BlogHide Resteemschirieleison (53)in science • 12 days agoCOVID vaxx but not COVID Associated with Higher Risk of Autoimmune Disease for ChildrenA retrospective and population-based cohort study conducted using electronic medical record data from insured pediatric patients in a healthcare system in Israel (n = 493,705) investigated the…chirieleison (53)in economics • 13 days agoHow much interest is accrued on the US national debt?For context, this is a question I answered on Quora The U.S. spent over a trillion servicing the national debt last year more than every category of discretionary spending including the defense…chirieleison (53)in trump • 13 days agoInstead of Trump's "most favored nation" policy on drug prices, what could be a more effective way to lower drug costs?For context, this is a question I answered on Quora Actual competition among drugmakers, instead of price setting cartels, including from both domestic generic drug producers and foreign ones as…chirieleison (53)in liberty • 13 days agoIs the "war on drugs" an effective policy to manage a problem or does it do more harm than good?For context, this is a question I answered on Quora Without the war on drugs we would not have been deprived of the benefits psychedelics have to offer to alleviate ever more prevalent…chirieleison (53)in economic • 13 days agoOccupational Licensing Makes No Difference in Health Inspection OutcomesAbolish Occupational Licensing (Part 4) EMTs hold lives in their hands, yet 73 other occupations have greater average licensure burdens: barbers and cosmetologists, home entertainment installers…chirieleison (53)in science • 13 days agoMost Psychiatry Experts are Paid Shills for Big PharmaWhen The Media Says "Experts" They Mean Paid Corporate Shills (Part 41) An assessment of financial conflicts of interest, published in the British Medical Journal, found that 60% of U.S. physicians…chirieleison (53)in liberty • 13 days agoWhat are the moral and ethical implications of the arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk?For context, this is a question I answered on Quora The ethical and legal implication of Trump’s executive order, authorizing revocation of legal status of permanent residents and student visa…chirieleison (53)in science • 13 days agomodRNA damage in lipid particle manufacturingKim Yong-tae, founder and CEO of a Korean nanoparticle production company, attests that mRNA is damaged during its encapsulation in lipid nanoparticles by the shear stress used in the mixing…chirieleison (53)in science • 13 days agoEvidence for Toxic Lots (Part 5)TBH I haven’t given this theory much credence in a while because of emerging evidence that bio-distribution and accumulation of LNPs and synthesized spike proteins varies greatly between individual…chirieleison (53)in science • 21 days agoDo COVID-19 vaccines prevent long COVID-19 symptoms?For context, this is a question I answered on Quora There is no prevention of Long COVID symptoms and the observational studies that find a reduced relative risk of post COVID-19 sequela, which…chirieleison (53)in trump • 22 days agoTrump Admin Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into School District at the Heart of Free Press StoryThis comes via The Free Press which I occasionally read through my email subscription. A school district in one of Chicago’s suburbs requires students to participate in “privilege walks” that…chirieleison (53)in science • 22 days agoSSRIs linked to 45% increase in violent crime among adolescents and young adultsA within individual designed epidemiological study that linked individual SSRI prescriptions in the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register with individual violent crime convictions in the Swedish national…chirieleison (53)in liberty • last monthWhat do you think about the Betar USA activist group claiming credit for releasing the name of Mahmoud Khalil to the Trump administration?For context, this is a questioned I answered on Quora Betar are the modernized version of Stasi informants with facial recognition and social media at their fingers to snitch on all potential…chirieleison (53)in history • last monthDo you agree with the idea that “no one is illegal on stolen land” when referring to illegal immigration to the US? Why or why not?For context I answered this question on Quora This is an idea only entertained by economically illiterate morons who think countries are reducible to land. Unfortunately for them reality is not…chirieleison (53)in liberty • last monthFinCen’s Geographic Targeting Order is Anti-small business Red Tape and a General WarrantA recent geographic targeting order put out by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the treasury department requires all money service businesses within 30 zipcodes of Texas and California to…chirieleison (53)in science • last monthUrinary Glyphosate Linked to Higher All Cause MortalityA prospective cohort study consisting of a secondary analysis of data from three different National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey cycles (2013-2018) linked to national death index data…chirieleison (53)in liberty • 2 months agoShould the US and El Salvador send detained migrants and imprisoned citizens to the mega-prison in El Salvador?For context, this is a question I answered on Quora You cannot incarcerate U.S. citizens in a foreign country no matter how heinous their crime is because at the end of the day they still have 5th…chirieleison (53)in science • 2 months agoCovid Vaxx Associated With Increased Risk of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms after HospitalizationA prospective cohort study conducted among adults hospitalized with COVID-19 who filled out the International Prostatic Symptom Score (survey) and who were re-evaluated one and three months…chirieleison (53)in bigpharma • 2 months agoWhat would be the "Henry George" solution to healthcare government policy?For context, this is a question I originally answered on Quora Healthcare was not an issue people thought government should address when Henry George was alive. Most 19th century hospital care was…chirieleison (53)in libertarian • 2 months agoThe DOJ is Complicit in Domestic Black Site Detainment of AmericansAmerica's Secret Police (Part 21) When the police start using war on terror tactics supposedly only used against foreign nationals abroad such as off the books blacksites where cooperation and…