Monthly Archives: May 2020

In Case You Missed It…

Posted on May 16, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Stand Together There Is No Plan: The Restaurant Reopening ;Edition Reopening Plans and Can ;Openers Long Term Consequences of COVID-19 ;Infection When Movement Conservatism Collides with ;Reality Yes, Trump Has a Plan to Deal … Continue reading →

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Links 5/15/20

Posted on May 15, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Hoping Llamas Will Become Coronavirus Heroes Covid-19 Reignites a Contentious Debate Over Bats and Disease Covid-19’s Scary Blood Clots Aren’t That Surprising I’ve seen many alarmist and incorrect claims about mutations in #SARSCoV2. The coding capacity … Continue reading →

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Yes, Trump Has a Plan to Deal with COVID-19

Posted on May 15, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s just too monstrous for decent people to contemplate. While I realize Ezra Klein’s latest rhetorical trick is to act astonished when horrible people somehow end up doing horrible things, it becomes a real analytical stumbling block. In a recent … Continue reading →

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Links 5/14/20

Posted on May 14, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A Much-Hyped COVID-19 Drug Is Almost Identical to a Black-Market Cat Cure Kits, reagents and viruses (excellent background for non-specialists) Doctors keep discovering new ways the coronavirus attacks the body High Contagiousness and Rapid Spread of … Continue reading →

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When Movement Conservatism Collides with Reality

Posted on May 14, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

One of the hallmarks of movement conservatism–and which is why some asshole with a blog often writes, “Nothing in movement conservatism makes sense except in the light of creationism”–is the ability, often successful, to ignore reality, even as it collides … Continue reading →

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Links 5/13/20

Posted on May 13, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Five More Years What If Covid-19 and Flu Both Flare Up This Fall? With Crispr, a Possible Quick Test for the Coronavirus CDC warns of potential measles outbreaks as kids fail to get vaccines Why Scientists … Continue reading →

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Long Term Consequences of COVID-19 Infection

Posted on May 13, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

One reason a substantial fraction of U.S.-ians claim to not be worried about COVID-19 might be that too many people believe if you don’t die, you’ll get over it. Yes, there might even be a couple weeks of hell, but … Continue reading →

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Links 5/12/20

Posted on May 12, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: What Other Coronaviruses Tell Us About SARS-CoV-2 (excellent) Camera Traps May Overcount Snow Leopards and Other Vulnerable Species The effect of stay-at-home orders on COVID-19 infections in the United States Telling apart the ‘murder hornet’ from … Continue reading →

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Reopening Plans and Can Openers

Posted on May 12, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

“Can openers” refers to an old joke: There is a story that has been going around about a physicist, a chemist, and an economist who were stranded on a desert island with no implements and a can of food. The … Continue reading →

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Links 5/11/20

Posted on May 11, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Coronavirus lessons for the fight against ‘superbugs’ New Studies Add to Evidence that Children May Transmit the Coronavirus Issues with SARS-CoV-2 sequencing data What the Proponents of ‘Natural’ Herd Immunity Don’t Say Three potential futures for … Continue reading →

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