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JurassicCotyledon t1_j8guqwj wrote

Reply to comment by nexusgmail in A study in the US has found, compared to unvaccinated people, protection from the risk of dying from COVID during the six-month omicron wave for folks who had two doses of an mRNA vaccine was 42% for 40- to 59-year-olds; 27% for 60- to 79-year-olds; and 46% for people 80 and older. by Wagamaga

Does being asymptomatic mean you cannot transmit the virus to others?

And they will continue to mutate and evade the narrow and short lasting immunity offered by these vaccines.

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sufferinsucatash t1_j8gty4o wrote

Reply to comment by mostly_browsing in A study in the US has found, compared to unvaccinated people, protection from the risk of dying from COVID during the six-month omicron wave for folks who had two doses of an mRNA vaccine was 42% for 40- to 59-year-olds; 27% for 60- to 79-year-olds; and 46% for people 80 and older. by Wagamaga

It’s saying if you are vaccinated you are protected against deadly complications from Covid.

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nexusgmail t1_j8gsia8 wrote

Reply to comment by JurassicCotyledon in A study in the US has found, compared to unvaccinated people, protection from the risk of dying from COVID during the six-month omicron wave for folks who had two doses of an mRNA vaccine was 42% for 40- to 59-year-olds; 27% for 60- to 79-year-olds; and 46% for people 80 and older. by Wagamaga

They were actually pretty effective at preventing symptomatic infections prior to Delta and Omicron.

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine-tra-idUKKBN2AQ1A7

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(21)00127-7/fulltext

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abx99 t1_j8gs2y8 wrote

Reply to comment by Goobzydoobzy in A study found that CBD "exerted anti-cancer activity by reducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition and causing cell cycle arrest." by OregonTripleBeam

The CBD oil that you can get in any state is made from hemp, because it's illegal to make it from cannabis. If you're in a legal state, like mine, you can get hemp-based CBD oil from a regular store, or go to a dispensary and get cannabis-derived stuff. Usually the cannabis-derived stuff is whole-spectrum, with all the cannabinoids and terpenes and such, whereas the hemp-based may be isolated CBD and nothing else.

The other cannabinoids and terpenes often offer additional benefits. Both have them, but cannabis has more. Different strains of cannabis have different ratios of all this stuff; some strains have tons of THC and little-to-no CBD, and vice versa. When I get cannabis CBD, I just get a cannabis extract of a strain with very little THC, make it into an oil, and take a dose that doesn't have any psychoactive effect.

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Songoffireandice t1_j8gs2x6 wrote

Reply to comment by NaturalisticDualism in The brain can rapidly detect and process fearful faces that are otherwise invisible to the eye. There appears to be a neural pathway for detection of fear, which operates automatically, outside of conscious awareness. by Wagamaga

I intended to mean it was a similar mechanism in the broader sense that reducing unnecessary sensory stimulation is likely advantageous, using a specific example I was certain of as a token reference in the case of auditory development.

Retraining may not even be a good idea, as I can say with first hand experience being hyper-reactive to subtle emotional visual cues doe's not make functioning in society generally any easier. It does make you potentially better at reading people you are familiar with though.

I like your angle as a vestigial function, and after finding the study posted I think it's better supported than my speculation. What really interests me is the specificity, especially in the lack of reaction to happiness, but not entirely unexpected. Happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, contempt, fear, and surprise are all universal to our expressions. With that being said, I would like to at least have seen anger tested in addition, as we currently attribute the amygdala to processing fear and anger specifically.

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Theletterkay t1_j8gn9cx wrote

Reply to comment by livelylilac703 in Chinese researchers have reported what they claim is the world’s youngest person diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, which may overturn the conventional perception that cognitive impairment rarely occurs in young people. by Wagamaga

But without being able to diagnose it, you may live wondering what you did to cause it, or put the child through many painful or traumatizing treatments, thinking you are helping, but really you are just wasting their time with added suffering. With diagnosing you know what it is, and you know there arent any cures. So you can focus on comfort for them and helping them enjoy any amount of life possible.

And, yes, I absolutely do know the disease well. My sister in law is a home care taker of the only known family to have 2 children with the disease. One is 15yo now, the other is 11yo. And while its true they cant do or communicate much, they smile and enjoy her company. They snuggle with her for movies, which they have favorites they enjoy. They have favorite foods, which they get spoiled with often. If they get excited about something, their parents and caretakers go out of their way to make sure they make those girls happy and fufilled. Diagnosing keeps those girls out in the world rather than cooped up in a hospital hoping to find a cure that doesnt exist. That's definitely worth something.

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