Monthly Archives: December 2020

D.C. Gets Screwed on Vaccine Distribution

Posted on December 17, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

See update below. Or, if you prefer, why D.C. needs two voting senators (boldface mine): With case numbers rising in the nation’s capital, Bowser (D) sent a letter Thursday to officials overseeing the federal Operation Warp Speed vaccination plan, saying … Continue reading →

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Links 12/16/20

Posted on December 16, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Can We Really Compare Covid-19 School Closures To Life Expectancy? DC Health Has One Shot to Craft Its Public Message About the COVID-19 Vaccine How Science Beat the Virus. And what it lost in the process … Continue reading →

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D.C. Needs a Happy COVID-19 Dashboard

Posted on December 16, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

For a while now, it has felt like I’ve been chronicling the apocalypse on a daily basis, as I look at the D.C. COVID-19 data every day. Admittedly, this isn’t exactly a new experience for me, since I’ve worked on … Continue reading →

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Links 12/15/20

Posted on December 15, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Snow Leopards Are the Latest Cats to Be Infected With the Coronavirus Nearly 16% of Illinois COVID-19 cases linked to spread from Chicago jail (paper here) Military-grade camera shows risks of airborne coronavirus spread Mask Mandates … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Hoodwink the Virus: The No-Bar Edition

Posted on December 15, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

D.C. has done some very good things and some very… not good things when it has come to preventing (or trying to anyway) COVID-19. One concern I’ve had is that the city too often takes the typical New Democrat approach … Continue reading →

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Links 12/14/20

Posted on December 14, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How the first life on Earth survived its biggest threat — water Poverty, depression, and anxiety: Causal evidence and mechanisms Infected after 5 minutes, from 20 feet away: South Korea study shows coronavirus’ spread indoors Why … Continue reading →

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The State of COVID-19 in D.C.: Another Awful Week

Posted on December 14, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

I suppose if there’s any silver lining to this very dark cloud, it’s that this week wasn’t worse than last week–except for the deaths which creeped up (18 this week, 17 last week). The entire city and all wards, including … Continue reading →

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Links 12/13/20

Posted on December 13, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Biogen conference in Boston likely linked to 330,000 COVID-19 cases worldwide, researchers say (must-read; paper here) Polarized Pandemic Response and Covid-19 Connectedness Across US States (also must-read; accessible to non-biologists) Biologists say a wider American Legion … Continue reading →

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Hanukah on 16th

Posted on December 13, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the corner of 16th and Q Streets NW, Dupont Circle, D.C.:

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Links 12/12/20

Posted on December 12, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How Climate Change Is Ushering in a New Pandemic Era Here’s Why Vaccinated People Still Need to Wear a Mask New Vaccine Data Is Coming: Watch Out for These 3 Claims‘ Detailed data on AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 … Continue reading →

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