tern:<shares story about local person with rare infection>
Infectionists: "that's just anecdote"
tern:<digs up and publishes ukhsa data showing sharp rise in that infection>
...
Infectionists:"That's just one type of infection!"
tern:<digs up and publishes ukhsa data showing sharp rise in multiple similar infections>
Infectionists: "Those are just infections with small numbers!"
tern:<digs up and publishes nhs data on infections with huge numbers>
Infectionists: "That's just caused by immigration!"
tern: <digs up and publishes *aged based data* that shows that age groups without high immigration are subject to higher rises in rare infection rates>
Whatever you blame it on (and I mostly blame covid infections), can we agree something is going badly wrong?
Hospital episodes of treatment for assorted pathogenic infections, England, all ages, by year.
From the top left:
Assorted mycobacteria
Amoebiasis
Nervous system viruses
Leptospirosis
Brucellosis
Listeriosis
Shigellosis
Diptheria
Bartonellosis
Not only is Veldhoen wrong about the lack of damage to the immune system, he's also ignorant of the actual damage it's causing.
From his ivory laboratory tower, he provides no explanation for what is going on in the real world.
You've probably asked yourself whether there really are more people with things like prostate cancer and prostate problems.
There's lots in the news, including kings and cartoonists and rock stars.
And some that aren't in the news, like maybe your friends and mine.
Well, yeah, here's some actual data rather than just headlines or anecdotes.
This data is the 'hospital episodes' data from English hospitals, for working age men.
mrs tern asked me today how I deal with people who say that masks don't work.
My answer was pretty boring:
You can say, "Well, yes 'basically masks work', but actually it's better to say:
"Facepieces designed to filter airborne particulates from inhaled air, when worn correctly, reduce the amount of airborne particulates inhaled, including covid viral particulates."
But that's obviously a bit confusing for people who want things simple.