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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:

"About 41% of parents reported they approached talking with their child about puberty only when prompted by the child, according to a new C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health released on Monday.

Only 36% of parents think it’s best to start puberty conversations before age 10, according to the poll, although puberty has been starting earlier."

cnn.com/2025/04/21/health/pube

CNN · Puberty conversations are starting too late, new poll revealsBy Riane Lumer
#health#puberty#parenting
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@Brian_Mahoney

What the heck are you talking about?

Voting federally in Canada is a very simple process, and doesn't take much time. You cast one vote for one office. Of course it's done by hand. It's trivial to count the votes afterwards. Even the biggest polling stations can count their votes in an hour or two.

Other than the line to get to where you get your ballot, it generally only takes a couple of minutes to vote. Yes, it'll be longer if you're not registered to vote, as they have to verify you, but otherwise it's quick.

It has been this way as long as I've been voting, which is more than 3 decades.

This post stinks of disinformation, trying to dissuade people from voting. Why? Who are you? Who are you working for?

#disinformation#misinformation#Canada
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Broadwaybabyto

Those of us who refused to adopt the “back to normal” Covid denial narrative are used to witnessing mental gymnastics by folks who need to believe the pandemic is over.

The new US Covid website is peak denial and conspiracy theory misinformation.

It reminds me of the AIDS denialism websites of the late 90s and early 2000s. They spread the lie that HIV doesn’t cause AIDS … that the real culprit was the medications to treat HIV.

You know who’s repeated that lie over the years? RFK Jr.

Lastly, how can they reconcile believing it’s a bioweapon yet also “mild” and “no big deal”? Surely if you believe a virus was weaponized to cause harm, you should take steps to avoid getting it repeatedly?

Mental gymnastics. When a person has no substance or facts to back up their position, logic goes out the window.

Screenshot of the white house Covid website that says “lab leak” at the top with an image of Trump between the B and the L. THE ORIGIN "The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2" publication - which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the media to discredit the lab leak theory — was prompted by Dr. Fauci to push the preferred narrative that COVID-19 originated naturally.
#uspoli#fascism#denial
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Robert Roy Britt

We all like to think we're good at spotting #misinformation, but are we really? Researchers have developed a new test you can take to inform yourself on your gullibility. And if you score poorly, this writer has suggestions for how to be more skeptical, in a healthy way, with the goal of being more thoughtfully informed.

medium.com/wise-well/can-you-s

Wise & Well · Can You Spot Fake News? Many Can’t When Scored on a Validated TestBy Andrea Romeo RN, BN
#news#media#psychology
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