Monthly Archives: July 2020

Links 7/21/20

Posted on July 21, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: G.A.O.: Trump Boosts Deregulation by Undervaluing Cost of Climate Change How Munich Turned Its Coronavirus Outbreak Into a Scientific Study Once a relic of medical history, radiation emerges as an intriguing — and divisive — treatment … Continue reading →

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COVID-19: What the Administration Knows and What They’re Telling Us

Posted on July 21, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Oddly enough, they’re not the same. Last week, the Center for Public Integrity managed to get its hands on the daily report for July 14 that is prepared for the White House Coronavirus Task Force. The first thing to note … Continue reading →

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Links 7/20/20

Posted on July 20, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How a miracle drug changed the fight against infection during World War II Microbiologists at Caltech discovered a bacteria that feeds on manganese metal A Detailed Map of Who Is Wearing Masks in the U.S. You’d … Continue reading →

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D.C. Has Pissed Away All of the Hard Work

Posted on July 20, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

And as awful and intentionally horrific as Trump’s COVID-19 non-policy has been, there’s plenty of bad governance to go around. As of Sunday evening, the two-week prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in D.C. breached 0.1%, meaning D.C. is back to where we … Continue reading →

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Links 7/19/20

Posted on July 19, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: COVID-19 screening strategies that permit the safe re-opening of college campuses D.C. has tested 13,706 blood samples. Only 809 carried coronavirus antibodies. (four times the number of people who have tested positive by PCR) Arizona reopened … Continue reading →

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Washington Daises

Posted on July 19, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

New football team name? Observed on Kingman Place NW, Logan Circle, D.C: MOAR. Observed on Q Street NW, between 15th and 16th, Dupont Circle, D.C.:

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Links 7/18/20

Posted on July 18, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: It’s safe to go back to the gym—if there’s little COVID-19 around, study suggests (I wrote this up a month ago…) How Low Can an Octopus Go? In 1971, scientists photographed an octopus living 5,100 meters … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on July 18, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Prevent This The State of COVID-19 in the District Schools and Superspreading We Really Don’t Realize How Badly We’re Doing COVID-19, Geography, and Influence on Policy The FDA Is Hurting Our COVID-19 Response Too

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Links 7/17/20

Posted on July 17, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A New Understanding of Herd Immunity: The portion of the population that needs to get sick is not fixed. We can change it. (“We have the wealth in this country to care for people, and to … Continue reading →

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The FDA Is Hurting Our COVID-19 Response Too

Posted on July 17, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

While the failure by the CDC to quickly release a COVID-19 PCR test has been condemned–correctly*–and even Dr. Tony Fauci of NIH is coming under attack, the FDA, on the whole, seems to have been ignored, but they really shouldn’t … Continue reading →

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