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by Lemon
Wed Aug 24, 2022 3:38 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Lemon's Journal
Replies: 105
Views: 47180

Re: Lemon's Journal

Been a while! I have to admit ERE has very much been on a back burner. Having said that I could technically call myself FI, at least by the 4% rule if I just dropped my expenditure to where it was 2 years ago - which I don't mainly to please the other half. I also have no intention in packing in my ...
by Lemon
Sat Jul 23, 2022 2:23 am
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: Best books on depression?
Replies: 47
Views: 8520

Re: Best books on depression?

@animal really good questions But the Nature study does not show SSRIs don't work. It is looking at the umbrella theory of serotonin as a cause of depression. It is not making claims about treatment options. The 2 papers I linked come to different conclusions. This is pretty normal in medicine becau...
by Lemon
Fri Jul 22, 2022 1:38 pm
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: Best books on depression?
Replies: 47
Views: 8520

Re: Best books on depression?

Interesting paper - Need to read it in full But the thing is SSRIs work accept maybe they don't or, at least not as much as we would like. As people have said, generally pretty well tolerated medication but the difficulty with a lot of mental health is getting the diagnosis right and availability of...
by Lemon
Sat Jan 22, 2022 4:24 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Lemon's Journal
Replies: 105
Views: 47180

Re: Lemon's Journal

Work Well the work change solved itself with no further intervention from me. Ideal really. But I think I underestimated the amount of time the PG study was going to take up. With that plus work my free time has been much more scarce than I would like. I also got reminded how much I dislike assignm...
by Lemon
Mon Oct 11, 2021 3:36 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Lemon's Journal
Replies: 105
Views: 47180

Re: Lemon's Journal

Some b*****d decided to nick the front wheel of my bike. They have also managed to damage the front fork in the process. Fantastic value destruction there. For bonus points because it is insured everything takes a million times longer to sort and I have to get crime reference numbers and approved qu...
by Lemon
Sun Aug 15, 2021 3:04 am
Forum: Politics, and other eternal disagreements
Topic: COVID model - Bio stats observations and questions
Replies: 23
Views: 6162

Re: COVID model - Bio stats observations and questions

So there are many issues with option '1'. "Killing Grandma' is a bit of an oversimplification. Yes most of the people who die from COVID are older. But there are also those who are younger and unlucky or more vulnerable who also die. Plus you overwhelm the healthcare system given basically all ...
by Lemon
Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:31 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Lemon's Journal
Replies: 105
Views: 47180

Re: Lemon's Journal

Work Took the second job. Start in a few weeks. Negotiated and got what I wanted out of it and I think they have underestimated the value of the flexibility they have given me. But, perhaps it is more mutually beneficial than I can currently see. Either way a good outcome for me and negotiating was...
by Lemon
Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:39 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Lemon's Journal
Replies: 105
Views: 47180

Re: Lemon's Journal

Exam passed so just got to get the paperwork sorted and that's the end of 'training' Somewhat unsurprisingly I have been offered the job. I discovered my boss called and effectively said 'you would be an idiot if you didn't hire him' which was nice to find out :lol: But...I have looked elsewhere now...
by Lemon
Fri May 21, 2021 2:25 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Lemon's Journal
Replies: 105
Views: 47180

Re: Lemon's Journal

Well it has been a while. Training is now almost over - really just waiting on my membership exam results - not all that worried. That means being done with training and so having to actually apply for jobs. Resulting in immediate panic of 'oh god I am unemployed from August' and 'Oh god I hate CV w...
by Lemon
Tue Apr 20, 2021 3:00 pm
Forum: Politics, and other eternal disagreements
Topic: COVID topic vol 2
Replies: 865
Views: 90457

Re: COVID topic vol 2

Jacob's NNT/NNH summary is in essence what matters here. In almost all situations vaccine >>>>>>>>> COVID infection in terms of which to pick. The UK decision to avoid AZ in the <30s is reasonable as for that group 1) COVID is normally mild and 2) there is no need as there are alternatives sufficien...
by Lemon
Fri Jan 01, 2021 12:22 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Lemon's Journal
Replies: 105
Views: 47180

