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Brain imaging before and after Covid-19 in UK Biobank

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Re: Brain imaging before and after Covid-19 in UK Biobank

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It's hard for some of us, myself included. I'm a hospital physician in a suburban American hospital. I don't know a single physician who was even hospitalized with COVID-19. I know two physicians who died from the vaccine, one who bled to death with DIC in my care. I know of another in our area who is permanently disabled with transverse myelitis after the vaccine. I'm not alone, despite what you've heard generally a…

I'm sorry, but that seems to be an impossible claim. In fact there are zero cases ( edit: two people have come by to cite statistics on all-cause death numbers, which aren't responsive here. PLEASE be careful with your numbers, people, those values include folks who died of car accidents and heroin overdoses, etc... ) where the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines are generally believed to have caused death, and 3 (three) deat…

"Reports of death after COVID-19 vaccination are rare. More than 342 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the United States from December 14, 2020, through July 26, 2021. During this time, VAERS received 6,340 reports of death (0.0019%) among people who received a COVID-19 vaccine."

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/ad...

Re: Brain imaging before and after Covid-19 in UK Biobank

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post #29

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> If someone is vaccinated AND still spreading the virus, is it any different from having an asymthomatic case of COVID? It carries about an order of magnitude lower risk of hospitalization or death, so... yes. Yes, it is very different. We don't know about long term effects, those are, y'know, long term and hard to study in this kind of timeframe. Which is why the linked article is notable. Also note that risk of tr…

It's hard for some of us, myself included. I'm a hospital physician in a suburban American hospital. I don't know a single physician who was even hospitalized with COVID-19. I know two physicians who died from the vaccine, one who bled to death with DIC in my care. I know of another in our area who is permanently disabled with transverse myelitis after the vaccine. I'm not alone, despite what you've heard generally a…

I sincerely question this. Please provide references, as I’m seeing single digit numbers of documented cases for both DIC and Transverse Myelitis caused by the vaccine.

I in no way think those numbers are complete, but given the number of doses given and the astonishing rarity of those very specific issues, I have to question your comment.

I’m in an extraordinarily healthy population (military) and I know of no one that has had any reactions at all, as a counterpoint. Given the political leanings of my peer group, I’m positive I would have heard about it.

Re: Brain imaging before and after Covid-19 in UK Biobank

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post #29

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> If someone is vaccinated AND still spreading the virus, is it any different from having an asymthomatic case of COVID? It carries about an order of magnitude lower risk of hospitalization or death, so... yes. Yes, it is very different. We don't know about long term effects, those are, y'know, long term and hard to study in this kind of timeframe. Which is why the linked article is notable. Also note that risk of tr…

It's hard for some of us, myself included. I'm a hospital physician in a suburban American hospital. I don't know a single physician who was even hospitalized with COVID-19. I know two physicians who died from the vaccine, one who bled to death with DIC in my care. I know of another in our area who is permanently disabled with transverse myelitis after the vaccine. I'm not alone, despite what you've heard generally a…

Back that up with some evidence. I doubt you’re even a physician.

Re: Brain imaging before and after Covid-19 in UK Biobank

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post #41
post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sorry, but that seems to be an impossible claim. In fact there are zero cases ( edit: two people have come by to cite statistics on all-cause death numbers, which aren't responsive here. PLEASE be careful with your numbers, people, those values include folks who died of car accidents and heroin overdoses, etc... ) where the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines are generally believed to have caused death, and 3 (three) deat…

"Reports of death after COVID-19 vaccination are rare. More than 342 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the United States from December 14, 2020, through July 26, 2021. During this time, VAERS received 6,340 reports of death (0.0019%) among people who received a COVID-19 vaccine." https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/ad...

Exactly, that is an overall death rate, which IIRC is lower than the death rate among the unvaccinated population! It shows the opposite of what you think it does.

