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Dealan79 t1_jcsopjp wrote

I have far more faith in your intelligence, random Internet stranger, than I do in ex-Congressmen from Missouri. I am curious as to what Akin actually died of though, since everyone knows that when it's legitimate cancer the body has a way of shutting that down.

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Rainstorme t1_jcsl352 wrote

Most of the harm is actually caused by the repeated blows sustained, not the big ones that get the KO (most don't even end with anyone being knocked out but that's not really important).

For similar reasons, that's why it's actually linemen in American football that have higher rates of CTE when they aren't the ones getting the big hits leading to concussions.

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TitaniumGoldAlloyMan t1_jcskg0x wrote

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monkeying_around369 t1_jcsiyo5 wrote

Yeah my boss is actually pretty great and works with me a lot on keeping reasonable deadlines. I will just tell them no go on things sometimes and have adopted more of a “it’ll get done when it gets done” attitude.

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monkeying_around369 t1_jcsioue wrote

I do have a pretty generous leave package for most Americans. But I like to take a decent break roughly every quarter rather than all at once. I get about 4 weeks a year plus other random holidays and paid sick leave. I also have a toddler in preschool so I take my sick leave a lot.

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SignalTrip1504 t1_jcsick3 wrote

There was some sort of study on I think a mlb team or something, I forget what it was about but it said with the hot weather in summer the chemicals in the turf get heated up and release into the air as toxins and the players absorb it or breath it in and i think it said these players were getting cancer maybe

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Tehni t1_jcshggw wrote

High school hits are not as hard as college and pro hits

Somehow I think the sport that tries so hard to cover up it's tbi issue isn't accurately reporting or testing for concussions

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humanefly t1_jcsgtkh wrote

That's a super interesting point, and I think it's an important one.

As an idiot on the interweebs, I think the opposing argument might be something like this:

Researchers, like everyone else, have a limited amount of time and energy. If they focus their resources heavily on the specialized knowledge and advancing the field, they can push the limits farther, faster, increasing the sphere of knowledge; others can follow behind and find ways to share the knowledge and make it more accessible.

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