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Rav Arora
Personal blog · ravarora.substack.comhealthscience
Rav Arora writes The Meta Mystic, a personal blog at ravarora.substack.com about health and science. Since 2022, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-06, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link this Substack as a source on COVID vaccine risk, citing a larger Oxford study using NHS data and age-specific benefits. They cite it for information without judging the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
"Writing on reclaiming agency and transforming the mind—one insight, one adventure, one breakthrough at a time.".
What Hacker News says?
This article breaks it down, and references a newer, larger N Oxford study using data from the British NHS. Agreed on it being certain age cohorts. My dad would be a lunatic to not be vaxxed. But a 20 year old who is healthy? https://ravarora.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-vaccine-indu...
Comment linking /p/the-truth-about-vaccine-induced-myocarditis
on “Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates”Submitted Why Are Myocarditis Rates Surging in Europe? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIf you're going to quote the trolley problem at me, you need to explain to me the benefit of the vaccine for this age group. Risk of the virus for this age group is tiny. The primary rationale for vaccinating children originally was to prevent them from spreading the virus. With the new variants, this rationale has disappeared. It is now a private health decision, not a public health one. I really dislike these publ…
Comment linking /p/the-truth-about-vaccine-induced-myocarditis
on “Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron storm'”What about the studies in the links I provided? I cited my sources. They clearly show for some groups the risk of myocarditis after vaccination is higher than covid. Another piece of evidence. We have multiple countries that have significantly altered vaccine doses for young males or have completely prohibited using specific vaccines for certain groups. They cite the increased risk of myocarditis and other heart iss…
Comment linking /p/the-truth-about-vaccine-induced-myocarditis?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=direct
on “Doctors call out Spotify for letting Joe Rogan spread ‘false and harmful’ claims”