MPH Brain Dump

Bubonic plague outbreak in Madagascar. Looking at that prison, its pretty easy to see how disease is spreading.

"They found that people hesitated longer to shoot an armed white target (and they were more likely to accidentally not shoot). Participants were quicker and more accurate with black armed targets but there were more “false alarms” (shooting them when they were unarmed). These effects were present even though participants did not hold any explicit discriminatory views and wanted to treat all targets fairly."

A teenager who killed four people while driving drunk has been sentenced to 10 years probation.

Well these are fun

Last semester my class had the opportunity to Skype with Al Vernacchio, a sex education teacher at a Quaker Friends school.  His approach is so well rounded, comprehensive, and compassionate. 

I love this article explaining his approach.  He said he's currently working on a book so every few months I google his name to check for a release date. I will definitely be snapping that up the minute its available.

I decided to track down some cisgender men to find out what escorting has meant to them, and to better understand why they volunteer to wake up early and stand outside an abortion clinic for hours.

RH Reality Check interviewed men that work as clinic escorts. In true "Lauren" fashion, their stories made me tear up at my desk.

I will be keeping my eye out for this book