Wednesday, November 18, 2020
In yesterday's email, I spelled Delaware "Deleware." On the upside, three people were sharp enough to point out my mistake. On the downside, that was the only feedback I received. Moreover, not one of the many spellcheckers seemed to catch this error. One could find several takeaways - including profound tropes on the folly of over-reliance on technology. But sometimes, I think the most important lesson is I should just learn how to spell Delaware.
-----Latest Data---
You might want to skip this part today. Below, there is a link to some lovely and relaxing ambient music that is far more palatable.
Global-View:
https://www.ft.com/content/a2901ce8-5eb7-4633-b89c-cbdf5b386938
Nationally:
https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart/?areas=usa&areas=gbr&areasRegional=usny&areasRegional=usca&areasRegional=usfl&areasRegional=ustx&areasRegional=usco&cumulative=0&logScale=0&perMillion=1&values=cases
Also, look at https://covidtracking.com/data
The US Regionally - NY. Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
About the data:
https://covidtracking.com/about-data/visualization-guide is the best resource to understand data visualization and data integrity.
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Lots of great questions on Q&A last night, including a sobering discussion about why minimizing holiday exposure to family and friends can be such a difficult problem, spanning social, medical, and political boundaries. It is going to be a tough few weeks for many of us.
Here is some follow up:
Cambridge University's Public Health Genomics Foundation has a very clear consumer 1-pager on RNA vaccines:
https://www.phgfoundation.org/briefing/rna-vaccines
Don't forget the outstanding NY Times vaccine tracker: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/science/coronavirus-vaccine-tracker.html
Here is a pre-release (non-peer-reviewed) article on the difference between one dose and two doses of the Janssen COVID vaccine in non-human primates. In this instance, the second shot 4-8 weeks after the first stimulates a much more robust immune response.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.17.368258v1
One more article on vaccines. NBC discusses the differences between the two vaccines, such as the differing refrigeration needs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/what-mrna-how-pfizer-moderna-tapped-new-tech-make-coronavirus-n1248054
The CDC offered a guide to gatherings and celebrations. It gives an excellent overview of the variables to consider - # of people, space, time, masks, etc.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/holidays.html
Here is a local TV news station covering a Mayo Hospital partnership using voice to screen for coronavirus infections (and other diseases). Like COVID-sniffing dogs and biometric wearables, this non-invasive testing is slick but unclear how sensitive and specific it is.
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/11/17/new-mayo-clinic-voice-test-could-detect-covid/
Infographic of the day: The Comparative Functional Anatomy of Cephalopods
https://i.redd.it/7pn0eaz36xz51.png
How many times each week do I embarrass myself by getting confused between Sepiidae and Teuthidae. I have induced one-too-many moments of awkward stares and angrily crossed tentacles. Here is my trick - look at the suckers - the serrated ring suckers on the Teuthida are like Teeth - T for Teuthidae. See, no more uncomfortable moments at parties with squid. And, I don't think you have social distance from cephalopods.
FYI - I could not find a source for this image, so read Reddit at your own risk!
---Bonus Round Brian Eno and Creativity
Amongst the random things floating around my head is a low-grade fandom of Brian Eno's work. He is known for ambient music, music production (Peter Gabriel, U2, Talking Heads), art, and armchair philosophy.
I found an article about YouTube videos of abstracted time-lapsed videos set to his ambient music album, Thursday Afternoon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggLTPyRXUKc
https://www.openculture.com/2020/11/experience-a-video-painting-of-brian-enos-thursday-evening-that-has-soothed-relaxed-millions-of-people.html
You can read more about Brian Eno's creative process, which I have found useful at times. https://99u.adobe.com/articles/7034/developing-your-creative-practice-tips-from-brian-eno
One can use some of the creative stimulation techniques through his Oblique Strategies card deck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_Strategies
I once gave the Oblique Strategies card deck as a gift to a person I worked for who:
1) expressed confusion as to why anyone would want such a thing;
2) did not seem to understand why I gave it to him; and
3) never wrote a thank you note.
Very telling. I should have read those signals more clearly.
