Monthly Archives: October 2021

Links 10/31/21

Posted on October 31, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Otters are taking over Singapore COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage, Intent, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs among Essential Workers, United States Plasmid fitness costs are caused by specific genetic conflicts enabling resolution by compensatory mutation Genic selection within prokaryotic … Continue reading →

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Logan Circle Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the corner of 15th and Q Streets, Logan Circle, D.C. (Halloween Barbies): > And a family reunion:

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Links 10/30/21

Posted on October 30, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Mysterious fatal infections tied to room spray sold at Walmart. Better Homes & Gardens aromatherapy spray faces nationwide recall (genomic epidemiology works) Bat Research Group Failed to Submit Virus Studies Promptly, N.I.H. Says. The federal agency … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on October 30, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist links: D.C. Box Yes, Long COVID Should Worry Us A Personal Anecdote About Vaccine Mandates The State of COVID-19 in D.C.: A Little Better Maybe (Some of) the Missing Workers Have Long COVID? Why We … Continue reading →

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Links 10/29/21

Posted on October 29, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Human History Gets a Rewrite. A brilliant new account upends bedrock assumptions about 30,000 years of change Zookeeping isn’t common in the Black community. This Black zookeeper wants to change that. LMAS: Evaluating metagenomic de novo … Continue reading →

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Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: The Flathead Valley Edition

Posted on October 29, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Over the weekend, there was an article about how Flathead Valley, MT, has been engulfed by “bitter confrontations” over multiple issues (one local, multiple national issues). It basically described how the far-right are behaving like assholes (hasn’t that reached ‘dog … Continue reading →

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Links 10/28/31

Posted on October 28, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Evidence of transmission from fully vaccinated individuals in a large outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in Provincetown, Massachusetts SARS-CoV-2 and NIAID-supported Bat Coronavirus Research Disturbing Answers to the Mystery of Tuskless Female Elephants To Learn … Continue reading →

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Maybe (Some of) the Missing Workers Have Long COVID?

Posted on October 28, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

There’ a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth over where the missing workers have gone–by some counts, seven million (boldface mine): The great mystery of this moment is the labor shortage. America’s GDP is larger than it was in … Continue reading →

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Links 10/27/21

Posted on October 27, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Children could be dangerous carriers of virus (been saying this for a long time; here’s the latest edition…) Tuberculosis, Like Covid, Spreads by Breathing, Scientists Report Longer Mosquito Seasons—Like the One We Just Had—Could Be Our … Continue reading →

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The State of COVID-19 in D.C.: A Little Better

Posted on October 27, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

But not in all wards. 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 suggests schools for all grades can reopen (0.05% … Continue reading →

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