Rice bowls in a Korean art museum. Some of them are blue 🙂

DH is a stay at home dad, and gets all this too (minus the direct propostioning. I hope!) Which is also misogyny. The role itself is undervalued because is it a role usually held by women. Patriarchy and misogyny affects us all.

Scouts Canada has been co-ed for almost 30 years. Troops and patrols are fully integrated. Girls and boys camp together. The only time my group separates by gender is shared tents. We would make your BSA misogynists' heads explode! We don't have full equity in scouting yet (particularly, the very top adult leadership levels still dominated by men), but Canadian scouting is one place where there is generally less misogyny than in general society. DEIR is taken seriously, and it shows. Our female youth really do get the same opportunities as males, are just as likely to be in youth leadership roles as males, and are accorded the respect they deserve.

It's baked in to our patriarchal culture. We are all swimming in misogyny tainted water and we're all so used to it that we don't even see it. The social conditioning is invisible. Example: Female doctors in Ontario earn 34 per cent less on average, even in fields they dominate, Globe analysis finds This is after correcting for hours worked - it's not that women work fewer hours or work less hard, it's that disadvantages are baked into the system. We all bill from the same fee-for-service fee schedule (socialized medicine). Seem fair. But it isn't: Sex-specific procedures on female bodies pay less than the equivalent procedures on male bodies. Misogyny. Women surgeons get fewer referrals than men, and get referrals for less lucrative procedures. Social conditioning. Misogyny. "Requests female physician" patients are often more complex and take more time (in addition to procedures that pay less in the first place). Meanwhile, my male colleague will get through 2-3 other consults, which earns him 2-3x the $ than I make because I've spent the necessary time with a "requests female physician" patient. Misogyny. Female MDs are socially expected to spend more time with patients in general and socially expected to seem more caring. There is absolutely no way that I could get away with the kinds of interpersonal "efficiencies" that my male colleagues do. Social conditioning ---> misogyny Female MDs are much more commonly mistaken for nurses and other support staff, which leads to constant interruptions in the ED. I also have had other doctor's patients interrupt me while I'm doing a task instead of their own doctor because "he seems so busy". Female MDs have to take time to establish that yes, they are the doctor. Misogyny. Female MDs work hard. But, due to reasons listed above (and billion other small reasons having to do with social conditioning and living in a patriarchal culture) it is impossible for them to crank through the same patient volumes as men. And the kind of work they do isn't valued. Misogyny.

We've been back to universal masking for clinical care for a few weeks. Still not required in non-clinical areas. Previously was only if patients ask, but that only lasted a few months.

@Elizabeth86 Please don't fire your doctor based on home-school internet forum medical advice. Especially over a single decision about antibiotics. This is a fabulous forum. Full of super-smart, amazing people. And a great place to get ideas and share experience. But none have taken a history or examined your child. Strep is tricky. Strep resistance to amoxil is vanishingly rare (but strep resistance to other abx more common). Antibiotic resistance is not the same thing as treatment failure. Sometimes strep isn't even the cause of the acute problem, even with a positive test --- 2-20% of children are chronic carriers, and will test positive for strep even if their symptoms are caused by something else. Complications from antibiotics themselves are common and can be serious. Emerging local and global antibiotic resistance is a very serious problem, and North America in particular has very big problem with patients demanding antibiotics. Strep pharyngitis is usually a self-limiting condition, for which there is genuine academic debate about whether we should be using antibiotics for it at all -- that we are more likely to harm patients with antibiotics than help them in developed countries. But also, strep can go very wrong and become extremely serious, even life-threatening. Your doctor likely knows all this. It sounds to me like your doctor has treated for strep, and is appropriately investigating for other causes of fever. I think you would benefit from a followup visit. Rather than trying to manage your concerns by phone with office staff as go-between.

No, not graded. Sometimes answers were available for self-check, sometimes not. Sometimes it was taken up in class, sometimes not. There is no textbook.

Commercial hummus freezes very well. I sometimes freeze portions in muffin tins, transfer the frozen hummus-pucks into a freezer bag, and thaw portions as needed.

Speaking of covering information: B.C. hospital sees fast spread of COVID-19, but no outbreak declared due to 'negative connotations' . The headline says it all......

