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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 →

Last week, we had some encouraging COVID wastewater concentration data for D.C. and neighboring Alexandria, VA. A large decline from the week prior, and an end to many weeks of 10-35% weekly increases. Which is good! That said, I noted: … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: Late at night on a deserted beach, she found a 15 million-year-old fossil What’s with all the mushrooms? What to know about the fungi flourishing this summer. How to find extended-spectrum beta-lactamase genes? We are not … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: Undue publicity for flawed fraud detector The Drowning of Doggerland The Great American Shark Slaughter Zoo outbreak highlights human-to-animal COVID-19 risk The distribution of antimicrobial resistance genes across phylogroup, host species and geography in 16,000 publicly-available … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: A retraction long overdue This man created our best chance of stopping the next pandemic but now he is under attack. Why? A database holding the genetic codes to the world’s most deadly viruses has fallen … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: Mysterious Covid-19 lineages in US sewers could offer clues to chronic infections Octopuses tweak the RNA in their brains to adjust to warmer and cooler waters Tracing the origin of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron-like spike sequences detected in … Continue reading →

When I use the phrase ‘professional Democrats’, I don’t just mean actual politicians and their sundry advisors and staff, but also organizations that typically align with Democrats. And they’re just so bad at this. Today’s episode involves the attempt to … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: Extreme differences in SARS-CoV-2 viral loads among respiratory specimen types during presumed pre-infectious and infectious periods Pigs in the City Fine young cannibals: locust study could lead to better pest control Mild/Asymptomatic Maternal SARS-CoV-2 Infection Leads … Continue reading →

I realize this is five or six Internet topics ago, but, if you remember the distant past of last Friday, Twitter released its algorithm (sort of) that promotes or sinks tweets. Why anyone still uses the algorithm feed at all … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: Robust T cell responses to Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine compared to infection and evidence of attenuated peripheral CD8+ T cell responses due to COVID-19 The worst frog disease in recorded history risks wiping them from the face of … Continue reading →