rallison

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by rallison 2y ago
In the US, the pre-exposure course is now often just two doses, although three is possible (and used to be more common). The per-dose price at most pharmacies in the US is $400-500. You'll generally need either a referral or a travel c
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by rallison 2y ago
> Vaccines are for pre exposure. That is correct for most vaccines. However, it's different for rabies. The vaccine is also effective post exposure (as long as it is given soon enough). Human rabies immune globulin (HRIG) is also pa
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by rallison 2y ago
Exactly. CO2 is an imperfect proxy, but it's a pretty decent one. And, even for spaces that have high quality air filtration (e.g. a strong commercial central air system with good HEPA/MERV filters), the CO2 measurement can also t
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by rallison 2y ago
Yep, I also run central air in fan only mode much more often now. Since I'm in coastal California, I don't need to run heating/cooling for much of the year, so previously that meant central air was rarely on. Now, I'll r
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by rallison 2y ago
For NDIR sensors, the Aranet4 Home is an often recommended one. I have a couple, and they are great little units. A number of scientists recommended them during the heart of covid as a proxy for covid risk in indoor spaces (obviously, an im
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by rallison 2y ago
Yep. Even if the building as a whole is generally well ventilated, particular spaces in a building can still build up CO2 pretty quickly. It's actually quite dramatic to see the rise in chart form at times. These sensors are really nic
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by rallison 2y ago
There is a phenomenal article in Scientific American talking about the phenylephrine/pseudoephedrine debacle: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-two-pharmacis... It's sort of a different class of
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by rallison 2y ago
Both what you say and what the article says is right. To the article's point, in urban areas, increased density often happens even when mass transit isn't expanded (which then often leads to ever worsening traffic). So, for urban
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by rallison 2y ago
Yep, I was going to note this too. Assuming the Mini specs are correct and it actually needs 100W (20V/5A) as a minimum profile, most cheaper power banks won't work with it. But yeah, options like the Anker 737 24K should work gre
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by rallison 2y ago
> The way to tolerate the adaptation is hot water - spray water as hot as you can stand (without damage) on the affected area and you will get substantial relief for about 12 hours. Yes. Similar to poison oak (in irritant effect), we&#x2
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by rallison 3y ago
It's definitely got some noise to it. Not super loud, but definitely not quiet.
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by rallison 3y ago
A few photos from my visit: Pitch black night, illuminated by the crater: https://imgur.com/a/3sgz6oB Crater at twilight: https://imgur.com/p7BZfYA Milky Way at night from near my tent, facing away fro
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by rallison 3y ago
I was lucky enough to visit in 2018. It is a truly surreal place. I've been a few places, and Darvaza is still one of the most memorable. Since travel in Turkmenistan is quite restricted, I hired a driver to travel from Ashgabat to Dar
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by rallison 3y ago
Dalessandro's. Granted, it's been a couple of decades since I last visited, but they were (and still seem to be) an institution.
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by rallison 4y ago
> This was publicly admitted to by Toronto Public Health itself, as early as June 2020: > "Individuals who have died with COVID-19, but not as a result of COVID-19 are included in the case counts for COVID-19 deaths in Toronto.&q
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by rallison 4y ago
As mentioned elsewhere, the laptop story was not restricted for being misinformation, it was restricted due to Twitter's policy (at the time) on hacked materials. Some background: https://www.techdirt.com/2020/10&#
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by rallison 4y ago
In locations with the food court outside, they generally scan it when ordering at the food court window or at the kiosks.
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by rallison 4y ago
> You are ignoring the comorbidities aspect GP was talking about. Even if we split this into two groups - those under 18 with comorbidities, and those without, there's still good evidence for both groups to get vaccinated. I don&#x2
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by rallison 4y ago
One of the best-known mask studies is the Bangladesh mask study, which is as close as exists for a masking efficacy RCT. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abi9069 First, note that this wasn't studyi
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by rallison 4y ago
> 3 million people is ~5% of the entire UK population. Even using the high end of COVID IFR estimates (2%, from northern Italy), it would have required everyone in the UK to get COVID twice with no natural immunity to reach that kind of
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by rallison 4y ago
> There is still a lack of common sense. Anyone who looked at the age distribution of covid patients and deaths knows that there are hardly any children getting sick from covid, and everything I heard points to the few ones having almost
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by rallison 4y ago
Agreed. I have a number of criticisms of the CDC, FDA and public institutions with respect to Covid, but this piece is highly biased and is misleading/wrong/cherry-picking with respect to the science. It seems the author has a gen
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by rallison 4y ago
When people reference the CDC not being able to study gun violence, they're referring to the Dickey Amendment of 1996. With the ambiguity in interpretation of "none of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at
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by rallison 4y ago
Auras are great. I gave some to family and friends, and they became the go-to good masks for a decent portion of them. My personal favorite is the 3M V-Flex N95. Super comfortable, great seal, and relatively large interior volume (great bre
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by rallison 5y ago
> In this study, there were more infections in the vaccinated group. That defies logic, though, and intuitively the infection rate of the vaccinated group cannot be higher than that of the unvaccinated. That's why I mentioned confou
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by rallison 5y ago
> Yes, this theory was always ridiculous. Like many other things we hear from the prestige media, it barely merits an eye-roll, let alone a full refutation. Nevertheless, I appreciate Bruenig taking the time. I don't think that&#x27
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by rallison 5y ago
I thought this way too until the Beyond/Impossible burgers. Before them, the garden burgers and similar options mostly got a "why bother?" reaction from me. Give me a dish that is meant to be vegetarian, not something trying
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by rallison 5y ago
It's definitely true that just switching over to plant-based foods and away from animal-based foods won't solve all the issues, it's also worth noting that a lot of cattle, at least in the US, are not raised on a foraging mod
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by rallison 5y ago
It just depends on one's use cases. If you're primarily traveling to large conferences such that airports are especially packed, just Priority Pass is probably a poor match. But that's not everyone's scenario.
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by rallison 5y ago
Priority Pass is great internationally. In the US, the lounge access is usually fairly mediocre, but the airport restaurant access they have at some airports is great - up to $56 credit for food and drink each visit if you're there wit

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