Category Archives: Basic Human Decency

A Failure of COVID Policy: The Nursing Home Vaccination Edition

Posted on January 30, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

While the carnage among the elderly from COVID is well known, I suspect it’s far less known that around one in six all of COVID deaths, not just the elderly occurred in those in nursing homes. That’s why it’s distressing, … Continue reading →

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Anti-COVID Precaution Vice Signaling Has Real Consequences

Posted on September 15, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Unfortunately, those who fuck around really won’t find out. From the Great State of Florida (boldface mine): A large retirement community in Tamarac, Florida, has just announced that the clubhouse where hundreds of seniors gather on a weekly basis for … Continue reading →

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Republicans Showed Us Who They Were Last Night

Posted on May 11, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

As some asshole with a blog Twitter feed noted last night: And: While I don’t think CNN should have aired the meeting–or at the least, when it got out of control, returned to the studio–the key takeaway isn’t that Trump … Continue reading →

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Tweet of the Day

Posted on May 5, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Some of the people making the “he was threatening argument” are completely unaware of how threatening their actions are: If nothing else, a bunch of men would be dead at the hands of women. Also, just read Roy Edroso. Troll … Continue reading →

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Many Respectable Pundits Have Always Been Horrible

Posted on February 17, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Since today is busy, I’ll just point you to this thread by some asshole with a blogTwitter feed. There have always been bigoted pundits who defend acceptable bigotries, just as there have always been horrible MAGA CHUD types (even if … Continue reading →

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We Should Be Masking Now

Posted on November 23, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

As some asshole with a blog put it: Nationally, pediatric wards are being slammed by multiple respiratory viruses, and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center is considering setting up tents to treat the overflow. Massachusetts is also experiencing problems, and D.C.’s Children’s … Continue reading →

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We Were Supposed to Be Wearing Masks Now

Posted on October 26, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Remember back when the likes of Leana Wen were arguing that we should stop masking to give people a break so when COVID gets bad again, we could mask up again? Admittedly, “bad again” is open to very different interpretations. … Continue reading →

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Ohio House Republicans Believe Certain Laws Won’t Apply to Them

Posted on June 6, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

They might find out that’s not true the hard way. Last Friday, the Republican-controlled Ohio House of Representatives passed a bill that will prevent trans people from playing in female sports (it’s not clear if this only applies to high … Continue reading →

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We’re Suffering from “Pandemic Fatigue” Too, Assholes

Posted on May 20, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Very uncivil, I know… In many stories, columns, or blog posts, we often encounter the phrase “pandemic fatigue.” Pandemic fatigue is meant to describe how people no longer want to wear masks or do other things to protect people. Of … Continue reading →

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Our COVID Response Might Have Been Outsourced to Democratic Pollsters

Posted on March 1, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

What could possibly go wrong? President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign pollster’s firm, Impact Research, has thoughts about the pandemic (pdf here; boldface mine, italics original): After two years that necessitated lockdowns, travel bans, school closures, mask mandates, and nearly a … Continue reading →

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