@kcrlfs The HPV vaccine and testing is actually doing such incredible work at eliminating cervical cancer that younger generations who’ve benefited from it … kinda have a point. An HPV test is a less invasive screening method these days (replaced Pap smears as the frontline test in NZ)
@henrycooke Hey gentle suggestion to not use "powwow" casually - it's a culturally significant Native American gathering so use of the term is often considered appropriation
@ClintVSmith The article says he’s committed to reversing the changes, just doesn’t know how the $$ amount was calculated. Seems a disingenuous headline to me?
@Ewenr@hellomotorbike@EricaStanfordMP@NicolaWillisMP I tried to engage meaningfully on the off chance you were genuinely confused about the terminology (fair, it's not straightforward), but now you're being deliberately obtuse. Muting. I highly encourage you do a bit more research on pay equity before reaching any conclusions.
@Ewenr@hellomotorbike@EricaStanfordMP@NicolaWillisMP It's about finding comparable workforces, where the value add/skills/training are similar but the pay is different - with the aim of ensuring equity between comparable workforces.
@Ewenr@hellomotorbike@EricaStanfordMP@NicolaWillisMP That's not what pay equity is about - it's about predominantly female workforces being undervalued and underpaid. Teaching is a prime example - when it was a male dominated profession teachers earned the same as MPs
@Mrs_G_NZ @PedagogyMaxima There’s been a lot of research on this in the US. If you means test it, it becomes a social signifier of shame for kids and they choose to go hungry rather than be seen as needing a school lunch. It tends to only be effective if it’s universal
@LI_politico Do you still have any old cloth masks sans metal? You could cut the metal part out of a surgical or n95 and then use a cloth mask on top to keep a seal? Or layer up cloth masks?