Docs around here are well aware. Some meds can be stopped. For others, the risk of of harm from stopping the med is greater than the modest (and in some cases uncertain) benefit from taking paxlovid. Some are meds hard are contraindications -- stopping them is not adequate. Ontario Science Table published a very good guide back when paxlovid first came out. Unfortunately, it's not comprehensive. There are lots of other drugs with interactions that aren't on the science table's list. Liverpool Covid interaction checker is more comprehensive, but doesn't include some common North American drug names, and instructions on what to do with each drug aren't as complete as OST's

I just want to point out that because controlled medications may be legal for a pharmacy to mail does not mean that they are legal for an individual to mail: 453.3 Mailability 453.31 Controlled Substances If the distribution of a controlled substance is unlawful under 21 U.S.C. 801–971 or any implementing regulation in 21 CFR Chapter II, then the mailing of the substance is also unlawful under 18 U.S.C. 1716. Controlled substances and drugs that contain controlled substances are acceptable in the domestic mail only under the following conditions: For mailable controlled substances, generally both the mailer and addressee must meet either of the following conditions: Be registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Be exempted from DEA registration, such as military, civil defense, and law enforcement personnel, in performing official duties. For mail-back programs conducted in accordance with 453.7. For prescription medicines containing mailable narcotic drugs (controlled substances), when mailed by drug manufacturers or their registered agents, pharmacies, medical practitioners, or other authorized dispensers as permitted by 21 CFR 1307.11 or in compliance with any regulation of the Food and Drug Administration or other applicable law.

I'm also reminded of the Finnish baby box - a package of baby care items provided by the Finnish government; the box it all comes in is meant to be used as a baby bed. Why Finnish Babies Sleep in Cardboard Boxes (BBC)

Agree. We re-purposed a plastic laundry basket. Lined the bottom with a well-fitted piece of firm foam. That was for a portable bed to move about the house and take out onto the deck. We also had a proper crib.

This. Transfer the prescription to a pharmacy local to her, if possible. Some anti-anxiety meds are controlled medications. Mailing/shipping them may not be wise - be aware there are rules about this.

Oops, quoted when meant to edit.

I read somewhere that Central and Western Canadian accents are famously "neutral" (as in broadcast neutral; I know that there isn't really really such thing as a neutral accent). This partially accounts for why so many Canadian actors have success in the US. But, really, there is no such thing as a Canadian accent. There are multiple regional accents. Newfoundland being the most famous. But Newfoundland accent sounds different that Maritime, than Montreal Anglo than Toronto than prairies than West Coast than many Indigenous communities who have their own distinct accents. And variation between ethnic groups (not referring to ESL speakers). ETA: Plus lots of regional vocabulary differences. It's a very diverse place, linguistically. Wikipedian entry on Canadian English is pretty good.

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This is a lived reality for people in targeted groups, though. They have to be constantly alert and read the signs. It's normal life.

Safe for you. But not safe for everyone, certainly not for those in targeted groups. Ergo privilege. By engaging and probing, I risk putting myself and my family on his radar, and thus potentially endangering them. I won't do that.

And this is why allies are so important. Someone who feels less threatened/personally endangered can engage.

I am usually a benefit-of-the-doubt kind of person. But not for situations that signal serious danger to me or my family. This reads as one of those situations. I'd be out of there.

I would not engage, and I would not go back. I see this as basic situational awareness. When one perceives a danger sign, one have to doesn't stick around or probe to find out if the signal means what they think it means.

Assuming you are referencing cardiac ejection fraction. Cleveland clinic has a nice explainer on what is beng measured and what these numbers might mean. Maybe you will find it helpful?

I haven't read the whole thread. Check this MD's license. Sometimes Md's will have practice restrictions, that may include restrictions regarding prescribing certain meds, especially if MD has gotten into trouble for mis-prescribing in the past.

@Murphy101We had plenty of traditional Korean foods for breakfasts and suppers. There were all the problems you've mentioned: the jamboree had promised to cater to allergies and special diets, but they didn't do it very well. The vegetarians were seriously lacking in protein options. Allergen lists weren't provided or weren't accurate. Food delivery was shifted to just-in-time model last-minute, because there were problems with the subcamp refrigerated storage units and they couldn't be used. The Halal supplier delivered food up to 4 hours late for the 1st 2 days. My kids were in a Halal patrol (food is ordered by patrol, so the whole patrol ate Halal even though not all members required it). They ended up splitting meals with other patrols and then taking food meant for other units that hadn't arrived yet -- US and UK arrived a day late because of well-founded infrastructure concerns. Lunches were weird collations of snack foods, very heavy on bakery products. @chocolate-chip chooky After evacuation, government completely took over organization of everything. We were very very carefully handled - minders, medics and police followed us everywhere. We saw a similar protest in Seoul in the days before the jamboree. It was very, very orderly -- protesters seated in rows on a closed main road. Lots of police in high-vis traffic vests. I didn't see any tactical or riot gear.