Since prions can be inhaled via aerosoles[1], I often wonder how long it will be until vaping causes prion diseases to rapidly spread. Or new prions to be introduced.
[1]: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/j...
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#12I wonder how common diseases like this are that impact just one or just a handful of people?
The long tail...
Indeed. You frequently hear "Everyone is different", "Symptoms can vary" and "Everyone acts differently to XYZ treatment".
But perhaps these are all symptoms of diseases and combinations of diseases varying, rather than the people?
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#13I was scared for a bit. This reminds me that I first read about early cases of covid around october or november 2019.
How and where you were able to read this?
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#14I was scared for a bit. This reminds me that I first read about early cases of covid around october or november 2019.
How and where you were able to read this?
It made some news, it was suspicious cases of pneumonia in china. First time I read the article, I was like "uh oh". It did not make the headlines though, but it was still noticeable. I think I spotted it on reddit or hackernews. Maybe the article was on BBC? BBC has quite a good world coverage.
I guess you can google news by year. I'm very certain those articles exist. Next time I heard about it, it was getting much worse.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
How and where you were able to read this?
It made some news, it was suspicious cases of pneumonia in china. First time I read the article, I was like "uh oh". It did not make the headlines though, but it was still noticeable. I think I spotted it on reddit or hackernews. Maybe the article was on BBC? BBC has quite a good world coverage. I guess you can google news by year. I'm very certain those articles exist. Next time I heard about it, it was getting much…
I don't think there were any reports online until December 31st.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
It made some news, it was suspicious cases of pneumonia in china. First time I read the article, I was like "uh oh". It did not make the headlines though, but it was still noticeable. I think I spotted it on reddit or hackernews. Maybe the article was on BBC? BBC has quite a good world coverage. I guess you can google news by year. I'm very certain those articles exist. Next time I heard about it, it was getting much…
I don't think there were any reports online until December 31st.
I found one (english) Timeline that Starts before 31.
https://bfpg.co.uk/2020/04/covid-19-timeline/
I too remember talking about it on Christmas.
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#17Related to Havana Syndrome?
From the article: "Despite patients showing no trace of any known prion diseases, it hasn't been completely ruled out as a cause, he says. Another theory is chronic exposure to what's called an "excitotoxin" like domoic acid, which was linked to a 1987 food poisoning incident from mussels contaminated with the toxin from the nearby province of Prince Edward Island. ... Dr Cashman says they are also looking at another…
You get plenty of excitotoxins from eating MSG which may be causing diseases too.
The amount of msg in commercial food has doubled the last decade apparently.
So much we don’t know about the body and what we put in it.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
How and where you were able to read this?
It made some news, it was suspicious cases of pneumonia in china. First time I read the article, I was like "uh oh". It did not make the headlines though, but it was still noticeable. I think I spotted it on reddit or hackernews. Maybe the article was on BBC? BBC has quite a good world coverage. I guess you can google news by year. I'm very certain those articles exist. Next time I heard about it, it was getting much…
I heard about Covid in January. It was still kind of localized, at the time, we didn't know much about it.
Around mid-February I saw in the news that there was a somewhat big cluster in Italy and realized that everyone was screwed :-(
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#19Since prions can be inhaled via aerosoles[1], I often wonder how long it will be until vaping causes prion diseases to rapidly spread. Or new prions to be introduced. [1]: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/j...
What on earth does vaping specifically have to do with the aerosol transmission of prions? Unless there are misfolded proteins in the liquid, but that's just as likely as them being in your beef, the air around you, someone chopping meat or anything else.
Your vaping reference seems odd.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
It made some news, it was suspicious cases of pneumonia in china. First time I read the article, I was like "uh oh". It did not make the headlines though, but it was still noticeable. I think I spotted it on reddit or hackernews. Maybe the article was on BBC? BBC has quite a good world coverage. I guess you can google news by year. I'm very certain those articles exist. Next time I heard about it, it was getting much…
I don't think there were any reports online until December 31st.
I remember hearing about it prior to that as well. I remember because I was building a shed and had someone helping me who was talking about it and it was prior to the new year, early December at the latest. He heard about it on a Doomsday type podcast.