Friday, May 29, 2020
With my kids' school ending soon and the return of think humidity, it is clearly starting to be summer in Maryland. The practical realities of running outdoor restaurants, community pools, and day camps with required decreased capacities will be interesting. The practical realities of having my kids not at the pool and not in summer programs will also be interesting. Boredom and heat are not an ideal set up for making the best choices.
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State comparisons:
https://public.tableau.com/views/Coronavirus-ChangeovertimeintheUSA/2_Corona?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link
Rt data
https://public.tableau.com/shared/7FH637YGW?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link
FT data is still the best visualization I have found for country comparisons.
https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart/?areas=usa&areas=gbr&cumulative=0&logScale=1&perMillion=0&values=deaths
**NEW** The NY Times has hotspot infographics - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html?referringSource=articleShare
The tableau data is from The COVID Tracking Project, which compiles and rates state-reported data. Please review https://covidtracking.com/ to understand the quality of the data
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The NY Times had a very detailed and nuanced article on herd immunity. It is worthy of a slow read.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/28/upshot/coronavirus-herd-immunity.html
CNBC offered an article on - gasp - the complexities of the pandemic and experts both debating the best courses of action and changing their mind. It is difficult not having all the answers from the start.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/23/why-scientists-change-their-mind-and-disagree.html
Medscape offered some comments from an aerosols expert who points to mounting evidence that this coronavirus is spread in both droplets and airborne particles. This point is important, as it speaks to the possibility that spread in enclosed spaces is more likely. Again, speaking to the need for masks in enclosed spaces.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/931320
This article is a few days old but is an overview of the drugs under investigation for the treatment of COVID. It is interesting, but we need data!
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41591-020-00019-9
I was particularly interested in the notes on Famotidine, an over the counter antacid (H2 blocker). Here is a pre-release article on the topic. Famotidine has few side effects, but it would be ideal to know more before we turn it into the next HCQ. Bear in mind that this study was treating hospitalized patients - not for the prevention, post-exposure, or therapy for outpatients. Many, many questions about if this data is reproducible and which patients would benefit.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.01.20086694v2
There are several data points about the organ-damaging effects of COVID. This coronavirus is not a typical virus. Here are two:
https://www.mdedge.com/internalmedicine/article/222887/coronavirus-updates/long-road-recovery-lung-rehab-needed-after-covid
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/931228
I was notified of a glaring oversight in my email yesterday - my lack of noting that May 28th is national brisket day. My sincerest apologies for not alerting the readership to this critical event. As recompense, I will now highlight the various celebrations you may consider partaking in.
Happy May 29th, celebrating:
Biscuit Day
Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day
Paper Clip day
Learn about composting day
Italian Beef Week.
I would be most interested to hear if you can come up with a single activity that encapsulates all of these worthy items - beef, paper clips, composting, cookies, and pillows is quite the set up for a good time, I think.
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/?timezone_offset=-5#
Infographic of the day: Adam believes he has one good book to write in his lifetime. However, he has not taken a writing class. He may choose to use online resources.
https://www.nownovel.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Point-of-view-explained-infographic-Now-Novel-535x1024.png
----Bonus Round: Heat and summer
For those of us who took chemistry in college, Fritz Haber was a source of interest and, maybe, pain. He discovered the method of extracting nitrogen from the air, the Haber-Bosch process - using high temperatures and pressures. This process revolutionized the fertilizer industry and massively increased crop yields throughout the world: less hunger, more food. This also revolutionized the chemical warfare business, making World War 1 that much worse and helping develop the gas used by Nazi Germany in WWII. Despite a Nobel prize and his enthusiastic support for German nationalism in World War 1, he moved to England in the 1930s since he was Jewish and saw the rise of National Socialism for what it was.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Haber
A not-so-positive overview of Haber:
https://medium.com/the-mission/the-tragedy-of-fritz-haber-the-monster-who-fed-the-world-ec19a9834f74
And to close out the summer theme:
I have recently learned Shipping Container pools exist.
