killed to make someone pretty

next pandemic. Nope unless the scientists investigate it to make it more lethal

China claims a drug used for covid might help patients.

several articles admit some cases are asymptomaticB

Wikipedia article here.

Human contraction of the virus may lead to asymptomatic infection, acute respiratory infection or fatal encephalitis. Clinical signs typically manifest within 3–14 days which include fever and headache, often accompanied by a cough, throat soreness, difficulty breathing, and other common signs of respiratory illness.[1] Patients may also initially present with symptoms of myalgia and vomiting.[2] This can be followed by dizziness, drowsiness, altered consciousness, and neurological signs that indicate acute encephalitis. Some people can also experience atypical pneumonia and severe respiratory problems, including acute respiratory distress. Encephalitis and seizures occur in severe cases, progressing to coma within 24 to 48 hours. 

several articles insist there is a high rate of death and complications including long term brain problems. But what percentage of people have mild infections that don't go to hospital? 

 The mortality rate ranged from 7.7% (1/13 NiV patients) in Singapore (Chew et al. 2000) to 92% (11/12 patients) in Bangladesh

could this be because of better nourishment in Singapore, or because they tested more people and found those with mild infections? 

In poor countries, a lot of sick people don't see doctors unless they are reallu really sick so mild cases won't get diagnosed.

ironically what was found is that those in contact with patients might develop the virus but most don't. And there are drugs to use that stop it, especially if you start it early (and will keep you from getting it if you are in contact with a case).

so no, unless someone stupidly does Gain of function research and increases it's ability to transmit to others easier, the disease won't be the next pandemic problem.

Alas, because of the question of which variation of the virus is most dangerous, there  is a suspicion that gain of function research will be done anyway, claiming they need to investigate which mutaions will become more lethal. Which is what Dr. C is worried about.

ptsd...also after disasterd

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htworld/articles/2026012842629.aspx#gsc.tab=0

The discussion includes discussion of ptss in Chinese soldiers helping rescue people after a 2008 earthquake that killed 100 thousand peóple ..

Gee did that disaster get noticed in the western media?

ASL is good, but not the only option for the deaf

 I took ASL when I was working at an institution for the mentally disabled, and there are some schools which specialize with these students, including the school in Rochester where my brother got his degree.in engineering.

ASL is not just used for the deaf but children with speech impediments (for example, those with Down's syndrome) can learn it more easily to communicate.

And although I have forgotten most of my signing, I still use it when a kid is noisy or afraid of me: I sign to them and they are intrigued.

But there are other ways to communicate, and so DataRepublican's mom has an X post about how they raised their daughter. I should note that she lost her hearing from meningitis at age 2, so already had the template of her brain wired with speech, so this might have been easier for her to learn than a kid who never was able to hear.

The writer Walker Percy had a daughter born deaf and they used a similar method to teach her to communicate.

The pros and cons will get you into loud arguments: The ASL community is like other minorities and support each other, and resent those who don't want to join the. But now with cochlear implants, the controvery is getting sharper.

Your child is in your deaf culture, but if you get cochlear implants, they no longer are in that culture. This article from an Australian news site discusses.

The mother of DataRepublican (small R) chose to integrate her child into the wide world because her family was a hearing family, and as I noted, she already had the developmental part of her brain wired for speech. Nevertheless, it was a struggle.

https://t.co/yqJuy5SqDV

— MOMof DataRepublican (@data_republican) January 26, 2026

this is the address in case blogger eats it again:..https://t.co/yqJuy5SqDV..

and if you don't know who DataRepublican(small r) is: Shame on you. I know her from X but her website is here.

radiation on the rez

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money for organs

some depressed people encouraged by the Canadian medical system to kill themself are being used as organ donors.

Amd some of those organs ae being sent to the USA.

‼️ BREAKING: US Department of Health and Human Services calls out MAiD

For “using their physician-assisted suicide program to bolster organ donation numbers."

Human organ harvesting.

“We thought we'd seen all the possible horrors, you know, in America, and then Canada had… pic.twitter.com/XwZSrUwssA

— Mario Zelaya (@mario4thenorth) January 12, 2026

....

so not only can people with chronic illnesses or the disabled be killed, saving millions of dollars of taxpsyer money, but they can profit off the organs too.

Rand Paul discusses covid

 

posted for later listening on my tablet.

Rand Paul is a dangerous guy: He is a doctor and honest and won't obey the propaganda of either side.