Monthly Archives: May 2020

Secondary Effects of COVID-19: Bathing the World in a Dilute Solution of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds

Posted on May 21, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Because you need one more fucking thing to worry about. One of the consequences of a global pandemic is that we are forced to do things that will have harmful consequences to combat the pandemic. Using less mass transit exacerbates … Continue reading →

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Links 5/20/20

Posted on May 20, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Moving Personal Protective Equipment Into the Community: Face Shields and Containment of COVID-19 The airborne lifetime of small speech droplets and their potential importance in SARS-CoV-2 transmission Snakes have friends too Without A Vaccine, Herd Immunity … Continue reading →

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Public Health Big Data: The Wages of Privatization

Posted on May 20, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

I spent a significant part of my career in and around these kinds of data, and I think the article below, while very good in terms of description of the failures of COVID-19 data collection, misses the larger picture: this … Continue reading →

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Links 5/19/20

Posted on May 19, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How Coronavirus Spreads through the Air: What We Know So Far Coronavirus shut-downs pose huge threat to Australian research jobs High SARS-CoV-2 Attack Rate Following Exposure at a Choir Practice — Skagit County, Washington, March 2020 … Continue reading →

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Yogi Berra, Fox News Idiocy, and COVID-19

Posted on May 19, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Yesterday, we were treated to the spectacle of a Fox News propagandist covering a New Jersey gym, which had opened in violation of stay-at-home orders. The whole idiotic episode highlights one of the problems COVID-19 poses when we’re trying to … Continue reading →

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Links 5/18/20

Posted on May 18, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Exponential phase of covid19 expansion is driven by airport connections Impact of Climate and Public Health Interventions on the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Cohort Study Scientists: ‘Exactly zero’ evidence COVID-19 came from a lab Deep Inside … Continue reading →

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Solidarity and Masks

Posted on May 18, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

See if you can detect a common theme from these Seattle residents who refuse to wear masks (boldface mine): “I don’t see how it will help me at all,” said Micah Strunk, of Bremerton, who is skeptical of the cloth … Continue reading →

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Links 5/17/20

Posted on May 17, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Finnish-developed, open-source coronavirus vaccine nearly ready for testing Scientists Find The First Animal That Doesn’t Need Oxygen to Survive Coronavirus blood-clot mystery intensifies: Research begins to pick apart the mechanisms behind a deadly COVID-19 complication. We … Continue reading →

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Inexpensive, Too

Posted on May 17, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed in alley between 17th Street and New Hampshire Avenue, south of U, Dupont Circle, D.C.:

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Links 5/16/20

Posted on May 16, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Rats are infecting humans with hepatitis, and nobody knows how Why it matters that the NIH canceled a coronavirus research grant Lockdowns in SIR Models (pdf) Former Howard University professor ushered generations of scientists into careers … Continue reading →

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