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Seconding the sentiment here. Quibbling about "causal" being used in the title aside, we're building more observational evidence that there's negative cognitive effects associated …

the most underrated comment on this thread; i cackled out loud, thank you. Shaviro's "Without Criteria" which discusses this connection was an absolute delight.

(threading along for a minor nitpick on above post) Ya, correct enough. > > Higher mushroom consumption was associated with lower risk of total cancer (pooled RR for the highest co…

> The COVID devastation is also about long COVID, and even people who had COVID but either recovered “fully” or never displayed symptoms. None of this is over, and we are so, so fu…

To be sort of nitpicky: the underlying study [0] does not argue a direct causal connection. This is one of many current observational studies reporting on population level trends a…

> However, I understand that not everyone can afford to keep buying good masks As a tip for fellow price-constrained folks out there: upgrading to an elastomeric respirator can hel…

I appreciate that these conversations have the same futility as trying to push for condom use during the aids/hiv crisis. The next 5-20 years hold a lot of unneeded suffering that …

> Personally I think the quality of life loss of wearing masks is heavier than that of getting COVID. You will lose way more DALYs catching COVID (especially multiple times) than y…

Long COVID/PASC is absolutely a ticking time bomb for the return to office crowd. A previous story on here discussed the "echo chamber of CEO feelings" around the decision to force…

The primary thing I don't understand about lab leak and bioweapon theories surrounding SARS-Cov-2 (And if you're an advocate of ideas in this vicinity I'd love a deeper explanation…