I don’t really understand the fuss about J&J being only one dose vs. two for Pfizer/Moderna, given the relatively high effectiveness rates Pfizer/Moderna have shown so far even with just one shot. If even one shot instead of two of Pfizer or Moderna is 80%+ effective, is it really that big a deal to just give the…

“But when compared to an over 20% chance of getting a clot while suffering or recovering from Covid, it is still a chance worth taking.”

What I don’t get is when people are concerned about their color scheme becoming outdated for relatively easy to update things like wall paint. Like, even if think you may want to resell in as little as 5 years, you will probably want to repaint again at that point anyway? I can sort of understand it for something like…

I’ve heard that the minimum effective dose for strength training in terms of general health is pretty low if it’s not something you enjoy. You aren’t going to get the same results as someone who goes to the gym multiple times a week and does barbell lifting, of course. But even just doing some bodyweight lunges and…

I mean I don’t think this is very likely at all (or at least, not likely to occur as more than a one in a million reaction). But autoimmune responses (as can be triggered by either viral infection or in rare cases a vaccine) can absolutely impact fertility, no?

Inclement weather is a thing? Lots of places where it is super cold (or icy/snowy) or super hot for a good part of the year. A lot of the US also isn’t a great place to go running (ie no sidewalks). Peloton may be overpriced, but treadmills as a concept have their place.

Inclement weather is a thing? Not to mention a lot of the US isn’t necessarily set up for walking or running outside to be pleasant (e.g., no sidwalks). I think Peloton products seem super overpriced, but I understand the value of indoor cardio equipment as a general idea.

“So let’s say your three-year-old, who needs 10-13 hours of sleep, normally wakes up around 6:30 a.m. and takes a one-hour nap. A good bedtime falls between 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.—but probably closer to the 6:30 p.m. mark, because they’re on the younger side of the three- to five-year-old age range.”

Assuming the kid…

“I’ll remind you the Polio Vaccine actually had a higher incidence rate of complications when it was highly deployed, guess what we don’t worry about Polio much anymore, because Polio is worse than the complications.”

So if you look at the paper for that 20% blood clot figure, it’s from a meta-analysis where a lot of the papers included are for severe COVID-19 cases (people who were hospitalized or at least seriously ill). That’s very different from just 20% of people who get COVID-19 in general getting a blood clot. The risk of…

Idk, wouldn’t keeping the vaccine available after it starts to be perceived by the public (however inaccurately) as too dangerous be worse for vaccine hesitancy? I agree that from a pure physical risk perspective, it would be better to get J&J immediately than wait to get Pfizer/Moderna and risk getting Covid. But…

Not sure continuing to give this vaccine would help with vaccine hesitancy, though? In fact I’d say that if there is the perception (however inaccurate) that the authorities are acting irresponsibly by letting this stay on the market, that would cause a larger increase in people not wanting to get any vaccine. Whereas…

The government contributing less money doesn’t explain the rise in tuition at private universities, though. I’m therefore not convinced that reduced state funding is the sole explanation for increased tuition at public universities, though it may be part of it.

I get the idea of not giving up on things after the first try, but at what point do you cut your losses? I get that from your perspective looking back in retrospect you are glad you stuck it out with the activities you list. But there’s probably also plenty of people who, for example, tried running for months…

If the average person isn’t getting sick from said bacteria, isn’t that an argument that the way we’re all doing it is probably fine to just continue with? Obviously if you have allergies that’s an argument in favor of doing it more often. But not sure bacterial build-up is really the most compelling reason to get me…

So on an individual level I agree that it’s good advice to get the second dose. That said I’m not sure on a population level that there isn’t a good argument for the British strategy. That being to try to give as many people one dose as possible, rather than having fewer people with both doses and then some people who…

I can see this as a good way to spend down an FSA. But otherwise isn’t it rarely worth it to try to deduct these kinds of small expenses? Like, how much are you possibly spending on masks and hand sanitizer? Especially considering the increase in the standard deduction. Most people who make enough to itemize are also…

It’s possible micro-dosing MDMA could be fine and beneficial, but I’d want more research before doing that regularly. Micro-dosing shrooms is one thing, but MDMA can be neurotoxic. Now, you may not get the same neurotoxicity from doing microdoses as you would from doing regular doses too often, but it seems possible…

I assume this is referring to changing the diaper while the baby is already awake to be fed?

I mean, the not failing things part makes a big difference though. I get the article’s message that harsh discipline isn’t always the answer. But even for kids who are not going to follow a traditional academia to office job type path, failing out of high school is going to make life much much harder for them. Even if…