[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Meeting Reminder: 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine: mRNA. 10AM ET Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Lexington Computer and Technology Group
Joel Shwimer
shwimer at tiac.net
Wed Mar 20 09:10:58 PDT 2024
I got my (latest) COVID-19 vaccination shot yesterday.
Joel
On 3/20/2024 12:06 PM, Slater Nancy via LCTG wrote:
> I thought that, overall, this was a wonderful presentation today. It
> covered a lot of material. I just thought I’d say that I’m a strong
> proponent of immunizations. In medical school, they bathed us in these
> ideas. With the Covid vaccine in particular, every time you are
> exposed to another vaccination, the B cell memory cells get a boost,
> which can last up to a year. Preventing severe infection and death as
> well as limiting post-infection problems. A new study came out today
> that reinforced this:
>
> Study finds COVID-19 vaccines cut risk of post-infection heart
> failure, blood clots
>
> The Hill
> <https://mailview.bulletinhealthcare.com/mailview.aspx?m=2024032001ama&r=4756748-4459&l=00c-17b&t=c> (3/19,
> Irwin) reports, “The COVID-19 vaccine can cut the risk of heart
> failure and blood clots after a COVID-19 infection, a new
> study...found.” The study included 10.17 million vaccinated and
> 10.39 million unvaccinated people.Published in the journal Heart, the
> research
> <https://mailview.bulletinhealthcare.com/mailview.aspx?m=2024032001ama&r=4756748-4459&l=00d-6e6&t=c> “found
> that...getting a vaccine slashes the risk of heart failure up to 55%
> and blood clots up to 78% after getting sick.” Additionally, “the
> study found the positive health effects were most significant in the
> 30 days following a vaccination but can last up to a year.”
> Researchers “examined people who were vaccinated with Moderna, Pfizer,
> AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson.”
>
>
> So Alan and I go out and get shot up every time a new round is available.
>
>
> Nancy
>
>
>
>> On Mar 19, 2024, at 1:36 PM, Jonathan Goode via LCTG
>> <lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote:
>>
>> (NOTE: Contents-Unchanged Repeated Reminder)
>>
>> Attendees will be present in Community Center Room 237 and online via
>> Zoom at 10 AM ET.
>>
>> Our Zoom Meeting ID is 972 6146 0830. Detailed instructions for
>> joining us on Zoom are at the end of this message.
>>
>> *March 20, 2024*
>>
>> *2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine: mRNA*
>>
>> */Below are our plans for Upcoming Meetings. For more schedule
>> information, please refer to
>> https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=lctg_speaker_schedule /*
>> *March 27, 2024*
>>
>> How the *MIT museum* has restructured itself to a Technology gateway
>> to MIT**
>> **
>>
>>
>>
>> *April 3, 2024*
>>
>> *GASP Planning session***
>>
>>
>> /SPECIAL NOTE -////Links to many of our previous sessions are
>> available online at http://lctg.toku.us/, thanks to the
>> diligence of Steve Isenberg. This includes our sessions///
>>
>> * /LIDAR Mapping //https://youtu.be/UnrI2kbd1HY/
>> * /Hockney-Falco Thesis on the history of art
>> //https://youtu.be/0MHE3sGw7ao///
>> * /ChatGPT Part 1 of 3 Introducing ChatGPT
>> //https://youtu.be/hA0EA5WZyZs/
>> * /ChatGPT Part 2 of 3 How Smart Is ChatGPT?
>> //https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfkbwGiaIEE///
>> * /ChatGPT Part 3 of 3 How Large Language Models Work
>> //https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luJB6e4f1lw///
>> * /Housing Affordability and Subsidized Housing
>> //https://youtu.be/8tZPcU2QjLw///
>> * /A Bit About Modulus Arithmetic //https://youtu.be/SPjRfMNDksc/
>> * /Ukraine situation update October 2023
>> //https://youtu.be/CZ5FZk8jmmE/
>> * /Renewable Energy Storage: Battery Technology
>> //https://youtu.be/sVmVyPLwsTk/
>> * /Science Fiction Predictions //https://youtu.be/2ow2puzrUxE///
>> * /Millie Dresselhaus and Carbon Science
>> https://youtu.be/Qb3QiaV4eRQ///
>> * /Archimedes and his principle
>> //https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fYcf7u1xYA/
>> * /Prominent Physicist Joseph Henry
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw8UP59Wemg //__/
>> * /Geothermal //https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv9Zq0jUlYI/
>> * /Nuclear Fusion //https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuFzeq8rEP8/
>> * /RSV and COVID Update //https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynTBLnYw2uc/
>>
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