Monthly Archives: May 2020

I Would Like to Thank Some of America’s Churches for Conducting an Interesting Experiment

Posted on May 26, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

One that, thankfully, I’m not a part of. Last week, Trump, who is only concerned about his political welfare, encouraged people to go to church, and declared that churches were ‘essential.’ While most houses of worship will likely stay closed, … Continue reading →

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Links 5/25/20

Posted on May 25, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Moderna’s claim of favorable results in its vaccine trial is an example of ‘publication by press release’ The public do not understand logarithmic graphs used to portray COVID-19 America’s Patchwork Pandemic Is Fraying Even Further Today, … Continue reading →

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D.C.’s COVID-19 Data Problems

Posted on May 25, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

I wrote this before yesterday evening’s phone conference with reporters (obviously, I wasn’t on it). DC Health sort of suspended the march to fourteen days and moved it back to eleven days, since they claim, based on this figure, that … Continue reading →

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Links 5/24/20

Posted on May 24, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: metaviralSPAdes: assembly of viruses from metagenomic data Climate Change Is Making Hurricanes Stronger, Researchers Find Foreign STEM Graduates Are Being Shut Out of the U.S. Job Market High-Throughput Diagnostic COVID-19 Sequencing Assays May Enable Large-Scale Testing … Continue reading →

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May Blues

Posted on May 24, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on T Street NW, between 17th and 18th, Dupont Circle, D.C.:

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Links 5/23/20

Posted on May 23, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Where are the SARS-CoV-2 genomes from East Africa? Serology assays to manage COVID-19 Bizarre new species discovered… on Twitter Modeling the impact of social distancing, testing, contact tracing and household quarantine on second-wave scenarios of the … Continue reading →

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In Cased You Missed It…

Posted on May 23, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist links: Inexpensive, Too Solidarity and Masks Yogi Berra, Fox News Idiocy, and COVID-19 Public Health Big Data: The Wages of Privatization Secondary Effects of COVID-19: Bathing the World in a Dilute Solution of Quaternary Ammonium … Continue reading →

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Links 5/22/20

Posted on May 22, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Strong Social Distancing Measures In The United States Reduced The COVID-19 Growth Rate Thirty-six Thousand Feet Under the Sea ‘Weird as hell’: the Covid-19 patients who have symptoms for months (about five percent of cases–I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on the Mid-Term Future of COVID-19

Posted on May 22, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

I’m reluctant to engage in any kind of COVID-19 prognostication because figuring out how the human side of the equation will react is, as always, very challenging (and that’s an understatement). That said, I want to follow up on a … Continue reading →

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Links 5/21/20

Posted on May 21, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Gilead should ditch remdesivir and focus on its simpler and safer ancestor Coronavirus Test Shortages Trigger a New Strategy: Group Screening Iowa Disease Experts Say Face Shields Could Help Country Reopen Safely JetBlue’s Founder Helped Fund … Continue reading →

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