VarianceHammer

1958 pts ยท May 23, 2015


What's the actual name of this song?

4 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

You sure? The smallpox vaccines used in most places (and used extremely rarely) are typically administered using bifurcated needles

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's not injected - it's introduced with a bifurcated needle. The vaccine then produces a roundish bump that will scab over, and may scar.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yes. The smallpox vaccine left a visible scar, and had some serious side effects.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Variolation was a precursor to the idea of vaccination.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Thing is, smallpox has an R0 of 3, which is higher than most COVID-19 estimates. - Infectious Disease Epidemiologist

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

Which means we don't know the rate of severe side effects among those with severe allergies.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The evidence from the clinical trials expressly excluded people who would be at heightened risk - including those with severe allergies

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Basically, because your body is being asked to mount a strong immune response. Severe allergies are also very strong immune responses.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Thanks :)

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

As an infectious disease epidemiologist, this is some of the best science communication I've ever seen. It's brilliant.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

"What do you do for a living?" Oh, I build mustard 3D printers.

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Hold the line friend.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Infectious Disease epidemiologist: Great for pest control, less great for the dissemination of pathogens over a really broad area.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Dude doesn't like her. But OP missed the best part - she wrote the episode the gif came from.

5 years ago | Likes 58 Dislikes 0

They are top-heavy. They bob around like corks in the open ocean - they've got a shallow draft.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Crew quarters and the like. You want the weight forward, because it's not cutting through ice - it's sliding ontop and then crushing.

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I've been on one of it's diesel-powered brethren. They're really amazing.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Soviets who needed to keep their submarine bases ice free in case them or the US decided to end the world that day.

5 years ago | Likes 32 Dislikes 0

Rest well Sofie.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

"Almost as if the writer chose to write it this way" ...I mean...

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Very. Someone emailing me to ask for a copy of a paper of mine always gets it, and I'm usually pretty thrilled.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That...doesn't follow. Someone holding 10 shares of stock for 40 years doesn't "need it less" than someone day trading.

5 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 2

I'm a professor in WA, which has a pretty high minimum wage. It's just not a thing.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Depends on the army for me. My Marines are weathered. My super-vain Space Elf Teenagers who can reshape things with their minds? Pristine.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

My boy's name is Felix. He supports throwing all the balls for his comrade in wiggles.

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

One reason why these are used instead of O3 machines is that most gaseous solutions are fairly hard on surfaces.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's also used *after* the room has already been cleaned of visible soil, etc. It's a second layer of protection.

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