Monthly Archives: January 2021

Links 1/31/21

Posted on January 31, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like The new mosquito bringing disease to North America Why Vaccines Alone Will Not End the Pandemic Revisiting the UK’s strategy for delaying the second dose of the … Continue reading →

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Evergreen

Posted on January 31, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on Corcoran St. NW, between 17th and New Hampshire, Dupont Circle, D.C.:

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on January 30, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Da Yoot The State of COVID-19 in D.C.: Better, but Will We Keep Up the Effort? The Politics of a Radical Minority People Have to Like This Crap: The Child Benefits Edition When Campbell’s … Continue reading →

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Links 1/30/21

Posted on January 30, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: NERVTAG note on B.1.1.7 severity These Snakes Found a New Way to Slither. The novel technique is great news for Guam’s brown tree snakes, bad news for the island’s nesting birds. COVseq is a cost-effective workflow … Continue reading →

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Links 1/29/21

Posted on January 29, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Giant worm’s undersea lair discovered by fossil hunters in Taiwan Why new COVID-19 variants are on the rise and spreading around the world The Ongoing Collapse of the World’s Aquifers Denmark is sequencing all coronavirus samples … Continue reading →

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When Campbell’s Law Collides with COVID-19

Posted on January 29, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

For those who are new to the blog, Campbell’s Law, formulated by Donald Campbell, states, “The more any quantitative social indicator is used for social decision-making, the more subject it will be to corruption pressures and the more apt it … Continue reading →

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Links 1/28/21

Posted on January 28, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

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 … Continue reading →

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People Have to Like This Crap: The Child Benefits Edition

Posted on January 28, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Or as some asshole with a blog put it recently, “Give People Nice Things and Let Them See You Do It.” Instead of difficult to understand tax credits that no one realizes they’re getting, directly give them checks instead (boldface … Continue reading →

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Links 1/27/21

Posted on January 27, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: This is what will happen to Covid-19 when the pandemic is over Why cats are crazy for catnip The Second-Generation COVID Vaccines Are Coming Why Utah’s wild mink COVID-19 case matters Reopening Schools and the Dynamics … Continue reading →

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The Politics of a Radical Minority

Posted on January 27, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

As I often note on this blog, if you want to understand what the Republican Party actually wants, is, and likes, then you have to look at the local and state level Republicans, since they usually say the quiet part … Continue reading →

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