Exmoor

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by Exmoor 6y ago
Not sure where you're getting your data, but it's incorrect. It was not considered a failure. There have been some questions about what the best dosage and timing might be for the highest effectiveness, but I've heard the UK
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by Exmoor 6y ago
> Presumably if a viral infection could trigger an autoimmune response in certain genetically predisposed groups, then so could a vaccine designed to mimic a virus. This is true. Some of the extremely rare auto-immune issues that have im
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by Exmoor 6y ago
I will always upvote this link. The entire site is incredibly interesting. I believe it's made the frontpage a few times with some interesting comments IIRC.
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by Exmoor 6y ago
I almost certainly would have never clicked on an article about String Theory, even if it was trending at #1, but because of the vague title I did and was happily surprised to learn something about the world of physics and physics researche
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by Exmoor 6y ago
> “They have not even filed an application with us yet”, Wathion said in an interview with Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad published on Tuesday. Seems like Reuters is really reaching with this headline. "AstraZeneca Vaccine unlikel
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by Exmoor 6y ago
With regards to housing prices, I would argue that the decrease in interest rates over time. Mortgage rates were apparently about 10% in 1990[0], so borrowing $100,000 for a home would cost you about $877/mo for a 30 year loan, which e
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by Exmoor 6y ago
It'd be more accurate to say that corn grows in many more places in North America than sugar cane. I was surprised to learn that vastly more pounds of sugar from cane is produced in the US (~32 million pounds a year) than corn syrup (~
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by Exmoor 6y ago
I had read that the USA is/was initially ensuring there were two doses onsite for each person vaccinated, until they felt the supply chain had proven to be consistent. I'm having trouble sourcing that though.
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by Exmoor 6y ago
At this point I believe it's just frontline health workers and elderly individuals in assisted living facilities. In those situations eligible people are being notified by their applicable institutions (employer, etc.) to schedule thei
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by Exmoor 6y ago
As someone who shares your dislike of Bubble Guppies and also has very positive feelings about my childhood of watching Mr. Rogers, I must say I've been very impressed with the Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. It does a very good job
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by Exmoor 6y ago
I believe the article rightly addresses that there are multiple causes for sleep issues and that many are likely the result of stress from the pandemic. But they've noticed accute issues specifically in patients known to have tested po
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by Exmoor 6y ago
Title should read 3080 TI. 2080 was last generation.
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by Exmoor 6y ago
That's accurate. It was a known concern going into the trials. Enough so that the Russian Sputnik V vaccine purposely used a different adenovirus in the first dose and the second dose and appears to have about 92% efficacy rate. I beli
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by Exmoor 6y ago
My understanding is that they did test a subset of participants, but that the 62% figure doesn't figure in the asymptomatic cases. They've made it very confusing though, much like how they've explained the half-full dose resu
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by Exmoor 6y ago
When the broadest studies indicate that symptomatic cases are ~25x more likely to transmit the virus to people in their household[0] I would say that converting a lot of symptomatic cases to asymptomatic cases is likely pretty consequential
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by Exmoor 6y ago
Important to remember that the 62% full-full dose and 90% half-half dose do not have the same statistical power as the later group was less than 1/3 the size of the former. Even before taking into account the lack of 55+ patients, it&#
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by Exmoor 6y ago
I disagree with your general conclusion that the vaccine should not be approved as-is. The efficacy results are certainly disappointing compared to the near-miraculous results with the two mRNA vaccines, but 60%+ efficacy is still enough to
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by Exmoor 6y ago
Besides a tremendous statistical data Christmas Bird Counts gather each year, they also have a habit of discovering some truly unusual birds. One of my favorite examples occurred last week. A birder doing a bird count in South Carolina was
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by Exmoor 6y ago
Perhaps I should be more concerned about the security and privacy issues with smart TV's, but what really annoys me is the (un)planned obsolescence aspect. In a few years I know that manufacturer will have zero interest in keeping the
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by Exmoor 6y ago
Unfortunately, commercial displays are typically much more expensive and lack a lot of the modern picture-quality features most people would consider requirements at this point like 4K and HDR.
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by Exmoor 6y ago
These types of die-offs are concerning, but probably more common than you'd think. People don't generally realize what a rough life birds, especially highly migratory species, have. A pair of song-birds (passerines) will likely ha
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by Exmoor 6y ago
I may have missed a link to a complete list of species tallied in this event, but the photographed birds are mostly Violet-Green Swallows. This species eats flying insects exclusively (source: Birds of the World research database) and would
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by Exmoor 6y ago
I wouldn't necessarily read too much into that. Sadly there have apparently been similar cases where family members have been harassed by anonymous internet users for not reporting their adult family members missing. Apparently law enf
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by Exmoor 6y ago
>Scientists have career-advancing reasons to have their opinions and research--whether confirmed by evidence and peer reviewed or not--distributed by the media. Couldn't agree with this more. The number of ill-conceived pre-print &q
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by Exmoor 6y ago
> Yet when a journalist calls up a scientist and say "What do you think?" and the scientist says "These could have an effect on virulence or transmission or antibody neutralization," somehow that gets translated in to
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by Exmoor 6y ago
I got some bad news about all the pet toy reviews..
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by Exmoor 6y ago
I wasn't aware of that, but you appear to be right [0]. The spotting scopes I mentioned are more like telescopes meant for viewing terrestrial objects such as wildlife, shooting targets, etc. [0] https://www.digitalcamerawor
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by Exmoor 6y ago
Nikon also has a well respected sports-optics division (binoculars, spotting scopes), although they are also seeing a ton of competition in that marketplace as well.
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by Exmoor 6y ago
The declaration you linked seems to be more about lockdown policy and doesn't even mention masks.
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by Exmoor 6y ago
In the sense of your explanation it COVID-19 is indeed airborne.

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