Hong Kong — echoes — Organizational Structure Dictates Outcome

Yon-Genre mind-dump, sans edit The communists kicked me out of Hong Kong in 2020. Then the CCP pandemic blanketed the world and I read tons of books in 2020. I even re-read 1984, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, and others in genre. Those books are amazingly “now.” (I did not re-read Atlas Shrugged. Maybe I should.) Hong Kong: I was in just over 100 of the major protests in Hong Kong. Also witnessed many smaller actions. See the image above: I saw things like this THOUSANDS of times just ...
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Pfizer is testing out a 3rd booster shot to bolster its COVID-19 vaccine against new variants

Pfizer will continue its COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial with the testing of third-dose booster shots. Dado Ruvic/Reuters Pfizer and BioNTech will study whether a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective. The companies will offer booster shots to those who participated in their initial clinical trial. Booster shots may be necessary to keep up with the coronavirus' mutations and new variants. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. Pfizer and BioNTech annou...
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Pfizer is testing a 3rd booster shot to bolster its COVID-19 vaccine against new variants

Pfizer says it will continue its COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial with the testing of third-dose booster shots. Dado Ruvic/Reuters Pfizer and BioNTech say they'll study safety and efficacy of a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine. The companies plan to offer booster shots to those who participated in their initial clinical trial. Booster shots may be necessary to keep up with the coronavirus' mutations and new variants. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. Pfizer and Bio...
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Fauci: Vaccinated people shouldn't dine indoors or go to the theater quite yet

Dr. Anthony Fauci directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Alex Wong/Getty Images Fauci says even if you're fully vaccinated, indoor dining and theater-going should be off-limits. The number of coronavirus cases in the US remains high. As more people get vaccinated and cases drop, it may become safe to do things indoors with crowds again. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the US' leading infectious disease expert, is fully ...
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A single genetic test can identify the presence and cause of mismatch repair deficiency

Researchers have developed a new integrated genetic/epigenetic DNA-sequencing protocol known as MultiMMR that can identify the presence and cause of mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency in a single test from a small sample of DNA in colon, endometrial, and other cancers.
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New, simplified genetic test effectively screens for hereditary cancers

Researchers have developed a new integrated genetic/epigenetic DNA-sequencing protocol known as MultiMMR that can identify the presence and cause of mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency in a single test from a small sample of DNA in colon, endometrial, and other cancers. This alternative to complex, multi-step testing workflows can also determine causes of MMR deficiency often missed by current clinical tests. Their results are presented in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, published by Elsevier...
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I volunteered to test the Moderna coronavirus vaccine. Here's what the side effects were like, and why I want my experience to give people hope.

Elle Hardy. Elle Hardy Journalist Elle Hardy is taking part in a phase-three trial of Moderna's mRNA-1273 vaccine, which was just approved in the UK and has been shown to be 94.5% effective. The UK government has ordered 17 million doses of Moderna's shot, but it's unlikely to roll out before March. The shot was approved for use in the US in December. After a slight reaction to the two doses, Hardy said she was certain she didn't receive a placebo. "The side effects were a little unpleasan...
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A doctor answers 5 questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, including if it's recommended for people who are immunocompromised

Being immunocompromised or previously having adverse reactions are not contraindications to receiving the vaccine (author not pictured). Karen Ducey/Getty Images Dr. Lana Dbeibo, a clinical assistant professor of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine, answers questions and concerns submitted by readers about the COVID-19 vaccine. She explains why the vaccines were developed rapidly, potential long-term side effects, and whether or not the vaccine is recommended for people who a...
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England due to begin mass vaccinating people on Tuesday. 'This coming week will be a historic moment,' said Health Secretary.

A volunteer receives an experimental vaccination for the coronavirus in a clinical trial at the University of Maryland's medical school. University of Maryland England will start administering COVID-19 vaccinations starting Tuesday, December 8. The National Health Service (NHS) said in an official statement the first people to get the vaccine will be people over 80, care home workers, and NHS workers who are at "higher risk." The first batch of vaccinations will be done at hospitals ar...
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England due to begin mass vaccinating people on Tuesday. 'This coming week will be a historic moment,' said the Health Secretary.

