John's Politics and Futurism blog

  How to tell if something is a fake publication Fake publications come in three forms:  prank publications,   predatory publications  and just  plain bad science . For more on predatory publications and how to identify them, please see our earlier post below. An example of an AI that generates prank mathematics publications is  here . On the matter of prank publications, those are generally easier to detect since they make obviously ridiculous claims. However, the ability to detect whether the claims in the publication are indeed ridiculous depends on your academic backround. A particularly notorious case is the Sokal Hoax. In brief, a physicist called Alan Sokal sent a nonsense paper to a humanities journal: "In 1996, Sokal submitted an article to  Social Text , an academic journal of  postmodern   cultural studies . The submission was an experiment to test the journal's  intellectual rigor , and specifically to investigate whether "a ...

  The following are the reasons why the Oxford/AstraZeneca is a good option. ChAdOx1 has been tested in South Africa with our demographic and environmental factors (https://biotechscope.com/oxford-universitys-fridge-stored-covid-19-vaccine-is-90-effective/); ChAdOx1 was tested with the participation of one of our leading universities (Wits) and hence its selection will demonstrate trust of our local academic community and professionals (https://www.wits.ac.za/covid19vaccine/oxford-covid-19-vaccine-trial/); ChAdOx1 does not use mRNA (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/23/oxford-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-everything-we-know-so-far), unlike other vaccines, which is causing a lot of fear (ill-founded) about DNA modification in social media, hence driving vaccine resistance (https://www.businessinsider.co.za/by-mid-december-47-of-south-africans-said-they-refuse-a-coronavirus-jab-up-sharply-from-oct-2021-1); ChAdOx1 can be stored in a normal refrigerator and does not require super...

Please read this post. I copy pasted the content here in case you do not have a facebook account. Apologies to the author. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2261225947/permalink/10158367547355948/ Do a quick search for Judy Mikovtz. It’s that simple. She’s been around for years and has the same story every time on multiple issues. It’s not that difficult to do the work to check the facts and source of a theory. Please make even a small effort. If you need more info than that, here it is: About the latest conspiracy video #Plandemic, Sarah Downs, who is a Researcher at RMPRU who investigates pneumococcal diseases at the molecular, epidemiological, clinical and pharmacological levels, writes: “Judy Mikovitz, #plandemic a resource thread: Friends, family, colleagues, people I have met once or twice, that are somewhere in my facebook. COVID19 is rough. It’s wreaking havoc on every sphere of our lives. We feel vulnerable, we want answers and the people we look to for them, don't yet know....

 So I went to the latest visit to the clinic on 18 August. The protocol was to check health status as usual, and issue a new booster vaccine shot. Some mild side effects like swelling, sensitivity and slightly raised temperature (37 deg C). Otherwise all seems well. India is going with this vaccine too:  https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/indians-free-shot-coronavirus-vaccine-73-days-oxford-vaccine-icmr-serum-institute-of-india-1714096-2020-08-23

My third visit to the clinic just involved handing over my symptom diary to track symptoms. The only symptom I noticed was hardedned swelling at the injection site, but not very large. That's all for now until 21 August.

You need to get an audio editing program. Once you have that, open the audio in the program. If the graph is too tidy, it's fake.

24 July 2020 So today I went to get the trial shot. I don't know if I got the vaccine or a placebo; it's a double-blind trial. They also gave me a "starter pack" with various things to monitor symptoms; hand sanitiser; a thermometer; and a diary / log to track symptoms. They draw blood every time, which is not pleasant. (But still better than dying of Covid-19). And I have found they pay you a compensation of R 300 per visit. Each visit takes about 2-3 hours. They seem to process about 20 people at a time. They say that side-effects are idiosyncratic to individuals. Some get side-effects from the live vaccine (unsurprisingly), and some get none. Some get side-effects from placebo (psychosomatic) and most get none. So they say you can't tell from the side-effects if it was the vaccine or the placebo that you got.