The Christian “purity” movement promoted a strict view of abstinence before marriage. But two decades later, some followers are grappling with unforeseen aftershocks. (tags: evangelicalismsexpurity)
“News that no outbreaks were linked to beach trips highlights important message about outdoor transmission, says expert” (tags: pandemiccoronavirusbeachscience)
“An exclusive interview by “Die Welt” and “La Repubblica” to the former Chair of the UK Government’s Vaccine Taskforce: what Boris Johnson said when he appointed her, the secrets of UK success, what Britain did and the EU didn’t, the “fake news” of doses from Germany to Britain, the future of Coronavirus vaccines, what she thinks of Sputnik, the role of Sir Patrick Vallance, why it’s correct to delay the second dose, why a global response is the only answer and why manufacturing vaccines is so complicated: “You do not build a racing car from scratch in 6 hours”” (tags: vaccinationvaccinecovid19pandemicmedicine)
Good writeup of another possible entry in the Accidentally Quadratic tumblr (though that itself hasn’t been updated for a while). (tags: gamesperformanceprogrammingquadratic)