What Adam is Reading 4-20-21

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

My kid's four-day tenure with in-person schooling has already delivered new concepts to our home. Last night's discussion for parents on "mask aesthetics" noted the face-covering spectrum - spanning "things I have to wear" to "muzzle." And, I was informed, the new silicone masks (with replaceable N95 filter) I bought the kids fall into the muzzle category. I now have an ample, personal, and rotating supply of reusable masks that will, per my kids, reassure others I do not bite.

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CDC National Hospitalization trend data
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#hospitalizations

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

The U.S. Regionally - N.Y. Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

Vaccine Tracker
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-trends
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A little bit of Law and Order: COVID Unit today. A pharmacist in Chicago is selling falsely filled-out CDC Vaccination cards for $10.99 on eBay. Disheartening. I'm sure this won't be the last of this.
https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1383997699746267136

Several loyal readers sent me this story - 0.007% of the 84 million vaccinated Americans have had breakthrough infections of COVID.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/19/cdc-says-there-have-been-less-than-6000-breakthrough-covid-cases-among-fully-vaccinated-americans.html

And the vaccine innovation continues, this time with gene-deleted killed bacteria programmed to produce various proteins on their outer coat. In this case, proteins common to all coronaviruses.
https://scitechdaily.com/new-covid-19-vaccine-may-offer-broad-protection-against-existing-and-future-coronavirus-strains-at-a-cost-of-1/

More trials of the vaccine in 12-15 year-olds, this time with Moderna.
https://www.masslive.com/coronavirus/2021/04/moderna-covid-vaccine-could-receive-emergency-authorization-for-children-ages-12-to-15-within-weeks.html

And I will finish off today with an article from STAT news looking at forgotten but valuable lessons in public health from the U.S. Civil War.
https://www.statnews.com/2021/04/18/lessons-learned-forgotten-horrific-epidemics-us-civil-war/

Infographic of the Day: Runways
Hopefully, I will get to test my newfound knowledge in the real world soon.
https://pilotahmad.com/2020/01/20/runway-marking/#jp-carousel-333
from
https://pilotahmad.com/2020/01/20/runway-marking/

----Bonus Round- Shameless Plug

If you have time this weekend, I highly recommend the now virtual Annapolis Book Festival. It is free and has numerous hour-long moderated discussions with some outstanding authors. For full disclosure, some people very close to me (like married close) and I are volunteers. As a point of perspective, when not virtual, C-Span typically broadcasts these moderated discussions and panels. You can reserve a spot ahead of time as well.

https://www.keyschool.org/community/annapolis-book-festival


Clean hands and sharp minds, team

Adam

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