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The internet may have had some consequences


can you expand on that? sounds really interesting


Drop me an email, contact info in profile :)

Otherwise, I will try to come back to this comment in a few days. I'm a bit busy with an urgent deadline, but I'm glad to expand on this later on!


Anyone else find the idea of using aborted fetal cells unsettling? There's just something really strange about it. I would 1000% be on board if there was some way to synthesize it artificially.


There are new methods of harvesting stem cells from adult somatic cells, such as yamanka factors (for which the Nobel Prize was awarded) & CRISPRa: https://www.cell.com/stem-cell-reports/fulltext/S2213-6711(2...


Not really, these cells are no longer being used, might as well do some good with them. Or are you suggesting people are getting abortions to harvest stem cells?


I'd be interested to—at the very least—discuss, sounds interesting. How can I reach you?


Sure. michael <a t> bigpicture.io


I'm making a pretty interesting digital graffiti web app and I'd love some help. I'm proficient with django, and I'm learning some computer vision stuff on the side to supplement the project. I've fleshed it out, but honestly I need some help with the operations and planning.

If you're interested I can hop into a google meet just about any time this week. Leave a comment and I'll email you in like 40 minutes.


unvaccinated, 20s. high fever, loss of taste for a couple days. took a bunch of vitamin c, vitamin d and zinc. went away in a week.

purely anecdotal but this was a far cry from the winter of death I was promised.


"These results might suggest that the first vaccination induces immunogenicity but not sterile immunity."

Thoughts?


Kind of curious, do you guys think its necessary to administer these vaccines to people under 18?


Thoughts on vaccine mixing? Can any med guys explain? Did you mix your jabs?


Israel reports link between rare cases of heart inflammation and COVID-19 vaccination in young men

One in 3000

Thoughts?


Quote for context:

> The COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech appears to put young men at elevated risk of developing a heart muscle inflammation called myocarditis, researchers in Israel say. In a report submitted today to the Israeli Ministry of Health, they conclude that between one in 3000 and one in 6000 men ages 16 to 24 who received the vaccine developed the rare condition. But most cases were mild and resolved within a few weeks, which is typical for myocarditis.

1 in 3000 might not seem that bad, but what is the fatality rate for Covid for males aged 16 to 24? Wouldn't surprise me if it is even lower...


Aren't you comparing the fatality rate of Covid against the raw number affected of this condition though?


it could still be worth it, if it only causes mild heart inflammation that vanishes in a few weeks if it prevents catching a non fatal Covid that may cause a few weeks of pain and have long term effects.


Remember that all we know are the immediate effects of the vaccine. The long term effects are not known, as this vaccine has been out a mere 7 or 8 months and is still on clinical trials.


I agree, but this is true of Covid itself as well. We only have a few more months of insight.

We unfortunately play in a world of unknowns.

Note that I was just replying in the narrow context set by the parent. I won't state anything in the bigger picture, I'm not an expert.


Yeah, but it changes the calculus somewhat. Heart muscle inflammation is no laughing matter and can be fatal if combined with hard exercise.


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