Monthly Archives: September 2021

Links 9/20/21

Posted on September 20, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Why poison ivy can make your skin so itchy China prepares to test thorium-fuelled nuclear reactor mRNA Vaccine Effectiveness against COVID-19 among Symptomatic Outpatients Aged ≥16 Years in the United States, February – May 2021 (mostly … Continue reading →

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Why We Need Vaccination Requirements: The Monoclonal Antibody Ignorance Edition

Posted on September 20, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Over the weekend, the New York Times published an article about people who are willing to take monoclonal antibodies once they’ve been infected by COVID-19, but are unwilling to get vaccinated. What is bizarre is that both the vaccine and … Continue reading →

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Links 9/19/21

Posted on September 19, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: As Covid Cases Rise, So Do Hospital-Related Infections Searching for Bird Life in a Former ‘Ocean of Forest’: A century after museum collectors surveyed Colombia’s avian fauna, a new generation of researchers returns to see what … Continue reading →

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Male Gaze

Posted on September 19, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the corner of 14th and R Streets NW, Logan Circle, D.C.:

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Links 9/18/21

Posted on September 18, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: BNT162b2 vaccine booster dose protection: A nationwide study from Israel (important) Effectiveness of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization — Five Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, United States, February 1–August 6, 2021. Long-Term Symptoms Among Adults Tested … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on September 18, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Nothing to Fear Some Thoughts About Biden’s COVID-19 Response Plan Why We Need Vaccination Requirements: The D.C. Edition The State of COVID-19 in D.C.: A Catastrophe A(U)CAB? A New Blob

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Links 9/17/21

Posted on September 17, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: New Studies Find Evidence Of ‘Superhuman’ Immunity To COVID-19 In Some Individuals Can Progressives Be Convinced That Genetics Matters? The behavior geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden is waging a two-front campaign: on her left are those who … Continue reading →

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A New Blob

Posted on September 17, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

This was going to be a longer post, instead of a short and cryptic one, but life gets in the way, and after eighteen months of this crap, none of us are ok. Anyway, I’m worried we’re starting to see … Continue reading →

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Links 9/16/21

Posted on September 16, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The race to rescue Florida’s diseased corals Coronavirus Epidemics first hit more than 21,000 years ago New kidney problems linked to ‘long COVID’; loss of smell may be followed by other smell distortions Vaccines Cut Odds … Continue reading →

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A(U)CAB?

Posted on September 16, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

That is, all (unvaccinated) cops are bastards? As more and more municipalities (and the territorial government of D.C.) enact vaccine requirements for their government workers, there is one group, perhaps not surprisingly, that has publicly resisted these measures: the police. … Continue reading →

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