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JelloBrains, in Almost half of US adults plan to get new COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds
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Now that's not exactly what the polling data says, it says 23% plan to get the shot, while another 23% might get the shot. I'd like to think those who say they might get it will definitely get it but we know a lot of them won't be getting the shot.

Anticorp,

“I think the vaccine is brain control serum, but I don’t want to tell a survey worker that, so ‘i might get it’”

23% of people

Kidplayer_666, in Antimatter falls down, not up: CERN experiment confirms theory

God dammit, why are our models right.

paysrenttobirds, in Hospitals are dropping Medicare Advantage left and right

This deny everything and wait for appeal practice has to be called out. It has spread to SSA and other benefits agencies, saving them money I guess, while making the programs look worthless. The government is quiet quitting on us.

btaf45,

It doesn't happen with real Medicare. Only with Medicare Disadvantage plans.

btaf45, in Hospitals are dropping Medicare Advantage left and right

It doesn't happen with real Medicare. Only with Medicare Disadvantage plans.

RootBeerGuy, in Pictured: Hero schoolgirl, 15, stabbed to death in Croydon 'when she stepped in to protect her friend'
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Her name was Elianne Andam.

Bloodwoodsrisen,
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It always enrages and bewilders me when they keep the person anonymous in headlines instead of saying their name

stopthatgirl7,
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There was some confusion about her first name at first, though, so I can kind of see why they did here.

RootBeerGuy,
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Yeah but the link to the article included the name, so I am not sure that is a good excuse. They seemed to have the name when creating the article, otherwise how could it show up in the URL?

stopthatgirl7,
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The name in the URL is the wrong one, though - her first name is misspelled.

HeartyBeast,

It's simply because a headline like this is much more useful for people coming to the story for the first time, or who aren't deeply familiar with the story. It's not a sleight on her. Also at the time of publication, I think her name had only recently been released by the police.

I agree that the BBC's style of headline is better, though https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66942594

HubertManne, in Brazil and Argentina turn to blockchain for citizen ID rollouts
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I hate when an article about a possible good use of blockchain like in a national id shoves in mention of bitcoin one of the worst usese of blockchain.

NotAnonymousAtAll,

Can you explain why a national ID is a good possible use of blockchain from your point of view?

A national ID is inherently bound to a central authority, the nations government. What are the advantages of a blockchain in this scenario compared to a traditional central database?

StarServal,
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The only aspect of blockchain I can think of where National IDs would benefit is forgery resistance.

HubertManne,
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It is not necessarily the best way but keep in mind that blockchain does not mean peer to peer. The government systems can retain the ability to be authoritative.

NotAnonymousAtAll,

That does not answer the original question: What are the advantages of a blockchain in this scenario compared to a traditional central database?

HubertManne,
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Yeah I don't have an answer. I could look it up but my comment was not blockchain is the best thing to use for this scenario but that this was a better use of blockchain than crypto (the real but is I dont' feel like it atm).

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