Daily Archives: July 21, 2021
Young people do face a small risk from Covid
Youngsters are not at risk from this disease at all. Sir Charles Walker, 20 July 2021 [18:35]. During a conversation about nightclub rules on the BBC radio programme World at One, the Conservative MP Sir Charles Walker said that young people are not at risk from Covid-19. This is not true. Although the risks of… Read More »
Richard Tice makes misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccines and fertility
Forcing young girls, who just want to dance, to have vaccines almost certain to mean increased still births, miscarriages, disabled children, infertility. Remember the vaccines still on emergency approval only. Revolting, disgusting. Richard Tice, 19 July 2020. In a widely shared and now-deleted tweet, Reform UK leader Richard Tice claimed that “forcing” young women to… Read More »
Double vaccinated people do not make up 60% of Covid-19 hospitalisations
The government’s Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has corrected comments made at a press conference on 19 July, when he claimed that 60% of people currently in hospital with Covid-19 were double vaccinated. Writing on Twitter the same evening, he clarified: “About 60% of hospitalisations from covid are not from double vaccinated people, rather… Read More »
How To Set Employee Goals To Help Everyone Grow
With companies around the globe transitioning to in-office or hybrid workplaces, employees are bracing themselves for new (and maybe some familiar) challenges. During these times of transition, buoying employee motivation is critical for an organization’s continued growth. So, how do we ensure our employees’ well of motivation runs deep? It begins with employee goals. But… Read More »
What Is Fear-Based Motivation And Does It Work?
If you’ve ever thought or said something like this, then you are using fear-based motivation: “If I don’t get that promotion, I’m going to be seen as a failure so I better stay up all night to work on this proposal.” “If I speak up for school reform, the internet trolls are going to get… Read More »
Children are very unlikely to die of Covid-19
Readers have asked us to explain a public argument between scientists over the dangers of Covid-19 to children. The argument took place on Twitter, and concerned a BBC News article published on 9 July about recent scientific research that assessed the risk of death or severe disease from Covid-19 for children and young people in… Read More »
Vaccines have not caused daily cases to increase
A post on Instagram seems to imply that the vaccine is causing more Covid-19 cases, by comparing the number of new cases at the start of July 2021, with the same time last year. It correctly states that there were 27,989 new cases reported on 1 July 2021, but incorrectly suggests that there were 63… Read More »
WTF Fun Fact – Irving Gordon’s Reliable 1966 Volvo
For the first Superman movie…
For the first Superman movie, producers wanted Christopher Reeve to wear fake muscles under his suit but he refused. He instead went on an intense training program adding 30lbs of muscle to his thin 189lb frame. He got so big they had to reshoot earlier scenes as they didnt match later shots. The post For… Read More »
The first sports bra was made…
The first sports bra was made in 1977 by sewing two jock straps together. Its literal test run was performed by of its two inventors: one jogging forwards wearing the Macgyvered prototype while her friend ran ahead, jogging backwards so she could assess her friend’s “bounciness”. The post The first sports bra was made… appeared… Read More »