COVID No worse than the flu? Harmless to kids? Turns out neither is true

COVID-19 linked to more heart complications than flu, RSV

The odds of myocarditis were 61% lower in flu and 85% lower in RSV than with COVID-19.

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In the past, schools tried to teach kids about what it's like being a grownup, sometimes even practicing what the workday was like. Now the script has flipped and CEOs are thinking about what it's like being a kid and having to bring bulletproof backpacks to work and interrupting their days with active shooter drills.

Today in Labor History December 15, 1973: The American Psychiatric Association voted to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. In the 1950s and 1960s, some therapists used aversion therapy to "cure" male homosexuality. Like in Anthony Burgess’s, “A Clockwork Orange,” they would show patients pictures of naked men while giving them electric shocks or drugs to make them puke. In the 1973 vote, 5,854 members voted to remove homosexuality from the DSM, while 3,810 voted to retain it. In a compromise, they agreed to remove homosexuality from the DSM, but replaced it with "sexual orientation disturbance" for people "in conflict with" their sexual orientation. They did not completely remove homosexuality from the DSM until 1987. And despite the overtly torturous nature of the therapy, as of today, only 8 U.S. states have banned it. And only a handful of nations have banned it (including Canada, Brazil, Ecuador, Spain, France, Germany, and Greece.) #workingclass #LaborHistory #lgbtq #homophobia #transphobia #conversiontherapy #dsm #therapy #mentalhealth #torture #psychiatry #clockworkorange #books #authors #writers #fiction @npub1wceq...lzu8

Today in Labor History December 15, 1890: The U.S. military arrested Lakota leader Sitting Bull for failing to stop his people from practicing the Ghost Dance. During his arrest, one of his men, Catch the Bear, fired at Lieutenant "Bull Head," who turned and shot Sitting Bull. Both men died. The people living in Sitting Bull's camp fled to the Pine Ridge Reservation. On December 29, 1890, the 7th Cavalry caught them at Wounded Knee and slaughtered nearly 300 men, women and children. #workingclass #LaborHistory #woundedknee #lakota #indigenous #genocide #ghostdance #massacre #sittingbull #nativeamerican

Today in Labor History December 14, 1970: Strikes began in Gdansk, Poland, and spread to Gdynia, Szczecin, other industrial centers, with widespread factory occupations. Labor resistance and protest continued in Gdansk, leading to the formation of Solidarnosc, in the early 1980s, which ultimately toppled the Communist government once and for all in 1989. However, in 1970s, the Polish People’s Army quashed the strikes, killing at least 44 people. #workingclass #LaborHistory #solidarity #Solidarnosc #poland #communism #strike #union #repression #massacre