Links for you. Science:
Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and risk factors for susceptibility and infectivity in Wuhan: a retrospective observational study
The approximate size of various ocean animals with a Bernie for scale.
National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness (the 200 page version…)
Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission mitigation strategies on a university campus using an agent-based network model
Covid-19: Infections remain high in England with no evidence of decline since lockdown
Other:
“A Tsunami of Randoms”: How Trump’s COVID Chaos Drowned the FDA in Junk Science
The 1970s May Finally Be Over
Fake GOP rage over Biden’s ‘unity’ speech is a sucker’s game
An 8-Month Debrief: Can DC To-GoGo Compete With Big Delivery Services? “As recently as March we were a couple of bar owners with a meat business. Now we’re a tech firm.”
Emails show how Biden appointees greeted demoralized employees at federal agencies: ‘These last 4 years have tested our faith in our government.’
All a Gig-Economy Pioneer Had to Do Was “Politely Disagree” It Was Violating Federal Law and the Labor Department Walked Away (Obama-era, not Trump)
Post-Pandemic Silicon Valley Isn’t A Place
The Republican Party has embraced American fascism
Joe Biden May Have Only Two Years to Get Things Done: Democrats must kill the filibuster and make the Senate great again.
Injured Dog Owner Spends $400 On Vet For His Limping Dog Only To Find Out He Was Copying The Owner Out Of Sympathy
Why the right’s machine of opposition is in for some tough times
Why transportation advocates need to talk about seating
The End of the 40-Year War on Government
Trumpism is here to stay
What’s Happening to QAnon Now That Trump Is Out of Chances to Arrest the Satanic Elites
“There Is Truth And There Are Lies”
Biden signs order requiring masks on planes, buses, trains and at airports
Metal detectors keep finding House Republicans with weapons. How long has that been going on?
Biden to increase emergency food aid and protections for unemployed people
Mitch McConnell’s making a big mistake on the filibuster. Here’s how it could come back to bite him
The Air Force Secretly Designed, Built, and Flew a Brand-New Fighter Jet
Biden’s inaugural message to America: ‘It’s time to grow up’