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celadon posted:also the classical 'viruses love to get less deadly' example is the myxoma virus which originally was killing rabbits at like 99% rate and then mellowed out over time to the totally mild and not a big deal at all 60% death rate Not to mention that with myxoma, the decrease in fatality ratio was entirely driven by host evolution. When scientists took the strains that killed sixty percent of wild rabbits and infected captive‐bred rabbits with it, it was even more virulent in them than the ancestral strain had been.
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I’m at a children’s hospital ER because my kid broke her arm at camp and 0 masks from the 20 or so providers coming in assisting in all of the poo poo that has to be done.
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The famous chess term for when one player keeps winning unimpeded while the other player finds out over and over
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Dog Case posted:The famous chess term for when one player keeps winning unimpeded while the other player finds out over and over It's just like that scene in Star Trek: The Next Generation where Data realises he can't outright beat that alien dude at 3D chess and the best he can do is draw even ..... then he realises he can just draw out the game indefinitely until the other dude forfeits in frustration. He doesn't get tired and he's not programmed to feel boredom so as long as he stays in the game he's going to win via attrition. Covid also never gets tired or bored.
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# ? Aug 15, 2023 02:08 |
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The framing of covid as an "enemy" we are facing rather than an unthinking physical process continues to astound "Structure fires continue but a ton of houses already burned down- a stalemate??????" Followed by angry loud calls to repeal the fire codes because they're unsustainable
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emgeejay posted:back to normal, baby! This is one of the worst things I've seen recently. Here's the article from archive: quote:WSJ NEWS EXCLUSIVE | U.S.
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Most progressive president in history
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Hi I'm a doctor, we ran out of thermometers so I have to put my tongue in your mouth to guess the temperature. How dare you get angry at my methodology I went to Harvard!
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Why Am I So Tired posted:Oh man, I'm so sorry. I hope she's able to fully recover and somehow manage to avoid getting infected. Everyone responsible should be rotting in a cell, it's 100% social murder. Thanks, WAIST. I don't really need anyone punished in a moment like this, truly. I'm angry, I'm so angry. But I just want it to stop. I just want preventable harm to be prevented. I just want every human life to be treated as if it means something. tuyop posted:hell yeah, well said You are one of the best posters here, thank you for your kind words.
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The Demilich posted:Hi I'm a doctor, we ran out of thermometers so I have to put my tongue in your mouth to guess the temperature. Sounds like a textbook case of malingering
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ayyyyyy https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/more-70-us-household-covid-spread-started-child-study-suggests good luck to the parents Steve Yun has issued a correction as of 03:00 on Aug 15, 2023 |
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Steve Yun posted:ayyyyyy bullshit, covid doesn't spread in schools and kids are immune *fast forward two years* we never could have known
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The Demilich posted:Hi I'm a doctor, we ran out of thermometers so I have to put my tongue in your mouth to guess the temperature. Sounds pretty unlikely to me.
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Morbus posted:This is a nice essay, but honestly occam's razor is just that these aren't smart people. On it's face, this is an entirely natural conclusion--why would they be? Nothing about the selection of these elite in-groups places particularly high demands on intelligence, wisdom, or experience as such. In many cases it arguably demands the opposite. I think the conflict is just that people have been so rigorously conditioned to believe that our society is at least some kind of meritocracy--even if it is a ruthless and injust one. But it isn't. Humans have created an increasingly complex technological society that is beyond the ability of a few disconnected specialists to understand let alone control, and in that context it is no surprise that a bunch of lawyers and fundraisers are doing a poo poo job at governing it I mean, you're kind of just rephrasing the essay. The people who climb to the top of pyramids are the people who are good at climbing pyramids, the essay just seems like an attempt to detail out the specifics of "good at climbing pyramids."
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Sounds pretty unlikely to me. skill issue.
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Steve Yun posted:ayyyyyy quote:Findings In a cohort study of 166 170 households with adults and children using smart thermometers, among 38 787 inferred household transmissions of viruses over 3 years, including SARS-CoV-2, 70.4% had a pediatric index case. Rates dropped during school breaks. gently caress i wasn't prepared for a number that high. that's wild
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Coming up quick.quote:In our continuing focus on CDC’s HICPAC (Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee), we’ve looked at their upcoming August 22 teleconference, where it seems likely that the conflicted commitee will downgrade HCW protection from airborne diseases from N95s to “Baggy Blues.” https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/202...conference.html quote:In a later post, I’ll examine HICPAC’s guidelines more closely. In this post, however, I will examine the Committee itself. Personnel, after all, is policy! Here is the roster of HICPAC members: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/202...e-on-masks.html ibid has issued a correction as of 03:24 on Aug 15, 2023 |
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Sounds pretty unlikely to me. maybe he should post his fridge diploma
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The Demilich posted:Hi I'm a doctor, we ran out of thermometers so I have to put my tongue in your mouth to guess the temperature. what the hell are you talking about what doctors are you going to
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16-bit Butt-Head posted:what the hell are you talking about what doctors are you going to dr hellworld!
