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PD-1 Blockade in Mismatch Repair–Deficient, Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer | NEJM

June 8 | Posted by mrossol | Health

Abstract Background Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiation followed by surgical resection of the rectum is a standard treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer. A subset of rectal cancer is caused by a deficiency in mismatch repair. Because mismatch repair–deficient colorectal cancer is responsive to programmed death 1 (PD-1) blockade in the context of metastatic disease, it was hypothesized... Read more

Coffee & Covid: Thursday, May 19, 2022 PROBED; High Vacc, High cases

May 19 | Posted by mrossol | Childers, Coronavirus, Health, Science, Vaccine

The experts: they just can’t figure things out. Yet we are to trust them. How’s that work? mrossol 5/19/22 by Jeff Childers

It’s Thursday — another week in Pandemia almost in the vault. In today’s roundup: Covid cases rising around the US, in very interesting areas, and the CDC wants local officials to mask us up; Chicago’s covid... Read more

Public health shooting itself (and us) in the foot

April 28 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Coronavirus, Health, Mandates, Science, Stupidity, Vaccine

4/28/2022  By Vinay Prasad

The problem is not rogue online misinformation; it is errors from CDC, NIAID, and the White House
Vinay Prasad
Apr 28
Building trust in institutions is vital to their success, but as we enter the third year of the pandemic, public health still seems hellbent on destroying itself. In... Read more

Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and the Future of Masking

April 27 | Posted by mrossol | Coronavirus, Democrat Party, Health, Mandates, Stupidity

Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and the Future of Masking By Ian Miller   April 25, 2022   Masks   9 minute read SHARE | PRINT | EMAIL San Diego’s nickname is “America’s Finest City.”  Whether you agree with that designation or not, there are few people in the United States who would argue for including Philadelphia or Los Angeles on the list of “finest”... Read more

‘I’ve always been plagued by a sense that I was a little out of whack’

March 29 | Posted by mrossol | Health, Interesting, Personal Development

I don’t necessarily agree with Hannah Gadsby on everything- probably not on much -but I appreciate her putting her experience with autism out there. I have much to learn about the condition. mrossol The Gardian, 3/19/2022, by Hannah Gadsby You don’t have to be an expert to know that people with autism don’t get to speak about their own experiences. Until... Read more

Cases might rise soon. “We better close schools/ mask up, ” says worst policy makers ever

March 22 | Posted by mrossol | Coronavirus, Health, Mandates, Science, Stupidity

Ignorance is the new guide to health policy. I have been saying for some time that cases may yet again rise.
Feb 10 – What Happens When Cases Go Up? March 10 – When Covid Cases Climb Now wastewater data, early counts from some US cities and recent experience from Europe has scared some people into... Read more

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