Monthly Archives: July 2022

We Still Have a Very Limited Idea of What Is Going on with the Pandemic

Posted on July 6, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Our de facto COVID policy appears to be ‘everyone for themselves, and devil take the hindmost’–sorry, I meant ‘let individuals decide the appropriate safety measures for themselves and their families.’ Unfortunately, the Biden administration is not even doing the bare … Continue reading →

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Links 7/5/22

Posted on July 5, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Summer in America is becoming hotter, longer and more dangerous The Citation of Retracted COVID-19 Papers is Common and Rarely Critical Where’s the herd immunity? Our research shows why Covid is still wreaking havoc They Uncover … Continue reading →

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Is Abortion Different?

Posted on July 5, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Pessimists, and they should be distinguished from the skeptical, not especially optimistic types like me, have an advantage in political prognostication: because many things don’t work out as expected (such is life) and because times are pretty bad right now, … Continue reading →

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Links 7/4/22

Posted on July 4, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Happy Fourth of July! Let’s celebrate with some links. Science: Different virus, same mistakes: Why (re-) emerging viruses are one step ahead of us F.D.A. Says Next Covid Boosters Should Target Omicron Subvariants. The decision was an acknowledgment that the … Continue reading →

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A Fourth of July Reflection

Posted on July 4, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Happy Fourth of July, I guess. It’s hard to be upbeat about the holiday considering that we’re moving towards a white Christian supremacist regime, and one that highly resistant to democratic change. David Daley & David Faris describe the sorry … Continue reading →

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Links 7/3/22

Posted on July 3, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Neutralizing Antibody Activity to SARS-CoV-2 Delta (B.1.617.2) and Omicron (B.1.1.529) After One and Two Doses of BNT162b2 Vaccine in Infection-Naïve and Previously-Infected Individuals Fauci says he’s taking 2nd course of Paxlovid after experiencing rebound with the … Continue reading →

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Say It

Posted on July 3, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on Q Street NW, between 14th and 15th, Logan Circle, D.C.:

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on July 2, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Unity So, What Is the Plan? There Are Things that Democratic Officials Can Do to Protect Abortion We Have Learned Nothing from the COVID Pandemic Don’t Know Much About History… Yelling at Professional Democrats … Continue reading →

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Links 7/2/22

Posted on July 2, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Monkeypox: What We Do and Don’t Know About Recent Outbreaks Donkeys are livestock guardians in up north battle with gray wolves Expect an Omicron Booster This Fall. COVID vaccines haven’t transitioned to annual shots like the … Continue reading →

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Links 7/1/22

Posted on July 1, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: What causes long COVID? Canadian researchers think they’ve found a key clue Comparing the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines for young children Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbug’ Now Widespread in Pigs, Can Jump to Humans (paper here) Immunogenicity and … Continue reading →

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