Don_Ford
Don_Ford t1_j9xq8ur wrote
Reply to comment by Alternative-Flan2869 in Effectiveness of Bivalent Boosters against Severe Omicron Infection by BoundariesAreFun
To bad the mechanics of the virus are completely different and your immune response is a terrible way to relate risk. COVID is a syncytia SARS virus that eats your body.
But sure... it's a cold... because it's in your upper respiratory tract, next to your brain.
Good one.
Don_Ford t1_j9xq5tf wrote
Reply to comment by Sanpaku in Effectiveness of Bivalent Boosters against Severe Omicron Infection by BoundariesAreFun
The mRNA was never good in any capacity.
If the risk of death from COVID is your primary concern then you are going to have a bad time with Long COVID.
Novavax is the far superior vaccine.
Don_Ford t1_j8bxw78 wrote
Reply to Study links Covid-19 vaccination hesitancy in Africa to the use of media platforms that spread misinformation. The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa was accompanied by unprecedented and recurring waves of misinformation and disinformation. by Wagamaga
Or maybe they know that they aren't protecting people from COVID?
If we had Novavax access they would be lining up.
Don_Ford t1_j5xrz3i wrote
Reply to The bivalent mRNA boosters from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna were 48% effective against symptomatic infection from the predominant omicron subvariant (XBB/XBB.1.5) in persons aged 18-49 years according to early data published by the CDC by shiruken
This is like playing with toys when we have Novavax that is still working and at a much higher level.
Don_Ford t1_j5xrxx2 wrote
Reply to comment by Alex_of_Bree in The bivalent mRNA boosters from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna were 48% effective against symptomatic infection from the predominant omicron subvariant (XBB/XBB.1.5) in persons aged 18-49 years according to early data published by the CDC by shiruken
Novavax blows this out of the water.
Don_Ford t1_j5e0r40 wrote
Reply to Symptoms of LongCovid and MECFS overlapped almost perfectly in a study (average correlation of .9). Like LC, MECFS most often starts after an infection. by mightx
This is a bit of a misnomer... There are MANY more symptoms for LC than ME...
However, ME symptoms are all encompassed within Long COVID...
There is a move to limit LC symptoms to just ME and this would be incorrect.
This is because COVID can cause any other virus' long term sequelae... I can explain why if anyone really cares to hear it.
Don_Ford t1_j2tskxe wrote
Reply to comment by AusCan531 in COVID-19 vaccines, prior infection reduce transmission of Omicron: Vaccination and boosting, especially when recent, helped to limit the spread of COVID-19 in prisons during the first Omicron wave, according to researchers that examined transmission between people living in the same prison cell. by lolfuys
It's not with COVID
Don_Ford t1_j2s6vm4 wrote
Reply to comment by GoatXi in COVID-19 vaccines, prior infection reduce transmission of Omicron: Vaccination and boosting, especially when recent, helped to limit the spread of COVID-19 in prisons during the first Omicron wave, according to researchers that examined transmission between people living in the same prison cell. by lolfuys
I mean, yes, but when you read the inclusions for the study you can see how they set it up to get the desired results.
We identified 1,226 index cases over the study period based on the
inclusion criteria of having a positive SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test
(without a prior positive test in the preceding 90 days), continuous
incarceration beginning before 1 April 2020 (to ensure reliable
reporting of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection) and a valid close contact in a
shared, closed-door cell (Figs. 1 and 2 and Supplementary Fig. 1).
We defined close contacts of the index case as residents who shared a
cell with an index case for at least one night while the index case was
infectious (assuming a 5-day infectious period after a positive test22);
we required the close contact to have a negative SARS-CoV-2 test within
2 days of first exposure as well as follow-up testing data within
14 days after last exposure (64% of close contacts met both criteria).
Each index case was assigned a single close contact at random if
multiple contacts were identified (<0.1% of cases). Further
description of inclusion and exclusion criteria that were needed to
address concerns for confounding and misclassification is available in
the Methods.
Don_Ford t1_j17qzee wrote
Reply to A systematic review and meta-analysis found that combining the influenza and COVID-19 booster can increase uptake of the COVID booster, due to people being accustomed to taking influenza vaccines on an annual basis. by glawgii
Or you could, like, you know... have a booster that protects people from COVID.
BTW that booster is Novavax... Not sure why everyone is playing games with this.
Don_Ford t1_j17oxcf wrote
Reply to comment by monjorob in Physical activity before COVID-19 infection is associated with less severe outcomes. In a study of 194,191 adults with COVID-19, those who were consistently inactive were 191% more likely to be hospitalized and 391% more likely to die than those who were consistently active. by glawgii
Because it's not actually true... hypertension and inflammation are way worse for COVID
Don_Ford t1_iud71mk wrote
Reply to I wanted to be something really scary this year, so I went as Marjorie Taylor Greene. by us2bcool
Uh, I thought it wasn't socially acceptable to dress as nazis?
Don_Ford t1_itrocmi wrote
Reply to Albert Einstein and Marie Curie discussing near a lake, c. 1929. A meeting of the most brilliant scientific minds of that time. by cenabollywood
Einstein: I was hoping we could speak.
Curie: Sure, come by my lab.
Einstein: ...
Curie: ...
Curie: Okay, let's meet at the lake.
Einstein: see you at two, I'll bring a photographer.
Don_Ford t1_ja23trr wrote
Reply to comment by CraftyAsAWitch in Madlad by hozzam11
Fuel trucks that carrying gasoline are not as highly flammable as implied when carried properly.
now if the truck crashed... that's a different story because the air to liquid ratio is correct