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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 »

_zagj wrote: post #278
garganzol wrote: post #270

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One hallmark sign of a post-covid malaise is that your body stays capable way longer than your neurological and cognitive functions. While you have expressed healthy grains of doubt, the case of Dianna goes in line with a post-covid progression. Not being able to get out of the bed means that she physically could do it from time to time for sure, but her brain could not reliably cope with navigational tasks, so she w…

I appreciate you at least responding, but it's clear that you were offended by me expressing skepticism about a specific person claiming to be a COVID long hauler, who directly profits from doing so, and who presents a purported symptomology that contradicts human physiology and exercise science, despite me bending over backwards to be tactful regarding the subject of long COVID. Do you really want this person being…

I am not offended at all, mind you. In reverse, I applaud to your criticism because it gives a fresh perspective, so I upvoted your post :) The only mistake you make is believing that there is a significant psy component in it, and that a human body and its biochemistry is a mechanical Newtonian-like macro-world apparatus.

Peace, take care.

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

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Post by wat10000 »

brandonmenc wrote: post #261
wat10000 wrote: post #249

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Doctors are as susceptible as anyone to all the cognitive biases that result in post hoc ergo propter hoc. I wouldn’t assume they’re correct about the cause just because of the timing and the fact that they’re doctors.

Sure. Anything is possible. But this is a case of a person with no positive Covid tests or symptoms suddenly developing heart failure mere days after getting the booster. There is this absurd idea that unlike every other vaccine, the Covid vaccines have absolutely no harmful side effects for anyone, ever.

Well no, the idea is just that, like most vaccines, the bad side effects are very uncommon.

The other side is saying that there’s this silent epidemic of terrible side effects hitting a ton of people, but it’s all anecdotal.

You say “anything is possible” like having heart failure due to other causes is some absurdly rare thing. It happens. The odds of this happening by coincidence are not that low.

If there are a ton of people getting heart failure from Covid vaccines, it should show up in the data. Has it?

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Post by teebSQAD9 »

armchairdweller wrote: post #180
teebSQAD9 wrote: post #162

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Good questions, and I don’t have great answers. 7mg was the weakest patch I could get at a pharmacy (in the UK), and as I understand it that’s the release over 24 hours; I wore them only during the day so it’s a lower dose. If it’s proportional it’s ~5mg, which is 2-3 cigarettes, but cigarettes deliver it much faster, I believe. I have since spoken to a doctor who suggested that if I relapse I should cut them in half…

I've always bought the flat matrix patches so I could cut them into pieces — worked well for keeping things in limits. If it works for you this is good to hear of course – I wanted to share my2c of skepticism since for above reasons I was suspicious about the hype around it. Btw, if you google a bit deeper you will find a 2020 trial on clinical personell wearing the patches since there were signs it reduces covid inf…

I think skepticism is really sensible with all of this – if there’s multiple mechanisms and confounding factors this is all going to take a lot more study to tease out. I was skeptical myself, but tried it because the downside risk didn’t seem too high, and I’m very grateful that it worked so well for me personally.

That’s cool – I’ll definitely try adding some natto to my diet!

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

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Post by cma »

user568439 wrote: post #43

Long Covid (probably a form of ME/CFS triggered by Covid) is one of the worse diseases one can get. It invalidates you as a person physically and mentally and there are no solutions around. At the same time you are gaslighted by doctors and people because there is no clear diagnosis. My wife is already on her 3rd year and I just could witness first hand how shallow is the knowledge of most doctors, how they have zero…

Did she get on the unprescribed Sulodexide before coughing up blood? That could have caused it.

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Post by harrall »

SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #203
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.

> safe and effective Do you have any long studies you can point to? Let’s go very short. 5 years or more? The “The Science” crowd is so perplexing. You can’t believe in the upside in just faith. That’s exactly what you’re pretending not to do.

James 2:17

“So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.”

People are not doing science in lieu of faith. They are putting action to their beliefs and trying to improve the shared human condition.

Water wells do not build themselves.

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Post by badc0ffee »

garganzol wrote: post #229
tootie wrote: post #221

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I've read about long COVID and the hallmarks but it seems like Dianna is experiencing something far worse than average. Chronic fatigue is one thing but unable to stand for two years is horrendous. Are there any other recorded cases this severe?

I am not aware about anyone being hit harder than Dianna by post-covid. Her case is extreme. While she is gaining her power back, there is still a considerable probability of acquiring dementia for her, she is in the grey zone now. And note, we read only what meets the eye. Below that line, there were extreme panic attacks (crashes) with a sense of imminent death. I think that in many cases, the death by itself is mo…

Is any of that last paragraph actually real? Are these tiny dead parts of the body so tiny that we can't actually observe them or something?

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Post by dennis_jeeves2 »

archagon wrote: post #280
dennis_jeeves2 wrote: post #245

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Serious question: How many boosters, and how many more do you plan to take until you give up?

Why “give up”? It’s just like a flu shot, might as well take it every year. (Until Republicans decide to ban it outright, that is: https://amp.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/stat... )

Because the poster said that he had covid 3 times despite the shot.

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Post by archagon »

dennis_jeeves2 wrote: post #288
archagon wrote: post #280

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Why “give up”? It’s just like a flu shot, might as well take it every year. (Until Republicans decide to ban it outright, that is: https://amp.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/stat... )

Because the poster said that he had covid 3 times despite the shot.

It's not a prophylactic, but it can significantly reduce severity of symptoms as well as the chances of getting long COVID.

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Post by ifyoubuildit »

Matticus_Rex wrote: post #267
ifyoubuildit wrote: post #247

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Do you need big negative effects to outweigh the pros of another booster? If you take an under 40 healthy person who already had covid, the vaccine did basically nothing for them after a few months. It doesnt take a "big effect" to counter that, right?

Depends on a bunch of factors, e.g. which booster, which variant, the person, and the relationship between dependent and independent variables in different risks from both COVID and the vaccine, but for the peak of the pandemic, the answer is no -- the risk of catching COVID was so large and our treatment wasn't honed in that you'd have to assume a pretty high rate of serious unknown long-term issues for it to come o…

So I guess the question is with everything we know today, when and for whom was it a net benefit to go out and get the shot?

E.g. it almost certainly wasn't for kids at any point. For people who'd already had it and recovered, it probably wasn't.

For folks over 65 with comorbidities and no previous exposure, it was probably a solid win to get it.

Would it be a good idea for everyone to go out and get one today?

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