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Metallic taste - adjuvant? (just a guess...)

It is not because unvaccinated would pose a threat to others but because they are at risk of catching the disease from a vaccinated, infected but asymptomatic guest Haven't read yo…

For the low risk groups it's a small absolute risk reduction of hospitalisation, and extremely small absolute risk reduction of death. But given that herd immunity is now impossibl…

The study found that effectiveness dropped to 80% for patients over the age of 65, while for younger patients, the vaccines were 95% effective. Let that sink in for a moment... The…

This one? https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.31.21258081v...

The opposite view was a mainstream media narrative last year, in that a suggestion as such was very widely reported: 'The rapid waning of antibodies did not necessarily have implic…

The problem of Ivermectin trials based in Latin American countries is that community Ivermectin use is so widespread, it becomes a major confounder in trials because most of the 'p…

I emailed dang and he kindly unflagged it on request, but it got flagged again soon after. Maybe he can permanently unflag it? He also said: 'I've unkilled it so you can respond no…

Please, if there is any misinformation in the article, tell us where it is. IMO a number of high profile politicians and corporate media are also guilty of misinformation. Eg 'pand…

See how this guy misrepresents the study on TWiV episode 783. https://youtu.be/73KWHPsw-ag?t=525 He states that '4% seropositive having symptoms after 12 weeks', but omits to menti…

Only an anecdote, but... https://cdn-ctstaging.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2020... https://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2012/08/05/P18-120805-a5.... :)

Headline is misleading, it would be better to say 'why Delta is so much more transmissable' According to the UK govt's own figures, the 28 day case fatility rate is 2.0% for the Al…

>Even worse I am having a tough time putting my finger on what the shortcoming of these people is. Polarization is the mRNA of disinformation.

Very good summary, thanks for posting.

>The fact it's not working means something's broke. The brokenness usually comes from a diet high in overly processed food and refined sugar/starch, often coupled with little or no…

Protection of homes from wildfire was worked out a long time ago by Jack Cohen. There is an excellent podcast out there called 'Built to Burn' at '99% Invisible'. That most media o…

This reminded me of the story of the EF50 valve and 'PYE IF strip', so I've added a submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25735404 'The history of a pioneering tube that…

Automated testing needs to be able to check that any dev/debug code doesn't exist in production. (Only works if the dev/debug code is added in some sort of properly planned and doc…

Commercial glass washers can use very little energy; the rinse is done with a small amount of near boiling water which goes into the wash tank, where it's then used for washing.

>What you really want in drier areas is an open forest with few, large trees This is what the aborigines in Australia used to do: 'To Help Australia, Look to Aboriginal Fire Manage…

Good video; this one is well worth a watch too, about the move away from traditional typesetting: https://vimeo.com/127605643

This video is pretty lengthy but well worth a watch; the oral history of Alan Cooper, the 'father of Visual Basic' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wtGFgaKYI0 EDIT: One highlight i…