Enough said.
https://modpools.com/
Clean hands and sharp minds,
-Adam
With my kids' school ending soon and the return of think humidity, it is clearly starting to be summer in Maryland. The practical realities of running outdoor restaurants, community pools, and day camps with required decreased capacities will be interesting. The practical realities of having my kids not at the pool and not in summer programs will also be interesting. Boredom and heat are not an ideal set up for making the best choices.
------
State comparisons:
https://public.tableau.com/views/Coronavirus-ChangeovertimeintheUSA/2_Corona?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link
Rt data
https://public.tableau.com/shared/7FH637YGW?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link
FT data is still the best visualization I have found for country comparisons.
https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart/?areas=usa&areas=gbr&cumulative=0&logScale=1&perMillion=0&values=deaths
**NEW** The NY Times has hotspot infographics - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html?referringSource=articleShare
The tableau data is from The COVID Tracking Project, which compiles and rates state-reported data. Please review https://covidtracking.com/ to understand the quality of the data
-------
The NY Times had a very detailed and nuanced article on herd immunity. It is worthy of a slow read.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/28/upshot/coronavirus-herd-immunity.html
CNBC offered an article on - gasp - the complexities of the pandemic and experts both debating the best courses of action and changing their mind. It is difficult not having all the answers from the start.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/23/why-scientists-change-their-mind-and-disagree.html
Medscape offered some comments from an aerosols expert who points to mounting evidence that this coronavirus is spread in both droplets and airborne particles. This point is important, as it speaks to the possibility that spread in enclosed spaces is more likely. Again, speaking to the need for masks in enclosed spaces.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/931320
This article is a few days old but is an overview of the drugs under investigation for the treatment of COVID. It is interesting, but we need data!
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41591-020-00019-9
I was particularly interested in the notes on Famotidine, an over the counter antacid (H2 blocker). Here is a pre-release article on the topic. Famotidine has few side effects, but it would be ideal to know more before we turn it into the next HCQ. Bear in mind that this study was treating hospitalized patients - not for the prevention, post-exposure, or therapy for outpatients. Many, many questions about if this data is reproducible and which patients would benefit.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.01.20086694v2
There are several data points about the organ-damaging effects of COVID. This coronavirus is not a typical virus. Here are two:
https://www.mdedge.com/internalmedicine/article/222887/coronavirus-updates/long-road-recovery-lung-rehab-needed-after-covid
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/931228
I was notified of a glaring oversight in my email yesterday - my lack of noting that May 28th is national brisket day. My sincerest apologies for not alerting the readership to this critical event. As recompense, I will now highlight the various celebrations you may consider partaking in.
Happy May 29th, celebrating:
Biscuit Day
Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day
Paper Clip day
Learn about composting day
Italian Beef Week.
I would be most interested to hear if you can come up with a single activity that encapsulates all of these worthy items - beef, paper clips, composting, cookies, and pillows is quite the set up for a good time, I think.
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/?timezone_offset=-5#
Infographic of the day: Adam believes he has one good book to write in his lifetime. However, he has not taken a writing class. He may choose to use online resources.
https://www.nownovel.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Point-of-view-explained-infographic-Now-Novel-535x1024.png
----Bonus Round: Heat and summer
For those of us who took chemistry in college, Fritz Haber was a source of interest and, maybe, pain. He discovered the method of extracting nitrogen from the air, the Haber-Bosch process - using high temperatures and pressures. This process revolutionized the fertilizer industry and massively increased crop yields throughout the world: less hunger, more food. This also revolutionized the chemical warfare business, making World War 1 that much worse and helping develop the gas used by Nazi Germany in WWII. Despite a Nobel prize and his enthusiastic support for German nationalism in World War 1, he moved to England in the 1930s since he was Jewish and saw the rise of National Socialism for what it was.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Haber
A not-so-positive overview of Haber:
https://medium.com/the-mission/the-tragedy-of-fritz-haber-the-monster-who-fed-the-world-ec19a9834f74
And to close out the summer theme:
I have recently learned Shipping Container pools exist.
Enough said.
https://modpools.com/
Clean hands and sharp minds,
-Adam
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