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Global heating is extending the range of Lyme disease

mercredi 12 août 2020 à 02:00

Global heating is extending the range of Lyme disease and other diseases spread by ticks.

When thugs rape people they say are suspects

mercredi 12 août 2020 à 02:00

In the US, when thugs rape people they say are suspects, it is rare to bring them to justice.

I object to describing any one crime as "sexual assault" because that is vague about the severity of the crime. This article often uses that term to refer to many crimes that differ in severity but raise the same issue. That may be a valid practice.

Difficulty convicting the thugs that killed Breonna Taylor

mercredi 12 août 2020 à 02:00

Kentucky laws and Supreme Court decisions make it difficult to convict the thugs that killed Breonna Taylor of murder. But reckless manslaughter may be possible.

Cutting down the Amazon forest to grow corn

mercredi 12 août 2020 à 02:00

Cutting down the Amazon forest to clear land to grow corn is reducing the rainfall and increasing the temperature, thus reducing yields of corn.

I don't see any objective validity in thinking of the Amazon as "the vagina of the world". It is a personal mental association; you can think that if it pleases you. However, if it motivates people to campaign effectively against deforestation, I'm all for that.

Highest Covid-19 excess mortality rate in Europe

mercredi 12 août 2020 à 02:00

England had the highest Covid-19 excess mortality rate in Europe. The reason is the unceasing Tory campaign for dooH niboR. The Tories made the poor poorer so they were more vulnerable, and it cut the NHS so it could not do enough.