A volunteer receives an experimental vaccination for the coronavirus in a clinical trial at the University of Maryland's medical school. University of Maryland England will start administering COVID-19 vaccinations beginning on December 8. The National Health Service (NHS) said in an official statement the first people to get the vaccine will be people over 80, care home workers, and NHS workers who are at "higher risk." The first batch of vaccinations will be done at hospitals around ...
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3 coronavirus vaccines so far seem to prevent COVID-19. Here's how their efficacy compares to vaccines for flu, measles, and more.

A healthcare worker injects a patient with the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine during the phase 3 trial in Turkey in October. Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images AstraZeneca reported last week that its coronavirus vaccine candidate was 70% effective, on average, in preventing COVID-19 in clinical trials. Moderna and Pfizer's vaccine candidates were found to be 94% and 95% effective, respectively.  The chart below shows how the efficacy of those vaccine candidates co...
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MMR vaccine could protect against COVID-19

The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine has been theorized to provide protection against COVID-19. In a new study published in mBio, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, researchers provide further proof of this by showing that mumps IgG titers, or levels of IgG antibody, are inversely correlated with severity in recovered COVID-19 patients previously vaccinated with the MMR II vaccine produced by Merck
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How the coronavirus vaccine development compares to other shots in history

The invention of the bifurcated needle allowed more efficient vaccine delivery. Carol Smiljan/NurPhoto via Getty Images Vaccine research and development has improved massively throughout history. Nearly 200 years passed between the creation of the first successful vaccine and the eventual eradication of smallpox. The influenza virus was isolated in a lab in 1933, and the first flu vaccine wasn't licensed until 1945. Coronavirus vaccine research began just a few months after the first case ...
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Moderna and Pfizer's coronavirus vaccines are more than 94% effective. Here's how that compares to shots for flu, measles, and more.

A healthcare worker injects a patient with the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine during the phase 3 trial in Turkey in October. Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Pfizer reported Wednesday that its coronavirus vaccine candidate was found to be 95% effective in preventing COVID-19 in clinical trials. Moderna's vaccine candidate was found to be 94.5% effective in trials. The chart below shows how the efficacy of those vaccine candidates compares to the effectiveness of...
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Moderna and Pfizer's coronavirus vaccines are more than 90% effective. Here's how that compares to shots for the flu, measles, and more.

A healthcare worker injects a patient with the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine during the phase 3 trial in Turkey in October. Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Moderna announced Monday that its coronavirus vaccine candidate was found to be 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 in clinical trials. Pfizer announced last week that its coronavirus vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective. The chart below shows how those vaccine candidates' efficacy c...
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I volunteered to test the Moderna coronavirus vaccine. Here's what the experience was like — and why it's given me hope for the world.

Elle Hardy. Elle Hardy Journalist Elle Hardy is taking part in a phase-three trial of Moderna's mRNA-1273 vaccine, which just announced it's 94.5% effective against coronavirus. The federal government announced in August that it would spend $1.53 billion to buy 100 million doses of the vaccine, with an option to purchase up to 400 million additional doses. After a slight reaction to the two doses, Hardy said she was certain she didn't receive a placebo.  A recent antibody test confirmed sh...
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Measles cases hit 20-year high as Covid disrupts vaccinations, report finds

Number of people dying from the disease also increased by 50% since 2016, according to data from the WHO and CDCThe number of measles cases worldwide surged to nearly 900,000 in 2019, the highest figure in more than two decades, underlining a significant U-turn in global progress to combat the disease.Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the number of people dying from measles also increased by 50% since 2016, with an es...
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Pfizer says its coronavirus vaccine is 90% effective. Here's how that compares to shots for the flu, measles, and more.

A healthcare worker injects a patient with the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine during the phase 3 trial in Turkey in October. Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine candidate is more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19, the company announced Monday.  The chart below shows how the vaccine's efficacy compares to the effectiveness of vaccines for chickenpox, flu, measles, and polio. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Pfi...
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Disinfo As A Public Health Crisis: The Parallels Between COVID-19 Misinformation And The 2019 Measles Outbreak

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It is excerpted from “The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health — And How We Must Adapt.”  In March 2020, a deliberate misinformation campaign spread fear among the American public by propagating the false story that a nationwide quarantine to contain the coronavirus pandemic was imminent. The National Security Council had to publicly disavow the story. And that wasn’t the onl...
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I volunteered to test one of the first experimental coronavirus vaccines. Here's what the experience was like and why it's given me hope for the world.

