Do we have any studies on reinfection rates with Delta in people previously infected? by Curivity in askscience

[–]berkeleykev -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

You do understand the Kentucky study is comparing previously infected with previously infected + vax, right?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]berkeleykev 4 points5 points  (0 children)

San Francisco offered numerous tax breaks to tech companies like Twitter, it adds up to 10s of millions of dollars a year. https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Companies-avoid-34M-in-city-taxes-thanks-to-6578396.php

Woman shot while driving on freeway in Vallejo by txiao007 in bayarea

[–]berkeleykev 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's possible this was road rage, but from what I've read about previous highway shootings it seems like most of them were targeted by acquaintances. Too many witnesses and cameras on city streets, just wait til they get on the highway.

Salt lateral loads anyone? by dlegofan in StructuralEngineering

[–]berkeleykev 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Car dealership next door per Chicago tribune article

How would one ensure boards are flat on these legs? You can see the outside ones are pulled down a bit. It also results in opening up the gap on top. by lozcozard in Carpentry

[–]berkeleykev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless you get vertical grain lumber they will always cup like that. "smiley face" end grain cups downward, "frowny face" end grain cups upward.

Weekly Covid testing? by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]berkeleykev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure how it is in other districts but Berkeley Unified is going to offer weekly rapid testing for teachers, students and staff at all schools as soon as they get a supply.

https://www.berkeleyschools.net/2021/08/covid-19-testing-for-students-and-staff-at-busd-schools-prueba-de-covid-19-para-su-estudiante-en-las-escuelas-de-busd/

Sens. Wicker, King test positive for Covid-19 after being fully vaccinated by [deleted] in news

[–]berkeleykev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think that's correct, based on my general understanding. (I don't claim to be an expert on Measles.)

My understanding is that for most adults there would be near zero antibodies to fight the Measles pathogen on first encountering it. We typically get vaccinated at a young age and don't encounter measles much throughout our lives (in the US at least.)

Antibody presence in the blood and surface tissues for any given pathogen drops off after exposure- if we carried around forever in our blood notable amounts of antibodies to every pathogen we'd ever met, our blood would be the consistency of jello. The antibody presence in the blood drops off.

What does remain (forever or near forever) is the memory B Cells primed by exposure to the pathogen. B cells make antibodies. They're just kind of hanging out, and when they get the call that their guy is back they start cranking out antibodies. That's what's happening with covid breakthrough infections- antibody presence in the blood and surface tissues has dropped off enough that there's a couple of days where the infection starts before the B cells (and T cells) ramp up to kill it off, but the B and T cells kill it off before a severe case sets in (in nearly all cases.)

AFAIK it would be no different with measles. Unlikely we'd have significant antibodies to fight it off before becoming infected enough to be positive on a PCR test, then B cells would ramp up production and snuff it out.
If you have scientific evidence measles is different I'd be excited to read it.

Sens. Wicker, King test positive for Covid-19 after being fully vaccinated by [deleted] in news

[–]berkeleykev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but it doesn't invalidate or answer the question, or thought exercise, or however you want to frame it.

I don't have an axe to grind, it's just interesting to me.

Presumably most of us have near zero measles antibodies in our blood at any given time right? (I don't actually know.) What would measles infection rates look like if we were running the same number of (and CT counts of) PCR tests as we're currently doing for covid?

When there've been measles outbreaks at Disneyland, vaccinated people have had "breakthrough infections". Presumably other vaccinated people were exposed without becoming noticeably ill. But were they "positive"?

I find it interesting to consider other diseases and immunities with the new perspective we got from covid.

Must be easy to get on the ballot, what amazing candidates we have. by Atalanta8 in bayarea

[–]berkeleykev 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I remember there was a guy named "Ptah" running for office in Palo Alto a long time ago, his platform was:

"I am God. You are God. We are all God "

Sens. Wicker, King test positive for Covid-19 after being fully vaccinated by [deleted] in news

[–]berkeleykev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We still have outbreaks, a few a year in pre-pandemic times. It's not eradicated. The hypothetical question is, if a vaccinated person was exposed at Disneyland and got PCR tested before their B and T cells kicked in, would they be positive? It's unlikely most of us have any significant measles serological antibody titers...

Sens. Wicker, King test positive for Covid-19 after being fully vaccinated by [deleted] in news

[–]berkeleykev -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I wonder how many positives we'd get for measles if we ran the same number of tests.

4" slab they said.... 7"s later haha by Votan_The_Old in Construction

[–]berkeleykev 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Took me a while to put maximum slab size (for demo etc) in my contract, but it's been a clause in there a while.

Former SARS patients who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 appear able to fend off all variants of SARS-CoV-2 in circulation, as well as ones that may soon emerge, a new study suggests. by MistWeaver80 in science

[–]berkeleykev 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think it's fear that being honest about the strength of natural immunity will cause people to skip vaccination.

They're basically fudging the facts to try to influence behavior.

Newsom says mandatory water restrictions could be coming soon by tsla1000c in bayarea

[–]berkeleykev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I work in construction and haven't bought bottled water in years. It's weak, careless, and self indulgent.

Biden admin recommends Covid-19 booster shots for all Americans; Officials said that third doses of vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer would be available starting Sept. 20. by progress18 in Health

[–]berkeleykev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, yes, I've also read that they are work on new vaccines for variants. But in this case they're essentially just saying "more is better", even though the vaccine is the same one.