Monthly Archives: December 2021

Omicron, ‘Fully Vaccinated’, and Failed Communications

Posted on December 27, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

We’re probably going to look back on the first week to ten days of December as another episode of failed communications. I would argue that, by the end of the first week of December, it was pretty clear that two … Continue reading →

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Links 12/26/21

Posted on December 26, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launches in French Guiana I haven’t done a San Francisco update for a while. Now seems like a good time, since SF – the most vaxxed big city in the U.S. … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on December 26, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: We Are Like Iron, Like Steel Why We Need a Universal Healthcare System: The Inability to Count Edition Manchin Was Negotiating in Bad Faith All Along Some People Who Believe They Were Being Cautious … Continue reading →

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Links 12/25/21

Posted on December 25, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Gut Yontif! Let’s celebrate with some links. Science: The majority of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies in COVID-19 patients with obesity are autoimmune and not neutralizing Five Things You Didn’t Know About Mistletoe Booster of mRNA-1273 Strengthens SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Neutralization Omicron Brings New … Continue reading →

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Christmas Dragon

Posted on December 25, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on 19th Street NW, between R and Riggs, Dupont Circle, D.C.:

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Links 12/24/21

Posted on December 24, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Mask Effectiveness for Preventing Secondary Cases of COVID-19, Johnson County, Iowa, USA Omicron Infections Seem to Be Milder, Three Research Teams Report Reconsidering the role of alcohol in the scientific workplace Unraveling the Mysterious Traditions Within … Continue reading →

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Moderate Democrats Gonna Moderate Democrat

Posted on December 24, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Even the Washington Post gets it (boldface mine): No state in the nation has recorded a higher rate of covid-19 infection over the past week than the District of Columbia. Justifiably concerned, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Wednesday announced … Continue reading →

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Links 12/23/21

Posted on December 23, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A dinosaur embryo, exceptionally preserved in an egg about to hatch, reveals links to birds US Army Creates Single Vaccine Effective Against All COVID & SARS Variants, Researchers Say Infection with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant is … Continue reading →

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The State of COVID-19 in D.C.: It’s F-cking Awful

Posted on December 23, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

In the last seven days, 1.1% of D.C. residents have contracted COVID-19. 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 moderate threshold the CDC … Continue reading →

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Links 12/22/21

Posted on December 22, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How networks can make Omicron look more transmissible. Characterization of a carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli from dairy cattle harbouring blaNDM-1 in an IncC plasmid China Hawks Don’t Understand How Science Advances Report 49: Growth, population distribution and … Continue reading →

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