January 6, 2021 - Wednesday
Two thoughts from the last 24 hours are floating around my head this morning:
1) Other countries announce election results only after counting all the votes, likely yielding less drama and more sleep. I could use an election like that. Caffeine only works so well. (Though I wonder if European nations have the equivalent of the Steve Kornacki love-fest.)
2) I am grateful for the innumerable anecdotes and well-wishes in response to the passing of my professor, Stan Michalak. Good mentorship is priceless and hard to honor. I think each of us should strive to be the shoulders on which others can stand.
"Chartthrob." Ha. My favorite pun-filled Kornacki article from an unreputable source:
https://www.the-sun.com/news/2087547/twitter-goes-wild-return-steve-kornacki-georgia-senate-runoffs/
-----Latest Data---
As of last night, Five million doses of the COVID vaccine have been administered in the U.S., fifteen million worldwide.
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/
-----
Here is a well-documented, peer-reviewed article (and some commentary) on coronavirus spread on a flight from Dubai to New Zealand. It reminds me why I am not eager to jump back on planes yet. Vaccinate!
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/3/20-4714_article
https://twitter.com/abraarkaran/status/1346673607930486785?s=10
Here is a reminder from a Canadian epidemiologist that lower humidity in the winter may lessen the protection of simply being outdoors, something to keep in mind as we all look for recreation. We still need to be cognizant of crowd density and mask-wearing.
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/expert-warns-that-risk-of-transmitting-covid-19-outdoors-during-the-winter-is-higher-1.5254353
I will caveat these articles because there may be political agendas I am not fully appreciating. Nevertheless, I found these editorials focusing on Vietnam's COVID policies thought-provoking. As a point of reference since March, Vietnam has maintained economic growth AND only 35 deaths and 1500 cases, total.
Vietnam on WorldOMeter:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/viet-nam/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/20/vietnam-covid-economic-growth-public-health-coronavirus
and
https://novaramedia.com/2021/01/05/when-will-britains-politicians-have-the-guts-to-take-lessons-from-asia/
Here is more interesting comparative data on the impact of disciplined pandemic control. In 2020, New Zealand had a lower mortality rate than in previous years - probably due to fewer other events, such as influenza and accidents.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32647-7/fulltext
Commentary:
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/new-zealands-covid-response-was-so-good-mortality-is-down-from-previous-years/
Infographic of the day: price inflation data
https://howmuch.net/articles/price-changes-in-usa-in-past-20-years
You make take issue with the conclusions, but the graphic is eye-opening.
----Bonus Round: Things worse than books to collect
Over the holiday break, I began unpacking my books in earnest. I found the process of culling my library herd painful on many levels. But, as my wife said, three copies of Moby Dick (don't ask) is at least two too many. (She is, apparently, not a Melville fan, and the white whale may be an apt metaphor for me and books.)
Things we can rule out collecting:
Bricks. I would not want to move with this collection.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/brick-collecting
Hair
https://www.justcollecting.com/miscellania/the-history-of-collecting-hair
Belly Button Lint. (God help us).
https://metro.co.uk/2010/10/25/graham-barker-reveals-record-breaking-belly-button-fluff-collection-562334/
Clean hands and sharp minds,
Adam
Two thoughts from the last 24 hours are floating around my head this morning:
1) Other countries announce election results only after counting all the votes, likely yielding less drama and more sleep. I could use an election like that. Caffeine only works so well. (Though I wonder if European nations have the equivalent of the Steve Kornacki love-fest.)
2) I am grateful for the innumerable anecdotes and well-wishes in response to the passing of my professor, Stan Michalak. Good mentorship is priceless and hard to honor. I think each of us should strive to be the shoulders on which others can stand.
"Chartthrob." Ha. My favorite pun-filled Kornacki article from an unreputable source:
https://www.the-sun.com/news/2087547/twitter-goes-wild-return-steve-kornacki-georgia-senate-runoffs/
-----Latest Data---
As of last night, Five million doses of the COVID vaccine have been administered in the U.S., fifteen million worldwide.
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/
-----
Here is a well-documented, peer-reviewed article (and some commentary) on coronavirus spread on a flight from Dubai to New Zealand. It reminds me why I am not eager to jump back on planes yet. Vaccinate!
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/3/20-4714_article
https://twitter.com/abraarkaran/status/1346673607930486785?s=10
Here is a reminder from a Canadian epidemiologist that lower humidity in the winter may lessen the protection of simply being outdoors, something to keep in mind as we all look for recreation. We still need to be cognizant of crowd density and mask-wearing.
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/expert-warns-that-risk-of-transmitting-covid-19-outdoors-during-the-winter-is-higher-1.5254353
I will caveat these articles because there may be political agendas I am not fully appreciating. Nevertheless, I found these editorials focusing on Vietnam's COVID policies thought-provoking. As a point of reference since March, Vietnam has maintained economic growth AND only 35 deaths and 1500 cases, total.
Vietnam on WorldOMeter:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/viet-nam/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/20/vietnam-covid-economic-growth-public-health-coronavirus
and
https://novaramedia.com/2021/01/05/when-will-britains-politicians-have-the-guts-to-take-lessons-from-asia/
Here is more interesting comparative data on the impact of disciplined pandemic control. In 2020, New Zealand had a lower mortality rate than in previous years - probably due to fewer other events, such as influenza and accidents.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32647-7/fulltext
Commentary:
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/new-zealands-covid-response-was-so-good-mortality-is-down-from-previous-years/
Infographic of the day: price inflation data
https://howmuch.net/articles/price-changes-in-usa-in-past-20-years
You make take issue with the conclusions, but the graphic is eye-opening.
----Bonus Round: Things worse than books to collect
Over the holiday break, I began unpacking my books in earnest. I found the process of culling my library herd painful on many levels. But, as my wife said, three copies of Moby Dick (don't ask) is at least two too many. (She is, apparently, not a Melville fan, and the white whale may be an apt metaphor for me and books.)
Things we can rule out collecting:
Bricks. I would not want to move with this collection.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/brick-collecting
Hair
https://www.justcollecting.com/miscellania/the-history-of-collecting-hair
Belly Button Lint. (God help us).
https://metro.co.uk/2010/10/25/graham-barker-reveals-record-breaking-belly-button-fluff-collection-562334/
Clean hands and sharp minds,
Adam
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