Recent content by renim

Delta would be more lethal, except for 2 points 1) treatments are much improved now 2) almost everywhere people have some level of immunity, be it prior infection or vaccination or both infection + vaccination. if you want to look for a population that remains covid naive, look to the young (or...

its a sensitive issue, in theory there is no difference between vaccines, and early on there were threats to "struck off" Australian doctors if they promoted one over the other. Doctors complain of ‘gag’ over AstraZeneca vaccine Now there is obvious safety and effectiveness difference...

So now, 3 of the 6 vaccinated guests are also Delta Covid positive. No statement on who had which vaccine (AZ or Pfizer)

meanwhile in Oz We are presumably the first country with a sizable cohort (18-49 yr female) that has had more AstraZeneca Covid19 Vaccine deaths than Covid19 deaths (for that cohort) https://www.tga.gov.au/alert/astrazeneca-chadox1-s-covid-19-vaccine-2 nil Covid-19 deaths for female 18-49...

No, but Yes to teaching the kids the Hindu-arabic numeral system instead. or even better, why not teach them to read a clock face - base 60 - Babylonian

camera nomenclature visible - what our eyes can see infrared - just beyond visible, what our eyes can't see thermal - blackbody radiation infrared does not equal thermal camera. infrared camera is cheap and doesn't disturb humans. thermal cameras are expensive.

Fine, I'll do it myself https://www.fmgl.com.au/in-the-news/media-releases/2021/02/15/fortescue-deploys-autonomous-light-vehicles-at-chichester-hub

fwiw, what about in car lidar, to sense occupants intentions LG Innotek (as I understand it, this is the supplier of ToF for apple products)

2 studies from Australia Innate cell profiles during the acute and convalescent phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children | Nature Communications compares the response of Children infected VS Children exposed (but negative on PCR testing) ie how children fight of COVID19 without being...

first bit i notice is that steam vehciles still outsell hydrogen by 2:1 ratio.

2020 results, 3 of the 4 top PHEVs just manage to exceed 50km range on EU cycle. remainder is a chinese PHEV with 40 kWh battery, presumably it exceeds 100km on China cycle

Its a coded meassage about our culture, rural australia is always in an unending fight against various foreign biological invaders, be it animals, weeds, insects, virus, even fungai. for instance, in my state, Panama TR4 Do not enter banana farms - YouTube this quarantine mentality has largely...

Australians had 2 separate experiences with COVID19. VIc had a big (outbreak and lockdown) mid year, and the rest of the country has mostly avoided Covid19 since basically April 2020. Roughly speaking, and outbreak lasts 3 weeks in NSW before it is snuffed out. This is quite amazing NSW...

FWIW, it seems that die hard old bastards do exist. and are great plasma donors 59597603 (medrxiv.org) page 11 High responders with strong and broad SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses are ideal plasma donors it gets even better there are Elite Responders veritable human factories of antibody vs...

Ahhh this is fundamentally important /useful to know. The intermediate species defines certain properties of great interest for vaccine development. As well as liklihoods of eradication vs annual reinfection etc.