GroveHillWanderer

Both those headlines mischaracterise the CDC report that they are based on. What the report said (and you can see this by following the links) was that: So it's absolutely crystal clear that the CDC data said the vaccine would reduce, not stop infections. You need to read past the headlines. These are usually written by sub-editors who aren't the people who wrote the articles and who often don't actually completely understand the full import of the article. Their job is just to write headlines that will catch people's attention.

This story has been debunked multiple times. Firstly, when it was originally published over a year ago, and more recently when GBNews and The Express tried to revive it. Sadiq Khan subjected to racist abuse over false claims he vetoed Queen statue https://x.com/jdpoc/status/1759248084708491355?s=20

I eat Thai food every day (usually twice a day) when we're in Thailand. Almost always at home though occasionally at my sister-in-law's or niece's house. We almost never go out to restaurants for Thai food (except occasionally, when it's someone's birthday). When we're in England that drops to about 3-4 times a week.

Being allowed out of hospital doesn't automatically indicate that he's not sick. Whatever his medical needs may or may not be, someone with his resources can surely arrange to receive medical attention at home that would probably be as good as what he was receiving in hospital.

I can't find that article. Do you have a link to it? It does seem a little unlikely though, given that (as mentioned above) the school had stated quite clearly that no children were identifying as any kind of animal.

No, it's not true. As mentioned in the article in the subsequent post you made about this, the school involved made it clear that: It's not totally evident, but based on the TikTok clip, it sounds as though the idea of a pupil identifying as a cat was brought up as more of a hypothetical by the pupils (and is actually a straw man argument, since no pupil was doing so).

Oh, come on. What Trump was doing here goes way beyond "a difference between what you think and the bank does." Just for an example, on one declaration he claimed that his apartment in Trump Tower was 33,000 square feet when it's actually only a third of that size. That's not a difference of opinion, it's just downright lying (and therefore, fraud). His attempted and totally ridiculous explanation for this? That his valuer "didn't take out elevator shafts and other non-usable square footage." I'd like to see an apartment where lift shafts and the like constitute two thirds of the total area! Trump fraud trial testimony: what we learned so far And that was only one of the excuses he tried. Another one - that square footage is subjective. Trump lawyers ‘absurdly’ argued that figuring out square footage is ‘subjective’

Based on the record of similar crimes being prosecuted in the past, I wouldn't say Trump had been singled out for special attention at all. As the article below mentions, there have been dozens of similar cases in recent years. Survey of Past New York Felony Prosecutions for Falsifying Business Records

That may not be true. Asians in general have more Neanderthal DNA than Europeans - especially East Asians. Scientists finally solve mystery of why Europeans have less Neanderthal DNA than East Asians And while East Asians also have a relatively high level of Denisovan DNA, mainland Asians (including those in SE Asia) have relatively little. The complete genome sequence of a Neandertal from the Altai Mountains

Trump may have thought he had the authority to declassify documents "just by thinking about it" (though I have my doubts about whether even he truly believed that) but his lawyers knew that he hadn't, and so were careful never to claim he had declassified the documents he held on to. Attorneys for former president Donald Trump never claimed he declassified any documents that were retrieved from his Florida home And in fact on one notorious occasion, even Trump himself made a point of specifically mentioning that the documents he was showing to people, were still classified.

Surely they should have quarantined the passengers and plane until they determine what caused this, just as a precaution? Of course, this may have been caused by something entirely non-transmissible, as suggested by @EvetsKram, but equally (unless there's some other information about the patient's condition that we haven't been told) it could be something more dangerous - and potentially contagious.

Which manufacturers are those? Do you have a source for that claim? And what makes you say EV owners will need to trade or buy a battery? Batteries are lasting longer than ever, with current experience and data indicating they will last longer than the vehicles themselves. As the article below from Forbes magazine states: Electric Car Batteries Lasting Longer Than Predicted Delays Recycling Programs

Yes, there are options but only two of them, one of which is not recommended unless you've had dengue before, and the other one requires two injections to be effective. Although this vaccine is not fully approved or available yet, the potential advantages to it would seem to be that it's efficacious and safe regardless of whether you've had a previous infection or not and that it only requires one shot to be safe and effective.

