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I thought your description of my thymus as a "useless blob of fat" was unnecessarily cruel and thymusistic, but otherwise, I loved the column. As always. All our lives are based on risk-vs-benefit analysis, in which we don't have enough specific information. And political posturing compromises what information we do get. I'll get a booster after the six month wait from my last one.

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You beat me to it about the тАЬuseless blob of fatтАЭ ЁЯдг! YLE, thanks for the combo of crisp analysis with a morning giggle.

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тАЬUseless blob of fatтАЭ is not only funny, itтАЩs true and provides readers a good visual of whatтАЩs going on.

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Assuming there's anything capable of responding in the 'elderly' thymus, I wonder if giving thymosin would boost thymic function? I read that some people are using it but haven't seen whether there are validated clinical results.

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I'm gonna steal the word "thymusistic" without attribution

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