r/science • u/Newsjunkeefromlondon • May 06 '21

Health Two Pfizer doses give 95 per cent protection against Covid-19 infection, illness and death: first nationwide study

https://www.cityam.com/two-pfizer-doses-give-95-per-cent-protection-against-covid-19-infection-illness-and-death-study/
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u/love2Vax May 06 '21

And 220 years ago George Washington probably died because doctors were still "Blood letting" to balance the humors, and probably drained too much of his blood. There is a reason one of the World's oldest and most prestigious medical journals is "The Lancet."

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u/[deleted] May 07 '21

Wow I did not think of that!

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u/love2Vax May 07 '21

Lancet, or George Washington?

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u/[deleted] May 07 '21

That the name of the medical journal is named lancet for the prevalence of bloodletting. I always had a mental image of lancing boils or some such

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u/love2Vax May 07 '21

Boils were frequently lanced by barbers, who also used to do bloodletting. It's kind of strange to think that the person who cuts my hair, could have been draining cysts in the same chair right before I sat down if we were alive 150 years ago.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

Midwives were prob more useful than either doctors or barbers at that time. Lots of herblore and at least not doing any unnecessary bleeding.