Ancient humans? Europe didn't have potatoes until they were imported from the Americas in the 1600s. Conversely, the Americas didn't have apples. So it would basically be impossible for anyone before the Colombian exchange to have eaten both of these fruits.

I was just clarifying for others where you said that sentencing isn't harsher for women of color, which isn't true for sentencing in general, only for sentences involving incarceration, which non-white women are more likely to receive.

For those saying we should do it again or more often, that isn't always a good idea. Doing it when you're sick or when there is a new and novel outbreak makes sense. But the idea that prolonged masking and distancing could eliminate illness overlooks how human immunity and viral evolution actually work. While it’s true that measures like these reduced flu cases and even eliminated a particular strain during the pandemic, immunity is a dynamic system. The immune system is constantly exposed to various viruses and bacteria, which helps it "train" to recognize and fight off future threats. If we stop exposing ourselves to these relatively mild infections, our immune defenses could become unprepared for more serious illnesses when they inevitably re-emerge or mutate.

Viruses, especially, evolve rapidly. While masking might reduce transmission in the short term, viruses like influenza and coronaviruses mutate through processes like antigenic drift, which can make them unrecognizable to our immune systems even after we've built up some resistance. We saw this recently with the rise in RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) infections, particularly in children. After pandemic restrictions reduced exposure, many children lacked the usual low-level exposure that would have primed their immune systems. As a result, when RSV returned, it hit harder. So while distancing and masking can temporarily protect us, they don't provide a long-term solution for maintaining strong, adaptable immune systems.

Just being out there in the soup of viruses and bacteria, keeping your immune system resilient, and taking advantage of immunizations when possible is really the best, only, and most time-tested practice.

The first article doesn't primarily address racial disparities within the context of gender. The second one, which does, notes pronounced leniency for white women vs. women of other races. As a woman, you are between 12-30% less likely to get probation instead of incarceration if you are white. Where things were roughly equal is if you are being sentenced to incarceration (which is more likely if you're not white as noted above), you are likely to get a roughly equivalent period of incarceration for an equivalent crime. All of these outcomes will be significantly worse if you're a man.

Most broader social biases translate into higher rates of police violence, albeit not always evenly. Weight bias in society is a fairly well-established phenomenon. It translating into an increased risk of police violence hardly seems a stretch.

Your best chance of a low-risk encounter with the police and a favorable outcome in the justice system is to be a slim, upper-middle-class, college-educated white woman. If you only get to choose one, as the commenter above noted, choose woman.

That cat is older than dogs.

Narrator: it wouldn't be.

He hates homework and learning about... anything. To his mind, he's always already known all that he needs to know about anything, ever, now and forever.

OK DAMMIT. WHO FORGOT ABOUT THIS GLARING LOOPHOLE AND WHY IS IT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Roughly correlates with the rate of decrease in people 18-30 having sex. I'm not sure of the order of influence there, or if there even is one, but it's possible the declining presence of sex in media is a result of it being less relatable for something like 30% more young people than previous generations.

Yeah just depends on the polling. The large pulling aggregators -- 538 and Silver Bulletin -- both have Trump over 50% to win. It upsets people, so they often downvote the information, but it's just where the aggregators (and betting markets) are at the moment.

The discrepancy you're noticing might be the difference between EC vs national polling. Nationally polling is related to winning, but the EC is what actually determines the winner. The post I'm responding is talking about the likelihood of winning the election not opinion polling.

It's hard not to just be blunt here. She's a white girl. Sentencing guidelines and police protocols are different for people matching that description. It's a known, researched phenomenon.

It's not unreasonable to say that the police work for non-impoverished, non-overweight white women. It's noticeable in how quick white women are to call the police and think the police will help with a problem.

Statistically, you are roughly about 1000% more likely to experience police violence if you are not a white woman.

Unrelated to anything else, but as someone that likes to thrift clothing, I highly encourage you to find a good local tailor. It's surprisingly cheap and, as you've apparently noticed, it makes a subtle but impressive difference in the clothes you wear.

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Thanks, I did know that. I edited it for clarity and to add an apology for you since you seem upset.

That's why I said "instead of British."

Sorry for hurting your feelings.

This strikes me as a classic early-med-student response. Your appear to be missing the point of the study and the broader research behind drug expiration. The journal touches on storage conditions twice, but largely in the context of resource-limited areas. The researchers, with advanced degrees and extensive knowledge in medication degradation by the way, have supported their claims with evidence from multiple studies. For example, a review by Lyon et al. (2006) and the Shelf-Life Extension Program (SLEP) studies echo similar conclusions. There are also additional peer-reviewed articles that come to the same conclusions.

Blister packs, like those my medication is in, provide an airtight seal, so your blanket advice on storage is off the mark. Even if they weren't in blister packs, the article and sources note that degradation is generally minimal, even if stored in a non air-tight-sealed container. Additionally, guessing a random one-year rule ignores peer-reviewed science. For someone in medical school, it would be better for you to focus on understanding the research and deferring to it when appropriate rather than stretching to offer input on irrelevant conditions. I appreciated your point on tetracycline and noted it, but beyond that, your comment seems more about proving you know something than contributing to this specific conversation.

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