thenerdhead

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by thenerdhead 2y ago
Foundations seem critical for the health and longevity of ecosystems. It is interesting to compare the various foundations in other ecosystems, their tax/entity status, and who comprises the board. Many boards are structured to purely
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
It is the UT Austin program. It is a bit more theory heavy akin to early Andrew Ng courses at Stanford.
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
I'm in a AI/ML masters and it is pretty cheap. While it takes time to do, it has really held me accountable to actually go learn the things I really ought to be learning rather than being stagnant. I'm a staff PM at a big tec
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
Antibiotic misuse is a huge problem and even leading to resistance. It is a good thing that we are developing verbose pathogen panels to ensure we don’t prescribe antibiotics when we have viral infections and vice versa. Additionally the up
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
Majority of the immune system is in the gut. It is also one of the main culprits that Long COVID researchers are finding RNA in causing immune dysfunction. > High uptake in the gut was observed in people with persistent post-COVID-19 sym
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Fibrin drives thromboinflammation and neuropathology in Covid-19(nature.com)
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NIH study finds long Covid affects adolescents differently than younger children(nih.gov)
2 points by thenerdhead 2y ago|1 comments
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
NIH-supported research on long COVID found distinct symptom patterns in children (ages 6-11) and adolescents (ages 12-17). Among the 3,860 participants, 20% of school-age children and 14% of adolescents met the criteria for long COVID. Comm
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
Long COVID is a well documented health issue affecting many workers. Here is a recent publication in nature regarding how many hours are being lost in various economies. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03173-
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
I wonder how Long COVID affects this given the Japanese are dropping out of work. https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/medical/20240821-OYT1T50067/ The US has a scary picture too with ~11% of adults affected today: https:&#
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
Are you able to bypass the FDA with the Right to Try act? https://www.fda.gov/media/133864/download#:~:text=Right%20to... . The FDA is a joke. I mean that in the kindest way possible as someone with long covid wait
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
Is there a link to the published research so it is easier to read through it without all these buttons to click to expand?
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Long Covid lung damage linked to immune system response(nature.com)
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
https://www.panaccindex.info/p/profile-ucsfs-vinay-prasad
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
They fund and do a lot of work beyond the horrible choices for initial RCTs. This fall we should hopefully see actual pharmaceutical interventions and a plethora of research they’ve been publishing. The more important parts of their program
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
Very likely. All of these illnesses are diseases of the cells. We're entering the golden age of immune cell science. You figure out what immune cells are causing disease and how to restore them. Here the T cells are imbalanced and a sp
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
Many ME experts are doing both. RECOVER is considering adding ME/CFS arms to its huge clinical trial platform. UCSF just added ME/CFS as a priority in their LIINC program. SARS-CoV-2 therapeutics won’t work on both but immune cell
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Tissue T cell activation and viral RNA Persist 2 Years after SARS-CoV-2(science.org)
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
Where is the accountability from health experts? Shifting the blame to patients is ridiculous and irresponsible. Humans naturally have diverse immune systems to prevent our species from being wiped out by a single pathogen. We should invest
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
Funny how every social media company launches commercials saying they will cooperate with congress once they got the spotlight on this issue. This has been a problem for decades and I personally was in denial until I realized how much anxie
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
typical comment blaming the parents instead of the decades of innovation leading to addictive technology behaviors.
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
I agree. There have long been concerns about the impact of various media on children, as highlighted by figures like Jerry Mander, Neil Postman, and even Ron Serling. The issue lies not only in the quality of the content but also in the med
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
> Potentially, antibodies, as a functional category of therapeutic, may very well be on their way out. I’m a bit confused as to what you reference here but I’m assuming monoclonal (mAbs). I apologize I did not read your prior post. The m
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
I feel like this has existed for all of the early influencers who continue to peddle their mediocre NYT mostly self-help bestsellers. Probably even to name a name, something that Ryan Holiday infamously wrote about early in his publishing c
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
Regulating your immune system can mean many things. Gabor Mate and Robert Sapolsky for example just talk about how too much stress can affect your immune system and if you have the genes, you may be more susceptible than others. The good ne
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome - Munger
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
I believe data is now going to be more limited: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/05/09/fact-sheet-end-of-... > CDC COVID-19 data surveillance has been a cornerstone of our response, and during
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
What also comes after a plague is a period of recovery and then renaissance. Given many world leaders faltered on their response to SCV2, society will still continue to rebuild and reimagine if it doesn't collapse! Hopefully we can sol
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
A lot of accelerated article previews as of recently. Seems like humanity is making a lot of breakthroughs. This is nothing short of amazing for all those suffering from disease.
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by thenerdhead 2y ago
The novel discoveries and technology advances for medical countermeasures is impressive since the pandemic. It is very feasible we will see this happen alongside similar developments for SCV2 and other pathogens due to the precision and pot

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