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Personal blog · iayork.com/MysteryRayssciencehealth
iayork.com is a personal blog at iayork.com about science and health. Since 2010, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite iayork.com's 2007 MysteryRays post on rabbit viruses as a source on a disputed claim about viruses and how they spread. Comments cite the post as support and do not assess the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /MysteryRays/2009/09/02/measles-deaths-pre-vaccine/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-01-29
- /MysteryRays/2007/08/26/rabbits-1-virus-1-evolution-of-viral-virulence/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-03-10
What Hacker News says?
This is a more disputed theory than you think. http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/2007/08/26/rabbits-1-virus...
Comment linking /MysteryRays/2007/08/26/rabbits-1-virus-1-evolution-of-viral-virulence/
on “Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution'”Submitted Rotavirus vaccine and herd immunity as a story · 5 points
HN discussionI think I'm outside the edit window for my comment. As a coda, it looks like mortality due to measles may have been declining before the incidence of measles began to decline; this further supports a role for other societal developments in decreasing death from infectious disease. This is purportedly related to the use of antibiotics to decrease bacterial sequelae of measles. I saw an academic reference to this effe…
Comment linking /MysteryRays/2009/09/02/measles-deaths-pre-vaccine/
on “Americans Are Dying Younger, Saving Corporations Billions”Submitted "How quickly we forget the ravages of disease" as a story · 2 points
HN discussionchildhood diseases decreased 90% between 1850 and 1940, paralleling improved sanitation and hygienic practices, well before mandatory vaccination programs The polio vaccine's first mass vaccination campaign was in 1955, take a look at what happened to the incidence of polio: http://www.post-polio.org/ir-usa.html A measles vaccine became available in 1963. Take a look at what happened to the incidence of (or more imp…
Comment linking /MysteryRays/2009/09/02/measles-deaths-pre-vaccine/
on “ Damning verdict on doctor who linked vaccine and autism ”Submitted Why some viruses jump species, and others don't as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThis is commonly repeated but not really true, see http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/2007/08/26/rabbits-1-virus...
Comment linking /MysteryRays/2007/08/26/rabbits-1-virus-1-evolution-of-viral-virulence/
on “2019-nCoV may contain a gain-of-function for efficient spreading”Submitted The deadliest, most awe-inspiring of the plagues as a story · 1 points
HN discussion