libera/##covid-19/ Wednesday, 2024-04-24

Brainstorm(Matrix) <L​jL> ublx: don't worry as the EU, US, even UN are regulating AI to death, because clearly it's the priority, as opposed to say climate change that hardly anyone is doing any actual thing about00:30
ublxdoes that mean altman isn't getting his eleventy trillion dollar datacentre?00:46
Brainstorm(Matrix) <L​jL> ublx: my guess is that he is but on the other hand open source models will be curtailed quite heavily and anyone releasing them will undergo liability they likely won't be willing to undergo...00:47
Brainstorm(Matrix) <L​jL> At least with the EU's AI Act that seems to be the case00:48
ublxregulation as moat building?00:48
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): The subsequent global spread of SARS-CoV-2 was characterized by a gradual adaptation to humans, with dual increases in transmissibility and virulence until the emergence of the Omicron variant. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11232297289924053700:51
LjLublx, well I'm not sure if it's the big AI players lobbying for it, or EU MPs are just stupid02:21
LjLi figure a mixture of both though02:21
LjLactually i did consistently read that the big AI players are happy with the regulations02:21
LjLso they probably lobbied hard enough02:21
LjLeven aside from open source, regulation is often good for the big players, minus the parts on competitions (and even those, sometimes...)02:22
LjL'cause you can only respect ridiculous bureaucracy if you're big02:22
ublxplus ça change, plus c'est la même chose02:52
LjL<CarlSagan> [Ars Technica - Science] Fragments of bird flu virus genome found in pasteurized milk, FDA says https://arstechnica.com/?p=2019552 2024-04-24T01:20:2704:07
LjLyikes.04:07
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Health: Massive amounts of H5N1 vaccine would be needed if there’s a bird flu pandemic. Can we make enough? → https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/24/h5n1-bird-flu-vaccine-preparedness/10:33
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: 10 Times as Much of This Toxic Pesticide Could End Up on Your Tomatoes and Celery Under a New EPA Proposal: by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-acephate-pesticide-adhd-autism-regulations11:23
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: New study finds that information provision by several sellers of at-home DNA tests is presently not optimally empowering potential consumers of these tests to make an informed decision regarding their usage. Information provided by sellers is not [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1cbul27/new_study_finds_that_information_provision_by/12:55
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: Genetic analysis reveals H5N1 flu virus outbreak in cows likely started earlier than thought [““If that’s true, it’s been flying under the radar for a really embarrassingly, frustratingly long time,” Worobey said. [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1cbv0rz/genetic_analysis_reveals_h5n1_flu_virus_outbreak/14:14
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1cbx25d/toxic_how_the_search_for_the_origins_of_covid19/14:44
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Impaired Hand Grip Strength Correlates with Greater Disability and Symptom Severity in Post-COVID Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1cbx3ui/impaired_hand_grip_strength_correlates_with/15:13
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Infection with JN.1 in immune naive is distinct from those vaccinated/infected since the fast memory response will focus on conserved epitopes. JN.1 encounter results in better neutralisation of its progeny. This makes, as yet, JN.1 or derivative, a good vaccine candidate. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11232655927047510016:12
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Pandemic influenza vaccine H5N1 AstraZeneca (previously Pandemic influenza vaccine H5N1 Medimmune), pandemic influenza vaccine (H5N1) [... want %more?] → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/pandemic-influenza-vaccine-h5n1-astrazeneca-previously-pandemic-influenza-vaccine-h5n1-medimmune16:42
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Data: Optimal initiation of Paxlovid in hospitalized COVID patients is 3 to 5 days: The findings suggest that the antiviral can prevent over 90% of viral replication if given at the optimal time, the authors say. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/data-optimal-initiation-paxlovid-hospitalized-covid-patients-3-5-days18:13
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: COVID Vaccine Study Finds Small Signal of Seizure Risk in Young Kids: (MedPage Today) -- Only myocarditis/pericarditis and seizures occurred at higher rates in adolescents and children vaccinated for COVID-19 when compared with historical rates of those outcomes, according to an [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccine/10980918:33
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: US study shows post-COVID rebound in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing: After a brief dip in March 2020, the proportion of people who received one or more inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions returned to pre-pandemic levels by [... want %more?] → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-stewardship/us-study-shows-post-covid-rebound-inappropriate-antibiotic-prescribing20:21
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: (news): Teen vaccination cut COVID-19 cases by 37% in California, new data show → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/teen-vaccination-cut-covid-19-cases-37-california-new-data-show21:01
* LjL doesn't begin to imagine what sort of devilish statistics could be used to surmise that information21:37
ublx37% vaccine mortality rate?21:40
ublxlolol21:40
LjL;(21:46
ublxwell you said devilish21:50
LjLublx, the devil is in the details, like when evil kids cut off lizards' tails22:02
LjLthey de-tail them.22:02
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Evidence from whole genome sequencing of aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 almost 5 hours after hospital room turnover → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1cc8svp/evidence_from_whole_genome_sequencing_of_aerosol/22:39

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