Condolences to the South African medical community. A really big loss for a nation that’s already struggling to provide the most needed care for vulnerable communities.
"The Thames at Port Meadow, was granted bathing water status by DEFRA in April after a long campaign by wild swimmers", "But by November the county’s only official swimming spot had failed bacteria safety tests."
https://t.co/P2yzzzK3IP
When I started in river restoration the original WFD target (all rivers in good ecological status by 2015) felt like a tangible possibility. At the least it felt like we were working towards it
Fast forward 15 years, and the official aim is to meet target 48 years late
Failure
The FINAL of the Medical World Cup 2022. 32 teams started and we’re down to the final 2.
A dash of ketamine here, a sprinkling of propofol there. The match starts, 48 hours, most votes wins the cup! 🏆
A Dutch bike company VanMoof reported an 80% drop in damages to their deliveries by doing one simple design change.
They made their packaging look like one for a TV to stop careless couriers damaging their deliveries.
One benefit of gendered budgets is that the conversations they force often reveal the folly of accepting as gospel long-held assumptions about how we do things.
From @CCriadoPerez's discussion of the Swedish snowplow policy mentioned in the article:
@RCEM_VP@RCollEM@mattdiscombe@RCEMpresident To give an example. Pt arrives midnight, seen by ED by 0400 and referred to Specialty Team. They see at 0900 and decide to admit. Pt in ED 9 hrs before “12 hr clock” even starts.
@jtsmith2511@JunkScience@jordanbpeterson Just as well as what’s written above isn’t even close to the real proposal. We’ll still be able to drive but routes will change some days / times