Munky-Necan

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by Munky-Necan 7y ago
Until there's a double blind placebo trial I will take this type of report with a truck load of salt. We want randomized control trials in medicine. We want highly vetted research in medicine. Lacking either is a bad idea. I am also no
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by Munky-Necan 7y ago
This is very interesting. I'm usually on the side of interpreting tests/ordering them instead of knowing the nuances behind them. Are there any major breakthroughs in testing that you're excited about?
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by Munky-Necan 7y ago
Naive question, because I only knew of ELISA. but can you use MinION or something like it to detect DNA/RNA in blood? I would be excited if this was cost effective and more sensitive and specific for bacteria and viruses than what we h
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by Munky-Necan 7y ago
The best thing we can do to stop the spread is things like this, unfortunately.
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by Munky-Necan 7y ago
I think the prevailing theory will eventually be that a diet rich in monosaccharides is detrimental to health. It's been demonstrated that low carb, high meat diets are not the optimal diet, in that most adults will eat red meat or som
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by Munky-Necan 7y ago
I feel like I'm getting old, but I don't know what Yeet means even though I've heard a tonne of teenagers say it.
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by Munky-Necan 7y ago
> It is also unclear whether the L type is more virulent than the S type You're right. I finally got a chance to read the study fully, but was basing my comments from the r/COVID-19 thread.
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by Munky-Necan 7y ago
What was interesting about this, that is contrary to common understanding of virology and pandemics, is that there as a mutation that significantly increased the virulence of one strain of SARS-CoV-2. Over time, viruses will become less vir
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by Munky-Necan 7y ago
I'm surprised that there haven't been more efforts in the West to contain COVID-19.
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by Munky-Necan 7y ago
>A few medical schools have integrated a module on biostatistics and epidemiology into their curriculum, but it's not common (or at least it wasn't ~20 years ago, if that's changing I'm happy) It is changing, I had bi