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Oct 21, 2023 • 1 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Some people going on vaguely about the "risk/benefit" analysis of a COVID booster. This is actual Ontario surveillance data of COVID vaccine adverse event reporting. Risk of boosters is practically nonexistent.
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Jun 2
Let's talk about raw milk.

Raw milk can harbor dangerous bacteria such as Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter, Brucella, and parasites like Cryptosporidium



Pasteurization removes almost all of that risk.

Thread [1/7]en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_milk
Infections from raw milk can lead to

-Diarrhea, stomach cramping, and vomiting

But also:

-Guillain-Barré syndrome, hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), which can cause paralysis, kidney failure, stroke, or even death



[2/7]cdc.gov/food-safety/fo…
From 1998-2018, USA saw over 200 outbreaks linked to raw milk, resulting in more than 2,600 illnesses and 228 hospitalizations (48% among children)



[3/7]health.ny.gov/diseases/commu…
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May 23
A common clapback from measles minimizers is that, "Measles was no big deal when I was a kid. Everyone had it. So why are you so panicky now?"

Let's break it down with some national Canadian data...

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Measles vaccination became widely available in 1963. The superior MMR vaccine was only introduced in Canada i 1975.

Before 1963, Canadians saw 300k-400K cases per year. Back then, pretty much EVERYONE was guaranteed to be infected by age 15, hence the blasé attitude.

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But hidden in those stats are these numbers:

-10–15% of cases per year required hospitalization (i.e. 40 THOUSAND cases), for pneumonia, encephalitis, or severe dehydration

-With a mortality rate of 0.1%, there were 300–500 deaths per year, mostly in children under 5.

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May 23
Why we should care about the measles outbreaks:

-In wealthy countries, 0.1%-0.2% of measles cases result in death
-In poorer countries or populations, up to 10% of cases will die
-15-30% of measles cases will require hospitalization

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But it ain't just about death or hospitalization.

-5-10% of cases will result in hearing loss
-0.1% will have permanent neurological damage (higher among <12 month olds)
-up to 40% will have increased risk of other infections for months or years ("immune memory loss")

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MMR vaccine is highly efficacious against measles symptomatic infection:

-1 dose: 93% effective
-2 doses: 97% effective

Before MMR, the live attenuated vaccine conferred 93-95% protection. (Those of us born before 1970-ish)

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Apr 9
Not a day goes by when I don't worry about the mounting dementia epidemic. Biological and demographic factors have put us on a path toward high burden of this disease in Canada.



Thread [1/4] alzheimer.ca/en/research/re…Image
The number of single (and mostly childless) Canadians is also mounting. This translates to a growing number of elderly who will not have built-in family caregivers (which are never guaranteed, even in the tightest of families)

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The amount of caregivers needed will explode. But if we can delay onset of the disease, then the need for investment in caregiving diminishes substantially.

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Apr 3
I lived in downtown Ottawa during the Clownvoy. Their honks kept babies up at night. Their engines filled the air with soot. Their taunts made my students afraid to leave their homes. Masked elderly had to be escorted past their insults....

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...They set off fireworks between office buildings. They blocked hospital entrances and slowed traffic so that doctors and nurses had to find other accommodation in order to get to work daily...

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...My spouse and others were terrorized by their boorishness in stores.

They made it so that we actual residents had to pass police checkpoints to get to our homes every day...

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Mar 18
The Canada Research Chair program costs $311 million per year and is meant to attract and retain the world's best scholars. I propose that we create a new temporary tier specifically to re-home the top US scientists fleeing the Trump regime.

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Currently, we have two tiers. Tier 1 are world leaders, and we give them $200K/year for 7 years. Tier 2 are emerging leaders to whom we give $100K/year.

I propose we extend tier 1 specifically for American Trump refugees.

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Currently, Canadian universities apply for chair slots based on their research gap needs. And they are allotted chairs based on their own professors' history of getting government grants.

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