A Concerned Scientist @BE@qoto.org
Moved full time to my other account @BE soon as this instance is still having issues.
Joined Nov 2022
I've officially moved to @BE @zeroes.ca
Yes, I had to put a space in that because even typing out that would lead to an error that wouldn't let it post.
A Concerned Scientist
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A Concerned Scientist
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From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents a number of conclusions about long-COVID diagnosis, symptoms, and impact on daily function, including that the condition can cause more than 200 symptoms, and that a positive #COVID19 test is not necessary to make a #LongCovid diagnosis.
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/cart/download.cgi?record_id=27756
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"A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that people who have recovered from mild COVID-19 cases lose about 3 IQ points. Those with long COVID see a 6-point drop, while ICU patients lose 9 points. Just getting reinfected was associated with losing an extra 2 points in IQ. A peer-reviewed study just out reports that 90% of Long COVID patients had mild or asymptomatic initial infections."
#CovidIsNotOver
#COVID
#COVID19
#SARS2
#LongCOVID
#PASC
#maskUp
#cleanTheAir
#pandemic #
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Just to highlight this: there *IS* finally a paper on "The impact of COVID-19 and long COVID on sexual function in cisgender women", titled that, and it literally concludes
"The study findings suggest the following: (1) COVID-19 infection is associated with impaired sexual function in cisgender women, and (2) that women with long COVID experienced incrementally more impaired sexual function than women with COVID-19 who did not develop long COVID."
(This is one of those well-written papers that doesn't get lost in complex phrasings.)
https://academic.oup.com/jsm/article/21/2/129/7458909
#SARS2 #COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #LongCOVID #sexuality #women
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Friendly #Fediverse advice: if you like your brain, stay the fuck away from glyphosate.
https://www.sokolovelaw.com/blog/foods-glyphosate-cancer/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9101768/
Thanks in advance.
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Documents show how NIH fumbled and bungled their $1.15 billion #LongCovid initiative called RECOVER.
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“One thing I can be sure [about], the viruses that were funded by the NIH bio-genetically could not be the precursor to #SARS-CoV-2,” Fauci told the House Select Subcommittee on the #Coronavirus #Pandemic.
Later, he added: “I don’t think the concept of there being a lab leak is inherently a conspiracy theory. What is conspiracy is the kind of distortion of that particular subject. Like it was a lab leak and I was parachuted into the CIA like Jason Bourne.”
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Fossil fuels are shredding our democracy
My latest on The Climate Brink
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/fossil-fuels-are-shredding-our-democracy
I was just moving some boxes out into the car and a delivery person was on the way up the driveway with a couple boxes. I swear, she looked all of 18, and as I'm walking with the boxes she says to whoever she's on the phone with, "Hold on. I've got a boomer coming out of this house."
I'm GenX and now I just don't know if I'll ever recover 😂
Does anyone else tire of getting asked "What's your take on [insert hot topic of the day/week/month]?" Especially when it's something that one political group feels one way about, and another one feels differently about.
In the whole fallout of "science isn't real guy" I've tried to respond to many of the texts I received from people whom I haven't heard from in a long time. While I appreciate that some of those people care what I think, isn't that what we have experts for? Or do we not listen to experts anymore and just fall into our camps so that we have talking points on social media?
I only have so much bandwidth, and I generally in my life have reserved that for things that I think are on the planet changing level. I'll gladly discuss the breakdown of public health, articles about COVID or H5N1, various forms of pollution, etc. because I know about them and don't need to start fresh on research.
There's some things that I see a lot of people talk about that I just don't have a well formulated opinion on, or just don't care about. We have such large-scale problems that I just don't know how you're supposed to have well thought out opinions on other issues. I appreciate that others know more about things than I do, and I'm happy to read their thoughts and leave it at that.
I get asked here sometimes something along the lines of "You post about X, so you must care about Y. Why not post about it?" My response is always that I can care about more things than I post about. I do more things than I post about. I spent 12 hours yesterday doing two hobby-type things to get them ready for moving that I have never typed into a an electronic device in my life. I don't have to micro blog my every thought and move, and I'm not sure, in all honestly, why some people seem to think that it's weird that I don't have a pre-prepared hot take waiting for everything.
For example, the COVID lab leak theory is back in the news, apparently. I've started to dig into it a couple of times, and then realized that if the definitive answer existed, it wouldn't change anything about my life, or what I'm doing. I appreciate that there's experts who can look into it. I don't think that I have to have a half baked hot take on it.
Or, universal basic income. I have my thoughts, and I've enjoyed reading many other people's, and I've learned a lot that I didn't know, specifically because it's not my area of expertise. Am I about to sit down with a ton of case studies, scholarly journals and economics textbooks? Nope.
Am I the weirdo here? Perfectly acceptable if I am :)
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You've read the tales, now get the books!
#Germany #folktale #folklore #book
https://sunkencastles.com/the-books/
Don't worry. Ashish Jha is here to tell your NPR listening relatives(like, all of mine) that the new COVID variants aren't anything to worry about. He's also here to tell you that he might not keep getting vaccinated. You know, it's annoying and inconvenient, but, he'll "probably continue". What stellar leadership 🙄
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/03/nx-s1-4986102/new-covid-strain-flirt-ashish-jha
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Is there a way to mirror/repost things from xitter anymore? I know nitter is done :-( I was hoping to find a bot the I could repurpose into reposting #WaveFC tweets (though now that I’m thinking about it, maybe I should aim higher and do something with nwsl.social which I bought on a lark a few months ago) anyway, thoughts? #NWSL
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Multiple #Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign
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Witnesses in the various criminal cases against the former president have gotten pay raises, new jobs and more.
If any benefits were intended to influence testimony, that could be a crime.
#News #Law #Courts #CriminalJustice #DonaldTrump #Politics #Government
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-criminal-cases-witnesses-financial-benefits
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I need help from my German friends. I enjoy shopping for antiques and vintage goods, particularly liquor flasks. I am also a leather craftsman. I enjoy restoring flasks to their original glory. I prefer glass flasks, because they are so easy to clean, but tin lined German flasks are so beautiful, I have developed quite a collection of them. There are no English language references for how to clean the interior of a vintage tin lined flask. Do you know of any references in German? Thank you!
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Study Finds COVID-19 May Damage Vision
In a study in mice, researchers found that the COVID-19 virus can infect the retina even when the virus doesn’t enter through the eyes.
https://www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/study-finds-covid-19-may-damage-vision
Moved full time to my other account @BE soon as this instance is still having issues.
Joined Nov 2022
