Links for you. Science:
Long-term risks of respiratory diseases in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2: a longitudinal, population-based cohort study (the cancer finding, as the authors note, needs to taken with a humongous grain of salt)
The Israeli Scientist Who Is Growing Testicles in a Lab. Dr. Nitzan Gonen is familiar with the jibes about her work, but she is cautiously optimistic that artificial testicles will be able to help infertile men
Long COVID Seems to Be a Brain Injury, Scientists Discover
Lawmaker raises new flap over U.S.-funded virology research that critics call risky. Alleged “gain-of-function” bird flu experiments with China do not pose any threat to people, scientists insist
COVID patients are 4.3 times more likely to develop chronic fatigue, CDC report finds (paper here; note that most patients were pre-vaccine)
Prevalence of Immunosuppression Among US Adults
Other:
Inside Ted Leonsis’s decision to move Wizards, Capitals to Virginia
Biden has done much to relieve student debt, but he can do more
In a Maryland school library, empty shelves are about to get emptier
Amazon Argues That National Labor Board Is Unconstitutional, Joining SpaceX And Trader Joe’s
CVS rage is simmering as some consumers face long pharmacy lines and incarcerated shampoo. The pharmacy has made investments in its stores and employees. But some customers still aren’t feeling the love.
‘The First Thing a Doctor Wants to Do Is Ease Someone’s Pain. In Gaza, That’s Impossible’
These two Boston employers just tightened their return-to-office mandates
Israel Cannot Afford to Miss This Opportunity of a Lifetime
‘Scandal-plagued’ data broker tracked visits to ‘600 Planned Parenthood locations’: Anti-abortion group said to have used that monitoring to push ad campaign
‘Terrifying Backlash’: Democrats Abroad Israel Board Quits Group Over Response to Gaza War
QAnon Can’t Be the Scapegoat Anymore: A shocking beheading shows how extreme right-wing conspiracy theories have gone mainstream.
Trump Owns Dobbs and Everything That Comes With It (gift link)
Wisconsin fake elector tells ‘60 Minutes’ he was afraid of Trump supporters
But Someone Once Politely Asked Sarah Sanders To Leave A Restaurant
Video is said to show U.N. relief worker taking Israeli shot on Oct. 7
SOME OPTIMISM AND SOME PESSIMISM
How Virginia Ali made Ben’s Chili Bowl, and herself, a symbol of D.C. (Henry’s though…)
It’s Apple’s Vision Pro, The Rest of Us Just Live Here. With the Vision Pro, Apple is showcasing a product that is magic. But behind the glitter is a dangerous empire that is placing all of America at risk.
‘No prescription needed’: Inside a White House clinic’s ‘systemic problems’
MAGA’s Violent Threats Are Warping Life in America
Posing as Americans, Chinese accounts on X aim to divide and disrupt. X hasn’t sent a representative in months to biweekly information-sharing meetings with other social media companies
Trump thought New York City was his playground. Now, it’s his nightmare.
Stress is driving teens’ drug use, new federal study suggests
A Union Leader in Nebraska Tries to Leap to the Senate on Labor’s Strength
Abe Pollin’s son to Ted Leonsis: ‘I really hope you will change your mind’ (Abe Pollin’s teams might not have been very good, but he was a mensch)
Do We Simply Not Care About Old People? The pandemic was a wake-up call on how we care for older adults
mikethemadbiologist
When people mention that a study was “done pre-vaccine” it makes it sound like this wouldn’t apply to vaccinated people today. It absolutely would apply to unvaccinated people today. This misunderstanding is rampant. I’ve heard more than once that many people believe that this “hybrid herd immunity” they’re told about means that because so many people have had infections already, that the immunity that those people have supposedly built up means that if the elderly or someone unvaccinated gets it now it just won’t be bad anymore. This is just not how it works, but the PR push manufacturing mild has created this.
Therefore I suggest people should say “this study was done in all unvaccinated people, before vaccines were available” instead of “this was done pre-vaccine” giving the impression something about the vaccines in existence muted the virus’s effect for everyone across the board regardless of vaccination or risk status or anything else.
When people mention that a study was “done pre-vaccine” it makes it sound like this wouldn’t apply to vaccinated people today.
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When people mention that a study was “done pre-vaccine” it makes it sound like this wouldn’t apply to unvaccinated people today.