Monthly Archives: October 2020

Links 10/31/20

Posted on October 31, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Happy Halloween! Let’s celebrate with some links. Science: Meet the Diabolical Ironclad Beetle. It’s Almost Uncrushable. Nursing Home Staff Networks and COVID-19 COVID-19 can affect the heart Emergence and spread of a SARS-CoV-2 variant through Europe in the summer of … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on October 31, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Ever Wonder The State of COVID-19 in D.C.: Confused If Yogi Berra Had Been an Epidemiologist… The COVID-19 Response Is Par for the Republican Course What a Good Prevalence Would Be On Republican COVID-19 … Continue reading →

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Links 10/30/20

Posted on October 30, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Scientists Are Freaking Out Over The First-Ever Footage of This Bizarre Squid This weird fruit is native to North America and an ‘ecological anachronism’ A Flu Shot Might Reduce Coronavirus Infections, Early Research Suggests Early Insights … Continue reading →

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Polls and the Republican Judiciary’s Electoral Mulligan

Posted on October 30, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Over the last couple weeks, a fair number of Professional Politics Knowers have opined that rank-and-file Dems are being a bit silly in their worries that the polls are overstating Biden’s lead over Trump. That particular bit of ‘wisdom’ is … Continue reading →

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Links 10/29/20

Posted on October 29, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Science Tells Us a Dust Bowl 2.0 Is Yet Another New Reality of Climate Change Neglect The Missing Piece — SARS-CoV-2 Testing and School Reopening What those studies on mouthwash and coronaviruses actually mean J. Michael … Continue reading →

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On Republican COVID-19 Nihilism

Posted on October 29, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

By now, you might have stumbled across any number of reports describing the Trump administration’s de facto embrace of a ‘herd immunity’ strategy: letting the virus run rampant to build up immunity, while attempting (and failing) to protect at-risk populations, … Continue reading →

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Links 10/28/20

Posted on October 28, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: If One Part of Life on This Planet Is Sick, Soon Enough It All Will Be. Another parable on the interconnectedness of it all is brought to us by cheatgrass. Face Masks, Public Policies and Slowing … Continue reading →

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What a Good Prevalence Would Be

Posted on October 28, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Most days when I post my daily roundup I refer to “the good place”, which is a daily new case rate of 1 case per 100,000 people, which in D.C. would be seven cases per day, or fifty cases per … Continue reading →

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The COVID-19 Response Is Par for the Republican Course

Posted on October 28, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

While I’m willing to call Trump et alia COVID-19 surrender monkeys as much as the next guy, I don’t think surprise, such as this, is warranted (boldface mine): For weeks, the White House has been advancing a “herd immunity” approach … Continue reading →

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Links 10/27/20

Posted on October 27, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Escaped cloned female mutant crayfish take over Belgian cemetery (2020!) Viral dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the predictive value of repeat testing Black voices in physics: Clifford Johnson Before you get a flu shot, get good … Continue reading →

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