27 August 2024

Not so fast. CIDRAP published this report stating that a medical study showed that getting myocarditis from the mRNA vax is less severe than getting it from the virus itself. But let's take a look at the study itself.  The time span of the study is December 2020 to June 2022 so it covered the period of all the strains, from Wuhan ancestral to omicron. But look how they define myocarditis from COVID-19 infection vs from the vax:

Individuals admitted to the hospital for myocarditis within 7 days after receipt of any dose of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine were categorized as having postvaccine myocarditis.  Individuals admitted to the hospital for myocarditis within 30 days of SARS-CoV-2 infection and who did not receive an mRNA vaccination within the preceding 7 days were categorized as having post–COVID-19 myocarditis.

How was 7 days determined as the cutoff? I've always felt that those who have had COVID-19 and later get the vax have it harder, because the immune system attacks spike protein, which the vax places onto the surface of myocardial cells. I bet they didn't even check to see if a vaxxed person had COVID-19 before (natural immunity). This may be why the cohort considered unvaxxed and COVID-19 infected had a higher rate of hospitalization. And I always am suspect of studies that don't take into account all the problems after the first 14 days after the first jab. This is why trust in the medical profession has fallen.

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Sad. A Pittsburgh cardiologist wrote a paper that said this:

“Evolution to strategies that are neutral to race and ethnicity is essential. Ultimately, all who aspire to a profession in medicine and cardiology must be assessed as individuals on the basis of their personal merits, not their race and ethnic identities.”

In response, his colleagues succumbed to ignorant cries of "racism" and he was fired. Uninformed mob mentality prevailed. Well, the good doctor is suing. Good for him!
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China has found a way to get around roadblocks on NVIDIA chips. They just rent them. I disagree with Mish – sanctions work sometimes. Iran suffered under Trump's sanctions. Only after Biden released their money were they able to cause havoc in the Middle East. 

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Oregon in the news again. Once again, it's not for anything to be proud of. It's the La Hacienda scandal, which gives housing down-payments to illegal immigrants. Apparently it's attracted so much negative attention and outcry that they're now opening up funds for American citizens, too. Or so they say. But that's not enough, is it? Take their funding away! Give it to veterans!

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Moar vaccinations! After the Dem convention, there was an outbreak of COVID. Well, well, huh?

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Energy demand from data centers growing faster than West can supply. Tech companies are not planning to slow down. What will the Dem governors do? Mandate more windmill and solar panel farms? Maybe they should look into underground nuclear power plants.

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Over 1700 frozen viruses were found in a Tibetan glacier.  What does this mean?

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It's not clear to me what Apple Intelligence will really do to my daily workflow. I really sense that Apple felt pressured to have to do something with AI, because it was the craze. But having personal experience with AI, I don't feel that it has been ready to do more than just limited applications. I don't want AI on my phone, watch, computer, etc. I don't think it's ready yet. I don't think the privacy issues have been worked out.
...even anonymised data can sometimes be linked back to you if it’s specific enough, Woollven warns. “So while Apple isn’t directly storing your conversations in a way that’s linked to you, there’s still a small risk that a very specific query could potentially be connected to you.”
Don't give me another way I might get myself into trouble.

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Being a weekend warrior in terms of physical activity can still be beneficial, if you do it regularly. Being inactive is the worst.

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If you're a female startup CEO, being attractive is advantageous over unattractive competitors. The hard truth is, looks matter in this world.

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Nearly half of OpenAI AGI safety staff as departed the company. So is it a priority anymore?

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