Tuesday, July 13, 2021

What should a person do if they wake up in the middle of the night during an earthquake?

What should a person do if they wake up in the middle of the night during an earthquake?
COVID: What is the fatality rate amongst the fully vaccinated?
Do injuries like cuts, burns, breaks, etc shorten your overall lifespan?
Is there something about the climate of the Pacific Northwest that makes it particularly likely to see more heat dome events in the future?
How does your body get used to high altitude?
If testicles are outside the body so DNA isn't damaged by heat, why doesn't DNA inside the body need the same protection?
How are we able to know how hot planets like Mercury, and Venus can get if getting too close will melt machinery?

Posted: 12 Jul 2021 01:49 PM PDT

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COVID: What is the fatality rate amongst the fully vaccinated?

Posted: 12 Jul 2021 07:46 PM PDT

Multiple sources have cited data that the two mRNA vaccines are >90% effective in preventing infection and/or severe illness requiring hospitalization. But there is very data about deaths from breakthrough infections. We know it's not zero. I'd like to know if the fatality for the fully vaccinated (two weeks after 2nd dose) is similar to the fatality rate of flu.

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Do injuries like cuts, burns, breaks, etc shorten your overall lifespan?

Posted: 11 Jul 2021 06:01 PM PDT

I know lifespan is partly caused by decreasing telomere length as cells divide over and over again. During the healing process, cells need to divide in order to grow back the damage. Does the division of cells during the healing process shorten telomeres and decrease lifespan or "age" the wound area faster. Any correlation at all?

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Is there something about the climate of the Pacific Northwest that makes it particularly likely to see more heat dome events in the future?

Posted: 11 Jul 2021 06:34 PM PDT

Was the recent heat dome in northwestern North America somehow tied to some factor particular to that region? Or are heat domes something that could easily occur other places, and just happened to form there this time?

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How does your body get used to high altitude?

Posted: 11 Jul 2021 01:11 PM PDT

I'm heading up in the mountains this week and I randomly had this thought. Do your cells just start needing less oxygen? Does something change with your lungs? Something completely different?

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If testicles are outside the body so DNA isn't damaged by heat, why doesn't DNA inside the body need the same protection?

Posted: 11 Jul 2021 06:54 PM PDT

Is it because sperm are worse at regulating their temperature? Or something else?

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How are we able to know how hot planets like Mercury, and Venus can get if getting too close will melt machinery?

Posted: 11 Jul 2021 05:06 PM PDT

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