Monthly Archives: March 2021
Side effects from the Oxford and Pfizer vaccines are about the same
An article on the Express website gives a very unclear account of the most common side effects from the two Covid-19 vaccines currently being used in the UK. In the process, the article wrongly implies that side effects with the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine are more serious or more common than those with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Based… Read More »
Misleading claims about Serco’s role in Test and Trace resurface
“…if £37 billion can be found to pay Serco for a failed track and trace system, the money must be available to pay NHS staff properly.” Jeremy Corbyn MP, 8 March 2021. Since its launch in May 2020, the NHS Test and Trace scheme has been repeatedly described in misleading ways. Despite our efforts to… Read More »
What happens when pupils test positive for Covid-19?
“The really important thing here is to make sure we can keep schools open and minimise the risk of having Covid in the classrooms, and that is why if people have had the test that shows that they have got Covid through the lateral flow test, we should not take the risk of having that… Read More »
WTF Fun Fact – Pre-Viking Sword
14 Simple Ways To Cope With Your Job Stress
To be effective and happy at work, it’s important to be able to manage the stress that invariably comes with your job. Because there are such a wide variety of occupations, there is also a broad array of different sources of stress. For example, many of the pressures that a self-employed plumber will confront are… Read More »
For five minutes you get transported 30 years into the future, you sit in front of a computer, what information do you look up?
We asked our regular contributors through e-mail For five minutes you get transported 30 years into the future, you sit in front of a computer, what information do you look up? We got many interesting responses. Here are some of them. We have just copied and pasted their responses, not editing them in any way.…… Read More »
How To Be a Self-Starter And Take Initiative At Work
Why do I need to be a self-starter and take initiative at work? Aren’t those traits only necessary for entrepreneurs? After all, isn’t the journey towards success only about beating the competition? I thought this way for years. Even as a child, I thrived off of competing against my peers. I won all the games,… Read More »
Parenting Tips from the Pros: How to Teach Children Not to Lie
Do you want a teen who lies, deceives, and sneaks behind your back to get what they want? No, you probably don’t—neither do I. Lying is a habit that starts when they are young. Then, by the time they have become teenagers, they would be proficient in lying because of years of practice. It is… Read More »
