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Comment Re:Good data? (Score 1) 102

Follow the money
The CDC states that only a PCR test can distinguish between seasonal flu and H1N1,
PCR tests cost between 100 to 300 dollars and takes about 2 days. ( the costs in India were said to be about 200 dollars.
The PCR machines are expensive; from 50,000 to 100,000 dollars.
They require trained staff
They can only do so many tests ia a day
The WHO talks about "confirmed" cases; but not about the lack of PCR machines in most of the world.

(Hearsay) a distant relative, a nurse in the USA, says that when the results of a "quick" test (that can only indicate flu or not flu,) comes back she is told to always mark it as H1N1.
The CDC stats that treatment should begin within the first 48 hours; i.e the time it takes to get the PCR result.
So the physician assumes the worst and initiates treatment appropriate to H1N1

Comment Re:Already possibly debunked (Score 1) 258

(and esp. PaddyM's link showing other researchers see selection bias in the Canada study

I checked both links and could find no reference to SEEING selection.
Some commentators have SUGGESTED that there may have been selection.
No-one has noted that a number of provinces have found the evidence sufficient to halt the promotion of the c\vaccine.ie a number of medical people other than the researchers have seen something.

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Submission + - slashdot VERY slow

aristofanes writes: "I noticed this a few months ago. It is much worse in the past week It is almost impossible to access any comment or article. I thought that it was my computer but other sites...BBC, Consumer reports, samachar, do not manifeat this behavior"

Comment ixquick (Score 1) 76

ixquick recives privacy award from eu

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Submission + - jobs. lack thereof

aristofanes writes: "Machine Design 12/12/2007 http://machinedesign.com/ContentItem/71819/LelandTeschlersEditorialFinallythetruthaboutengineeringjobs.aspx Leland Teschler's Editorial: Finally, the truth about engineering jobs Members of the U.S. House got a surprising message during a recent meeting on Americas science and engineering workforce: " ...Specifically, there is no shortage of scientists or engineers. In fact, there are substantially more scientists and engineers graduating in the U.S. than there are jobs.""
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Submission + - your webpage

aristofanes writes: "requiring me to keep on asking for more "comments" is incredibly annoying"

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