"It is deeply troubling that both Pfizer and Moderna, less than 6 months after beginning their clinical trials, unblinded their saline placebo group. These actions have ruined any hope of gleaning meaningful data re: long term safety and efficacy of this never-before-used mRNA technology.
As such, please join me in restoring what is now lacking in this breach of scientific methodology: abstain from the vaccines and become a part of the control group."
Comparing mortality stats for the 15 to 65 age range between Sweden and Canada is pretty damning. Sweden's figures look like a pandemic, followed by normalcy.
In Canada, younger people have been dying at abnormally high rates the entire time we've had lockdown.
Israel mortality stats are quite interesting... Notice that peak in younger male deaths? That corresponds to the vaccination program ramping up for that age group. True for older ages too, though for them, could just be covid.
Israel is small enough it's hard to interpret stats like that. But definitely concerning.
Pfizer is supposed to have very detailed data on everyone vaccinated and the outcomes... AFAIK that hasn't been released.
CBC.ca: Ottawa police stop 24/7 monitoring of checkpoints.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-police-stop-24-7-monitoring-checkpoint-gatineau-1.5995749
That was quick. Sounds like they're still stopping people. But it'll just be a random best effort thing.
There are now two different Taproot activation paths embedded in Bitcoin software clients. Here’s what this could mean for the Bitcoin protocol.
Written by @AaronvanW:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/there-are-now-two-taproot-activation-clients-heres-why
Apple to let Parler back on App Store ahead of anti-trust hearing https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/4/19/apple-to-let-parler-back-on-app-store-ahead-of-anti-trust-hearing #News
Finally listened to https://stephanlivera.com/episode/268/ where @pete offers what I think is an excellent analysis and summary of the whole #Signal shitcoin situation from a technical perspective.
The only thing missing is mentioning #XMPP when @stephanlivera asks about federated messaging protocols. But we still have work to do, to make that a viable alternative for a mainstream audience IMO.
At 5:25 sounds like they invented spin coating: "Finally someone tried pouring the paint out of a cup. The disk coated itself."
the minimum bar for live sets is now set: you have to be more entertaining than the acid randomizer:
"Fearing" coronavirus surge, families of Toronto FC players relocate to team's base in Florida, a state that hasn't had lockdown since September.
FTFY
https://sebastianrushworth.com/2021/04/17/is-the-astra-zeneca-vaccine-killing-people/
Great writeup on why it these blood clots were 1) so alarming, 2) definitely caused by Astra Zeneca.
"So four people out of 132,000 who received the Astra-Zeneca vaccine developed the normally exceedingly rare combination of thrombocytopenia with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. All had received the Astra-Zeneca vaccine seven to ten days earlier."
"It’s so uncommon that only a handful of cases have been reported in the entire medical literature. Up to now, that is."