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bananapearon The global health-care collapse

And we do them a disservice if we fail to examine what went wrong

bananapearon China state CCTV avoids crowd close ups at the World Cup

How does it affect the immune system differently to other pathogens?

bananapearon China state CCTV avoids crowd close ups at the World Cup

Interesting that whilst they’re willing to violate human rights in a number of ways, they’re not prepared to force people to take the vaccine or e.g. take away employment for refusing.

It’s probably easier that way to spin the situation as “your fault for not taking it”.

bananapearon China state CCTV avoids crowd close ups at the World Cup

They also provided the genetic sequencing used to create the mRNA vaccines and then… didn’t use them.

bananapearon China state CCTV avoids crowd close ups at the World Cup

Might not be 100% accurate but the BBC are reporting that it is due to the lack of mask wearing

bananapearon China state CCTV avoids crowd close ups at the World Cup

What is the CCP’s exit strategy? Could they feasibly claim to have eradicated covid?

bananapearon A navigation app that illuminates public land within privately held property

> but they are still crossing into the property via the air. This would be the same issue with the helicopter.

Surely there is some altitude at which that doesn't apply? Otherwise there'd be problems with commercial jets too?

bananapearon Honda electric moped coming, intended to fit “50cc” category

I assumed that moped is a contraction of "motorised pedestrian" but sadly that doesn't seem to be correct.

bananapearon NY Supreme Court reinstates NYC's fired unvaccinated employees, orders backpay

Why would it make sense to exempt those people but not, say, firefighters?

bananapearon British pound hits record low against the dollar

USD tends to strengthen in a crisis as it tends to be considered to be the most stable currency

bananapearon Study: Chances of serious side effects from coronavirus vaccines

What would you consider to be “forcing”? Is it limited to physical violence?

bananapearon Collapse of emergency healthcare in England may be costing 500 lives every week

But what has caused the collapse of emergency healthcare in the UK? A lack of supply or an increase in demand?

bananapearon Man overcharged 20 rupees for India train ticket wins 22-year legal battle

What would have happened if he had paid some intimidating people to forcibly evict the tenants and take possession?

bananapearon Covid learning loss has been a global disaster

Well, OC43 is still with us and those things haven’t happened.

I can see why people worry about this stuff given the deluge of fear-based messaging we’ve been subjected to, but suspect that the reality is far more boring.

bananapearon Covid learning loss has been a global disaster

You might find this interesting - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1889%E2%80%931890_pandemic#Cor...

The COVID-19 pandemic has so far followed a similar trajectory to the 1889 "Russian Flu", which some believe may have been the emergence of human coronavirus OC43 (now one of a number of endemic common-cold-causing coronaviruses).

bananapearon Covid learning loss has been a global disaster

The sad thing is that none of this was inevitable.

A properly functioning society does not sacrifice the future of its young to protect the old.

We'll be counting the costs of this hysteria for decades to come, when the lives of those "saved" are long over.

bananapearon FDA suspends Juul ban as company appeals

Are you not concerned that a lot of European countries stopped giving that one to people under 30 for safety reasons? (https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2477)

bananapearon The gut metabolite indole-3 propionate promotes nerve regeneration and repair

Indole occurs naturally in human feces and has an intense fecal odor. At very low concentrations, however, it has a flowery smell, and is a constituent of many perfumes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indole

bananapearon Deter House Sparrows from your hanging feeder with a Magic Halo (2017)

Why would you want to deter them? What’s the problem with them vs other small birds?

bananapearon Glucosamine significantly reduces risk of lung cancer and lung cancer mortality

https://twitter.com/albertbourla/status/1377618481923944462

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Precisely.

Those of us who were forced to take them and were injured are owed some answers.

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That means that for some age groups, the vaccines are more likely to put you in hospital than keep you out.

The author is an editor of the BMJ and has publicly argued for an individualised approach taking into account the risks and benefits to the individual patient (like all other healthcare) when it comes to these drugs.

bananapearon Risk of myocarditis after the Covid-19 mRNA vaccination in the USA cohort study

This study with 192,000 participants found no increased risk of myocarditis after Covid-19 infection - https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/8/2219

bananapearon Citigroup plans to hire 4k tech staff

> Offer for 2 YoE UK was VP £190k/year with no stock

I'm assuming you have a PhD and this was a quant role?

bananapearon Last public payphone removed from Manhattan streets

When it comes to automobiles and the US... are there any similar countries?

bananapearon Show HN: A Visual IDE for React

Would be nice to be able to try it out or see a demo without having to create an account and log in

bananapearon Impact of population mixing between vaccinated and unvaccinated subpopulations [pdf]

“We created a model using our assumptions, we subsequently found that our model shows our assumptions to be correct”