Monthly Archives: September 2021

Inchoate Conspiracies

Posted on September 10, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

We really need to understand that the most individual conspiracies aren’t coherent on their own, but allow conspiracists to plug in their own ‘facts’ (boldface mine): Instead, conspiracy theories are most effectively spread by a scattershot approach of supposition, question-begging, … Continue reading →

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Links 9/9/21

Posted on September 9, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Identifying the determinants of COVID-19 preventative behaviors and vaccine intentions among South Carolina residents COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Beliefs among Black and Hispanic Americans Weapon injuries in the crusader mass graves from a 13th century attack … Continue reading →

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The Lynchpin

Posted on September 9, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

It has been darkly amusing watching many pundits and others being forced to finally confront anti-vaccinationism. For those of us who have been aware and opposed to this and other idiocies (e.g., creationism, global warming denialism), what we’re seeing is … Continue reading →

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Links 9/8/21

Posted on September 8, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: COVID Vaccines Show No Signs of Harming Fertility or Sexual Function How a cheap antidepressant emerged as a promising Covid-19 treatment BNT162b2 vaccine booster dose protection: A nationwide study from Israel Emerging SARS-CoV-2 diversity revealed by … Continue reading →

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The State of COVID-19 in D.C.: A Good Decline (Maybe)

Posted on September 8, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Or it could just be a reporting artifact due to the long weekend. Before we get to that, no wards are below the German rollback threshold of 50 new cases per 100,000 per week–which also is the threshold the CDC … Continue reading →

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Links 9/7/21

Posted on September 7, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Stop codon recoding is widespread in diverse phage lineages and has the potential to regulate translation of late stage and lytic genes Evolution now accepted by majority of Americans ‘Totally Surprising and Rather Horrifying’: Giant Tortoises … Continue reading →

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D.C. Is Not Doing Enough Classroom Testing

Posted on September 7, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

More specifically, testing ten to twenty percent of the students weekly will mean that cases are likely to be missed. How likely? Well, here’s the probability that, for a given number of infected students in a classroom of twenty total … Continue reading →

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Links 9/6/21

Posted on September 6, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Potential effect of previous HCoV-NL63 infection on the rate of infection and the clinical course of COVID-19 (small sample size, but worth investigating; maybe we need a HCoV-NL63 booster?–I kid) Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variants by convalescent … Continue reading →

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Happy Labor Day

Posted on September 6, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

First, I’m eagerly awaiting the annual tradition of Republican politicians thanking business owners for all they do on Labor Day (really, they’ve been doing this since about 2010). Second, your semi-regular annual reminder that Republicans weren’t always completely bugshit crazy: … Continue reading →

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Links 9/5/21

Posted on September 5, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Delta’s rise is fuelled by rampant spread from people who feel fine. People infected with the Delta variant generally do not have COVID-19 symptoms until two days after they start shedding the coronavirus. LED streetlights contribute … Continue reading →

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