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Genuine question: Denmark now recommends a booster shot of the updated COVID-19 vaccines to all citizens>50. What is the evidence for any benefit of vaccinating those>50, who had Omikron since January 2022 (a quite large proportion), and who thus have natural immunity?
In my case: 54 and healthy. I had COVID-19 in July 2022. I am well protected against the most recent variant. I would likely suffer short-term side-effect from being vaccinated. Further, there is no data on the long-term consequences for overall health of COVID-19 vaccinations.
Public health wise: why should society spend money on COVID-19 vaccinating a large group of the population who already have natural immunity - money that could be put to good use elsewhere in our health care system?
I hope we can discuss this, openly and respectfully.
#becurious
I hope we can discuss this, openly and respectfully.
#becurious
Good piece on "The Pandemic Evidence Failure":
"we cannot just demonstrate medical drugs or devices have a mechanism which should cause the effect that we want - because when we apply them to complex systems, unexpected things happen".
"we cannot just demonstrate medical drugs or devices have a mechanism which should cause the effect that we want - because when we apply them to complex systems, unexpected things happen".
It is a favorite topic of mine. During the pandemic, I suggested numerous cluster-randomized trials that could have been done while we rolled out (or rolled back) some of the population-targeted health interventions @DanishIAS #becurious
My insisting on real-life testing of health interventions - even if there are clear ideas about how they should work - stems from Africa. We observed that vaccines affected all-cause mortality much more than explained from their specific effects. ted.com/talks/christin…
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 03/23/2022 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2022/03/23/dai…
The Press Has Lied To Drag The United States Into War Before. Don’t Think They Won’t Again
thefederalist.com/2022/03/17/the…
#propaganda, #disinformation, #NarrativeControl, #MainstreamMedia, #Profiteering
thefederalist.com/2022/03/17/the…
#propaganda, #disinformation, #NarrativeControl, #MainstreamMedia, #Profiteering
Today, on #TheMisplacedMenagerie -
We report the exotic (for #India) apple #snail, #Pomacea diffusa, also known as the spike topped apple snail, from the #Mumbai region, as part of our ongoing studies on #urbanwildlife, and the #ecology of introduced species, in #India, Mumbai.
We report the exotic (for #India) apple #snail, #Pomacea diffusa, also known as the spike topped apple snail, from the #Mumbai region, as part of our ongoing studies on #urbanwildlife, and the #ecology of introduced species, in #India, Mumbai.
The study was officially published in the 'ELA Journal of Forestry and Wildlife' - a peer reviewed #science journal, which is also the official journal of the #Maharashtra State #Forest Department.
Link to paper: researchgate.net/publication/35…
#sciencetwitter #TwitterNatureCommunity
Link to paper: researchgate.net/publication/35…
#sciencetwitter #TwitterNatureCommunity
Spiked Topped Apple Snails in #Mumbai (and other parts of #India) are the direct result of the #aquarium trade - either as accidental, or deliberate releases from home aquaria.
#InvasiveSpecies #sciencetwitter #ecology #naturalhistory #urbanwildlife
#InvasiveSpecies #sciencetwitter #ecology #naturalhistory #urbanwildlife
I @Orientering (56:29): Hvis der er god dokumentation for gavn af en Corona-anbefaling (test, isolation, etc) og man gør det praktisk muligt for folk, så vil folk følge anbefalingerne. Lad os skaffe den dokumentation ved at teste vores anbefalinger. dr.dk/radio/p1/orien…
Lad os lave masser af forsøg. Fx om der er gavn af at teste asymptomatiske i ikke-udbrudssituationer - som vi nu er i gang med i stor stil - ved at lade nogle skoler have de to gange ugentlige tests, men fritage andre fra dem. linkedin.com/pulse/et-%C3%A…
Lad os teste, om vi kan forbedre smitteopsporing ved at inddrage viden om mængden af virus i prøven, og give de folk, der har meget virus i halsen, besked om, at de kan være mulige superspredere og at det er ekstra vigtigt at informere alle kontakter.
