Monthly Archives: September 2023

COVID and Economic Pessimism

Posted on September 20, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Economist Claudia Sahm, both at Substack and Bloomberg, makes the argument that COVID is to blame for poor consumer sentiment. From Bloomberg: Lots of reasons have been given for the gloominess, including political partisanship, the media’s focus on negative news … Continue reading →

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Links 9/19/23

Posted on September 19, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: COVID-19: A New Disease Paradigm. What if SARS-CoV-2 continues to infect us even after the initial symptoms fade? (this should be viewed as a hypothesis to be tested, not as a well-substantiated explanation; there are a … Continue reading →

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Housing and Economic Anxiety

Posted on September 19, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Ned Resnikoff makes a very important point about the Hollywood strikes (boldface mine): But one of the most important background conditions for these two strikes is the housing crisis. As labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein recently noted, dizzying housing costs in … Continue reading →

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Links 9/18/23

Posted on September 18, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Scientists Say You’re Looking for Alien Civilizations All Wrong Wolf vs Coyote: Was that a huge coyote you saw—or could it have been a wolf? Here’s everything you need to know to tell these wild canines … Continue reading →

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A New COVID Normal for D.C.?

Posted on September 18, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

After a few weeks of data, it looks like D.C. (and neighborhood Alexandria, VA) have hit a plateau in terms of COVID wastewater concentrations. The good news is we had a decline last week. The bad news is the new … Continue reading →

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Links 9/17/23

Posted on September 17, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Humoral immunity to an endemic coronavirus is associated with postacute sequelae of COVID-19 in individuals with rheumatic diseases P-DOR, an easy-to-use pipeline to reconstruct bacterial outbreaks using genomics Ian Wilmut, Scientist Behind Dolly the Cloned Sheep, … Continue reading →

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Links 9/16/23

Posted on September 16, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Scientific sleuths spot dishonest ChatGPT use in papers The Origin And Speciation Of Orchids Comparative study showed that children faced a 78% higher risk of new-onset conditions after they had COVID-19 (paging Emily Oster) E. coli … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on September 16, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Building Box Fani Willis and the Failure of Conservatism as Policy D.C. Is (COVID) Surging Again Aging and Letting Biden Be Biden CDC Presentation: Long COVID Occurs at Non-Trivial Frequencies Anti-COVID Precaution Vice Signaling … Continue reading →

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Links 9/15/23

Posted on September 15, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The case against bug zappers Costs of antibiotic resistance genes depend on host strain and environment and can influence community composition Call Your NIH Program Officer Costs of resistance limit the effectiveness of cooperation enforcement Bayesian … Continue reading →

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Links 9/14/23

Posted on September 15, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

The automatic scheduler wasn’t very automatic, so here are some delayed links for you. Science: The US government cancels DEEP VZN, a controversial virus-hunting program (concerns over the public release of viral sequences are stupid, but unclear what this program … Continue reading →

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