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Covid Situation Report: May 16, 2024

Independent SAGE continues • 199 implied HN points • 17 May 24
🏥 Health Politics Public Health Vaccination Infectious Diseases Policy Data Reporting
  1. Covid positivity rates are rising again, but hospital admissions have mostly stabilized. Older adults, especially those over 65, still face higher hospitalization rates.
  2. The Spring 2024 booster campaign is going well, with over 2.8 million doses given. However, many immunocompromised individuals have not been vaccinated yet.
  3. Covid deaths are much lower compared to last year, proving that while we have challenges, the situation is improving overall.

Here’s More Evidence That Youth Gender Medicine Researchers Might Be Hiding Unfavorable Data From The Public

Singal-Minded • 1823 implied HN points • 14 Apr 23
🏥 Health Politics Gender Dysphoria Medical Ethics Data Reporting
  1. Youth gender medicine researchers may be hiding unfavorable data from the public.
  2. Transparency in scientific research is crucial to ensure accurate findings and allow external critics to question results.
  3. Obtaining information through public records like Freedom of Information Act requests can be crucial to uncovering potential red flags in research.

How can the number of deaths go down?

Force of Infection • 46 implied HN points • 06 Dec 24
🏥 Health Politics Epidemiology Public Health Infection Control Data Reporting
  1. The number of reported deaths can change a lot during disease outbreaks. This usually happens because health officials are constantly updating their definitions of what counts as a case.
  2. When investigating an outbreak, new information can refine the case definitions. This means some earlier counts may go down as they find more accurate cases.
  3. Different reports might count cases in various ways, leading to inconsistent numbers. Some reports include all suspected cases, while others only look at confirmed ones.

Can BIS Control the Cloud?

ChinaTalk • 311 implied HN points • 31 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Cloud Computing AI Regulation Data Reporting Privacy Concerns
  1. New proposed rules by Commerce focus on regulating US cloud providers to identify customers and monitor large AI training with potential risks.
  2. The regulations aim to prevent misuse of cloud services for cyber attacks and dangerous AI systems, using 'Know Your Customer' schemes.
  3. Enforcement measures include restrictions on customers or jurisdictions engaging in malicious cyber activities, with a focus on setting up reporting processes.
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