[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Meeting Reminder: 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine: mRNA. 10AM ET Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Lexington Computer and Technology Group
Steve Isenberg
smisenberg at gmail.com
Wed Mar 20 18:26:22 PDT 2024
The recording of today's meeting is now available for viewing.
https://youtu.be/RCQWu6dV7AE
Note that edits may result in me having to replace it (and this URL
becoming invalid) but the latest link to the video will remain on the group
site https://LCTG.toku.us, scroll down to March 20.
-steve
On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 1:47 PM Stan Rose via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
wrote:
> 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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