What an absolute piece of shite!

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."

Arthur C. Clarke

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford Medicine have devised an influenza vaccine that prompts immunity to ALL four major flu subtypes AND shows potential against bird flu, indicating a significant advancement in flu prevention and a potential increase in vaccine efficacy. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

www.israpundit.org/absurd-effor...

I just watched it twice :). Thanks so much for the superb talk! I have been a RDF enthusiast for what seems like forever. Are you able to provide any information about Epistemic Data to learn more?

One of the things I still don’t understand is how these tech bros can be pro-technology and anti science.

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing. Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.

They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.

The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

I wish people would post more links to interesting things

I feel like Twitter and LinkedIn and Instagram and TikTok have pushed a lot of people out of the habit of doing that, by penalizing shared links in the various "algorithms"

Bluesky doesn't have that misfeature, thankfully!

Build a durable summarization app in Python with resonatehq.io, Flask, and Ollama docs.resonatehq.io/get-started/...

"Why We Mask: It's Not Just a Cold" by Laurel Lynn Leake

Visual guide to COVID.

laurellynnleake.com/whywemask/

Long COVID science, research and policy - Nature Medicine This Review outlines the current state of scientific evidence on long COVID, discusses its impacts on patients, health systems, economies and global health metrics, and proposes a forward-looking rese...

Long COVID science, research and policy. August 2024.

A thorough paper by Ziyad Al-Aly and Eric J. Topol. Easy to read. Lots of extras to click on if you're interested.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

news.immunologic.org/p/viruses-ar...

"If you control enough of the information ecosystem, truth no longer matters."

Disinformation has far reaching implications for society, including health.

@martinmckee.bsky.social, @chrischirp.bsky.social, and Kent Buse outline the challenges and propose a way forward
www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Is this the way COVID ends? Next-generation inhaled vaccines could be the key to ending pandemic Existing COVID-19 vaccines can prevent severe disease, but not infection. A new hope comes in the form of needle-free mucosal vaccines.

"McMaster is about to begin Phase 2 trials on a COVID-19 vaccine that is inhaled using a device similar to an asthma inhaler. It is the most promising mucosal COVID-19 vaccine under development in Canada and is expected to be tested in Canadian cities, including Ottawa, next year."

Sign me up!