SocraticGadfly: Coronavirus, week 81A: Science bits, antivaxxer regrets

October 26, 2021

Coronavirus, week 81A: Science bits, antivaxxer regrets

"Waning" antibodies isn't bad, and isn't limited to COVID vaccinations, and is even good in many ways. The Atlantic explains, that this is all part of antibody evolution. The story also notes that getting a booster shot can interrupt this process, especially if done too soon or too often.

If you didn't know HCQ grifter Didier Raoult was a despicable piece of shit before, you do now

Shock me that ivermectin touting is also ivermectin grifting.

A Virginia couple died days apart, leaving behind five kids. Neither were vaccinated, and apparently hung with antivaxxer tribalists. Online antivaxxer tribalists, seeing their deaths, as seems to be the norm, raised the bar of mental defense and called this ... "fake news," of course. The hubby, the second to die, expressed regret to his mom on his deathbed for not getting the shot. Too late, of course.

Ron DeSatan has gone in the open on full-blown antivaxxerism, calling a special session to try to pass an anti-mandate law. We saw how well that went here in Tex-ass. (We've also seen hints from the Supreme Court that it would find such a law, if it attempted to block Biden's federal mandate, unconstitutional.) Problem is bigger in Florida. Unlike Tex-ass, Flori-duh hasn't yet done redistricting or other things in the Lege calendar. And, it has another special session set.

Strangeabbott is indeed worried about Don Huffines if he gave an interview about his opposition to Biden's vax mandate to Breitbart. The Chronic discusses angst over this and him filming this at Darrell K. Royal Stadium at UT.

Slate has more about fired WSU football coach Nick Rolovich. Much more.

Ed Yong discusses what COVID revealed about public health, and not just the politicization issues, and what it needs to do in the future.

Karen Brooks Harper takes a closer look at public statements about vaccination rates.

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