Monthly Archives: August 2023

Links 8/9/23

Posted on August 9, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A Crucial Early Warning System for Disease Outbreaks Is in Jeopardy: The ProMED website and listserv, which broke the news of the arrival of Covid, SARS, and MERS, is now caught between financial shortfalls and staff … Continue reading →

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Jack Goldsmith’s Silly Anti-Trump Prosecution Op-Ed and the Needed Corollary to Murc’s Law

Posted on August 9, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

The NY Times, continuing in the tradition of giving equal opportunity to stupid arguments, published an op-ed by conservative Jack Goldsmith, who argues that prosecuting Trump would (further) delegitimize the Department of Justice for a part of the population, and … Continue reading →

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Links 8/8/23

Posted on August 8, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Move Over, Men: Women Were Hunters, Too Can Psychopathic Tendencies Help You Achieve Success? Wastewater-based epidemiology predicts COVID-19-induced weekly new hospital admissions in over 150 USA counties Carbapenem- and cefiderocol-resistant Enterobacterales in surface waters in Kumasi, … Continue reading →

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CEOs and Landlords Need to Learn to Embrace Technological Change

Posted on August 8, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Those of who are not young will remember, in the 1980s and 1990s, how American workers were told that their job losses, especially in manufacturing, were due to technological changes and that these workers therefore needed to Embrace Technological Change … Continue reading →

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Links 8/7/23

Posted on August 7, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The Killer Whales of Eden and the ‘Law of the Tongue’ Apton (Super) Resolution to Be Acquired Fulfilled by PacBio One More COVID Summer? A mid-year wave might be brewing for the fourth year in a … Continue reading →

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The Surreal Nature of the Recent Trump Indictment Is an Indictment of Our Judicial System

Posted on August 7, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

What I find surreal about the recent Trump indictment is that everyone knows Trump did what he is accused of doing, with the exception of some delusional conservatives. The January 6th congressional hearings illustrated in further detail what many of … Continue reading →

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Links 8/6/23

Posted on August 6, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: CDC recommends RSV monoclonal antibody for infants, high-risk young children New long-term modelling shows effectiveness of consistent mask-use Without a plan to fight superbugs, the Cancer Moonshot will never achieve liftoff Nose-picking healthcare workers more likely … Continue reading →

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Floral Barbie

Posted on August 6, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on T Street NW, between 17th and 18th, Dupont Circle, D.C.:

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Links 8/5/23

Posted on August 5, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The challenges of the genome-based identification of antifungal resistance in the clinical routine Estimates of Bivalent mRNA Vaccine Durability in Preventing COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization and Critical Illness Among Adults with and Without Immunocompromising Conditions — VISION Network, … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on August 5, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Not a Crime RFK Jr. Plays at Nazi Peekaboo More Frequent, Not Cheaper Bus Service Some Thoughts on the Indictment The Boston Globe’s Failure to Adequately Edit Ashish Jha’s COVID Op-Ed It’s Become Even … Continue reading →

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