Making the news today....

[Khriss]

Was going to get round to this, 

 

Upside-down rhino research wins Ig Nobel Prize

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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Who knew? It's actually safer to move a tranquilised rhino by its ankles than on its side or chest.

K

[Stubby]

Emma Raducanu  wins the  woman's singles final at the US open . Brilliant !

[Big J]

31 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Emma Raducanu  wins the  woman's singles final at the US open . Brilliant !

 

Huge congratulations to her. It was a great final - probably the best game of women's tennis I've ever seen. 

[nepia]

The speed that ball was travelling...  fantastic performance.  And just 18 years old.

[roboted]

England vaccine passport plans ditched, Sajid Javid says

[nepia]

But put on the backburner which we hope means properly ditched 🤞

[Mark J]

14 minutes ago, nepia said:

But put on the backburner which we hope means properly ditched 🤞

On current form I half expect vaccine passports and a lockdown by November.
I genuinely hope not.
I was at a festival last weekend where everyone was cracking on as normal, a few people I know got the rona there, a few people I know caught a random lurgy, and I came out unscathed. There's not a great deal we can do other than hope the hospitals don't fill up again.

Edited September 12, 2021 by Mark J

[scbk]

New year cancelled 'cos of covid vax pass

 

https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/ness-islands-halloween-bught-bonfire-night-christmas-light-250967/

 

 

“However, with the announcement by the Scottish Government around the introduction of vaccine passports from October 1, I understand that all the city’s free-to-attend events exceed the numbers outlined last week in parliament. Therefore, for several reasons, the events that people may have been expecting will not be possible in their usual format."

[Johnsond]

Landmark ruling limiting under-16s use of puberty blockers overturned

APPLE.NEWS

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Last year, the High Court ruled children under 16 needed parental consent to take puberty blockers.

Absolute utter lunacy that such rubbish should be offered to kids. This I’d say is not what people pay into the system for. 

[Youngstu]

3 hours ago, Johnsond said:

Landmark ruling limiting under-16s use of puberty blockers overturned

APPLE.NEWS

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Last year, the High Court ruled children under 16 needed parental consent to take puberty blockers.

Absolute utter lunacy that such rubbish should be offered to kids. This I’d say is not what people pay into the system for. 

So if there is a child who has "felt they were in the wrong body" and has presented as the opposite sex,  and this has been accepted by the family, medical professionals etc, should they just be expected to accept the adolescent changes associated with they gender they were born as even though they may have intentions of undergoing gender reassignment surgery when they are old enough?

Such decisions can have massive implications for a young person's mental health, greatly increasing the chances of long term psychiatric difficulties, self harm, suicide etc. 

Why do you think that this kind of help/treatment should not be available through the NHS?