🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

@bluejay Not being a conspiracy theorist is about the lowest rung of expectations I could have on a STEM server honestly, and this post is below that.

@realcaseyrollins I know the word, its any time you have 4 dary in ne place.

@bluejay With this dumbass antifactual bullshit again.. really...

Say it with me slowly the adverse reaction list is **not** a list of adverse reactions caused by the virus. They are **all** ilnesses observed following a vaccine, they must be reported by law, and they must be reported even if it is **known** to be unrelated to the vaccine.

I dont mind being critical of the vaccine but lets not be so idiotic about it to completely misrepresent the known facts. This is a STEM instance, I expect better of the people here.

@Pat A graph for some actual numbers. Source:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673603121629/fulltext

@Pat You may simply have an excellent immune system genetically speaking, I can only speculate on your case. But yea rather interestingly the relationship is a inverted logarithm.

@Pat Thats a bit of a misnomer It actually levels off by about age 10 at which point the mean number of colds per year is the same throughout ones life.

The reason is that the model of immunity most people think of is actually a far cry from the truth for many types of viruses, particularly the types of viruses that cause the cold. Itws not just that immunity wanes over time, but also the fact that most cold viruses mutate fairly rapidly and entierly new types of colds emerge every year.

@Pat Well that debatable. Healthy people get sick from cold viruses all the time.

@Pat Ok thats fair then.

@Pat masks to prevent colds is well into hypocohondria territory. I can understand (albeit disagree) with using it for COVID and all ... but a cold, thats a stretch

Its important to note outside of any covid concerns it also puts your health at risk. A healthy immune system requires regular exposure to diseases, when this isnt present we see a large rise of risk of autoimmune diseases. Getting the occasional cold is more or less good for you.

@sgryphon I want a free Mars too. Sadly they cost $2 for a full size bar

@kmic people drink water, yet you can still disperse a crowd with a fire hose :)

@delei I'm not sure those figures, whatever they said, would negate the point of the meme anyway.

@Pat

I dont really think either side thinks they are doing it out of malice, but they are.

@timorl @schratze @vance

@delei

No immigration to the uk decreased by about 30% in the 70s

@realcaseyrollins
How so? Im not a huge fan of FSE but id say they are somewhat more bareable than poast.
@adidal

Lol not that the USA is any better, we are still invading places and causing trouble.