Interesting Links for 09-02-2023

[andrewducker]

1. A Crucial Group of Covid Drugs Has Stopped Working (Monoclonal antibodies)

(tags:pandemic medicine doom )

2. Prostate cancer: Scientists create new blood test that is 94% accurate

(tags:prostate cancer blood testing )

3. Text messages with kisses can cause rape cases to collapse, top barrister warns

(tags:communication rape law RapeCulture OhForFucksSake uk )

4. Mary Queen of Scots: Secret letters written during imprisonment decoded

(tags:history cryptography uk scotland )

5. "I returned to modelling at 42 because there is more demand than ever for older models"

(tags:models age advertising UK )

Comments

[dewline]

1. Oh HELL.

3. Worrying. Dammit.

[anna_wing]

Trying not to catch it (again) still remains the best approach, in my view. So I wash my hands, wear a mask in crowded places, and stick with the elbow bump for people who insist on shaking hands. Being in an Asian country helps, no-one is going to criticise you for any of that.

[threemeninaboat]

She's 42?!

Yeah, eshakti has a model that they have been using forever, so we've been maturing together. If something looks good on her I buy it.

[mountainkiss]

I had a slightly discombobulating moment of misunderstanding the last article: "Why does it matter how old they are, as long as they're building good models?"