Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Examples of abuse claims settled that show a pattern

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/dc-police-lawsuits/2020/12/24/e986472c-2375-11eb-8672-c281c7a2c96e_story.html

Link of sleep to COVID-19

 https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/617454/

Retirement meta study and impact on health

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/retire-or-keep-working-the-healthly-answer-isnt-that-simple/2020/12/18/c65f60d2-33ef-11eb-a997-1f4c53d2a747_story.html?outputType=amp

Article on critical race theory

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/12/23/black-pastors-break-southern-baptist-critical-race-theory/

For future reference/reading.

Another example of voter fraud claims being debunked

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/heres-what-happened-when-a-georgia-lawmaker-scrutinized-the-trump-campaigns-list-of-allegedly-illegal-votes/2020/12/10/1400d628-3b06-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html

Evangelical support of election doubts leads to doubts about their faith

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/prominent-evangelicals-are-directing-trumps-sinking-ship-that-feeds-doubts-about-religion/2020/12/07/5ad8eb0c-38c3-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_story.html

McCarthyism, Trumpism comparison

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/joseph-mccarthy-movement-trumpism/2020/12/04/d6e807ee-3460-11eb-b59c-adb7153d10c2_story.html

Pandemic affect on male friendships

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/road-to-recovery/2020/11/30/male-bonding-covid/

CDC's failure early on to create a simple COVID-19 test

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/cdc-covid/2020/12/25/c2b418ae-4206-11eb-8db8-395dedaaa036_story.html

Korea study shows distant infection beyond 6 ft

 https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/infected-after-5-minutes-from-20-feet-away-south-korea-study-shows-covid-19s-spread-indoors/?amp=1

How I fixed Arlo motion detection, I need to update my rules

 https://kb.arlo.com/42/What-are-modes-and-rules-and-how-does-Arlo-use-them

What probably happened with the Stanford Hospital algorithm

 Probably focused on preventing deaths rather than infections and didn't take into account the changes in exposure due to changed practices.

https://www.statnews.com/2020/12/21/stanford-covid19-vaccine-algorithm/

Scientific Humor Theory

https://bgr.com/2020/12/22/funniest-joke-ever-study-science/amp/ 

Benign Violation Theory

  • An unsafe violation of a situation
  • A flip of the situation so it feels safe
  • Both simultaneously

Contrasts and resolutions part of the brain

Change in what is "safe" as diversity of jokes.

17 days latency before safe to do a joke about a serious situation


ICU bed availability map

 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-hospitals-near-you.html

PPE shortages and need for on-going funding like defense items

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/health/covid-ppe-shortages.html

Cialdini - use social proof to increase COVID-19 compliance

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/magazine/covid-research-behavior-.html

NIH studying study on allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccine

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/covid-vaccine-allergic-reactions-study/2020/12/21/e01001d2-431a-11eb-b0e4-0f182923a025_story.html

Russian opposition leader dupes spy into reveal poisoning technique

 https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/12/21/europe/russia-navalny-poisoning-underpants-ward/index.html

Lawsuit that led to some semi-retractions on certain conservative networks

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/business/media/smartmatic-lawsuit-fox-news-newsmax-oan.html

Latine instead of Latinx

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/latinx-latinos-unpopular-gender-term/2020/12/18/bf177c5c-3b41-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_story.html

Employers can require COVID-19 vaccine shots

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/us/eeoc-employers-coronavirus-mandate.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Story of Trump Administrations response to COVID-19

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/trump-covid-pandemic-dark-winter/

Trail of particles follows a person

 https://scitechdaily.com/safe-social-distancing-alert-long-streams-of-virus-laden-droplets-can-trail-behind-infected-individuals/

Premature birth drop during pandemic

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/19/health/coronavirus-premature-birth.html

Possible hypotheses raised in the article:

  • Rest, less stress from commuting
  • Avoided infections
  • Air pollution drop
  • Fewer induced labors due to high blood pressure

Woman tackles black kid she accuses of stealing her iphone

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/28/keyon-harrold-racial-profiling-hotel/

Where to stream something

 justwatch.com

Going to try this red sauce recipe

https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/09/the-food-lab-use-the-oven-to-make-the-best-darned-italian-american-red-sauce-ever-recipe.html

https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/09/the-best-slow-cooked-italian-american-tomato-sauce-red-sauce-recipe.html

Saturday, December 26, 2020

Vaccine doubters changing their mind

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/health/covid-vaccine-hesitancy.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Thursday, December 24, 2020

More examples of African Americans getting inferior medical treatment

 So sad.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/12/24/covid-susan-moore-medical-racism/

Lean Cuisine Ratings

 Buy again

* Spaghetti and meatballs

* Meatloaf with mashed potatoes

* Lasagna with Meat Sauce

* Chicken Parmesan

* Salisbury steak with macaroni and cheese

* French bread pepperoni pizza

* Tortilla crusted fish

Meh

* Spaghetti with meat sauce

Skip

* Glazed Turkey Tenderloins (whipped sweat potatoes were horrible)

* Fettuccini Alfredo

* Creamy Basil Chicken



Wednesday, December 9, 2020

COVID-19 death toll compared to other historical events

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/11/19/ranking-covid-deaths-american-history/

https://time.com/5815367/coronavirus-deaths-comparison/

Monday, December 7, 2020

Possible approach to PSAs for C19

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/opinion/covid-public-health-messaging.html

Saturday, December 5, 2020

Yet another missed expectation

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/05/operation-warp-speed-coronavirus-vaccine-shortfall/

Friday, December 4, 2020

Phrases to avoid

 https://www.rd.com/article/phrases-to-avoid-in-conversations-about-race/