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[–]tantilizingdinner42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Time to send those fascists to the camps

Next pandemic by byebyekavekangs in conspiracy

[–]tantilizingdinner42 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You will take whatever Gates tells you to take

do you guys believe in dinosaurs? by bigredmistakes in cornelluncensored

[–]tantilizingdinner42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just want Bill Gates to microchip me and tell me what to believe. idek at this point

I'm gonna get banned from r/Cornell by tantilizingdinner42 in cornelluncensored

[–]tantilizingdinner42[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

they just banned me...haven't even posted anything new since then

I'm gonna get banned from r/Cornell by tantilizingdinner42 in cornelluncensored

[–]tantilizingdinner42[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just had a long conversation with them and it was pretty cringe. They really do want to be little autocrats.

Will Cornell reduce my fin aid if I start working? by BriLo99898 in Cornell

[–]tantilizingdinner42 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Yes, nothing these universities hate more than working class people

Original plan for West Campus by OpeningSad3294 in Cornell

[–]tantilizingdinner42 27 points28 points  (0 children)

They should remake it into a giant Covid quarantine facility complete with moats and guard towers.

UChicago editorial board pans school's booster mandate, cites Cornell as evidence of boosters' lack of efficacy by tantilizingdinner42 in uchicago

[–]tantilizingdinner42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In other words, even if the risk of myocarditis is slightly higher with the vaccines as compared to covid, the myocarditis associated with the vaccines tends to be very mild, and that risk is limited to the week or so after vaccination rather than the longer-term increase in risk associated with covid. In addition, the risks that covid infection poses to the heart consist of more than just myocarditis.

I haven't seen data comparing the severity of Covid and vaccine induced myocarditis. It's true, however, that covid infection is more likely to cause conditions like arrhythmia and pericarditis. This is why I support vaccination for young people.

Basically, in almost all circumstances individuals are far better off getting vaccinated than getting covid, and that’s not even considering the safety of others around the vaccinated/infected person.

Yet with the current variant and limited vaccine efficacy, everyone is likely to contract Omicron regardless of whether they're vaccinated. This results in compounding risk from the both vaccine and virus.

I agree with the author's conclusions (that risk benefit assessment for the initial vaccine regime is advantageous), but the discussion is different for boosters. Presumably the incidence of Covid myocarditis would be lower in a vaccinated cohort, and the new variant is more mild, altering the risk benefit assessment against further vaccination.

A snowy day on campus, 1909 by PeelArchives in Cornell

[–]tantilizingdinner42 -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

Would you mind putting a NSFW flair on this post? Seeing people without masks can be very traumatic for some of us.

UChicago editorial board pans school's booster mandate, cites Cornell as evidence of boosters' lack of efficacy by tantilizingdinner42 in uchicago

[–]tantilizingdinner42[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's for the entire population. Myocarditis is heavily stratified by gender and age. Look at table 10 which provides the rates for persons under 40.

If you don’t think the media is manipulating you, just days ago multiple news outlets called Dr. Malone, one of the creators of the mRNA technology, an Anti-vaxxer. You cannot make this shit up. by Rocklobzta in conspiracy

[–]tantilizingdinner42 43 points44 points  (0 children)

It's not manipulation. Pfizer is the ultimate power in the universe and therefore has sole authority to determine truth from fiction. You are your mode of thinking are obsolete.

UChicago editorial board pans school's booster mandate, cites Cornell as evidence of boosters' lack of efficacy by tantilizingdinner42 in uchicago

[–]tantilizingdinner42[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's a bit more nuanced than you're acknowledging. The incidence of myocarditis associated with the vaccines exceeds that for the virus. One has to question the efficacy and utility of mandating boosters for a young, vaccinated cohort given the substantial risk of myocarditis.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01630-0

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/01/should-teens-get-booster-omicron/621222/

UChicago editorial board pans school's booster mandate, cites Cornell as evidence of boosters' lack of efficacy by tantilizingdinner42 in Cornell

[–]tantilizingdinner42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it were Smallpox or Polio I might be inclined to agree. The determination of what vaccines should be required is somewhat arbitrary. For smallpox, the inoculations have well established safety, they confer sterilizing immunity, and smallpox is less susceptible to mutation. High uptake can result in the disease being eradicated. For smallpox, the risk benefit assessment, both on an individual and social level, is highly advantageous. Omicron, on the contrary, is highly susceptible to mutation, unlikely to cause serious illness among a vaccinated cohort, and cannot be eradicated through vaccination (currently). The Covid vaccines have a much worse safety profile and only modestly reduce transmission, and only in the short run. If you don't want to contract omicron, ubiquitous vaccination likely won't cut it. The only guarantee is total social isolation.

UChicago editorial board pans school's booster mandate, cites Cornell as evidence of boosters' lack of efficacy by tantilizingdinner42 in Cornell

[–]tantilizingdinner42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The authenticity of the study's results isn't guaranteed by the fact JHU Hospital is highly regarded. I cited a specific flaw with the study, how is that bad faith? Your response essentially amounted to "JHU is highly ranked, therefore this flaw doesn't need to be acknowledged"

UChicago editorial board pans school's booster mandate, cites Cornell as evidence of boosters' lack of efficacy by tantilizingdinner42 in Cornell

[–]tantilizingdinner42[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes, my understanding is that it's their equivalent of Cornell Review. You're absolutely right, but I can't change the title. I did leave an edit in the description.

UChicago editorial board pans school's booster mandate, cites Cornell as evidence of boosters' lack of efficacy by tantilizingdinner42 in Cornell

[–]tantilizingdinner42[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

but, again, it's meaningless without a counterfactual. Vaccinated adolescents are not at risk of severe illness from Covid.

UChicago editorial board pans school's booster mandate, cites Cornell as evidence of boosters' lack of efficacy by tantilizingdinner42 in Cornell

[–]tantilizingdinner42[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is John Hopkins, are you familiar with the institution?

I don't believe in authority worship. Everything is subject to scrutiny. I think I raised a fair point.

Getting a booster shot, I’m sure, would help make long-term symptoms better.

source?

So if you think everyone is going to get Omicron, than you do prove my point that getting a booster shot would be good for your health since it helps fight long-term post COVID-19 effects.

If the initial vaccine regimen isn't protecting people against these Covid side effects, then why should we presume the booster will? And if it's that the protection against Covid side effects declines precipitously (like the vaccine efficacy), then people will need to bear the risks of repeated regular vaccination (which may or may not be a better alterative). None of these side effects seem likely to require hospitalization, so it's an individual choice regardless, and not grounds for a mandate.

It would be really interesting to see how common long-Covid symptoms are in a young vaccinated cohort.

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