Want to read Slashdot from your mobile device? Point it at m.slashdot.org and keep reading!

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror

Comment Re:We've noticed this in an MRI setting (Score 5, Insightful) 207

We know COVID-19 can downregulate the immune system. This may increases the risk for early onset cancer. If this is true, long COVID patients are at biggest risk to develop cancer, but this may affect even non-long COVID cases from mild Covid-19 infections.

Various viruses have been identified to increase cancer risk, it won't be a big surprise if SARS-CoV-2 is in this group.

Comment Re:It's still below sustainability (Score 1) 145

It not sustainable but the other way around.

I recommend to see the lesson "The Greatest Shortcoming of the Human Race Is Man’s Inability To Understand the Exponential Function." from Albert A. Bartlett.

Western countries like the USA may have a dwindling birth rate which compromise the eternal growth myth without immigration. But as a whole the world population is growing exponentially. This isn't sustainable at all. It's a bet when the boat is full (technological inventions may shift this line), but once it's full the decimation begins. There are many possible ways for this but only a very few aren't brutal. One of this few is to have fewer children. But even this can be hard if no social security is available for the elderly. And of course the religious zealots are hard to convince about this.

Comment Re:Kids don't die from covid, but they spread it (Score 1) 215

While it's true that the viral load doesn't differ significantly the infectiousness of the virus load is reduced. This can be explained as the virus seems to be agglutinated with the antibodies. Beside that the duration of the infectiousness is shorter and hence there's less chance to spread it.

Comment Re:XMPP (Jabber) (Score 1) 133

Me and my relatives are using XMPP. Because I'm to lazy to setup and admin a server myself I've paid a 10 users license of conversations server. It's running under a subdomain of my own second level domain. All my relatives are happy with this solution (except one that is still searching for an usable iOS client).

The current state of XMPP cannot be compared to the one a few years ago. It won't draw your battery anymore and notifications are shown instantly. It's quite usable now.

Slashdot Top Deals

A good supervisor can step on your toes without messing up your shine.

Working...