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Mutation “feat never seen before”.
📍Mutation “feat never seen before”...
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) December 21, 2020
UPDATE on UK 🇬🇧 strain of #SARSCoV2 & how it evolved so fast:
Variant B.1.1.7 (aka VUI-202012-01) has 23 mutations—but acquired suddenly 17 mutations “all at once”—which experts say is *a feat never seen before*.🧵https://t.co/sGvGl80miZ pic.twitter.com/SJHArIM5fc
the answer:
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— We The Inevitable (@WeTheInevitable) December 21, 2020
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COVID19 vaccine side effect
I've been getting a lot of questions of how the Pfizer's COVID19 vaccine side effect profile compares to other common vaccines. So - I made some graphics.
— Jesse O’Shea MD, MSc (@JesseOSheaMD) December 10, 2020
Pfizer's vaccine has less side effects than Shingrix but more so than the influenza vaccine and placebo. pic.twitter.com/ilt2zA8L55
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Netherlands: 87,000 nurses refuse experimental Covid vaccine: 'We're not guinea pigs!'
Netherlands: 87,000 nurses refuse experimental Covid vaccine: 'We're not guinea pigs!' https://t.co/1vo7SjLG1Y
— David Kurten (@davidkurten) December 14, 2020
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Capcom Leaks: Resident Evil Battle Royale, Monster Hunter Rise for PC, Politically Correct Strategies, More
Editor’s Note: The following information utilizes unverified third party translation.
Among the documentation includes a presentation on political correctness
and advertising materials, and how to avoid drama and controversy. This
includes avoiding the use of language that can be deemed as
discriminatory or prejudice, and will result in new guidelines for each
region’s PR and advertising material creators.
Even so, some of the documentation discusses what to do and what to
avoid as though it applied to game designers, though this may be the
result of how it was translated into English. This includes gender
neutral cosmetic options, only featuring certain ethnicities or
portraying them as unequal or stereotypical, and avoiding sexual or
obscene language and jokes unless inevitable based on the context of a
story or narrative.
Sexuality, LGBTQ, and women were also discussed. One slide features The Last of Us Part II and Shadow of the Tomb Raider as
being positive examples of LGBTQ characters; and that such characters
should be portrayed as appealing as male characters (and promoted in the
same way). Capcom do note that certain regions view LGBTQ characters
negatively.
Meanwhile, Nintendo’s Princess Peach and Zelda were used as examples of negative stereotypes of women due to being damsels in distress. This is in spite of the image used for Zelda being from Breath of the Wild; where the character takes a more pro-active role.
The presentation also asks to defer to the localizers of different
regions and vendors to make sure certain content is appropriate.
Examples include Arab localization and content featuring pigs, the use
of Happy Holidays over Merry Christmas, and numbers or expressions that
may refer to the Nazi party.
The presentation recommends characters that appeal to a wide range of
people, with male and female player characters being treated the same
within a video game. Custom characters should be able to have any
haircut or facial hair, and various body types.
Sex appeal, such as bikini costumes or lewd poses and costumes, should
be equal between men and women, and serve a purpose in the context of
the story. However, costumes cannot appeal to only one kind of user
base, such as only one gender.
Capcom used their own games as examples of this. While a shirtless costume for Street Fighter‘s Ryu was fine, R. Mika’s butt-smashing super move was not. Cases where an armor set in Monster Hunter World shows more skin on the female character was also seen as a bad thing.
Likewise, while Spider-Man Miles Morales was seen as a positive portrayal of non-white races, while Street Fighter‘s Dee Jay wearing a Rastafarian hat was not.
It should be noted that while this documentation indicates a
presentation was likely given, it is unknown how Capcom have acted based
on it. In the US, certain diversity and political correctness courses
for businesses are mandatory under state law, or provide incentives such
as lower taxes.
Similar may have occurred with Capcom in Japan; as a western investor
discovering no discussion on political correctness could cause them to
create outcry. Capcom also recently produced a swimsuit R. Mika figurine, along with the Street Fighter Swimsuit Special Collection artbook in 2020.
