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> Dang blocked a link to a paper on myocarditis induced on teens by the vaccines.

I know many people have a good opinion of Dang, but this seems to be editing, rather than moderating.

Can you provide some more data about what happened, the paper in question, and if it was from a reputable source in a peer-reviewed journal, or preprint?

I'd like to know more about this. I've long talked about the myocarditis and pericarditis risks which are most pronounced with young males and young females based on the known cases, and the nordic countries withdrawal of the vaccines for young males.

Strangely, even the Novavax vaccine also appears to have that adverse event, allegedly at a vastly reduced rate though [1].

[1] https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/what-...

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This wasn't editing. It was censorship. I linked to a Youtube video by a doctor. Included in the video's description was a link to the paper. Dang claims that users flagged it and linked to the FAQ.

There is nothing in the link that would violate the FAQ.

I cussed him out in another comment and he blocked that too.

My link to the paper itself was downvoted too.

https://youtu.be/nBaIRm4610o

https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/74/11/1933/6353927

Now myocarditis is accepted and found on the CDC site on the mRNA vaccines.

Hacker News is shit. I have used it far less since that time.

> Dang claims that users flagged it and linked to the FAQ.

I am not defending dang, but that does appear to be a weaponized tactic being utilized here on HN.

Flag something, downvote it en masse, get a user making a dissenting opinion on a "you are commenting too fast timer" which appears to be triggered by mass downvotes, and then hope the flagging carries through.

The problem is with HN - they are permitting this type of behavior, and not realizing (or not actively intercepting) the use of this tactic to silence dissent.

While some time ago the idea that IV injection was problematic with the vaccines would be called fringe or, more aptly, cutting edge research, nowadays we know there is a legitimate issue, many countries are now banning these vaccines in persons under specific ages, and the body of research is more developed.

The paper was published in Oxford Academic by Oxford University Press. I don't think that can be labeled as fringe.

I talked to someone else and apparently this side effect was widely known and accepted in another country far before it was accepted in the US.

The dismissal of facts also happened with the investigation of airborne transmission of covid-19.

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