Monthly Archives: July 2020

Links 7/16/20

Posted on July 16, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Tissue-specific tolerance in fatal Covid-19 Large SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak Caused by Asymptomatic Traveler, China (note that the first transmission involved no direct contact) First signs of success in bid to reintroduce pine martens to England Women researchers … Continue reading →

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COVID-19, Geography, and Influence on Policy

Posted on July 16, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Or why moving certain functions out of Wor-Shing-Tun is a bad idea. Every so often, some pundit comes up with the supposedly brilliant idea of moving government agencies out of Washington D.C., so the government can see what ‘life is … Continue reading →

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Links 7/15/20

Posted on July 15, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: NYC Is Working On Tracking Coronavirus Through The Sewers Prominent Claims that Policing is Not Racially Biased Rest on Flawed Science (retraction here) A WHO-led mission may investigate the pandemic’s origin. Here are the key questions … Continue reading →

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We Really Don’t Realize How Badly We’re Doing

Posted on July 15, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

While we don’t really have the sentinel surveillance in place to get really good estimates on the prevalence of COVID-19 infections (the number of currently infected people), we can use some proxies. One proxy is the two-week prevalence of COVID-19 … Continue reading →

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Links 7/14/20

Posted on July 14, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Spain (ENE-COVID): a nationwide, population-based seroepidemiological study Why we need sharks: the true nature of the ocean’s ‘monstrous villains’ Longitudinal isolation of potent near-germline SARS-CoV-2-neutralizing antibodies from COVID-19 patients COVID-19 deaths and … Continue reading →

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Schools and Superspreading

Posted on July 14, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

One thing that is going to make keeping schools open much harder is the phenomenon of superspreading. The spread of COVID-19 appears to be largely driven by a small number of people who result in most of the infections. So … Continue reading →

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Links 7/13/20

Posted on July 13, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: 356 Elephants Died Suddenly. The Cause Is a Mystery. Data show panic and disorganization dominate the study of Covid-19 drugs OpenSAFELY: factors associated with COVID-19 death in 17 million patients Evaluation of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption … Continue reading →

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The State of COVID-19 in the District

Posted on July 13, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

While this is a D.C.-focused post, there are some general issues about COVID-19 that can be gleaned from digging into how D.C. is doing regarding COVID-19 (and it never hurts to look at data!). The good news–very good news–is that, … Continue reading →

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Links 7/12/20

Posted on July 12, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: In Early February, the Coronavirus Was Moving Through New York The 60 foot long jet powered animal you’ve probably never heard of Estimating the overdispersion in COVID-19 transmission using outbreak sizes outside China Unmasked! The effect … Continue reading →

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Prevent This

Posted on July 12, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at Dupont Circle, D.C.:

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