Exactly. The old fucking trope of: “he couldn’t resist.”

Came here to write something similar. The quote from Dr. Swamy is just baffling. Complaining that studies don’t include pregnant women then criticize a study that does because you don’t like the design? What the hell. Also, amending your IND to alter the study design isn’t a trivial process. It’s not something you…

Yup. Those days seem to be long gone. I continue checking this site hoping for a return to form, but come away disappointed every time. Jezebel is a barely recognizable, CBD peddling husk of itself. Lifehacker is also in a poor way, mostly featuring vacuous slide shows. Kotaku retains vestiges of the old (pre-HS)…

Most likely, though testicular swelling is typical a symptom of Mumps. 

Based on the journal articles I’ve read so far, Covid seems to induce long term, pathological changes to vasculature. African Americans and Latinos are already at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease, and this type of disinfo is going to increase morbidity and mortality in those (vulnerable) populations. I second…

Yeah, I’m really looking forward to her thesis defense. It’ll probably be the first one in history with backup dancers and multiple wardrobe changes.

Nipah isn’t a concern unless you have a habit of handling (very specific species of ) bats + guano or caving in the tropics. If you must, Influenza is a far more worrisome virus with an average death rate of ~30-50k per year. Nipah may have a high fatality rate, but you can’t die from it if you are never exposed to…

Nobody should go into to Medicine to make money. It’s a terrible idea. Their time would be better spent pursuing a career in finance or software development.

Yes sadly. Upstate New York always leaned more conservative, and it’s been getting redder in many areas as educated, young, skilled workers move to urban areas for jobs. That particular part of NYS has always been fairly conservative. Most healthcare positions don’t require in depth basic science training. Even though…

Counterpoint: OANN, Fox News, and NewsMax.

Wish I had two stars to give. One for “unmellanated” and other for your handle. I wish that deadly diseases only impacted anti-vaxxers, but alas, they tend to spread suffering to innocents. 

Starred for “Moby Dickless”, the white whale with serious compensation issues. 

Yup, there’s a 100% chance she’ll do that. Best to get on the waitlist for therapists now. 

Oh god yes. My wife and I have worked pretty hard to minimize our daughter’s screen time only to be thwarted by Grandparents. Our friend’s have encountered the same issue. I can’t speak to other generations, but our Boomer family members are the absolute worst about screen time. I think because they didn’t grow up…

That is truly excellent advice!

My wife loved getting congratulated by strangers. Luckily, thanks to Covid, nobody tried rubbing her belly. 

Not surprising but still very unfortunate. Of the military folks I know it’s about 3/4 sane rational people, and the remainder get far too much of their info from bullshit media. I also very much doubt that he has a top level clearance.

I don’t think you’ll find much resistance to that idea except from the very young (teenagers) and ironically, other Boomers. It’s been my experience that Boomers love social media to an unhealthy degree. Worse yet, they seem particularly vunerable to social media mediated scams and conspiracy theories. Part of that is…

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Surely there are some nurses, MD’s, or PA’s that are involved in patient advocacy, that would have been a better source. 

Yup.