Monthly Archives: April 2022

Links 4/5/22

Posted on April 5, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How long covid is accelerating a revolution in medical research More Than 5 Million Chickens In Iowa Slated To Be Killed Over Bird Flu Russia’s Lies About Bioweapons in Ukraine Make the World Less Safe. Ukraine’s … Continue reading →

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A Personal Look at the 1950 Census

Posted on April 5, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Because we need a break from plague and murder. Recently, the U.S. Census released scans of the 1950 Census data collection forms. All of them–it’s a lot! So I decided to see if I could find my father’s father (“Mad … Continue reading →

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Links 4/4/22

Posted on April 4, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Birds are laying their eggs a month earlier than normal The Crooked Forest: A Mystery Worth Exploring Which Comorbidities Increase the Risk of a COVID-19 Breakthrough Infection? Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in domestic cats imposes a narrow … Continue reading →

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“The Chance of Rain Is 10-99% Higher Than Yesterday”

Posted on April 4, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

That wouldn’t make any sense, right? You certainly wouldn’t be able to plan around that kind of reporting (I stole the post title from infectious disease doc Eli Perencevich). As I noted last week, this is how the CDC reports … Continue reading →

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Links 4/3/22

Posted on April 3, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The First of This Deep Sea Shark Has Been Recorded Off Of Chile ‘A slow-moving glacier’: NIH’s sluggish and often opaque efforts to study long Covid draw patient, expert ire mRNA-1273 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines elicit … Continue reading →

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Things to Say

Posted on April 3, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the corner of 14th and P Streets NW, Logan Circle, D.C.:

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Links 4/2/22

Posted on April 2, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Highlighting COVID-19 racial disparities can reduce support for safety precautions among White U.S. residents What Does Endemic Actually Mean? Omicron is trouncing the argument for “natural immunity” to COVID Florida’s Starving Manatees Ate ‘Every Scrap’ of … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on April 2, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: No Gods, No Masters The Political Importance of Long COVID A HAWT TAEK on the Clarence and Ginny Thomas Scandal The Other COVID Statistic We Still Need ‘Normal’ in a Time of (Still) COVID

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Links 4/1/22

Posted on April 1, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

And that’s no April Foolin’! Science: Why Kids’ COVID-Vaccine Results Don’t Look Like Adults’ Human Migration Brought Maize to Maya Region, Study Finds Can drugs reduce the risk of long COVID? What scientists know so far Far-UVC (222 nm) efficiently … Continue reading →

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