MrShankles

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[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 4 points 2 years ago

If they did, we wouldn't have had to read that.

Or If they do... they absolutely shouldn't

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The same time they use now?... in their free time. But like, still for free.

Because they care so much, time/money means nothing to them. Otherwise, they shouldn't be educators to begin with, because they obviously don't care about the children. Who here is even thinking about the children?!

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 13 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Not all parents are equal. It'd be cool if we valued our young, regardless of from whom they came from. Nobody gets to decide whether to be born or not, but they're still forced to accept the terms of service.

Maybe we should try to value... people?... in general? But who honestly gives a fuck, I got too much on my own plate to really think about it anyway

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

You can check out the lemmit instance. A lot of instances have defederated from it (with good reason imo, because a bunch of lemmit communities are just links to reddit).

But some of the communities (that the lemmit bot creates from scraped subreddits) are just links to other sources. It doesn't scrape comments but just the content. So I subscribe to the "TIL" and "World News" communities from Lemmit, because it's just links for me to read.

Personally, I'm trying to move away from those as well, because I prefer to rely on the fediverse for the content I want. But it's been a good option for me to still get certain material, while never actually using reddit myself. Some of the communities only link to old.reddit, so I ignored those. But mainly for news is what I've used it for, and it's been good for weaning my last remaining ties to that sunken ship.

My next step will be reposting that same content to Lemmy communities myself. But I gotta handle up on some current (personal) life issues, before I can start contributing more to the content around here

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

Does "visual voicemail" still work when using e/OS/? I bought an unlocked Samsung a few years ago, but it's apparently an issue to get visual voicemail working. Not sure if it's only an ATT problem, (like they're just being dicks about me not buying my phone through them), but I gave up cause it wasn't worth my time. I just don't really check my voicemail anymore cause I'm too lazy to call it, but I wouldn't mind having it back if it's a quick fix

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

I didn't see anything in the study looking at that aspect; but we may see future studies that reveal more, if interest in those alleles grows.

The immune system really is incredibly complex, so you just never know. Maybe someone will do a meta-study that looks at some other common denominators among the sample groups.

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago

That's always kinda been my assumption, but not like it's just China to blame. Their Wuhan lab was funded by many other countries. We played with fire and got burned, is how I view it

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 14 points 2 years ago

Thank you, because the journal article is a pretty long read and rather technical, if you're looking at the methodology and everything else. That's a nice succinct summary

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

The study was specifically using samples they had before the pandemic hit. They did go into more studies (to try and verify their findings) that did include a vaccinated person, but they were mainly focused on samples before the pandemic/vaccines.

They go into the possible short-fallings of their studies, but nonetheless it does show promising interest

And idk if it could become something "injectable", but I think that would be the goal. Or to at least have a better understanding of how to make vaccines more effective/targeted. I'm not sure, but I've always said from the beginning of the pandemic, "I can't wait to see the studies that will come from this over the next following years/decades".

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago

I was referring to genetic testing for the T-Cell alleles (that the study refers to) that were more present in some of the population, before Covid hit.

I've already been vaccinated and exposed, so I'm not entirely sure how that effects the results of testing for those alleles now (I'm no immunologist)... but just curious

And just a side note for clarity: "Antibody" testing will detect prior infection and/or vaccination. "Antigen" testing can detect current infection, which is what I think you're referring to. It gets confusing, and I STILL get tripped up with my terminology... and I work directly with covid-19 patients (in the hospital) and the testing to see if we can take them out of isolation precautions. I actually just had to do a swab for "Antigen PCR" testing 2 days ago, which is why it's kinda fresh in my brain right now. So "antibody" means exposed (either infection or vaccination), but doesn't really mean "contagious". "Antigen" means possibly still contagious... I'm pretty sure. This is not medical advice lol

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago

This article is from December 20th, 2022. A little late to be relevant now

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I had the same thought. The curiosity kills me

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