11 March 2023

The American College of Physicians has announced that they have enlisted the help of the Coalition for Trust in Health and Science.  The latter has a myth-busting section where they combat the "myth" that the coronavirus vax has been associated with Damar Hamlin's injury.  The statement made was that "Nearly 95% of the roughly 1700 NFL players are vaccinated against COVID – none of them have had sudden death on the field."  Well, none may have had a dramatic on-the-field death like Damar, but there sure is a lot of players who are out for "undisclosed" reasons.  And why was Damar unwilling to discuss his condition?  Why say "that's something I want to stay away from".

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This chart is a bit misleading:

If you factor in the population of each principality, then LA doesn't stick out as much, and Portland looks bad.
Homeless/per population
  • Los Angeles county   - 0.0066
  • Seattle/King County - 0.0059
  • Portland                       - 0.0092
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Two excellent post-mortems on the SVB crash yesterday.  Here and here.  Or you can just watch the video:



Will Powell cut interest rates on Monday?  Mish doesn't think so.
 
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The woke mob has also destroyed Bon Appetit magazine

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The Oregon Symphony Waterfront festival, Oregon Brewer’s Festival, and Feast are no more.  More casualties to Ted Wheeler's city governance.  It's amazing that people just seem to take it. 

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Missed this last month, but the FDA agreed that cocoa flavonoids do have beneficial cardiovascular benefits.  But you're not going to get those benefits from eating chocolate bars.  Too much sugar and fat.  To get those benefits, the study participants used this product

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Why is UTC the abbreviation for Coordinated Universal Time?  It was a compromise.  The English-speaking countries wanted CUT.  The French wanted TUC. 

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