[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Meeting Reminder: 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine: mRNA. 10AM ET Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Lexington Computer and Technology Group

Wed Mar 20 10:46:56 PDT 2024

I wasn't able to listen this morning (getting ready to depart San
Francisco) but I am a big vaccine believer. I got my COVID booster last
week; I am immunocompromised so it is important to me.

Stan

On Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 9:12 AM Joel Shwimer via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
wrote:

> 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>
> <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
> <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/ <http://lctg.toku.us/>, thanks to the
> diligence of Steve Isenberg. This includes our sessions*
>
>    - *LIDAR Mapping  **https://youtu.be/UnrI2kbd1HY
>    <https://youtu.be/UnrI2kbd1HY>*
>    - *Hockney-Falco Thesis on the history of art **https://youtu.be/0MHE3sGw7ao
>    <https://youtu.be/0MHE3sGw7ao>*
>    - *ChatGPT Part 1 of 3 Introducing ChatGPT **https://youtu.be/hA0EA5WZyZs
>    <https://youtu.be/hA0EA5WZyZs>*
>    - *ChatGPT Part 2 of 3 How Smart Is ChatGPT? **https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfkbwGiaIEE
>    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfkbwGiaIEE>*
>    - *ChatGPT Part 3 of 3 How Large Language Models Work **https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luJB6e4f1lw
>    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luJB6e4f1lw>*
>    - *Housing Affordability and Subsidized Housing  **https://youtu.be/8tZPcU2QjLw
>    <https://youtu.be/8tZPcU2QjLw>*
>    - *A Bit About Modulus Arithmetic **https://youtu.be/SPjRfMNDksc
>    <https://youtu.be/SPjRfMNDksc>*
>    - *Ukraine situation update October 2023 **https://youtu.be/CZ5FZk8jmmE
>    <https://youtu.be/CZ5FZk8jmmE>*
>    - *Renewable Energy Storage: Battery Technology **https://youtu.be/sVmVyPLwsTk
>    <https://youtu.be/sVmVyPLwsTk>*
>    - *Science Fiction Predictions **https://youtu.be/2ow2puzrUxE
>    <https://youtu.be/2ow2puzrUxE>*
>    - *Millie Dresselhaus and Carbon Science https://youtu.be/Qb3QiaV4eRQ
>    <https://youtu.be/Qb3QiaV4eRQ>*
>    - *Archimedes and his principle **https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fYcf7u1xYA
>    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fYcf7u1xYA>*
>    - *Prominent Physicist Joseph Henry
>    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw8UP59Wemg
>    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw8UP59Wemg> *
>    - *Geothermal **https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv9Zq0jUlYI
>    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv9Zq0jUlYI>*
>    - *Nuclear Fusion **https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuFzeq8rEP8
>    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuFzeq8rEP8>*
>    - *RSV and COVID Update **https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynTBLnYw2uc
>    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynTBLnYw2uc>*
>
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