| Brainstorm | New from r/Science: science: Researchers find no link between COVID-19 virus and development of asthma in children → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1c2miql/researchers_find_no_link_between_covid19_virus/ | 03:04 |
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| Brainstorm | New from BMJ Open: Impact of health education on promoting influenza vaccination health literacy in primary school students: a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol: Introduction Influenza is a major public health threat, and vaccination is the most effective prevention method. However, vaccination coverage [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/14/4/e080115 | 03:14 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/Science: science: Astronomers spot the first planet outside the solar system to boast a phenomenon reminiscent of a rainbow. WASP-76 b could have night-side clouds that would be associated with spherical droplets or spherically shaped aerosols of an unknown species, [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1c2qgkq/astronomers_spot_the_first_planet_outside_the/ | 04:12 |
| Brainstorm | New from This Week In Virology: TWiV 1104: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin: In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on the circulation of measles before addressing results of Pfizer’s phase 3 RSV vaccine clinical trial for adults under 60, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 circulation, differences [... want %more?] → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1104/ | 06:11 |
| Brainstorm | New from Retraction Watch: Weekend reads: A decade after the STAP scandal; more allegations about Francesca Gino; the disappearing journal: Would you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? The [... want %more?] → https://retractionwatch.com/2024/04/13/weekend-reads-a-decade-after-the-stap-scandal-more-allegations-about-francesca-gino-the-disappearing-journal/ | 12:06 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): Letter to son about covid! Critique/suggestions please. Tried to fit 4 yrs of research into one text! Lol: Love you son. But can you hear me out at least? I know you don't want to hear about it, I get it, we all just want our normal lives back. [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1c2wk18/letter_to_son_about_covid_critiquesuggestions/ | 14:25 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: Gregory Travis on Twitter: "This is a good article about the mechanisms behind dramatic under-reporting of the mortality and morbidity of SARS-CoV-2 infections It's Australia but every issue with death reporting they amplify [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1c306gf/gregory_travis_on_twitter_this_is_a_good_article/ | 15:04 |
| Brainstorm | New from Contagion Live: Surge in Measles Cases Calls for Boost in Vaccination Efforts: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Detroit Health Department stress the importance of vaccination and surveillance. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/surge-in-measles-cases-calls-for-boost-in-vaccination-efforts | 15:34 |
| Brainstorm | New from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Self-amplifying RNA COVID-19 vaccine → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/112264444440107354 | 16:54 |
| ublx | long covid viewpoint from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners: https://www1.racgp.org.au/ajgp/2024/april/long-covid-sufferers-can-take-heart | 20:15 |
| ublx | i'd quibble with the "take heart" in the title, but then the intended audience isn't the general public | 20:16 |
| LjL | "conspicuously, the Queensland Government has a somewhat different perspective, attributing long COVID to a predominantly nocebo effect7" | 20:17 |
| LjL | does the Queensland government just so happens to be a different political orientation than the other governments? | 20:17 |
| ublx | plausible guess | 20:17 |
| LjL | unusual amount of emphasis on vaccine side effects here | 20:20 |
| ublx | indeed | 20:20 |
| LjL | oh god they're giving molnupiravir to long COVID patients?! | 20:21 |
| ublx | it more narrowly says that molnupiravir has been added to a list | 20:25 |
| LjL | i'd add it to a list too | 20:25 |
| ublx | i haven't been keeping up - is molnupiravir the new remdesivir? | 20:26 |
| LjL | i have nothing in particular against remdesivir so as far i'm personally concerned, noä | 20:27 |
| ublx | but you have something against molnupiravir? | 20:27 |
| ublx | or you just say it's inappropriate for long covid? | 20:27 |
| LjL | i have something against molnupiravir to the point i'd not even use it for short covid | 20:28 |
| ublx | ah | 20:28 |
| LjL | it's a bad drug, it has proven ineffective for regular covid (especially compared to paxlovid) while on the other hand it has plenty of open question marks about possible risks | 20:28 |
| LjL | i think de-facto was right about it from the start | 20:28 |
| LjL | you don't fight a virus by just making the body fuck around with RNA replication generally | 20:29 |
| LjL | paxlovid is a lot more specific | 20:29 |
| ublx | hah. just googled it - early stand out google hit: "Molnupiravir: From Hope to Epic Fail?" | 20:29 |
| LjL | classic scientific journal headline (not...?) | 20:35 |
| LjL | oh, an italian, surprise :P | 20:35 |
| LjL | still "the risk of creating novel SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, and long-term risk for mutagenicity in humans" is exactly what de-facto was worried about right from the start | 20:36 |
