Monthly Archives: April 2022

Links 4/15/22

Posted on April 15, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Ocean Warming Doubles Odds for Extreme Atlantic Hurricane Seasons Low-cost genomics enable high-throughput isolate screening and strain-level microbiome profiling Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from unvaccinated asymptomatic and symptomatic household members with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection: an antibody-surveillance … Continue reading →

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How Will Professional Democrats React to the Loss of National Safe and Legal Abortion?

Posted on April 15, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Because it’s coming, and I’m afraid Paul Waldman might be right (boldface mine): In blue states, Democrats are passing laws to enhance and secure abortion access. But although national Democrats could make the assault on women’s rights a mobilizing issue … Continue reading →

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Links 4/14/22

Posted on April 14, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Long COVID affects 1 in 5 people following infection. Vaccination, masks and better indoor air are our best protections 1 in 7 People Have a Headache Right Now Americans Gon’ Wild: Gonorrhea and Syphilis at Record … Continue reading →

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The State of COVID-19 in D.C.: And We’re Off to the Races!

Posted on April 14, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

That‘s bad by the way: For those of you keeping score at home, that’s a 77 percent increase in cases in one week. That has pushed D.C. into the moderate (“yellow”) zone–and remember that the new CDC guidelines aren’t concerned … Continue reading →

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Links 4/13/22

Posted on April 13, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Why the WHO took two years to say COVID is airborne The case for counting COVID cases Transmission of SARS-CoV-21 Omicron VOC subvariants BA.1 and BA.2:2. Evidence from Danish Households Understanding COVID-19 through genome-wide association studies … Continue reading →

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High End JAQing Off (Just Asking Questions): The COVID Edition

Posted on April 13, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Dr. Leana Wen, columnist for the Washington Post, has thoughts about Philly’s recent decision to reinstate indoor mask mandates: Of course, she knows the reasons why, she’s just too chickenshit to say them out loud, in front of other people. … Continue reading →

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Links 4/12/22

Posted on April 12, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Multi-scale modelling reveals that early super-spreader events are a likely contributor to novel variant predominance Biden administration ramps up long Covid research efforts following criticism 3 steps ARPA-H needs to take to accomplish its mission These … Continue reading →

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A Possible Reason for the Silence on Long COVID

Posted on April 12, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

But heaven forbid one be cynical about such things (boldface mine): We’ve known for well over a year how prevalent and severe long Covid is, yet the public remains largely uninformed around its risk. While the likelihood of someone developing … Continue reading →

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Links 4/11/22

Posted on April 11, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Arthur D. Riggs, 82, Dies; Led Team That Invented Artificial Insulin Infectious viral load in unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals infected with ancestral, Delta or Omicron SARS-CoV-2 (viral load–infectious particles–is lower in boosted people) Cuts in Britain … Continue reading →

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A Quick Thought about NIH Collaborative Mechanisms

Posted on April 11, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

A couple weeks ago, Vanity Fair had an article about the path by which Peter Daszak wound up with the NIH funding to sponsor viral research here and in China–which has been seized on by both the lab-leak hypothesis advocates, … Continue reading →

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