Monthly Archives: November 2020

Links 11/15/20

Posted on November 15, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from COVID-19 relative to controls: AnN=84,285 online study (being hospitalized for COVID-19 is really bad news in so many ways) Restaurants and gyms were spring ‘superspreader’ sites. Occupancy limits … Continue reading →

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Stead Sunset

Posted on November 15, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Stead Park, observed from the corner of 16th and Church Streets NW, Dupont Circle:

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Links 11/14/20

Posted on November 14, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Evictions would raise COVID-19 risk for everyone Most States Aren’t Ready to Distribute the Leading COVID-19 Vaccine Coronavirus: Reopening schools causes R transmission rate to surge, study suggests Nasal Spray Prevents Covid Infection in Ferrets, Study … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on November 14, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Joy in the District The State of COVID-19 in D.C.: On the Edge It’s Time for Republicans to “Reach Out” and Begin “Healing the Nation” Low Propensity Voters in a Time of High Turnout … Continue reading →

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Democrats Need to Govern as Democrats or They Will Lose in 2022

Posted on November 13, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Note that I didn’t say as leftists, just as Democrats. Regardless of how the Georgia Senate runoffs play out, there’s going to be a lot of pressure on Democrats to ‘reach across the aisle’–especially if Democrats do win the two … Continue reading →

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Links 11/12/20

Posted on November 12, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Blood test can detect presence of deadly superbugs in less than one hour (this is good, but it also means we’ll have to do more sentinel surveillance where bacteria are cultured) Coronavirus Cases Soar Across [D.C.] … Continue reading →

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We Need to Go Backwards on Contract Tracing

Posted on November 12, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Regular followers of my cataloging the COVID-19 statistics for D.C. will know that I routinely argue that we still don’t understand the specifics of COVID-19 transmission in D.C.: Despite being months into the pandemic, we still don’t understand how spread … Continue reading →

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Links 11/11/20

Posted on November 11, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: President-Elect Biden Names New Covid-19 Task Force – What’s The Enthusiasm About? One in five COVID-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days – study Characteristics of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Discharged and Experiencing Same-Hospital Readmission — … Continue reading →

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Low Propensity Voters in a Time of High Turnout and Geriatric Political Leadership

Posted on November 11, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

While figuring out exactly what happened, for better and for worse, in the 2020 election will take more time, Joshua Holland touches on something really important–turnout was incredibly high (boldface mine): There are three likely reasons for this that should … Continue reading →

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Links 11/10/20

Posted on November 10, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Assessing the Age Specificity of Infection Fatality Rates for COVID-19: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Public Policy Implications (“These results indicate that COVID-19 is hazardous not only for the elderly but also for middle-aged adults, for whom … Continue reading →

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