Interesting Links for 06-01-2021

[andrewducker]

Children have always been a major source of Covid infections. Closing schools is the second-best intervention we could make (I've not seen this evidence before.)

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1346362159446577154.html
(tags:children pandemic )

Mirena (the IUD) has been the subject of multiple lawsuits

(tags:law USA contraception viajoexnz )

A 25-Year-Old Bet Comes Due: Has Tech Destroyed Society?

(tags:technology apocalypse gambling thefuture predictions )

81k UK-owned .eu domains suspended as Brexit transition ends

(tags:UK Europe internet )

Covid travel: Why Instagram is still full of celebrities 'on holiday'

(tags:celebrity advertising holidays UK OhForFucksSake )

One In 50 People Are Currently Believed To Have Covid-19 In The UK (One in Thirty in London)

(tags:pandemic uk )

Why don't all demolition devices look like dinosaurs?

(tags:dinosaurs construction )

"You can't expect Brexit not to have consequences. The UK won't be a distribution hub for the EU any more. EU businesses will need to stop relying on UK hubs."

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1346746239874953217.html
(tags:UK Europe trade Doom )

Comments

[mountainkiss]

I have never regretted my decision not to have a Mirena coil, even though the other one gave me an unheralded two years of difficulty before settling down.

Children and Covid

[anef]

Evidence is good, but children have always been vectors of infection for respiratory diseases. Why would Covid be any different?