Monthly Archives: October 2021

Links 10/21/21

Posted on October 21, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Newly Discovered Bat Viruses Give Hints to Covid’s Origins When a fisherman pulled in his line, he knew he had ‘something weird’: A 40-pound alligator gar Genomic characterization and epidemiology of an emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant in … Continue reading →

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We Could Mint a Platinum Coin to Deal with the Debt Ceiling

Posted on October 21, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

While Congress has kicked the debt ceiling can down the road for a couple of months, it will be back (the debt ceiling is the maximum amount of money that the United States can borrow cumulatively by issuing bonds). And … Continue reading →

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Links 10/20/21

Posted on October 20, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Hearth site in Utah desert reveals human tobacco use 12,300 years ago These Butterflies Full of Wasps Full of Microwasps Are a Science Nightmare Chestnuts Used To Be A Staple Part Of The American Diet. Could … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 20, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Though with a significant caveat. Before we get to that, only Wards 2 and 3 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 … Continue reading →

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Links 10/19/21

Posted on October 19, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Heterologous SARS-CoV-2 Booster Vaccinations: Preliminary Report COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness by Product and Timing in New York State We Accidentally Solved the Flu. Now What? We should care more about the deep sea than we do deep … Continue reading →

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My Real COVID-19 Concern about Schools: What We Can Learn from D.C.’s Minimal School Testing

Posted on October 19, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

D.C.–not Wor-Shing-Tun, but D.C.–tests roughly ten percent of its student per week. While that is nowhere near enough testing to allay parents’ concerns that their child’s classroom is COVID-free or actually control spread, D.C.’s inadequate testing still gives us some … Continue reading →

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Links 10/18/21

Posted on October 18, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Patterns of antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 among 1.6 million blood donors: Impact of vaccination, United States December 2020 – June 2021 In search for coronavirus origins, Hubei caves and wildlife farms draw new scrutiny (using lab-leak … Continue reading →

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De Facto General Strikes and Liberation from Fear of Falling

Posted on October 18, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Every so often, there are online calls for a general strike, most of which are incredibly naive (talk to anyone who has ever organized a targeted, one shop strike, and you realize how ridiculous this is). But, as multiple authors … Continue reading →

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Birthday, Unfinished

Posted on October 17, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at Dupont Circle, D.C.:

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Links 10/16/21

Posted on October 16, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Losing Your Hair? You Might Blame the Great Stem Cell Escape. This Chemist’s Pandemic Hobby? Firing Medieval Cannonballs. Association Between Risk of COVID-19 Infection in Nonimmune Individuals and COVID-19 Immunity in Their Family Members COVID-19 transmission … Continue reading →

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