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Type 2 diabetes rates in US youth rose 62% after Covid pandemic began

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Re: Type 2 diabetes rates in US youth rose 62% after Covid pandemic began

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Post by stevenwoo »

mullingitover wrote: post #61
flagrant_taco wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The virus is endemic and, though we weren't supposed to say this before, will continue to circulate and act much like the common cold. Ventilation in schools would be extraordinarily expensive, would only impact that 8 hour period of each kid's day, and with the state of average school buildings in the US we would never seal them up well enough for a positive pressure system to reliably keep them ventilated. Unfortun…

> would only impact that 8 hour period of each kid's day That 8 hour period of each kid's day where they're surrounded by dozens of other potential disease vectors. The period before they go home and infect their parents, and potentially kill their grandparents. It's expensive but let's be frank, we're okay with thousands of people dying annually because we don't want to spend the money to do anything about it.

Especially when they found that only five minutes of exposure to someone else's exhalation was sufficient to transmit covid-19 with that South Korean restaurant case.

Re: Type 2 diabetes rates in US youth rose 62% after Covid pandemic began

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Post by erickf1 »

clipsy wrote: post #58
erickf1 wrote: post #54

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> What's the one thing that 200 million people did in the USA, particularly children, that had an unknown potential for adverse health effects and that occured at just the same time and that was new and different? It had to be something different... something new, because this has never happened before.... especially among children. Just think about it. Yes, the vaccine. Yes, of course, because nothing else different…

It sounds like you made up your mind that the vaccine could not possibly be at fault. Nothing to see here, right? You will not even consider the possibility? Not even a 1% probability? Note I said nothing about religion, so not sure why you bring that up here when speaking of the probabilities of potential cause, but I believe your stand requires significant faith.

I do not consider covid to be harmless. Many died, including my own family members. We are talking about diabetes among children. Children were hardly impacted by covid. But many did take the vaccine. Food for thought.

Re: Type 2 diabetes rates in US youth rose 62% after Covid pandemic began

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Post by xenonite »

m463 wrote: post #11

I recommend the book "the glucose revolution" by jessie inchauspe. It is a pretty good book to understand blood sugar, and can go a long way to help you prevent diabetes, manage your energy, cravings and weight.

Benjamin Bikman „Why We Get Sick“ is what I can recommend. His book is spot on regarding insulin resistance, discussing consequences and effective prevention strategies.

Re: Type 2 diabetes rates in US youth rose 62% after Covid pandemic began

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Post by [deleted] »

ianlevesque wrote: post #23

Let’s fix this. There’s funding already allocated to improve ventilation in schools. Since the coronavirus is endemic we’re going to be dealing with these increased risks for decades. Why can’t we get this done? Let’s actually save the children for once.

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Re: Type 2 diabetes rates in US youth rose 62% after Covid pandemic began

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Post by LastCovidWave »

ianlevesque wrote: post #23

Let’s fix this. There’s funding already allocated to improve ventilation in schools. Since the coronavirus is endemic we’re going to be dealing with these increased risks for decades. Why can’t we get this done? Let’s actually save the children for once.

How about do something to help it now instead of claiming it's endemic which it definitely is not. Clean air great. Doing something now to stop the damn spread, better.

There is no living with the pandemic.

Re: Type 2 diabetes rates in US youth rose 62% after Covid pandemic began

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Post by LastCovidWave »

flagrant_taco wrote: post #50
ianlevesque wrote: post #23

Let’s fix this. There’s funding already allocated to improve ventilation in schools. Since the coronavirus is endemic we’re going to be dealing with these increased risks for decades. Why can’t we get this done? Let’s actually save the children for once.

The virus is endemic and, though we weren't supposed to say this before, will continue to circulate and act much like the common cold. Ventilation in schools would be extraordinarily expensive, would only impact that 8 hour period of each kid's day, and with the state of average school buildings in the US we would never seal them up well enough for a positive pressure system to reliably keep them ventilated. Unfortun…

Stop. Getting. Infected.

There is no living with the pandemic.

Re: Type 2 diabetes rates in US youth rose 62% after Covid pandemic began

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Post by lamontcg »

roody15 wrote: post #5

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> ...Binding of circulating S protein...

Vaccines don't cause circulating S protein at any levels that could cause damage to organs.

We can measure some S in the blood after vaccination, but it is at levels of picograms per milliliter. Spike is confined within the cells that the vaccine enters and isn't sprayed around the circulatory system by the vaccine. What is displayed on the surface of those cells is the T-cell epitopes after the protein has been chopped up by proteases and those relatively short sequences are displayed on MHC for the immune system. The spike that leaks out is probably only due to those cells being lysed in the lymph nodes.

That is many orders of magnitude less of an exposure than someone who is infected and has literally billions of virus particles floating around expressing spike on their surface.

The vaccine won't cause any effects via circulating spike, that is just bullshit that was being spread early in the vaccine rollout. The reactions to the vaccine are going to be autoimmune-mediated.

Re: Type 2 diabetes rates in US youth rose 62% after Covid pandemic began

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Post by wolverine876 »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #19
belltaco wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People also ate out less and had more time to cook meals at home instead of eating highly processed foods bought from supermarkets.

“Cooking” at home does not necessarily mean healthier than restaurants. Home cooking for most people uses tons of sauces/cheeses/creams/butter/chocolate/breads/etc loaded with sugar and sat fats.

> Home cooking for most people uses tons of sauces/cheeses/creams/butter/chocolate/breads/etc loaded with sugar and sat fats.

A restaurant chef once told me, 'not as much as we do'. I was in a city that required chain restaurants to put sodium quantities (and maybe other data) on the menues. The numbers were eye-watering.

Re: Type 2 diabetes rates in US youth rose 62% after Covid pandemic began

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Post by ianlevesque »

LastCovidWave wrote: post #76
ianlevesque wrote: post #23

Let’s fix this. There’s funding already allocated to improve ventilation in schools. Since the coronavirus is endemic we’re going to be dealing with these increased risks for decades. Why can’t we get this done? Let’s actually save the children for once.

How about do something to help it now instead of claiming it's endemic which it definitely is not. Clean air great. Doing something now to stop the damn spread, better. There is no living with the pandemic.

I am literally advocating for preventing, or at least reducing, spread in schools in this very comment, and as a parent, have skin in the game. Endemic doesn't mean harmless.
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