Elle Hardy. Elle Hardy Journalist Elle Hardy is taking part in a phase-three trial of Moderna's mRNA-1273 coronavirus vaccine. The federal government announced in August that it would spend $1.53 billion to buy 100 million doses of the vaccine, with an option to purchase up to 400 million additional doses. After a slight reaction to the two doses, Hardy said she was certain she didn’t receive a placebo.  A recent antibody test confirmed she’s positive, and she thinks this is due to the vac...
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How the media helped fuel the anti-vaxx movement

Investigative journalist Brian Deer has published a new book on anti-vaxx ringleader, Andrew Wakefield. Discredited in the science community, Wakefield turned to the media to share his anti-vaxx propaganda. The disbarred doctor fabricated results and filed for his own vaccine patents, Deer reports. Michael Gershon is a professor of pathology and cell biology at Columbia University. Dubbed "the father of neurogastroenterology," his classic book, "The Second Brain," introduced the world to the e...
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Strike Industries AR Modular Magazine Release (MMR)

There are dozens of AR magazine releases of all shapes and materials available on the market. However, if Strike Industries release their version of any, even the simplest firearm part, it is almost guaranteed that there is something innovative and extra cool about their offering. The new AR Modular Magazine Release is no exception. Its […] Read More … The post Strike Industries AR Modular Magazine Release (MMR) appeared first on The Firearm Blog.
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MMR Adrenaline SL Gold edition remembers Olympics past, teasing integrated refresh

While this year’s Summer Olympics get pushed back a year, Spanish bike maker MMR’s special Adrenaline SL Gold edition road bike remembers back to Beijing when Spaniard Samuel Sánchez took Olympic Gold in 2008 (on an Orbea, though.) MMR’s top, lightweight carbon road bike hasn’t changed much since it was introduced last year, but under […] The post MMR Adrenaline SL Gold edition remembers Olympics past, teasing integrated refresh appeared first on Bikerumor.
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MMR vaccine could offer protection against COVID-19

Administering the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine could serve as a preventive measure to dampen septic inflammation associated with COVID-19 infection, say a team of experts in this week's mBio, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.
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Could an everyday childhood vaccine help against coronavirus?

A booster shot of the MMR vaccine might help protect people against the worst effects of coronavirus infections, two experts say.
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MMR vaccine could protect against the worst symptoms of COVID-19

Administering the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine could serve as a preventive measure to dampen septic inflammation associated with COVID-19 infection, say a team of experts in this week's mBio, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.
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smarter networks through better narratives

Leadership in a networked world is making our networks and communities smarter so they are able to make better-informed decisions. In early 2020 New Brunswick’s Education Minister, Dominic Cardy, worked very hard to make his network smarter. “When Canada’s chief public health official, Dr. Theresa Tam, was talking about there being no need to “panic,” and raising alarms instead about the internet-wacko fringe targeting Canadians of Chinese descent with racist comments on social media in late Jan...
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Hundreds of schools vulnerable to outbreaks because of vaccine reluctance, data suggests

A measles outbreak that began at Disneyland in 2014 led California lawmakers to tighten up vaccine requirements, eliminating personal and religious exemptions for school attendance.. Doses of the MMR (measles, mumps rubella) vaccine and the Tdap for whooping cough at the Health Care Agency, Orange County in Santa Ana. (File photo by Michael Goulding, Orange County Register/SCNG) That law took effect in 2016, but the state’s most recent vaccination data — from the 2018-19 school year — show t...
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Andrew Wakefield uses coronavirus pandemic to push discredited anti-vaccine claims

Andrew Wakefield, the disgraced British former doctor, is using the coronavirus pandemic to promote his claims that vaccines are unsafe as he calls for widespread protests against their use in America. Since being struck off the British medical register over a discredited study suggesting a possible link between the MMR vaccine and autism, Mr Wakefield has become a prominent figure within America’s anti-vaccine movement. Now, with the outbreak of Covid-19 in the US, Mr Wakefield has been appeari...
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Disruption and free access to MITSloan Management Review

A former colleague of mine recently mentioned that her current employer, MITSloan Management Review (MMR), was offering a free 60-day pass to their entire site. I've read a number of articles since then and wanted to pass that link along to you as well. More importantly, I also discovered that the MMR has assembled a collection of very timely articles about disruption that they're also offering as a free downloadable PDF (courtesy of Deloitte). If you click here you'll be asked to give your name...
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