DanBC

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by DanBC 6y ago
Professor Louis Appleby is always useful. https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/03/10/louis-appleby-what-has-...
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by DanBC 6y ago
In the UK you need to apply for a certificate to exempt you from this part of the law. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/168 168Assistance dogs in taxis (1)This section imposes duties
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by DanBC 6y ago
Or it works the other way. Modern audiences don't understand the significance of a wool cap in Shakespeare. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/cZHd4yrC7DV2sdyndn...
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The EU archived “Euromyths” printed in UK media (2018)(thelondoneconomic.com)
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> The law handles drawings and 3d graphics the same way as real images. No it doesn't.
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by DanBC 6y ago
You might want to check how they count flu in normal years.
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There's a bunch of real MS promotional merch that doesn't show up in search engines. In the 1990s they released "drag 'n' drops" - a gummy candy in the shape of dragons. I can't find any mention of them.
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by DanBC 6y ago
The ICNARC reports give more information. It's only for ICU. https://www.icnarc.org/Our-Audit/Audits/Cmp/Reports Page 29 has a chart for spread of age. Most people (88%) live without any assistance in da
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by DanBC 6y ago
Yes, but please don't forget that some people cannot take the vaccine, or will have the vaccine but not develop antibodies. We need to encourage as many people to be vaccinated as possible in order to help protect this other group. And
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Violent bureaucracy: critical analysis of the British public employment service(shura.shu.ac.uk)
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> The US actually has a higher 5-year survival rate Take a bunch of people over the age of 50 and then screen them for thyroid cancer. Then don't provide them any treatment at all for that thyroid cancer. You haven't changed wh
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by DanBC 6y ago
But there's a lot of cancer where it isn't cheaper to treat it earlier. https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/screeni... > Overdiagnosis is the diagnosis of a cancer that wouldn’t have gone
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by DanBC 6y ago
It doesn't say that. It says people 70 or older should not go at all. That's why the page I linked to uses a red box. > The USPSTF recommends against PSA-based screening for prostate cancer in men 70 years and older. For the &q
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by DanBC 6y ago
> much less a prostate exam What's the point of a prostate exam? Prostate screening doesn't save life, and it causes harm. People may want to do it if they know they have risk factors, but otherwise it's not recommended.
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Frustrating that you got downvoted. https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recomme... > The decision to start screening mammography in women prior to age 50 years should be an individual one. Women who
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by DanBC 6y ago
Would it? What figures are you using for all cause mortality?
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Reindeer Cyclones Are Real, and You Definitely Don't Want to Get Caught in One(livescience.com)
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Pranks you can do at home – AI Weirdness(janellecshane.substack.com)
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Self-harm and Covid-19: factors contributing to self-harm during lockdown(sciencedirect.com)
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It's about paying people for the work they do. This page has a reasonably accessible description of who does what and why they get paid: https://www.openmicuk.co.uk/advice/music-royalties-explained...
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by DanBC 6y ago
I think sometimes we focus a lot on what children "should" be reading, and we can get a bit sniffy about the easy to read throwaway books that children read for pure enjoyment. But there are so many Walliams books (he's churn
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Could Accelerated Reader be holding children's reading back?(schoolsweek.co.uk)
1 points by DanBC 6y ago|1 comments
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> 49 “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell yo
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by DanBC 6y ago
> I have been getting vaccines all my life. They're quick, they're free (with my health insurance), and they have potentially saved my life. They've certainly saved millions of other lives. [...] > My public college req
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by DanBC 6y ago
Yes, but this is human factors, isn't it? Logging out and back in has friction. It's natural that people will do it [EDIT will not log out or lock when needed]. We need a lower friction method to log off and in again, or to at le
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Elon Musk's Starlink kit arrives in Kerry ahead of broadband plan(irishexaminer.com)
1 points by DanBC 6y ago|0 comments
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Maybe you just need to avoid management, which frequently requires people to toe a corporate line.
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He's also being targeted for his behaviour in the workplace.
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People in England who never want ECT should make an advance directive. https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/2012082...
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Psychedelics are still grinding their way through the testing and licensing processes. One of the reasons ketamine had so much buzz was because it was initially going to be used for this group of patients. In England (where the author works

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