Monthly Archives: December 2022

My HAWT TAEK on Elon Musk’s Night of the Long Hair Plugs

Posted on December 16, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Last night, Twitter suspended the accounts of a bunch of reporters, including one for that far-left, über woke media outlet, The Voice of America (what I’m calling The Night of the Long Hair Plugs). Anyway, my HAWT TAEK is this: … Continue reading →

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Links 12/15/22

Posted on December 15, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How daredevil drones find nearly extinct plants hiding in cliffs Does your immune system need a workout? The bad science behind “immunity debt,” explained Midwest farms are using more cover crops. Why that’s good news. State … Continue reading →

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The Biden Administration Isn’t Doing Enough to Stop COVID

Posted on December 15, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Yes, the Biden administration is mailing out four free antigen tests to those who want them (go to covidtests.gov to get yours), but that’s not nearly enough. Pediatric units are still slammed, and, in many parts of the U.S., hospitals … Continue reading →

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Links 12/14/22

Posted on December 14, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Microbial predators form a new supergroup of eukaryotes (it’s an amazing time to be a bench microbiologist) Discriminatory Attitudes Against the Unvaccinated During a Global Pandemic (note that the U.S. is an outlier here) We gave … Continue reading →

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Pollsters Never Answer the Interesting Questions

Posted on December 14, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Recently, YouGov conducted a poll about what kinds of development Americans support locally and nationally. The good news is sixty-five percent of Americans think their local community should have more apartment buildings. They then argue that politicians should be more … Continue reading →

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The Snowzzies Are Here!

Posted on December 14, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

No, that’s not a cutesy name for cold-weather meteorological phenomena. The Snowzzies are awards for people who engaged in disservice in public health, as selected by Peste Magazine’s experts. While not as prestigious as the Mad Biologist’s Award for Unintentional … Continue reading →

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Links 12/13/22

Posted on December 13, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Emergence and antibody evasion of BQ and BA.2.75 SARS-CoV-2 sublineages in the face of maturing antibody breadth at the population level Disruption in seasonality, patient characteristics and disparities of respiratory syncytial virus infection among young children … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on the Twitterz (and Other Social Media Sites)

Posted on December 13, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Given the recent Elongated Muskrat bigotries (Lordy, his trans daughter breaking off contact and Grimes dumping him and dating a trans woman has really fucking broken him), I’ve started seriously exploring other social media options. Here are some my personal … Continue reading →

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Links 12/12/22

Posted on December 12, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Immunity’s down. Infection rates are up. And what happened to everyone’s masks? SARS-CoV-2 Serology and Self-Reported Infection Among Adults — National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, August 2021–May 2022 RNA-Based Therapeutics and the Future … Continue reading →

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Immunity Debt, Immunity Theft, and RSV

Posted on December 12, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Oh my. Right now, the dominant explanation for the surge in all sorts of viruses (along with some bacterial infections), especially among kids is a weak form of the immunity debt hypothesis: lack of previous exposure due COVID protections has … Continue reading →

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