Clean hands and sharp minds,
Adam
In yesterday's email, I spelled Delaware "Deleware." On the upside, three people were sharp enough to point out my mistake. On the downside, that was the only feedback I received. Moreover, not one of the many spellcheckers seemed to catch this error. One could find several takeaways - including profound tropes on the folly of over-reliance on technology. But sometimes, I think the most important lesson is I should just learn how to spell Delaware.
-----Latest Data---
You might want to skip this part today. Below, there is a link to some lovely and relaxing ambient music that is far more palatable.
Global-View:
https://www.ft.com/content/a2901ce8-5eb7-4633-b89c-cbdf5b386938
Nationally:
https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart/?areas=usa&areas=gbr&areasRegional=usny&areasRegional=usca&areasRegional=usfl&areasRegional=ustx&areasRegional=usco&cumulative=0&logScale=0&perMillion=1&values=cases
Also, look at https://covidtracking.com/data
The US Regionally - NY. Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
About the data:
https://covidtracking.com/about-data/visualization-guide is the best resource to understand data visualization and data integrity.
-----
Lots of great questions on Q&A last night, including a sobering discussion about why minimizing holiday exposure to family and friends can be such a difficult problem, spanning social, medical, and political boundaries. It is going to be a tough few weeks for many of us.
Here is some follow up:
Cambridge University's Public Health Genomics Foundation has a very clear consumer 1-pager on RNA vaccines:
https://www.phgfoundation.org/briefing/rna-vaccines
Don't forget the outstanding NY Times vaccine tracker: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/science/coronavirus-vaccine-tracker.html
Here is a pre-release (non-peer-reviewed) article on the difference between one dose and two doses of the Janssen COVID vaccine in non-human primates. In this instance, the second shot 4-8 weeks after the first stimulates a much more robust immune response.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.17.368258v1
One more article on vaccines. NBC discusses the differences between the two vaccines, such as the differing refrigeration needs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/what-mrna-how-pfizer-moderna-tapped-new-tech-make-coronavirus-n1248054
The CDC offered a guide to gatherings and celebrations. It gives an excellent overview of the variables to consider - # of people, space, time, masks, etc.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/holidays.html
Here is a local TV news station covering a Mayo Hospital partnership using voice to screen for coronavirus infections (and other diseases). Like COVID-sniffing dogs and biometric wearables, this non-invasive testing is slick but unclear how sensitive and specific it is.
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/11/17/new-mayo-clinic-voice-test-could-detect-covid/
Infographic of the day: The Comparative Functional Anatomy of Cephalopods
https://i.redd.it/7pn0eaz36xz51.png
How many times each week do I embarrass myself by getting confused between Sepiidae and Teuthidae. I have induced one-too-many moments of awkward stares and angrily crossed tentacles. Here is my trick - look at the suckers - the serrated ring suckers on the Teuthida are like Teeth - T for Teuthidae. See, no more uncomfortable moments at parties with squid. And, I don't think you have social distance from cephalopods.
FYI - I could not find a source for this image, so read Reddit at your own risk!
---Bonus Round Brian Eno and Creativity
Amongst the random things floating around my head is a low-grade fandom of Brian Eno's work. He is known for ambient music, music production (Peter Gabriel, U2, Talking Heads), art, and armchair philosophy.
I found an article about YouTube videos of abstracted time-lapsed videos set to his ambient music album, Thursday Afternoon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggLTPyRXUKc
https://www.openculture.com/2020/11/experience-a-video-painting-of-brian-enos-thursday-evening-that-has-soothed-relaxed-millions-of-people.html
You can read more about Brian Eno's creative process, which I have found useful at times. https://99u.adobe.com/articles/7034/developing-your-creative-practice-tips-from-brian-eno
One can use some of the creative stimulation techniques through his Oblique Strategies card deck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_Strategies
I once gave the Oblique Strategies card deck as a gift to a person I worked for who:
1) expressed confusion as to why anyone would want such a thing;
2) did not seem to understand why I gave it to him; and
3) never wrote a thank you note.
Very telling. I should have read those signals more clearly.
Clean hands and sharp minds,
Adam
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