That's not what the article says - it says this vaccine is actually more effective for those that have had a previous infection. As it states: And the results of this study don't mean that a person over 60 absolutely can't have this vaccine. The thing is just that since It was only tested on people under 60, that's the only age range they can actually recommend it for. That's not to say it wouldn't be safe and effective for people over 60 - for example, if it works on a 59 year-old, why wouldn't it work on a 61 year-old? Though all things being equal, it's probably slightly less effective for older people, given that this is virtually always the case with almost all vaccines. There's also a chance that they will do further studies to gauge its effectiveness in older age groups at a later date.

Actually, it is a correct usage of the word. See below.

It's only the results of a phase 3 trial but that means it may not be too far away from getting approval and it's better than any of the currently available options in that it requires only a single dose and is suitable for people who've not had Dengue before. Single-Dose Dengue Vaccine Provides Nearly 80% Protection According to the linked article:

They would know simply by following the news. Both a judge and the SEC found that he did not have the backing, and lied when he said that he did. Musk also had to pay a $20 million fine to the SEC over this. Judge rules Musk's tweets over taking Tesla private were false, investors say Elon Musk Settles SEC Fraud Charges; Tesla Charged With and Resolves Securities Law Charge

Do you have any evidence that the bias is consistently in the same direction? If so, please present it. I have to say I haven't seen a consistent left wing bias on the BBC more recently, especially since it's had a succession of former Conservative Party Grandees in charge. Try watching Laura Kuenssberg's show for instance, and tell me what kind of bias you see there. FWIW, Peter Oborne, former chief political commentator of the Daily Telegraph while he had, about a decade earlier, criticised the BBC for left wing bias, joined in criticism of the company in 2019 that said there is a culture of client journalism which had flourished in the precedeing years due to a closeness between the BBC and the ruling Conservative Party, which had led to their bias in favour of the establishment. In its election coverage, the BBC has let down the people who believe in it

What on earth are you on about, "No links"? Links (to a reliable source) are the standard and accepted method to prove the accuracy of what a person is saying in an online discussion. In fact, since this is a news/current affairs topic, and @RayCis trying to point out to you the fact that standard methodologies do exist to establish a random sample for an opinion poll, Forum Rules actually state that a link should be posted. See extract from the rules below:

OK, but I also haven't seen anyone suggesting the Taliban shot it down either. One person (see below) suggesting they might shoot the survivors, however. Have a look at the Reuters article - four survivors and no suggestion that the Taliban were doing anything to them, other than to "provide assistance to the remaining individuals."

As far as I can tell looking at the map, if flying from Gaya, India to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the shortest route would take you over North-Eastern Afghanistan. The fact that the planned route did not include flying over Afghan airspace but the plane ended up there, seems to suggest the pilot was actually trying to take a shorter, more direct route.

As stated in the Reuters article linked to in @Rimmer's post, four people, including the pilot, survived.

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There's nothing in that article even remotely suggesting that new batteries are required after 8 years. Both real world experience and discharge/recharge cycle testing shows many EV batteries lasting 15-20 years or so in normal use. Good News: EV Batteries Last Longer Than Expected As Nissan UK marketing director Nic Thomas says, in an interview with Forbes: How long do electric car batteries last?

OK, but when they say his victory was a broad one, I think that has to be put into context. In these caucuses, the 57,000 or so votes Trump got represents a mere 7% (+/-) of eligible Republican voters in Iowa. It also comes to less than 3% of the approximately 2 million eligible voters in the state. I'm not sure that getting only 7% of your party's voters and less than 3% of the state's total voters to express support for you, really qualifies as a broad victory.