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‘I’ve never seen heat this bad. It’s not normal’: Italy struggles as temperature tops 40C 104F (48C 120F predicted)

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At least here in Australia parents were using the kids at the playground to socialise (standing right up in each other's space, holding empty coffee cups to justify no mask), and so there were multiple vectors of infection. That and multigenerational households are more common in some parts of the world, so if the kid brings it home, whole family gets sick, hospital system overloads.

It wasn't specifically kids suffer so oldies don't die, but the continuation is that if the oldies are healthy, if anyone needs the hospital, there'll be staff to look after them.

TL;DR people are taking the piss and making the jobs of HCWs harder... Not like that's anything new 🙄

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A gel injected into the scrotum could be the next male contraceptive

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Unfortunately there has to be almost no side effects for almost all users, as there are no (as yet) medical benefits to male contraception.

In women, not being pregnant can prevent death for some of them, regulate painful periods, etc. - it is considered the risk of the myriad side effects is worth it because at least it does some good.

For men, who do not become pregnant, not being able to get someone else pregnant is not a medical benefit for the man.

And unfortunately hormonal modification does cause problems. Lots of them.

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The hottest 14 days ever recorded are the last 2 weeks

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Acknowledging the truth means accepting that we're fucked, that even if we weren't individually responsible (maybe) we are still going to have to deal with the ramifications... And that's scary. It's far more comforting for there to be a secret cabal controlling everything and that really life is gonna be ok and you don't have to change anything at all.