This week in What were they thinking…(#214) JFK Jr, diabetes, Tavistock, 4 day week & CO2 economies

COVID19 has many risks. The most apparent is death. That is just one of many possible issues that can be caused even if you recover from the infection stage.

A consequential effect of long COVID not foreseen is the development of Type 2 diabetes. This is a condition with a poorly understood pathogenesis and no curare. If it is a serious and wide spread issue than it will be a huge increase on the medical demands of every country.

There is 1 silver lining to this situation. Those who have been vaccinated have a much lower relative risk of developing diabetes. It is about 10 percent of those who are not vaccinated. They have about 1.7 fold relative risk.

Not only do we have a means of reducing the risk of diabetes but prospectively RSV in infants. This is properly called Respiratory Syncytial Virus. A very serious illness in children and infants every year.

Pfizer has lodged a ‘fast tracked’ application with the FDA for approval. In theory they will have approval by August and be ready to disseminate the vaccine to expectant mothers.

The good news continues with the first ever cure for Metachromatic leukodystrophy confirmed this week. The 19 month old girl was cured through genetic therapies.

While the blood and bone marrow extraction would likely have been incredibly unpleasant for the young girl it is far better result than dying between the ages of 6 and 8. The only downside is that it is an experimental treatment that costs a small fortune.

Black tea could lower cardiovascular disease risk in the elderly. That is if you take thew results of a small and observational study to be true.

These and other news items can be found at the following time stamps:

00:00 Introduction
01:00 JFK Jr launches meritless lawsuit against Trusted News initiative
05:58 Being vaccinated for COVID19 reduces your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes from long COVID
08:19 FDA in process of reviewing and possibly approving first ever RSV vaccine
10:54 Metachromatic leukodystrophy cured in 19 month old girl
13:33 Black tea may lower your risk of cardiovascular disease but don’t count on it
17:08 Finland looking at how they evaluate and implement Youth gender medicine or as you may know it gender reaffirming care
20:40 A book published by a The Guardian contributor opens the lid on Tavistock, Portman and Gids when it comes to transitioning children!
25:53 Working 4 days a week improves health and productivity in one study
29:01 Academic misconduct, research integrity and replication crisis hits the mainstream in an The economist article
30:18 We should be aiming to achieve a circular CO2 economy from Neurologica Blog