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originally posted by: crankyoldman
That Pic looks odd to me. The hands seem pasted in. "It" looks pasted in entirely. The entire thing seems off.
Status of COVID-19
As of 19 March 2020, COVID-19 is no longer considered to be a high consequence infectious disease (HCID) in the UK.
The 4 nations public health HCID group made an interim recommendation in January 2020 to classify COVID-19 as an HCID. This was based on consideration of the UK HCID criteria about the virus and the disease with information available during the early stages of the outbreak. Now that more is known about COVID-19, the public health bodies in the UK have reviewed the most up to date information about COVID-19 against the UK HCID criteria. They have determined that several features have now changed; in particular, more information is available about mortality rates (low overall), and there is now greater clinical awareness and a specific and sensitive laboratory test, the availability of which continues to increase.
The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) is also of the opinion that COVID-19 should no longer be classified as an HCID.
The need to have a national, coordinated response remains, but this is being met by the government’s COVID-19 response.
Cases of COVID-19 are no longer managed by HCID treatment centres only. All healthcare workers managing possible and confirmed cases should follow the updated national infection and prevention (IPC) guidance for COVID-19, which supersedes all previous IPC guidance for COVID-19. This guidance includes instructions about different personal protective equipment (PPE) ensembles that are appropriate for different clinical scenarios.
originally posted by: MindBodySpiritComplex
a reply to: crankyoldman
Monty Python were way ahead of the crowd:
2 weeks ago:
J.K. Rowling is accused of transphobia after ridiculing women being called 'people who menstruate' .. two years after liking tweet referring to transgender people as 'men in dresses'
In a tweet shared on Saturday, the Harry Potter author, 54, sparked fury when she reacted to an article titled 'Opinion: Creating a more equal post COVID-19 world for people who menstruate'
'"People who menstruate." I’m sure there used to be a word for those people.... Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?', the writer told her 14.5million followers
The screenwriter was branded 'anti-trans' and 'transphobic' as transgenders, non-binary and gender-nonconforming individuals can also menstruate
She seemingly denied claims of transphobia, before retweeting a fan's comment which slammed 'extremists' for 'insisting biological sex is an illusion'
This is not the first time she has come under fire from her fans, as in March 2018, she 'liked' a tweet which referred to transgender women as 'men in dresses'
Somebody is funding and amplifying the loudest, most obnoxious "never enough" individuals to cause a huge backlash and tear western society apart from within. Same playbook on race, gender, religion and other topics.
This has to stop and it has to stop fast and without violence!
J.K. Rowling is accused of transphobia after ridiculing women being called 'people who menstruate'
originally posted by: RenegadeOfTheLight
originally posted by: crankyoldman
That Pic looks odd to me. The hands seem pasted in. "It" looks pasted in entirely. The entire thing seems off.
Cranky, I always enjoy your posts.
I thought South Park handled this issue 15 years ago?!?
originally posted by: RenegadeOfTheLight
Cranky, I always enjoy your posts.
The 46-year-old sat down for an interview with journalist Anna Brees, and in a teaser clip from the second part of the interview, the Rock DJ singer appears to question the validity of a conspiracy theory alleging that several high-ranking Democratic Party officials and U.S. restaurants were involved in an alleged human trafficking and child sex ring.
the theory has gained renewed interest on TikTok in recent weeks,