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How does a person in the US get rapid test kits these days? My insurance doesn't offer it anymore.
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mark immune posted:dr hellworld! i hate that guy
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ibid posted:Coming up quick. gently caress me.
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broke: vaccine injury in clownworld woke: long covid in hellworld
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New BSL 3 guidance is to protect workers with a plastic bag filled with glue vapor that they can huff if they feel worried about getting sick.
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Modus Pwnens posted:How does a person in the US get rapid test kits these days? My insurance doesn't offer it anymore. Some states are still doling them out for free at select locations, but it entirely depends on the state. Otherwise you have to purchase them.
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ibid posted:Coming up quick. so there has to be public comment on this or something, right? some way making them realize we see what they’re doing? OSHA? Anyone?
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Morbus posted:This is a nice essay, but honestly occam's razor is just that these aren't smart people. On it's face, this is an entirely natural conclusion--why would they be? Nothing about the selection of these elite in-groups places particularly high demands on intelligence, wisdom, or experience as such. In many cases it arguably demands the opposite. I think the conflict is just that people have been so rigorously conditioned to believe that our society is at least some kind of meritocracy--even if it is a ruthless and injust one. But it isn't. Humans have created an increasingly complex technological society that is beyond the ability of a few disconnected specialists to understand let alone control, and in that context it is no surprise that a bunch of lawyers and fundraisers are doing a poo poo job at governing it I mainly posted it because I thought it was such a novel idea, but I'm not sure occam's razor would support non smart people rising to positions of massive power, over smart people rising to positions of massive power by demonstating their conformity with other people in those positions, and then that turning into a freakshow of them demonstrating their conformity by seeing who can be the most practically counterproductive as a competitive performance for the rest.
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Oracle posted:so there has to be public comment on this or something, right? some way making them realize we see what they’re doing? OSHA? Anyone? You know, I skimmed through these and they make a good point. Most of the population has already had covid at least once, so the only people who should be masking are those with pre-existing conditions, like a previous covid infection.
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Oracle posted:so there has to be public comment on this or something, right? some way making them realize we see what they’re doing? OSHA? Anyone? Yes the first link talks about the public comment a bit, and apparently people can get on the teleconference itself. From the second link quote:I would, nevertheless, try to join the August 22 teleconference. There’s nothing wrong with throwing a tomato at a rotten performance! https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/202...e-on-masks.html
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emgeejay posted:back to normal, baby! Rescinding rent moratoriums and pandemic relief benefits isn't helping US homelessness, but the impact probably isn't this stark. The WSJ article does mention this.
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Modus Pwnens posted:How does a person in the US get rapid test kits these days? My insurance doesn't offer it anymore.
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Salt Fish posted:New BSL 3 guidance is to protect workers with a plastic bag filled with glue vapor that they can huff if they feel worried about getting sick. Some people believe that this is already how BSL‐3 laboratories operate. quote:chase out the people who are making the thread lovely. doesn't really matter how quote:FYI I am required to wear one of these at work when working with actual SARS-CoV-2 positive samples, current variants are the most infectious virus in human history quote:not sure how that's relevant to people wearing it while eating toothpicked cheese and hotdogs or getting contactless delivery Laboratory workers handling samples inadvertently ærosolizing pathogenic solutions more effectively than the human respiratory tract
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Rochallor posted:You know, I skimmed through these and they make a good point. Most of the population has already had covid at least once, so the only people who should be masking are those with pre-existing conditions, like a previous covid infection. Trust the science!
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ibid posted:Coming up quick. I'm filled with a seething incandescent rage nearly every day lol
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The Demilich posted:Hi I'm a doctor, we ran out of thermometers so I have to put my tongue in your mouth to guess the temperature. 16-bit Butt-Head posted:what the hell are you talking about what doctors are you going to
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I assure you my credentials are top of the line, and my diploma hangs on many fridges. Please step into my office:
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:It's just like that scene in Star Trek: The Next Generation where Data realises he can't outright beat that alien dude at 3D chess and the best he can do is draw even ..... then he realises he can just draw out the game indefinitely until the other dude forfeits in frustration. He doesn't get tired and he's not programmed to feel boredom so as long as he stays in the game he's going to win via attrition. Sirna Kolrami and the game was called Stratagema. Also, Data didn't win, he busted him up.
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The Demilich posted:I assure you my credentials are top of the line, and my diploma hangs on many fridges. Lol
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https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1690754436384301059 https://nitter.net/EricTopol/status/1690754436384301059#m quote:In bystander activation, T and/or B cells, of random self-specificity, are unleashed after accidentally getting costimulated by infection signals. The fact that specificity is random means that the T and B may set off autoimmune responses against different (random!) tissues. 3/x https://nitter.net/kallikourdis/status/1689387220451364865
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