Petro, really glad to "see" you again! We communicated a few times on that site that is now defunct called "World" something or other, back in 2014-15. I was using my other screen name, the alpha-numeric designator of a military unit I once belonged to. You and posters like Oknemfrod were tremendously informative and patient with me as I got up to speed on Ukraine and its history. All the best to you sir!
Yes I learned a lot from Oknemfrod. I had corresponded with him starting in 2015 but ultimately lost contact. I will share is a letter I wrote on the basis of what I learned on the now defunct called "World". Under a separate email.
Absolutely. The mechanisms are well known. Clean water, sewage, garbage collection. Epidemiology - understanding the transmission of disease - led to improvements in quarantines. Better medicines and prophylactics, such as hydroxychloroquine, reduced malaria. Ivermectin reduced scabies - which I picked up from the Indians in Mato Grosso do Sur.
Several recent books address the limited effect of vaccinations, even the supposedly most notable: smallpox, polio and measles. Consensus among the authors is that improved public health and medicines, above, had the greatest impact. Also the decrease of virulence over time as a pathogen mutates - Muller's ratchet.
It is not vaccines alone, or even primarily vaccines, that deserve the credit.
It appears that "herd immunity" through vaccines is a chimera. Only theoretically possible when the bug does not mutate rapidly and there is no epidemic going on.
Graham,
I grew up in a drug infested and gang controlled neighborhood of ABC
city in Manhattan.
Marihuana was the entry drug to at that time Heroin. I knew no heroin
user to live past 30 years of age.
Having lived this nightmare I have never imbibed any drug except
foolishly got abdicated to Nicotine at the age of 12 which I was able
to stop in my 40's and being of Ukrainian heritage prided myself in
being a Kozak and able to drink my friends under the table. The
foolishness of youth and culture.
To this day I do not understand the stupidity of recreational use of Drugs.
At 12 years of age I knew the dangers.
As to vaccinations, what I see are miracles of modern medicine.
I would not be writing you this email if a Shaman was ministering my health.
Respectfully yours.
Thank you. With regard to vaccines, I respect your medical decisions. All I ask is that my decisions regarding my own body be likewise respected.
Petro, really glad to "see" you again! We communicated a few times on that site that is now defunct called "World" something or other, back in 2014-15. I was using my other screen name, the alpha-numeric designator of a military unit I once belonged to. You and posters like Oknemfrod were tremendously informative and patient with me as I got up to speed on Ukraine and its history. All the best to you sir!
Yes I learned a lot from Oknemfrod. I had corresponded with him starting in 2015 but ultimately lost contact. I will share is a letter I wrote on the basis of what I learned on the now defunct called "World". Under a separate email.
The problem is that contagious bacterial and viral diseases affect your neighbor.
That is why public health exists, it changed the population dynamics
Absolutely. The mechanisms are well known. Clean water, sewage, garbage collection. Epidemiology - understanding the transmission of disease - led to improvements in quarantines. Better medicines and prophylactics, such as hydroxychloroquine, reduced malaria. Ivermectin reduced scabies - which I picked up from the Indians in Mato Grosso do Sur.
Several recent books address the limited effect of vaccinations, even the supposedly most notable: smallpox, polio and measles. Consensus among the authors is that improved public health and medicines, above, had the greatest impact. Also the decrease of virulence over time as a pathogen mutates - Muller's ratchet.
It is not vaccines alone, or even primarily vaccines, that deserve the credit.
It appears that "herd immunity" through vaccines is a chimera. Only theoretically possible when the bug does not mutate rapidly and there is no epidemic going on.
A tuna-filled piñata in a tiger cage.
Public health, explained by Deborah Birx to Rep. Jim Jordan. Wryly presented by bad cattitude. This is why we don't trust the bastards.
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/birx-had-a-tough-day-in-congress