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by jpster 5y ago
If vaxxed people are still getting infected and transmitting Delta at similar rates as unvaxxed, then the reasons for getting vaxxed are: - lower your own chances of symptomatic disease, severe illness, hospitalization and death - and there
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by jpster 5y ago
> The speed at which nAb resistance develops in the population increases substantially as the number of infected individuals increases, suggesting that complementary strategies to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission that exert specific press
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by jpster 5y ago
They did a prospective study of vaccine effectiveness vs infection and transmission among vaxxed healthcare and frontline workers. Seems biased from the start. Won’t it be confounded by their tendency to wear (better) PPE? Edited to add: I
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by jpster 5y ago
This tweet offers a counterargument: https://twitter.com/kaischulze_/status/1418913699297996803?s...
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Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid(thelancet.com)
4 points by jpster 5y ago|1 comments
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by jpster 5y ago
> There's nothing like ‘Jeopardy!’ in the cultural consciousness. It's not that I'm trying to put it on the same level, but I liken it to Barack Obama being elected president in the United States in 2008. I personally neve
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by jpster 5y ago
> Mr Biden said he gave Mr Putin a list of 16 critical infrastructure sectors, from energy to water, that should not be subject to hacking. This sounds like a concession of major weakness on the part of the US. I guess we already knew th
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by jpster 5y ago
I was very interested in Laura Ingalls Wilder when I was younger, as a result of reading her Little House on the Prairie books. An anecdote about her father, Charles “Pa” Ingalls drinking from the saucer always stayed with me. Thanks for te
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Can banana buffers save California from wildfires?(atlasobscura.com)
3 points by jpster 5y ago|1 comments
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El Salvador beach town rides crypto wave(techxplore.com)
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by jpster 6y ago
You haven’t been paying attention. Look into “thirst traps”.
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by jpster 6y ago
But in 2009 Homeland Security published a report on the domestic terror threat. Republicans reacted badly. The agency backtracked and eventually closed the division. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dhs-domestic-terror-warn
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by jpster 6y ago
Meanwhile, this reporting suggests that the Covid death figure is actually underreported: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/21/world/coronav...
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by jpster 6y ago
Are you saying that a novel airborne pathogen that killed 343,000 Americans this year should not be described as “deadly”?
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by jpster 6y ago
So, this is the recommendation, last sentence of the article: “If leaders really cared about people, the clearly rational and ethical thing to do would be to fully end the unsupportable government mandates. Continuing pandemic mandates is n
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by jpster 6y ago
Here’s why I worry: https://twitter.com/ashishkjha/status/1343768397084053505?s=...
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by jpster 6y ago
I hope so. But, frankly, most national and local responses to this outbreak have been subpar. I do not take it for granted that we (the US) can pull off this major logistical challenge smoothly or on an aggressive timeline.
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by jpster 6y ago
Wish I could find estimates showing “At current / projected vaccination rates it will take X years to vaccinate 90% of the population”, per country. I heard on TWiV (This Week in Virology podcast) for the US it was ~6.6 years and I bel
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by jpster 6y ago
> I know of several friends who have caught it from young children in school settings I guess there’s no way for them to be certain. But I’ve been wondering if we’ve been too quick to believe that kids are less susceptible to Covid or th
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by jpster 6y ago
Can you share more about this? Where have Oxford/AZ shared their testing protocol? Indeed, I was surprised to learn that the Pfizer and Moderna trials did not test participants unless they showed symptoms. Meaning: we don’t know if
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by jpster 6y ago
Here you go! See the tip at the bottom about finding “cassareep”, the cassava syrup you’ll need. https://www.chatelaine.com/recipe/dinner/joy-of-cooking-guya...
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by jpster 6y ago
Cool to learn that jerk is due to the meeting of Jamaica’s African and Native peoples. My food heritage comes from Guyana, and our traditional Christmas dish of pepperpot — beef stewed in cassava syrup — has a similar background. The enslav
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by jpster 6y ago
I’m a big fan of TWiV podcast (This Week in Virology) and I understand Racaniello’s point of view. However, this thread and other info I’ve read lead me to believe that this is an important new development. https://twitter.com&#x
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by jpster 6y ago
> A Google spokesperson said such agreements over antitrust threats are extremely common. Really? Any examples?
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by jpster 6y ago
Does the account you posted here resemble most of the chronicled experiences you’ve encountered?
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by jpster 6y ago
I’m trying to see something: “Not all suffered the same Holocaust we know today. It’s just important to remember/question how diverse people’s Holocaust experiences actually were.” Maybe it’s just me but these type of statements seem t
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by jpster 6y ago
> Timnit Gebru demanded access to all of the internal feedback, along with the author of the feedback. If Google wouldn't provide this access, she said that she intended to resign and would set a final day. Is the part that makes me
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by jpster 6y ago
Will the EU weigh in?
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by jpster 6y ago
The point stands that political ads on broadcast stations are regulated and those on social media are not. That is problematic. However, FCC regs seem to allow stations to charge different prices based on the “class” of the placement. Not s
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by jpster 6y ago
Regardless of slot and placement?

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