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Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by fragmede »

gadders wrote: post #142
TreetopPlace wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is honestly shocking and I don't know how to process this information.

I'm not saying it's a grift, but I'm not saying I'd be surprised if it turned out to be one as well. Internet people are weird . Not all of us though, obviously. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Gibson

Is it really a grift if the person is upfront about asking for money to pay their medical bills and there's no expectation of a product that isn't being delivered? GoFundMe isn't pretending that there's a laptop or shoes or something expensive and then not delivering aka a scam, it's straightforwardsly asking for money to pay for medical bills.

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by fragmede »

garganzol wrote: post #224
laweijfmvo wrote: post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m going to ask, not because I have an agenda but because I’m genuinely ignorant but curious: I see a lot of people mentioning things like mitochondria and spike proteins; can any of this be caused by the virus OR the vaccine? or just the whole virus? Thanks!

Any virus and any vaccine can extremely rarely cause a post-viral malaise with similar symptoms. But Covid-19 (as a virus) stands out in terms of frequency of these occurrences moving the needle from "extremely rarely (~never)" to "occasionally (~it happens with my friends and family)". In terms of outcomes and probabilities, having a vaccine is 10000x better than facing a virus directly. Note that in some rare cases…

There is a tiny handful of people that developed adverse reactions to just the vaccine and it's dishonest to pretend those cases didn't happen just because dumbfucks are going to hear that story and use that as an excuse to not get the vaccine

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by fragmede »

qiine wrote: post #145
penjelly wrote: post #86

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Hi, I couldn't glean from the articles. But it sounds like you have breathing issues from long covid? it may sound ridiculous, but I developed gluten/lactose sensitivity during covid times. If I avoid gluten, lactose, canola oil I get far fewer symptoms. I know this likely isn't your issue but I do experience positive airway pressure, coughing, burping, chronic fatigue, exessive yawning. If that sounds like you maybe…

> "its in your head" insane that it's still so common...

it's in my head but guess what? that's where I live! I didn't think my way into this particular problem and I can't think my way out this particular problem and I need external help to get back to normal.

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by kolinko »

throw38489595 wrote: post #219
treyd wrote: post #211

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Coronaviruses are RNA based and do not carry the reverse-transcriptase proteins (as retroviruses like HIV do) which would be necessary to embed genetic material in host cells' DNA. They directly cause production of the proteins to copy their RNA into new virus capsids.

Perhaps it is a new variant.

Proteins like reverse-transcriptase are quite complex, it’s not a mutation that would appear so suddenly. Also, having such a protein would significantly change how the virus operates, and it would be visible upon sequencing it.

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by lolinder »

burnte wrote: post #228
lolinder wrote: post #151

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The entire problem with victim blaming is that "do it to yourself" is a sliding scale and it's hard to know where to properly draw the line. I think most of us would probably agree that getting covid while doing nothing to protect yourself makes one less sympathetic than many other victims, but I firmly disagree with this sweeping statement about victim blaming in general.

There are people literally claiming masks and vaccines are against their religion. That's not victim blaming, it's stating a fact. It's the same as saying Joe got hurt in a car crash and wasn't wearing a seatbelt.

Like I said, I'm not saying that this was victim blaming, I'm only protesting against this explanation for why it's not:

> It's not really victim blaming if you do it to yourself.

"They did it to themselves" is always the structure of a victim blaming exercise. That doesn't mean that every time someone says "they did it to themselves" it's victim blaming, but you have to actually demonstrate why it's true in this case that the victim did it to themselves.

For example, to add some nuance to your car crash example: if Joe died in a car crash and wasn't wearing his seatbelt, it would obviously not be victim blaming if he were drunk and spun out of control. It probably would be victim blaming if he were hit by a drunk and happened to also not be wearing his seatbelt. Yes, he should have been wearing a seatbelt, but the context makes him a victim regardless, and it would be inappropriate to say "he did it to himself", even if it might have been appropriate in the case where he was also the drunk.

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by pkaye »

garganzol wrote: post #171

We already had deeply insightful discussions on this topic here, but I will repeat for new HN people. Covid-19 tends to cause post-viral complications, which manifest themselves as chronic fatigue, body temperature dysregulation, air hunger / shortness of breath with SpO2 of 99%, various neurological symptoms: pain/tingling/numbing sensations in the extremities, parosmia (a distorted sense of smell), parageusia (a di…

> ...the condition is caused by some kind of metabolic impairment that presumably affects the ability of mitochondria to produce the adequate levels of ATP. As a direct consequence of that insufficiency, the immune system gets activated and starts to attack body's own tissues.

Why would the metabolic impairment cause the immune system to get activated? Also do tests show which immune cells get activated? Are there existing medications that can moderate those immune cells that might work?

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by dennis_jeeves2 »

laweijfmvo wrote: post #217
garganzol wrote: post #171

We already had deeply insightful discussions on this topic here, but I will repeat for new HN people. Covid-19 tends to cause post-viral complications, which manifest themselves as chronic fatigue, body temperature dysregulation, air hunger / shortness of breath with SpO2 of 99%, various neurological symptoms: pain/tingling/numbing sensations in the extremities, parosmia (a distorted sense of smell), parageusia (a di…

I’m going to ask, not because I have an agenda but because I’m genuinely ignorant but curious: I see a lot of people mentioning things like mitochondria and spike proteins; can any of this be caused by the virus OR the vaccine? or just the whole virus? Thanks!

> I see a lot of people mentioning things like mitochondria and spike proteins; can any of this be caused by the virus OR the vaccine?

Ask the people who never had the vaccine. There are not many in that category though.

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by dennis_jeeves2 »

dev18019 wrote: post #174
jf22 wrote: post #156

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It's interesting to me how COVID vaccine skepticism has persisted so long despite the evidence the vaccine was safe and effective. All the nightmare scenarios and long-term side effects people speculated about never happened and more and more doses of the vaccine have been taken safely.

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Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by garganzol »

teebSQAD9 wrote: post #112
tunn3l wrote: post #52

I'm 22 years old and suffer from Long COVID for 3 years now. I've written a bout my experience on my blog: https://tunn3l.pro . although not bedridden, my life got totally flipped upside down. I just want to live a normal live again. To all ME/CFS and LC sufferers: Don't give up!

I’ve had it for a few years too, it’s really hard, hang in there! If you want another thing to try, I found that temporarily wearing a nicotine patch [1] helped a lot. But it seems like it doesn’t work for everyone. [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36650574/

I do not have full statistics, but people who smoke cigarettes are less prone for developing post-covid, according to the statistics I have.

My immediate thought back then was is that nicotine somehow plays the role of NAD (= B3 vitamin), thus fixing one of the core mechanisms of acquiring mitochondrial dysfunction after the covid (NAD deprivation).

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by bebeukrmf »

laweijfmvo wrote: post #217
garganzol wrote: post #171

We already had deeply insightful discussions on this topic here, but I will repeat for new HN people. Covid-19 tends to cause post-viral complications, which manifest themselves as chronic fatigue, body temperature dysregulation, air hunger / shortness of breath with SpO2 of 99%, various neurological symptoms: pain/tingling/numbing sensations in the extremities, parosmia (a distorted sense of smell), parageusia (a di…

I’m going to ask, not because I have an agenda but because I’m genuinely ignorant but curious: I see a lot of people mentioning things like mitochondria and spike proteins; can any of this be caused by the virus OR the vaccine? or just the whole virus? Thanks!

With vaccine it depends on type and batch. It took some time to refine manufacturing process, quality varies a bit, and some batches were pulled out.

If you have a concern, I would suggest get your batch numbers, and ask at relevant forums. There are databases.

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