This account will prob be about biomed researchโcomplex chronic illnesses and Covidโw/some material on disability justice and organizing.
ME โ05, LC โ23, many of their friends along the way. Very severely ill (FUNCAP 0.9). No unsolicited advice please!
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This thread. Wow.
"I could no longer stop the system from auto-inviting "reviewers" with zero relevant expertise. Even worse - the AI began actively revoking the invitations I manually sent out to actual, qualified experts."
Iโve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. ๐
173 kids with MIS-C after COVID vs. 14,000 controls.
Followed 4.5 years.
Kids with MIS-C had:
14x risk of CV disease
8.9x risk of hypertension
9.5x risk of GI disorders
3.5x risk of respiratory
2x risk of Neurologic disorders.
Long term effects in kids are real. buff.ly/gJuaTru
#medsky #pedsky๐ท๐๐งช
I go through cycles of being very upset about the Ebola outbreak and dissociating, too much to take. Seeing these numbers I'm back at being very upset.
This should be at the top of the news, 635 confirmed cases (likely many more unconfirmed), current doubling time of 8d. What is the world doing?
This is why all of you have a DUTY to stop paroting austerity language at the Federal level. The money is there. It's just not going to supporting life affirming institutions and programs.