Re: Brain imaging before and after Covid-19 in UK Biobank

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post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's hard for some of us, myself included. I'm a hospital physician in a suburban American hospital. I don't know a single physician who was even hospitalized with COVID-19. I know two physicians who died from the vaccine, one who bled to death with DIC in my care. I know of another in our area who is permanently disabled with transverse myelitis after the vaccine. I'm not alone, despite what you've heard generally a…

I'm sorry, but that seems to be an impossible claim. In fact there are zero cases ( edit: two people have come by to cite statistics on all-cause death numbers, which aren't responsive here. PLEASE be careful with your numbers, people, those values include folks who died of car accidents and heroin overdoses, etc... ) where the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines are generally believed to have caused death, and 3 (three) deat…

Here is data for Canada.

"Up to and including July 16, 2021, a total of 152 deaths were reported after the administration of a vaccine."

https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/vaccine-safety/#a...

Re: Brain imaging before and after Covid-19 in UK Biobank

#46
post #38

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> Don't call it the flu. It's not the flu. The original commenter didn't call it the flu as far as I can tell. He wrote: "Is there some reason to expect that covid-19 is different in long term effects than a flu? This study is saying it causes substantial brain damage, right? What possible mechanism is there for this?". Nowhere did he call it the flu. > It's killed 20x more people than the flu even in the fact of per…

Look, nitpick. Claim I'm making a straw man argument, anything you want. All that is fine, and totally on brand for this web site. Do. Not. Liken. Covid. To. The. Flu. If you didn't, good! Don't.

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Re: Brain imaging before and after Covid-19 in UK Biobank

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post #30

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> Everyone knew from that first cluster in Wuhan that this was much, much more dangerous. Everyone told you that. Everyone trustworthy, anyway. I hope you find the CDC to be trustworthy because the CDC says on their website that the flu is more dangerous than covid for young people. "For young children, especially children younger than 5 years old, the risk of serious complications is higher for flu compared with COV…

> I agree with you that there are people who cavalierly dismiss the dangers of covid. Don't call it the flu. It's not the flu. It's killed 20x more people than the flu even in the fact of pervasive society-changing mitigation strategies (all while the flu itself has all but gone extinct, remember! All that masking and distance learning actually worked!). It's not the flu. Beyond that, nitpick with my phrasing all you…

> All that masking and distance learning actually worked!

Across US states, there is no correlation, let alone causation, between stringency of masks/social distancing/lockdown and outcome.

Re: Brain imaging before and after Covid-19 in UK Biobank

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post #44
post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Reports of death after COVID-19 vaccination are rare. More than 342 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the United States from December 14, 2020, through July 26, 2021. During this time, VAERS received 6,340 reports of death (0.0019%) among people who received a COVID-19 vaccine." https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/ad...

Exactly, that is an overall death rate, which IIRC is lower than the death rate among the unvaccinated population! It shows the opposite of what you think it does.

Do tell. What was I thinking?

Re: Brain imaging before and after Covid-19 in UK Biobank

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His post history looks fine and readable to me.

Here is the exact moment it happened: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17549790 Almost exactly three years ago, on July 17, 2018. He/she/it was informed about the banning, but didn't understand it (or missed the comment) and has kept posting for three years. (Mostly a string of the same, characteristic one-liner quips.)

Wow, that is amazing.

Re: Brain imaging before and after Covid-19 in UK Biobank

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Quote from https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-79959... "Citing new information about the variant’s ability to spread among vaccinated people , the CDC also recommended indoor masks for all teachers, staff, students and visitors at schools nationwide, regardless of vaccination status." If someone is vaccinated AND still spreading the virus, is it any different from having an asymthomatic case of CO…

> If someone is vaccinated AND still spreading the virus, is it any different from having an asymthomatic case of COVID? It carries about an order of magnitude lower risk of hospitalization or death, so... yes. Yes, it is very different. We don't know about long term effects, those are, y'know, long term and hard to study in this kind of timeframe. Which is why the linked article is notable. Also note that risk of tr…

> We don't know about long term effects, those are, y'know, long term and hard to study in this kind of timeframe. Which is why the linked article is notable.

This is priceless, as, for the same reasons, we do not know the long term effects of any of the vaccines either.

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