Monthly Archives: July 2020

In Case You Missed It…

Posted on July 11, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist links: Little Understanding Tell Brooke Pinto Vichy Republicans Test Out Surrender to COVID-19 The Trump Administration Finally Admitted What Their COVID-19 Response Plan Is The Tragedy of Arizona: We Can Crush the Curve, but It … Continue reading →

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Links 7/11/20

Posted on July 11, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Updated analysis of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein variant D614G in the UK: evaluating evidence for effects on transmission and pathogenicity A tiresome SPAT (about aerosols and droplets) The only catfish native to the Western U.S. is running … Continue reading →

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Links 7/10/20

Posted on July 10, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: What percent positive tests means Washington’s sunsets lately have been stunning. Here are a few reasons why. CDC Whistleblower Identified the “Fatal Flaw” in Testing Years Ago Does asthma increase Covid-19 risk? Emerging research suggests a … Continue reading →

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Prevalence and Opening Schools

Posted on July 10, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

I’ve been making the point repeatedly that, for life to return to normal(-ish), we must lower the prevalence of people infected with COVID-19 because the best way to not get infected is to have very rare or no contact with … Continue reading →

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Links 7/9/20

Posted on July 9, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A ‘Viral’ New Bird Song in Canada Is Causing Sparrows to Change Their Tune One U.K. trial is transforming COVID-19 treatment. Why haven’t others delivered more results? It’s Not a Snake, but Beware of Its Venomous … Continue reading →

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The Tragedy of Arizona: We Can Crush the Curve, but It Takes Time

Posted on July 9, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Despite Vichy Republicans giving up on fighting COVID-19, there’s no reason to give up. We still can turn and fight this, though it will take a lot longer now. And no state illustrates this more than Arizona. In the two … Continue reading →

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Links 7/8/20

Posted on July 8, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Coronavirus autopsies: A story of 38 brains, 87 lungs and 42 hearts My Coronavirus Lab Is Safer Than Your Supermarket In our divided red and blue nation, coronavirus data is a uniting purple. Coronavirus has been … Continue reading →

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The Trump Administration Finally Admitted What Their COVID-19 Response Plan Is

Posted on July 8, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

And it’s what some asshole with a blog told you it was a couple of months ago. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Over the July Fourth weekend (by the way, we’re now calling Independence Day “All Countries Matter Day”, … Continue reading →

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Links 7/7/20

Posted on July 7, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Until I created this map, I hadn’t appreciated how bad the situation in the US is. These maps show districts with over 50 cases per 100k in the last week (Germany’s “emergency brake” trigger for local … Continue reading →

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Vichy Republicans Test Out Surrender to COVID-19

Posted on July 7, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

I don’t like military metaphors for a public health crisis, but the Trump administration’s new slogan about COVID-19 they aired over the weekend, ‘We need to live with it‘, is nothing more than an admission they won’t do anything significant … Continue reading →

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