Re: Lemon's Journal

Interesting year. I am wealthier, fitter, and more skilled with plenty of new war stories. Despite this I still can't call it a good year. Despite being an internally motivated introvert with a job that requires lots of in person activity the lack of human interaction and community is starting to ge...
by Lemon
Thu Dec 31, 2020 3:49 pm
Forum: Politics, and other eternal disagreements
Topic: COVID topic vol 2
Replies: 865
Views: 90457

Re: COVID topic vol 2

Are 60% of frontline healthcare workers evil? Are they stupid? Brainwashed by social media? Selfish? Uncaring? Care home staff =/= all healthcare worker groups. Approximately 0% of my doctor and nursing colleagues have refused the vaccine. We have had a few admin staff decline. But I will say those...
by Lemon
Tue Dec 22, 2020 4:46 pm
Forum: Politics, and other eternal disagreements
Topic: COVID topic vol 2
Replies: 865
Views: 90457

Re: COVID topic vol 2

Had my first dose of the vaccine. Nice that this could be the beginning of the end. @nomad. There are multiple issues with that thread. Especially on Lombardy. You change the behaviour you obviously change the outcome. Lots of places got close. Ventilators? Yeah overestimated the need. Fun fact, IF ...
by Lemon
Sat Dec 05, 2020 1:10 am
Forum: Politics, and other eternal disagreements
Topic: COVID topic vol 2
Replies: 865
Views: 90457

Re: COVID topic vol 2

@chenda and @jacob If the powers that be, back in March, put out the message: Please don't purchase/hoard medical grade PPE because we need it for our medical professionals who are saving your lives, instead here's a guide to make your own face covering which is effective to reduce droplet exposure...
by Lemon
Thu Dec 03, 2020 12:59 am
Forum: Technical Skills & Tools Questions
Topic: Something From Nothing Log
Replies: 867
Views: 260324

Re: Something From Nothing Log

Alphaville wrote:
Sat Nov 28, 2020 6:50 pm
yes! when doctors visited homes (another place/ another time) they’d carry bags just like that.
Or to be honest these days. I have colleagues with very similar bags in terms of appearance. The difference is they are all sufficiently reinforced and lockable to comply with control drug laws.
by Lemon
Thu Nov 26, 2020 11:05 am
Forum: Politics, and other eternal disagreements
Topic: COVID topic vol 2
Replies: 865
Views: 90457

Re: COVID topic vol 2

Pulse oximeters are notoriously inaccurate for monitoring purposes. Everything has to be just right to get accurate readings, inexperienced users and products that do not display waveforms increases inaccurate usage 100fold. In the hospital setting (in modern hospitals in the US anyway), they are n...
by Lemon
Thu Nov 26, 2020 8:13 am
Forum: Politics, and other eternal disagreements
Topic: COVID topic vol 2
Replies: 865
Views: 90457

Re: COVID topic vol 2

@7w5 The main issue is how clean nails are/ they need to not be painted. Or a weak pulse/user error. Your experiences wrt %ages it pretty much what you expect given the O2 dissociation curve. In terms of brand we use all sorts of types, but get them annually calibrated which is the main thing. We al...
by Lemon
Thu Nov 19, 2020 12:09 pm
Forum: Politics, and other eternal disagreements
Topic: COVID topic vol 2
Replies: 865
Views: 90457

Re: COVID topic vol 2

@tony Not sure that is fair. They have said 'we are following the science' because in general they have been trying to. The includes trying to factor in value judgements/health/economy/everything else. They haven't got it perfect, but I don't think given basically no one this time last year would ha...
by Lemon
Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:56 am
Forum: Politics, and other eternal disagreements
Topic: COVID topic vol 2
Replies: 865
Views: 90457

Re: COVID topic vol 2

@jennypenny Exactly. Unfortunately politicians like most humans also don't like it when all options are various flavours of bad. It makes policy very hard. I would also say individual actions are not a particularly good measure to assess the advice of public figures. Because individual and populatio...
by Lemon
Wed Nov 18, 2020 3:41 pm
Forum: Politics, and other eternal disagreements
Topic: COVID topic vol 2
Replies: 865
Views: 90457

Re: COVID topic vol 2

@nomadscientist That sort of thing has so many variables it is inevitably political, which is what politicians are for. There have been talks about trying to value these sorts of things, but it is essentially a new way of looking at this sort of problem, not surprising given it is pretty unprecedent...