Interesting Links for 07-01-2021

[andrewducker]

Brexit trade deal 'very unstable' and can easily be brought crashing down, legal expert warns MPs

(tags:Europe UK trade Doom )

Denmark launches children's TV show about man with giant penis

(tags:TV children penis )

Inside the Covid ward

(tags:pandemic healthcare awful UK )

How the placenta evolved from an ancient virus

(tags:virus gestation pregnancy mammals )

Ten scary bodies of water

(tags:water scary ViaDrCross )

WhatsApp updates its Privacy Policy to mandate data-sharing with Facebook

I use Signal as an alternative that's Facebook free.
(tags:im chat Facebook privacy )

45% of Republicans approve of the storming of the Capitol Building

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1347007675855302656.html
(tags:politics terrorism usa )

London will be overwhelmed by covid in a fortnight says leaked NHS England briefing

(tags:London UK pandemic Doom )

An interesting/unfortunate side-effect of legalising same sex marriage

(tags:LGBT marriage law USA Australia )

Comments

[cmcmck]

I sometimes wonder what effect our having a Scottish marriage cert may have when Scotland becomes independent! :o)

[andrewducker]

The same effect that having a Belgian or Swedish one would have, I'd imagine.

[anef]

I understand that our local hospital has already taken some London patients.

[mountainkiss]

That's so sad.

[andrewducker]

I wish I knew which link that applied to!

[mountainkiss]

The ward, sorry.

[andrewducker]

Oh yes, that one is awful.

[drplokta]

The London projections don’t seem to allow for patients being transferred to regions with spare capacity (if any such will exist in two weeks). I know patients from east Kent are already being transferred as far afield as Plymouth and Leeds.