Monthly Archives: June 2022

Links 6/4/22

Posted on June 4, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Has the ‘great resignation’ hit academia? A Major Science Journal Publisher Adds A Weird Notice To Every Paper. What’s Behind This? COVID State of Affairs: May 31 Number of Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs Hits Record Low … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on June 4, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Sign of the Times Will We Learn Anything from COVID Testing: The Monkeypox Edition A Failure to Communicate: The Long COVID Edition Managing Feelings Leaders of the Executive Branch Should Be Able to Govern … Continue reading →

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Links 6/3/22

Posted on June 3, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Buffalo shooting ignites a debate over the role of genetics researchers in white supremacist ideology Why Are Sexually Transmitted Infections Surging? A survey of mapping algorithms in the long-reads era Bay Area COVID patients flag ‘Paxlovid … Continue reading →

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Links 6/2/22

Posted on June 2, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and uptake of COVID-19 antiviral treatments during the BA.2/BA.2.12.1 surge, New York City, April-May 2022 Early introduction and rise of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant in highly vaccinated university populations Relative Virulence … Continue reading →

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Leaders of the Executive Branch Should Be Able to Govern It: The D.C. Edition

Posted on June 2, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

One of the truly frustrating features of local governance in D.C. (not official Wor-Shing-Tun)–and one that I think is too common in too many Democratic-controlled areas–is the inability to have the executive branch do its job. Yes, Democratic legislators do … Continue reading →

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Links 6/1/22

Posted on June 1, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: COVID lessons from Japan: the right messaging empowers citizens Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Shark? What You Need to Know about Monkeypox. First, don’t panic. Second, wear a mask (for COVID, not monkeypox). Third, don’t … Continue reading →

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Managing Feelings

Posted on June 1, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

And, no, this isn’t a post about Yascha Mounk! This is a very good point (boldface mine): Panic is never a good public health strategy, but in attempting to preemptively tamp down public fear, I think experts are failing to … Continue reading →

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