibility.
- 6nf 4y ago
  There was NO increase in young people dying from random heart problems in 2020. Only after the vaccine rollout did the issues in young people begin. Also compare to countries where no young people took the vaccines, in those countries we are not seeing unusual increases in young people getting heart problems. Young people should not be getting boosters. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35456309/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35456309/
- 404mm 4y ago
  Is it known if Diana was waxed and/or boosted? I was fully up to date when I got my first covid and it still took a serious toll on me. Hope she recovers :(
  - phendrenad2 4y ago
    According to a CBS Colorado, she was boosted (they also recommend getting the vaccine and boosters to avoid getting COVID in the first place).
    - 404mm 4y ago
      Dang, that sucks.
    - therein 4y ago
      Yeah, was also mentioned in the video that she was vaccinated. Unfortunate.
- antibasilisk 4y ago
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- raul-pilla 4y ago
  >Get your boosters people! Heh. Was that a clever one or am I seeing things?
an1sotropy 4y ago
which is here: https://www.patreon.com/physicsgirl https://www.patreon.com/physicsgirl
- slackdog 4y ago
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  - jurimasa 4y ago
    Its her job, man.
    - slackdog 4y ago
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  - Agrue8u 4y ago
    I haven't watched the video, but just wanted to say my family has insurance (in USA), with $7,000 deductible & $14,000 out of pocket family maximum. That of course assumes that we won't get balance billed for whatever bureaucratic reason the medical provider comes up with. For example: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/02/28/1159786893/a-surprise-billing-law-loophole-her-pregnancy-led-to-a-six-figure-hospital-bill https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/02/28/1159786...
    - pkaye 4y ago
      I believe the recent No Suprises Act no longer allows balance billing for emergency care or when an out-of-network provider is working at an in-network facility. https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/what-is-a-surprise-medical-bill-and-what-should-i-know-about-the-no-surprises-act-en-2123/ https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/what-is-a-surprise-...
      - zaroth 4y ago
        True! It eliminated balance billing for almost everything except for land ambulances. Got a $2,200 ambulance bill for taking my daughter 6 miles that was balance billed last year after insurance paid $600. Don’t know how land ambulances in particular managed to avoid being covered by the act, but just something to keep in mind if you have a non-critical injury and don’t need an ambulance.
nirvgorilla 4y ago
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poorbutdebtfree 4y ago

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racl101 4y ago
AMI?
- gpvos 4y ago
  Most likely, a heart attack: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_myocardial_infarction https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_myocardial_infarction
  - racl101 4y ago
    Thanks.
- dctoedt 4y ago
  > AMI? Heart attack? https://www.jcdr.net/article_fulltext.asp?id=223 https://www.jcdr.net/article_fulltext.asp?id=223
Kenji 4y ago
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all2 4y ago
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- SteveNuts 4y ago
  This article sounds like it was written by a 9 year old
  - 2muchcoffeeman 4y ago
    Let’s please not result to attacking the tone of the article. The data is probably not wrong. It’s probably taken out of context though. But you can get the same issues from contracting COVID. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7035e5.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7035e5.htm Which looks like an order of magnitude greater from getting the real thing. I find people are really not good at considering other scenarios and ball parking risk. Or maybe they just want to be contrarian.
    - 6nf 4y ago
      https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35456309/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35456309/ 200,000 unvaccinated people showed no measurable increase in myo- and pericarditis post covid infection.
      - majormajor 4y ago
        The link from '2muchcoffeeman shows a dramatic increase in March 2020–January 2021 rates after Covid among a 36,005,294 cohort group with 1.45M Covid cases. Which is fun, since 200,000 is a LOT of people and would normally (assuming independence and randomness) be seen as more than enough, but there's probably not a lot of true randomness/independence in cohorts of people who got Covid in that period. Probably a lot of shared characteristics. In any case, the sample that's 7 times longer is probably the one to go with. So the express article talks about risk increases of 75% and 557% (Pfizer/Moderna). The COVID cohort in the March 2020-January 2021 US study is a 16x increase. So quite likely several multiples worse to get "original" Covid unvaccinated, also a lot of unknowns around new variants and immune response, of course, but... It's all pretty straightforward, no? Vaccine causes similar effects to a real infection intentionally, to stimulate the immune system. Sometimes this has side effect. The actual virus - which is much more, ahem, viral - hits the body even harder, the immune system produces much larger effects, including more frequent instances of the same side effects. And these numbers all around are still infrequent, and viral infection has caused myocarditits for a long time pre-Covid too, so the hysteria seems like confirmation bias (either of "Covid is the source of all my problems" or "vaccines are bad" reactionary silliness.) How frequently you do or don't get boosters should depend on disease prevalence, patient history, risk factors, etc, but.... the idea that people are commonly dropping dead from these vaccines or this disease super frequently, and worringly more than the whole world full of previous diseases? I'm unconvinced. And that it's "mRNA specific" vs "immune system stimulation" related? Seems to be zero reason to jump to that conclusion.
slackdog 4y ago
If only Dianna had been boosted 5 times instead of 4.
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
JesusLovesEwe 4y ago
Alternately: Stay the hell away from the vaccines, people!
- therein 4y ago
  Vouched for your post for visibility.
6nf 4y ago
There was NO increase in young people dying from random heart problems in 2020. Only after the vaccine rollout did the issues in young people begin. Also compare to countries where no young people took the vaccines, in those countries we are not seeing unusual increases in young people getting heart problems. Young people should not be getting boosters. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35456309/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35456309/
404mm 4y ago
Is it known if Diana was waxed and/or boosted? I was fully up to date when I got my first covid and it still took a serious toll on me. Hope she recovers :(
- phendrenad2 4y ago
  According to a CBS Colorado, she was boosted (they also recommend getting the vaccine and boosters to avoid getting COVID in the first place).
  - 404mm 4y ago
    Dang, that sucks.
  - therein 4y ago
    Yeah, was also mentioned in the video that she was vaccinated. Unfortunate.
antibasilisk 4y ago
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raul-pilla 4y ago
>Get your boosters people! Heh. Was that a clever one or am I seeing things?

an1sotropy 4y ago

which is here: https://www.patreon.com/physicsgirl https://www.patreon.com/physicsgirl

slackdog 4y ago
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- jurimasa 4y ago
  Its her job, man.
  - slackdog 4y ago
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- Agrue8u 4y ago
  I haven't watched the video, but just wanted to say my family has insurance (in USA), with $7,000 deductible & $14,000 out of pocket family maximum. That of course assumes that we won't get balance billed for whatever bureaucratic reason the medical provider comes up with. For example: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/02/28/1159786893/a-surprise-billing-law-loophole-her-pregnancy-led-to-a-six-figure-hospital-bill https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/02/28/1159786...
  - pkaye 4y ago
    I believe the recent No Suprises Act no longer allows balance billing for emergency care or when an out-of-network provider is working at an in-network facility. https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/what-is-a-surprise-medical-bill-and-what-should-i-know-about-the-no-surprises-act-en-2123/ https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/what-is-a-surprise-...
    - zaroth 4y ago
      True! It eliminated balance billing for almost everything except for land ambulances. Got a $2,200 ambulance bill for taking my daughter 6 miles that was balance billed last year after insurance paid $600. Don’t know how land ambulances in particular managed to avoid being covered by the act, but just something to keep in mind if you have a non-critical injury and don’t need an ambulance.

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