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A Brahmin wedding
I was at a wedding this weekend. It had a distinct Omelas-like quality throughout. For most of the elders present, it was an oru naal koothu — a single-day celebration that has been many weeks in the making. But the … Continue reading
COVID-19, due process and an SNR problem
At a press conference streamed live on March 18, the head of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced that the body – which serves as the European Union’s drug and vaccine regulator – had concluded that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was not … Continue reading
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Tagged adverse events following immunization, AstraZeneca, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccines, Covishield, European Medicines Agency, mRNA vaccines, Omelas, public health, risk communication, signal-to-noise ratio, T Jacob John, Ursula Le Guin
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