| ublx | lexicon shift... perhaps in 50 years when the stuffy old people say "epic fail" all the young people will laugh at them | 20:42 |
| LjL | seems likely | 20:44 |
| LjL | i've been caught off guard with "fire" being used as an adjective | 20:44 |
| LjL | but i'd describe it as meaning "cool", but older and uncool people would describe "cool" as uncool, except not as "uncool" | 20:45 |
| ublx | speaking of crimes against language, did you know that in america they (afaict) pronounce consortium as consor-she-uhm | 20:47 |
| ublx | i'm currently filing the paperwork to have america deported to pluto for this heinous crime | 20:48 |
| LjL | that's how i pronounce it and i didn't know it could be pronounced differently | 20:54 |
| ublx | ... | 20:54 |
| ublx | i guess BrE is weirder than i thought | 20:58 |
| ublx | but i also thought consortium was a latin word and that thusly it would have a hard sounding t | 20:58 |
| LjL | not in ecclesiastical latin which is the latin we learn | 20:59 |
| LjL | and not in its italian reflex | 20:59 |
| LjL | and not in its English reflex, but apparently for you it depends on how Latin a Latin word is perceived to be, as in more Latin as opposed to a bit less Latin ;P | 20:59 |
| LjL | why do you say "museum" as "myooseum" given <u> is definitely not pronounced /ju/ in any Latin? :P | 21:00 |
| ublx | idk what an english reflex of latin is, but i have never in all my puff heard consortium pronounced with a soft t.. until today | 21:03 |
| LjL | ublx, the english reflex is the way Latin words that are "not borrowed" (but they're all borrowed in English technically, so I guess I mean words that were borrowed earlier and are perceived as English words rather than "Latin words") are pronounced, so for example station still showing the -tion ending yet being pronounced with the same sound as you pronounce consortium | 21:04 |
| LjL | err, not being | 21:05 |
| LjL | whatever | 21:05 |
| LjL | fwiw in Italian those words are "stazione" and "consorzio" showing the italian reflex being /ts/ written <z> regularly in both | 21:06 |
| * ublx adds ecclesiastical latin to his deportation paperwork | 21:07 | |
| LjL | ublx, not to worry, i hear the UK is planning to deport any foreigner who doesn't make at least around €45000 a year, and I doubt there will be many left | 21:09 |
| ublx | i hadn't heard that one. seems.. slightly difficult to believe | 21:10 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/Science: science: Researchers find that GPT-4 performs as well as or better than doctors on medical tests, especially in psychiatry. This juncture represents an opportunity to reshape physician training and capabilities in tandem with the advancements in AI → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1c392z2/researchers_find_that_gpt4_performs_as_well_as_or/ | 21:10 |
| LjL | ublx, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/4/uk-announces-rise-in-salary-threshold-for-foreign-workers-visas | 21:11 |
| LjL | “Migration to this country is far too high and needs to come down, and today we are taking more robust action than any other government before,” Cleverly told lawmakers. | 21:12 |
| ublx | heh | 21:12 |
| LjL | they said, from a government led by someone called Rishi(ard) Sunak(son) | 21:12 |
| LjL | I think they should tackle internal migration of pesky Scots and Welsh to holy England | 21:13 |
| LjL | Celts can't be trusted | 21:13 |
| LjL | they speak treacherous languages | 21:14 |
| ublx | perhaps it's a reaction to a perceived snowball's chance in hell of them getting reelected next year | 21:14 |
| LjL | they're even pronounced Kelts despite being written Selts! | 21:14 |
| LjL | ublx, right, they do currently risk having the center-right party being elected next time rather than the actual right-wing party, don't they | 21:14 |
| ublx | yeah. it's pretty weird though. it seems like the polar opposite of the incumbent right wing's historical purposed use of immigration | 21:16 |
| ublx | somebody espies trouble ahead | 21:16 |
| ublx | given global energy economies and burden of long covid, one wonders whether the UK "begins to discern the profile of its death^Wbankruptcy" | 21:22 |
| ublx | were that a realistic fear, it's practically a religious question whether immigration is good or bad | 21:24 |
| LjL | ublx, well they do still allow immigration below the required salary levels for jobs that have shortages... although I don't know the specifics | 21:25 |
| ublx | lol. so exemptions. chalk it up to electioneering then | 21:26 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: A New Birding Club Wants to Help COVID Long-Haulers Safely Enjoy Nature Together Ed Yong, an award-winning science journalist who widely covered the pandemic, recently launched The Spoonbill Club to provide community—and an [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1c39rjs/a_new_birding_club_wants_to_help_covid/ | 22:19 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Statement from NSC Spokesperson Adrienne Watson: "Iran has begun an airborne attack against Israel" → https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1c3bknn/statement_from_nsc_spokesperson_adrienne_watson/ | 22:58 |
| Brainstorm | New from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Studying a impressive wide array of antibodies from 1,130 individuals, and using 67,683 haemagglutination inhibition (HI) assay measurements, the authors determined influenza A/H3N2 infection histories of 20 variants rom repeat serum samples collected between 2009 and 2015. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/112266003626388261 | 23:28 |
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