Links for you. Science:
Vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization among adolescent and pediatric SARS-CoV-2 cases between May 2021 and January 2022 in Ontario, Canada: A retrospective cohort study
Real-World Effectiveness of BNT162b2 Against Infection and Severe Diseases in Children and Adolescents
Assessment of COVID-19 as the Underlying Cause of Death Among Children and Young People Aged 0 to 19 Years in the US
Viral afterlife: SARS-CoV-2 as a reservoir of immunomimetic peptides that reassemble into proinflammatory supramolecular complexes
Trump Allies Plan to Gut Climate Research if He Is Reelected
Getting rid of bed bugs: Trickier than ever
Other:
Normalize It: We keep assuming the MAGA era will end soon, one way or another. But why? (excellent)
How the anti-vaccine movement is downplaying the danger of measles
Florida lawmaker says bill to loosen rules on killing bears is aimed at ‘the ones that are on crack’
A Major Sign of Trouble in Nancy Mace’s Office: Total Staff Turnover
Inside California’s Coming Fight Over Vehicle Speed Limiters
Do You Remember the Ecstasy of Electing Joe Biden? How the coalition that defeated Donald Trump crumbled.
Israelis Won’t Like What Masha Gessen Has to Say About the Gaza War (this is actually a tough interview of Gessen. Note they don’t have answers to some critical questions)
Train Wreck? A Mogul’s Battle Against The Bel-Air Subway. Fred Rosen — the 80-year-old ex-CEO who turned Ticketmaster into a much-hated powerhouse — leads a group of ultra-rich Bel Air residents in a costly battle to halt a proposed metro line: “They don’t understand who they’re dealing with. OK?” (what a shitty legacy to leave)
“DUMP THE HUMP” 2.0?
Bowser Once Again Defies the Law, Refuses to Release a Study of Congestion Pricing in D.C.
America Hasn’t Seen Syphilis Numbers This High Since 1950 — Other STD rates are down or flat, so why is syphilis on the rise?
Mad at Biden over the economy? Take our quiz.
Everything Is Bullshit Now
The Republicans say they care about ‘the crisis at the border.’ Why do we believe them? They clearly don’t, so what do they really care about?
Why I changed my mind and think Trump should be thrown off the ballot
Concerning
Carl Weathers was so much more than a sidekick. A beloved supporting actor in “Rocky” and “Predator,” he had serious leading-man chops. One very strange film showcased them.
Getting Comfortable With Illegal Strikes
The IRS has all our tax data. Why doesn’t its new website use it?
Make No Mistake. The House GOP is On the Ropes Here. (gift link)
New D.C. law eliminates waiting period prior to divorce
Solar is a market for (financial) lemons
Some Jewish parents angry and fearful when teachers back Palestinians: In Oakland, Calif., concerns about antisemitism and school culture prompt some Jewish families to leave
The tools Trump could use to curb abortion access if he’s elected
The Most Overlooked Reason Black Americans Are Moving South
Far-Right Israeli Minister Faces Backlash After Criticizing Joe Biden (the Israeli right sees a difference between Trump and Biden)
mikethemadbiologist
Re: “How the anti-vaccine movement is downplaying the danger of measles”
In the caption to the header photograph, it says, “Before a measles vaccine became available in 1963, the U.S. had an estimated millions of cases per year, tens of thousands of related hospitalizations and hundreds of deaths.” This suggests very roughly one (or a few) percent hospitalization and a few hundredths of a percent deaths.
On the other hand, we read in the text, “For every 1,000 cases of measles, about 200 children may be hospitalized, 50 may get pneumonia, one child may develop brain swelling along with deafness or disability, and between one and three may die.” Here, that means about twenty percent hospitalization, and a few tenths of a percent.
Later, the article cites the CDC echoing the numbers in the caption.
To NBC: discrepancies like this hurt your case. From everything I’ve read and heard, the numbers in the first paragraph (and the cite from CDC) are more likely than those in the second.