Actual, plague-ridden garbage humans.
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Specifically, some will vomit or poop directly into the water, while others become super spreaders simply because they haven’t mastered toilet skills yet. The CDC notes that small children can have up to 10 grams of stool stuck to their butts at any point, according to some crack scientific modeling. That’s about 10 standard paperclips worth of excrement. And small children tend to stand directly over jets, allowing any fecal matter stuck on their bums to wash out of their swim diapers—which do not trap poop. Some splash pads recirculate water. And among the kids who aren’t standing on the jets, there are others putting their open mouths over them.
It probably says something about my profession that I am posting this while eating lunch…
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Reminds me of something I’ve once heard in a discussion about icky stuff and personal limits.
Search your soul before you click.
"You can shit on the table while I'm eating dinner and I'll move my plate closer to keep the food warm."
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I dare say that’s the most fundamental expression of love I’ve ever heard.
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I posted about this finding over at ToP, but here it has been subjected to a more rigorous evaluation.
In all, 107 women were enrolled. Of those, 52 (48.6 percent) were found to have hidden cancers. Thirty-two participants had blood cancers (31 were lymphomas), while 20 had solid tumors, including breast, bile duct, colorectal, pancreatic, lung, kidney, bone, and adrenal gland cancers.
A 50% false positive rate is not great for a broad screening test, but this was not meant for cancer screening. It brings up the potential for a simple blood test for virtually all cancers. Make this work, and we may be on to something for reals!
Then there were the other 55 women who had no detectable cancer. Of those, researchers concluded that 15 had simply gotten a rotten cfDNA result, which they based on repeat cfDNA testing and the cancer screens. Thirty were found to have noncancerous biological reasons for their weird cfDNA results, including fibroids, placental mosaicism, a stem cell abnormality, or a fetal finding. But, the remaining 10 had no clear explanation for their odd cfDNA results, stumping the researchers. These participants are now being followed for five years to assess their outcomes.
More to come on this. Definitely not-ready-for-prime-time, but exciting nonetheless.
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It says something about how much Ars Technica I’ve read that I knew it had to be an article written by Beth Mole just from the headline.
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That one is a pun-a-palooza. She is truly a national treasure!
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That is fascinating!
I took the cfDNA screening when pregnant with Kitty. Luckily perfectly normal results
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Experts said the U.S. is currently not experiencing a bird flu pandemic, nor is the country presently at risk of a bird flu pandemic.
However, they said with each new human case, it offers a chance for the virus to mutate, theoretically enabling human-to-human transmission to occur at a point in the future.
I am very glad the media is finally highlighting tis part of the problem. It is certainly true that right now this is a weird but not terribly dangerous thing going on, but every time this virus multiplies it rolls the dice on a mutation or recombination that improves its ability to cause human illness and more easily infect human. That it will come up snake eyes eventually is a given. Ignoring that possibility is the height of stupid. And yet, we are about to see RFK jr and all his antivaxx loons in charge of the response. My advice currently is to get your flu shot (in hopes there may be some cross-immunity) and avoid known vectors, like friggin’ raw milk. If he succeeds in shutting down vaccine research, we may be in serious trouble.
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My 
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I really need the facepalm reaction emoji here.
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I would love to believe this was a response to the UHC CEO assassination, or even to Dr. Glaucomflecken
I suspect it was just backburnered until the attention dies down.
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Kennedy, who has embraced conspiracy theories such as claims that HIV does not cause AIDS and that pesticides cause gender dysphoria, told NPR there are “huge deficits” in vaccine safety research. “We’re going to make sure those scientific studies are done and that people can make informed choices,” Kennedy said.
Fuck, I did not know he was a trans denier as well as all the rest. This has potential to be excruciatingly bad. I have no way to guess how much blood will be on these assholes’ hands before all is said and done, but I am guessing oceans. Resistance will be required from those of us who are able, folks.
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I hope he didn’t get his shingrex shots, and develops a nasty case of shingles.
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Oh, that is useful!
I like Propublica. They do solid work
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