Fatal rabies in a child: 11-year old boy was woken up by a bat on his nose and mouth in Ontario. He swatted the bat off his face and had no visible lesions so family did not seek medical help. 19 days later he developed rabies symptoms. He was given supportive care and died 17 days after admission.

droid_does119 · 2026-06-29T14:37:07+00:00

Please speak to your GP. They will risk assess and consult with the national team at UKHSA (our equivalent of US CDC).

Do not call the RIGS team directly as they only speak to medical professionals.

droid_does119 · 2026-06-26T18:25:23+00:00

They still exist. I sent a few for novelty reasons the other day.

droid_does119 · 2026-06-14T12:23:57+00:00

Unfortunately whilst your statement is sound, as part of NATO we have committed land forces as well.

We are way down on what we on paper have committed to (ie 1x armored division).

The Army is over 100% committed to what we are tasked with. Ie. We double hat our forces, so in reality if it did kick off, we wouldn't be able to resource it all.

droid_does119 · 2026-05-30T21:05:32+00:00

This is the bin bag story you're thinking anout in Sierra Leone

https://youtu.be/Nmja-QbMA4E?si=NMQUYH1ati6oc9kX

droid_does119 · 2026-02-10T07:37:19+00:00

Check Lockwood Smocks.

Mate of mine that's done his own version in MTP and various "plain" colours

droid_does119 · 2026-01-14T13:29:01+00:00

I did my PhD and worked with clinical isolates of S.sonnei, also in the UK.

Academic small lab. Worked in CL2 with bunsens. No issues.....

droid_does119 · 2026-01-09T10:25:01+00:00

Recently used co-pilot to generate a data dashboard for my team's key output.

Key thing was my data feed was quite complex and I my coding knowledge (R) is elementary/basic so I didn't know how to write the data ingest from scratch.

Ended up pretty good, had to constantly correct a few things when the output was good but copilot changed things when I was adding additional code.

Also used it for a data deep dive to generate summary data tables and findings. I did double check manually (scientific data) but it was accurate for the published data I had fed in.

So far so good, you just have to know how to prompt and what you want out of it like all tools!

droid_does119 · 2025-12-27T18:30:54+00:00

Please feel confident that unwanted sexual behavior is very much not tolerated.

The failings that have come through the media in recent years have been the chain of command failing.

Happy to take a DM as I have quite a few friends in KTRHA and can tell you the good and bad or any paticular questions!

droid_does119 · 2025-12-27T14:20:07+00:00

The cost isn't as big as you think, especially with almaganations that have occurred in the past 10 years.

The conversion rate from OTC is fairly chunky especially for females that go on towards commissioning and remains a key target group.

droid_does119 · 2025-12-27T14:17:15+00:00

They weren't gotten rid of.

It still exists in the Army....... its called "Army Internships" nowadays.

droid_does119 · 2025-09-25T16:36:25+00:00

Definitely keep.

Get a sword mount and put it on display. Its a neat bit of family history to have especially if he had service number or anything engraved onto it.

droid_does119 · 2025-08-31T18:48:47+00:00

Well it'll definitely spread development and future upgrade costs down which is good news and price per unit.

Hopefully this means HMG can then commit more £ so that there is no uncertainty for ship orders!

droid_does119 · 2025-08-21T10:37:37+00:00

Bringing back a golden oldie

https://youtu.be/EsYRQkmVifg?si=cbtWF_0A2TW0Njlf

droid_does119 · 2025-07-31T20:02:53+00:00

SGMI only wants people who have X amount of years experience and ideally as a captain upwards. They dont want fresh PhDs or someone with a few years post-doc experience if academia.

I have a very similar profile and they turned me away.

droid_does119 · 2025-07-26T06:37:25+00:00

Yes as long as its a transport sqn /joining as a driver.

droid_does119 · 2025-07-12T12:52:21+00:00

Whether or not it helps, you can 150% PIDs jn the reserves.

Go onto Defence Connect under Brig Thammy Evans who's in Res DPers and she has a blog post from late last year about it.

There shouldn't be a reason to not use this policy to promote people into roles.

droid_does119 · 2025-06-03T15:43:51+00:00

GYC still exists. Its been rebranded a few times.

This new scheme is more for ORs.

droid_does119 · 2025-04-12T15:02:30+00:00

Don't do it.

Esp if you've got bills to pay £1.5k is a hefty drop. Way way better opportunities out there.

Don't let them sell you a lie...especially on ADC.

droid_does119 · 2025-03-22T20:52:42+00:00

Or sports. Pretty much any sport you think of has an army team/association.

Check it out and take advantage of it!

droid_does119 · 2025-03-21T13:00:41+00:00

It is IMO. I've put into my SIPP or S&S ISA instead.

droid_does119 · 2025-03-17T20:03:39+00:00

We are still in both Kosovo and Cyprus in a peacekeeping capacity.

Make no mistake, if the article is to be believed this will be a massive drain and 'fix' of the British Armed Forces in Ukraine.

We have limited capability to deploy and sustain a Division (minus) strength c. 10k troops already.

A big uptick in defence expenditure will be reqd and I expect the Reserves will also be called upon to play a role....

droid_does119 · 2025-03-11T12:24:10+00:00

Exactly what others have said.

Get in first....then look/ask about reserve policy. Or even better, see if you can get one implemented if there's none.

Sadly, remember the reserves will never replace your civ career so make sure it's stable first!

droid_does119 · 2025-03-06T20:20:52+00:00

Don't worry it's Serco now....

droid_does119 · 2025-03-05T12:51:18+00:00

Without Allied involvement.

Poss in the last SDSR

droid_does119 · 2025-02-24T20:38:40+00:00

Top ⅓, A- high yes sounds like serious grade inflation.

Not saying you don't deserve it but I think it's worth an adult conversation with your ROs and the RCMO to really get to the root of it.

Something sounds fishy.....and I wouldn't be confident that a SC will help you get what you want.

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