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by CiteXieAlAlyEtc 2y ago
Seconding the sentiment here. Quibbling about "causal" being used in the title aside, we're building more observational evidence that there's negative cognitive effects associated with covid and long covid. Zhao et al &#
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by CiteXieAlAlyEtc 3y ago
the most underrated comment on this thread; i cackled out loud, thank you. Shaviro's "Without Criteria" which discusses this connection was an absolute delight.
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by CiteXieAlAlyEtc 3y ago
(threading along for a minor nitpick on above post) Ya, correct enough. > > Higher mushroom consumption was associated with lower risk of total cancer (pooled RR for the highest compared with the lowest consumption groups: 0.66; 95% C
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by CiteXieAlAlyEtc 3y ago
> The COVID devastation is also about long COVID, and even people who had COVID but either recovered “fully” or never displayed symptoms. None of this is over, and we are so, so fucked You're right by way of the literature available
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by CiteXieAlAlyEtc 3y ago
To be sort of nitpicky: the underlying study [0] does not argue a direct causal connection. This is one of many current observational studies reporting on population level trends and measuring associated incidence ratios/risk ratios&#x
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by CiteXieAlAlyEtc 3y ago
> However, I understand that not everyone can afford to keep buying good masks As a tip for fellow price-constrained folks out there: upgrading to an elastomeric respirator can help substantially with costs. Dentec's marketing copy
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by CiteXieAlAlyEtc 3y ago
I appreciate that these conversations have the same futility as trying to push for condom use during the aids/hiv crisis. The next 5-20 years hold a lot of unneeded suffering that will be difficult to witness and experience. :( It does
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by CiteXieAlAlyEtc 3y ago
> Personally I think the quality of life loss of wearing masks is heavier than that of getting COVID. You will lose way more DALYs catching COVID (especially multiple times) than you will wearing a mask. We are already seeing the emergin
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by CiteXieAlAlyEtc 3y ago
Long COVID/PASC is absolutely a ticking time bomb for the return to office crowd. A previous story on here discussed the "echo chamber of CEO feelings" around the decision to force RTO ( https://news.ycombinator.com
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by CiteXieAlAlyEtc 3y ago
The primary thing I don't understand about lab leak and bioweapon theories surrounding SARS-Cov-2 (And if you're an advocate of ideas in this vicinity I'd love a deeper explanation) is this: If this disease has human origin