Thursday, January 14, 2021
Over the last few months, I have manifested an unnatural intensity for shelving, fixing things, and lighting. While watching cable news and scanning social media last night, I realized how much these interests are a grasp at control, channeled through the convenience of a move and unpacking. The world offers many more unhealthy distractions, I suppose. But I may have hit a tipping point - more shelving than things to organize, and every bulb in my house is now a warm yellow LED.
-----Latest Data---
The 7-day rolling average of deaths seems to be stable or falling in the U.K. and U.S. The case rates continue to increase at an increasing rate.
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=casesf
Also, look at https://covidtracking.com/data
The U.S. Regionally - N.Y. 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.
Vaccine Tracker!
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/
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The recent spread of coronavirus to congressional members last week is a good reminder that a single Pfizer or Moderna vaccine dose does not offer guaranteed protection. All three lawmakers were within about a week of receiving their first doses.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/coronavirus-cases-among-lawmakers-show-that-one-vaccine-dose-does-not-immediately-protect-against-infection/
The Atlantic published an article arguing for the need to upgrade our masks. It is a good point, doubly so in light of the newest strains making their way through our population.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/01/why-arent-we-wearing-better-masks/617656/
Data on the Johnson and Johnson single-dose vaccine was in the news yesterday. Good efficacy, no deep freezer needed, but still in phase 3. I imagine it is still a few months away.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/13/covid-vaccine-johnson-johnson-one-shot-safe-generates-immune-response.html
More details:
https://twitter.com/Laurie_Garrett/status/1349580896941309954
There is new data out of the U.K. on post-COVID protection duration and reinfection. This data indicates "past infection reduces the chances of catching the virus again by 83% for at least five months."
https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1349661144798081028
Infographic of the day: World Logic Day and the U.S. Constitution
Today is the 3rd Annual World Logic Day.
Here is an article laced with infographics on famous logicians:
https://dailynous.com/2020/01/14/world-logic-day/
It is probably a good time to read about Kurt Godel's life and what it meant to escape fascism for an open society in the 1930s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_G%C3%B6del
and
https://brianmlucey.wordpress.com/2016/11/17/godels-loophole-turning-the-usa-into-a-dictatorship-constitutionally/
-----Bonus Round - Contrasting Sea Creature Round-Up
Between Moby Dick and whaling ships' surgeons, I have a fascination and horror with 19th-century commercial fishing. I ran into this article this morning on the art of whaling logbooks
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-art-of-whaling
Oddly Arthur Conan Doyle (of Sherlock Holmes fame) was a ship's surgeon, at least once.
https://www.livescience.com/23537-conan-doyle-whaling-journal.html
Here is the Smithsonian exhibition that piqued my interest in this topic:
https://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/exhibition/3_7.html
and here is the Ship's Surgical Kit that opened my eyes to how Whaling surgery was just Shock Trauma at Sea (in the 1800s)
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1216047
In contrast to the above, I offer the story of Lala, the rescued King Penguin. Rehabbed by a Japanese family after being caught in a fishing net, Lala bonded with the family, had a small refrigerated room he slept in, and learned to waddle around town with a small backpack so he could get fish.
https://youtu.be/LcpcMxmLtCQ
Clean hands and sharp minds, team
Adam
Back on Monday.
Over the last few months, I have manifested an unnatural intensity for shelving, fixing things, and lighting. While watching cable news and scanning social media last night, I realized how much these interests are a grasp at control, channeled through the convenience of a move and unpacking. The world offers many more unhealthy distractions, I suppose. But I may have hit a tipping point - more shelving than things to organize, and every bulb in my house is now a warm yellow LED.
-----Latest Data---
The 7-day rolling average of deaths seems to be stable or falling in the U.K. and U.S. The case rates continue to increase at an increasing rate.
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=casesf
Also, look at https://covidtracking.com/data
The U.S. Regionally - N.Y. 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.
Vaccine Tracker!
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/
-----
The recent spread of coronavirus to congressional members last week is a good reminder that a single Pfizer or Moderna vaccine dose does not offer guaranteed protection. All three lawmakers were within about a week of receiving their first doses.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/coronavirus-cases-among-lawmakers-show-that-one-vaccine-dose-does-not-immediately-protect-against-infection/
The Atlantic published an article arguing for the need to upgrade our masks. It is a good point, doubly so in light of the newest strains making their way through our population.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/01/why-arent-we-wearing-better-masks/617656/
Data on the Johnson and Johnson single-dose vaccine was in the news yesterday. Good efficacy, no deep freezer needed, but still in phase 3. I imagine it is still a few months away.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/13/covid-vaccine-johnson-johnson-one-shot-safe-generates-immune-response.html
More details:
https://twitter.com/Laurie_Garrett/status/1349580896941309954
There is new data out of the U.K. on post-COVID protection duration and reinfection. This data indicates "past infection reduces the chances of catching the virus again by 83% for at least five months."
https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1349661144798081028
Infographic of the day: World Logic Day and the U.S. Constitution
Today is the 3rd Annual World Logic Day.
Here is an article laced with infographics on famous logicians:
https://dailynous.com/2020/01/14/world-logic-day/
It is probably a good time to read about Kurt Godel's life and what it meant to escape fascism for an open society in the 1930s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_G%C3%B6del
and
https://brianmlucey.wordpress.com/2016/11/17/godels-loophole-turning-the-usa-into-a-dictatorship-constitutionally/
-----Bonus Round - Contrasting Sea Creature Round-Up
Between Moby Dick and whaling ships' surgeons, I have a fascination and horror with 19th-century commercial fishing. I ran into this article this morning on the art of whaling logbooks
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-art-of-whaling
Oddly Arthur Conan Doyle (of Sherlock Holmes fame) was a ship's surgeon, at least once.
https://www.livescience.com/23537-conan-doyle-whaling-journal.html
Here is the Smithsonian exhibition that piqued my interest in this topic:
https://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/exhibition/3_7.html
and here is the Ship's Surgical Kit that opened my eyes to how Whaling surgery was just Shock Trauma at Sea (in the 1800s)
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1216047
In contrast to the above, I offer the story of Lala, the rescued King Penguin. Rehabbed by a Japanese family after being caught in a fishing net, Lala bonded with the family, had a small refrigerated room he slept in, and learned to waddle around town with a small backpack so he could get fish.
https://youtu.be/LcpcMxmLtCQ
Clean hands and sharp minds, team
Adam
Back on Monday.
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