Interesting Links for 13-09-2023

[andrewducker]

1. Loughborough University student's device detects sport concussions in 10 seconds

(tags:brain injury Technology )

2. Inside Russia's undercover crackdown on gay men in Chechnya

(tags:lgbt russia OhForFucksSake torture homosexuality )

3. One in three female surgeons have been sexually assaulted at work in the last five years.

(tags:doctors abuse assault OhForFucksSake women uk )

4. Note: attempting to get rid of sunken explosives by dropping explosives on them, while moored directly above, is not a good idea

(tags:explosions history ships ocean viaDanielDWilliam )

5. Everyone in America is getting a Covid booster (unlike the UK, where it's only the very old)

(tags:USA vaccination Pandemic )

Comments

[fub]

4. Noted. "explosives" go on the list of things that you should not clear up with explosives, right up there along with "beached whales".

#3

[danieldwilliam]

Judging by some of the comments my mum's former colleagues made at her wake I don't think the situation today is any better than it was in the 1960's and 70's.

[mtbc]

Will pass (4) on to a colleague who misses various meetings apparently due to their own maritime disasters. Though, also, my grandfather was in marine ordnance disposal.

(5) is very annoying and rather wtf.

[lilysea]

Everyone in America is getting a Covid booster (unlike the UK, where it's only the very old)

It makes sense to vaccinate everyone because

a) everyone, even healthy people in their 20s and 30s, can suffer long-COVID, increased rate of stroke, increased rate of heart disease

b) having a large % of vaccinated people in the community acts as a "ring" of protection around medically high risk people because it helps cut down on transmission

[channelpenguin]

5. But can you ask for a booster and get it? Like a flu jab. I'm pretty sure that's how it's working here in Germany. I mean to go and find out in the next week or so.

[lilly_c]

5 I'm in Scotland and getting my covid boosters. I work in sector where that and yearly flu jags are mandatory.

[conuly]

5. Everyone in America is getting a Covid booster (unlike the UK, where it's only the very old)

Everyone seems to exclude the uninsured, because if you still don't have insurance you probably also don't have $130 for a shot.

[cmcmck]

I'll give you very old! :op

[darkoshi]

Everyone in America is getting a Covid booster (unlike the UK, where it's only the very old)

Only 17% of Americans got the last booster, so it's not likely to be a much higher percentage for this one. I am glad we will have the opportunity to get it though.

[anna_wing]

Are there countries near the UK where boosters are available to non-citizens upon payment?