This week's Pandemics in BC blog posts:General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/05/01/2026-05-01-general/BC: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/05/01/2026-05-01-bc/#covid19bc #covid19 #covid #measles #rsv
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This week's Pandemics in BC blog posts:
General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/05/01/2026-05-01-general/
BC: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/05/01/2026-05-01-bc/
#covid19bc #covid19 #covid #measles #rsv -
This week's Pandemics in BC blog posts:
General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/05/01/2026-05-01-general/
BC: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/05/01/2026-05-01-bc/
#covid19bc #covid19 #covid #measles #rsv@ducky Not too pleased with that WHN article, which reads as LLM output, and doesn't cite anyth8ing at all.
I feel like the WHN is doing a disservice by publishing slop where so many of us are struggling to find truth in polluted and adversarial information landscape.
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@ducky Not too pleased with that WHN article, which reads as LLM output, and doesn't cite anyth8ing at all.
I feel like the WHN is doing a disservice by publishing slop where so many of us are struggling to find truth in polluted and adversarial information landscape.
@datum Hmmm. It didn't set off my slop detectors. It was relatively short, didn't repeat a lot, and was saying something that I hadn't seen a lot of before. Can you articulate what set off your slop detectors?
It *was* very anecdata-heavy, but that didn't surprise me. I have heard anecdata about internal tremors/buzzing being a problem in Long COVID, and I think I've only seen tremors mentioned once in the academic lit. I assume it's because doctors don't care about tremors/buzzing because it can't be seen or measured. Similarly, balance problems can't be measured, and I bet doctors think balance is an easily-solved problem with e.g. a cane or a walker.
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@datum Hmmm. It didn't set off my slop detectors. It was relatively short, didn't repeat a lot, and was saying something that I hadn't seen a lot of before. Can you articulate what set off your slop detectors?
It *was* very anecdata-heavy, but that didn't surprise me. I have heard anecdata about internal tremors/buzzing being a problem in Long COVID, and I think I've only seen tremors mentioned once in the academic lit. I assume it's because doctors don't care about tremors/buzzing because it can't be seen or measured. Similarly, balance problems can't be measured, and I bet doctors think balance is an easily-solved problem with e.g. a cane or a walker.
Can you articulate what set off your slop detectors?
Yes:
For many of us, ... isn’t a .. — it’s ...
This isn’t normal muscle fatigue
This is not deconditioning. It is
This isn’t “lightheadedness.” It’s a
This alone ... — and it
These are not psychological experiences. They are ...
and mutliple other phrasings in That Voicing.
Real humans don't phrase like this so much - especially so in English, where there is an expectation to use synonyms or pronouns when otherwise a word would be repeated.
Note my use of a hyphen in that paragraph! It was not a compare-contrast pair, it was a premise-extension pair. Right now "not x- y!" is a tell the way that "delve" was a few months ago. It won't last forever.
https://whn.global/why-long-covid-balance-problems-and-weakness-deserve-urgent-recognition/
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Can you articulate what set off your slop detectors?
Yes:
For many of us, ... isn’t a .. — it’s ...
This isn’t normal muscle fatigue
This is not deconditioning. It is
This isn’t “lightheadedness.” It’s a
This alone ... — and it
These are not psychological experiences. They are ...
and mutliple other phrasings in That Voicing.
Real humans don't phrase like this so much - especially so in English, where there is an expectation to use synonyms or pronouns when otherwise a word would be repeated.
Note my use of a hyphen in that paragraph! It was not a compare-contrast pair, it was a premise-extension pair. Right now "not x- y!" is a tell the way that "delve" was a few months ago. It won't last forever.
https://whn.global/why-long-covid-balance-problems-and-weakness-deserve-urgent-recognition/
@ducky I mean - it could be the author has simply read too much LLM output and has misunderstood what comprises effective communication! Doubtful though, as that specific pattern is pretty new.
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@ducky I mean - it could be the author has simply read too much LLM output and has misunderstood what comprises effective communication! Doubtful though, as that specific pattern is pretty new.
@datum I'll make a note.
Thanks!
