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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on March 25, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Plato Lives Some (Possible) Good(-ish) News about Long COVID and Omicron A Question for DeSantis Do ‘We’ All Consent to the New Normal? Yes, SVB Was a Bailout

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Links 3/24/23

Posted on March 24, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Is Climate Change Really Making Fish Bigger? A New Study Says Yes (paper here) What Long COVID Feels Like, According To 7 People Who Have It Long COVID linked to higher mortality rates and long-term heart … Continue reading →

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Links 3/23/23

Posted on March 23, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Brown Widows Are Winning the Fight for Your Attic and Garage Who Is Most at Risk for Long COVID? ‘I Didn’t Recognise My Dad’s Face’: New Concerning Long Covid Symptom The Strongest Evidence Yet That an … Continue reading →

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Yes, SVB Was a Bailout

Posted on March 23, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Just not of the people many people thought it was. Last week, some asshole with a blog noted this about the Silicon Valley Bank takeover: What I can’t wrap my head around is how stupid the venture capitalists who backed … Continue reading →

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Links 3/22/23

Posted on March 22, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: California’s ‘Zombie Forests’ Are Cheating Death—but Maybe Not for Long Scientists have revived a ‘zombie’ virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost The Next Stage of COVID Is Starting Now. What happens when everyone first … Continue reading →

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Do ‘We’ All Consent to the New Normal?

Posted on March 22, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Because I never received the consent form? Much of our chattering class seems to believe that getting long COVID is just something we’ll have to accept (so lie back and think of England Biden, I guess). There does seem to … Continue reading →

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Links 3/21/23

Posted on March 21, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and the dose–response relationship with three major antibodies: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials Biden calls for boosts in science spending to keep US competitive Local scientists hope to … Continue reading →

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A Question for DeSantis

Posted on March 21, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

What happens if you win the primary? Unless it’s a case of overwhelming annihilation, Trump is not going to concede gracefully, especially to a guy he refers to in private as “Meatball.” Add to that, primaries (and debates) always have … Continue reading →

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Links 3/20/23

Posted on March 20, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The Case for Free-Range Lab Mice Wash Your Hands and Pray You Don’t Get Sick Adapt or die: how the pandemic made the shift from EBM to EBM+ more urgent A cross-sectional, multicenter survey of the … Continue reading →

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Some (Possible) Good(-ish) News about Long COVID and Omicron

Posted on March 20, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Long COVID appears to be less frequent after Omicron infection, but there are a bunch of caveats. Saturday, the Washington Post, in collaboration with Epic Systems, a medical electronic records company, reported that, for those whose first COVID infection is … Continue reading →

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