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In the US, the pre-exposure course is now often just two doses, although three is possible (and used to be more common). The per-dose price at most pharmacies in the US is $400-500…

> Vaccines are for pre exposure. That is correct for most vaccines. However, it's different for rabies. The vaccine is also effective post exposure (as long as it is given soon eno…

Exactly. CO2 is an imperfect proxy, but it's a pretty decent one. And, even for spaces that have high quality air filtration (e.g. a strong commercial central air system with good …

Yep, I also run central air in fan only mode much more often now. Since I'm in coastal California, I don't need to run heating/cooling for much of the year, so previously that mean…

For NDIR sensors, the Aranet4 Home is an often recommended one. I have a couple, and they are great little units. A number of scientists recommended them during the heart of covid …

Yep. Even if the building as a whole is generally well ventilated, particular spaces in a building can still build up CO2 pretty quickly. It's actually quite dramatic to see the ri…

There is a phenomenal article in Scientific American talking about the phenylephrine/pseudoephedrine debacle: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-two-pharmacis... It's s…

Both what you say and what the article says is right. To the article's point, in urban areas, increased density often happens even when mass transit isn't expanded (which then ofte…

Yep, I was going to note this too. Assuming the Mini specs are correct and it actually needs 100W (20V/5A) as a minimum profile, most cheaper power banks won't work with it. But ye…

> The way to tolerate the adaptation is hot water - spray water as hot as you can stand (without damage) on the affected area and you will get substantial relief for about 12 hours…

It's definitely got some noise to it. Not super loud, but definitely not quiet.

A few photos from my visit: Pitch black night, illuminated by the crater: https://imgur.com/a/3sgz6oB Crater at twilight: https://imgur.com/p7BZfYA Milky Way at night from near my …

I was lucky enough to visit in 2018. It is a truly surreal place. I've been a few places, and Darvaza is still one of the most memorable. Since travel in Turkmenistan is quite rest…

Dalessandro's. Granted, it's been a couple of decades since I last visited, but they were (and still seem to be) an institution.

> This was publicly admitted to by Toronto Public Health itself, as early as June 2020: > "Individuals who have died with COVID-19, but not as a result of COVID-19 are included in …

As mentioned elsewhere, the laptop story was not restricted for being misinformation, it was restricted due to Twitter's policy (at the time) on hacked materials. Some background: …

In locations with the food court outside, they generally scan it when ordering at the food court window or at the kiosks.

> You are ignoring the comorbidities aspect GP was talking about. Even if we split this into two groups - those under 18 with comorbidities, and those without, there's still good e…

One of the best-known mask studies is the Bangladesh mask study, which is as close as exists for a masking efficacy RCT. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abi9069 First, …

> 3 million people is ~5% of the entire UK population. Even using the high end of COVID IFR estimates (2%, from northern Italy), it would have required everyone in the UK to get CO…

> There is still a lack of common sense. Anyone who looked at the age distribution of covid patients and deaths knows that there are hardly any children getting sick from covid, an…

Agreed. I have a number of criticisms of the CDC, FDA and public institutions with respect to Covid, but this piece is highly biased and is misleading/wrong/cherry-picking with res…

When people reference the CDC not being able to study gun violence, they're referring to the Dickey Amendment of 1996. With the ambiguity in interpretation of "none of the funds ma…

Auras are great. I gave some to family and friends, and they became the go-to good masks for a decent portion of them. My personal favorite is the 3M V-Flex N95. Super comfortable,…

> In this study, there were more infections in the vaccinated group. That defies logic, though, and intuitively the infection rate of the vaccinated group cannot be higher than tha…