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Researchers withdraw their findings,
that HC can increase mortality, and heart issues, in the treatment of Covid -19. British Medical Journal embarrassed, again. As was the Lancet for touting an association between vaccinations and Autism, based merely of an anecdotal case series of 8 pediatric patients. Any lessons here? There are quite a few for fair minded folks to learn from.
For starters, detecting and characterizing valid relationships between illness and other factors in free living human populations, is tricky business. Policy from science rests on much more than research outcomes, however seemingly robust. Less so if results are weak, or inconsistent.
Just as important, we must be ever vigilant of how politics can influence science. The Universities and research labs are largely staffed and administered by folks of one political view. Just as those of big Pharma, perhaps in other profit oriented biased directions.
And relying reflexively on clearly biased media resources, such as the NYT, or Washington Post, for scientific information, is fraught with danger of being in error. Reporting/journalism often has become political activism, leading to similar invalid information. Fortunately, we now have much better understanding of how this goes, with the clear existence of Trump Derangement-Hilary Deficit Syndromes. It goes like this. One reads a story on some biased outlet. Instantly, in a rush to support ones side, and to feel smug and clever, without reflection, the typing/posting starts. It's all made much worse when the sufferers of the Syndromes have little, and often none, of the needed education for supporting such often biased assertions. Teaching in HS, and a little time working as a lab assistant, or realtor, etc., are honorable gigs, but inadequate to the task.
Finally, RED MAN BAD, is the deep syndromic emotion. But RM not always wrong, is often the truth..
For starters, detecting and characterizing valid relationships between illness and other factors in free living human populations, is tricky business. Policy from science rests on much more than research outcomes, however seemingly robust. Less so if results are weak, or inconsistent.
Just as important, we must be ever vigilant of how politics can influence science. The Universities and research labs are largely staffed and administered by folks of one political view. Just as those of big Pharma, perhaps in other profit oriented biased directions.
And relying reflexively on clearly biased media resources, such as the NYT, or Washington Post, for scientific information, is fraught with danger of being in error. Reporting/journalism often has become political activism, leading to similar invalid information. Fortunately, we now have much better understanding of how this goes, with the clear existence of Trump Derangement-Hilary Deficit Syndromes. It goes like this. One reads a story on some biased outlet. Instantly, in a rush to support ones side, and to feel smug and clever, without reflection, the typing/posting starts. It's all made much worse when the sufferers of the Syndromes have little, and often none, of the needed education for supporting such often biased assertions. Teaching in HS, and a little time working as a lab assistant, or realtor, etc., are honorable gigs, but inadequate to the task.
Finally, RED MAN BAD, is the deep syndromic emotion. But RM not always wrong, is often the truth..
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Men and women........Data......
Many will know of how, among some men, fishing stories occasionally turn up tales of specimens several times larger than even remotely biologically possible. Does one see such for things among women?
Groundhog Day...
On Thursday morning, the 2nd of February, Punxsutawney Phil will declare an early spring or six more weeks of winter depending on the visibility of his shadow.
I don't know about the rest of the country, but the weather in South Florida was in the 80's with lots of sunshine and warm winds.
Wanna see it live?
This link should become active at 6am:
I don't know about the rest of the country, but the weather in South Florida was in the 80's with lots of sunshine and warm winds.
Wanna see it live?
This link should become active at 6am:
Children smarter than any adult
Obsolete. We are all obsolete.
China’s CRISPR twins might have had their brains inadvertently enhanced
Story at
China’s CRISPR twins might have had their brains inadvertently enhanced
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Weather Station...
There are several websites that offer weather services. For years I followed one from the local newspaper. Temperature, wind speed, radar and rain forecast. Basic stuff. Other weather data comes from a few local TV stations.
We have a saying that if you don't like the weather in South Florida, wait a hour and it will be totally different. This is true for summer months where afternoon downpours clear up in a matter of minutes.
Now that my hobby is model aviation, I'm concerned about wind speed because windy days are not good days for flying. It could be calm at 7am and by 9:30 the winds will kick up to 10 miles per hour. This runs most of the day and as temperatures change cooler after 6pm the winds drop down. That sometimes gives a window of low winds (good for flying) about an hour before nightfall.
I found the website Weather Underground that appears to have lots of smaller reporting stations linked to them all across the country with a few less than 25 miles from my location. I click the site and see a what's happening in my neighborhood. From one of the reporting stations, I was able to see the equipment they are using to send information to the main site.
One company making these weather detection devices is Davis Instruments. Prices from a few hundred to a few thousand, the different components can be used to have a fully functioning wireless weather station. I've seen these things like this on yachts before.
I could get one of these units, mount it to the roof of my building, subscribe to the service and have my very own node on the Weather Underground. If I lived in a remote location it would be something to consider, but there are a handful of reporting units already near me... I'm sure they don't need another.
We have a saying that if you don't like the weather in South Florida, wait a hour and it will be totally different. This is true for summer months where afternoon downpours clear up in a matter of minutes.
Now that my hobby is model aviation, I'm concerned about wind speed because windy days are not good days for flying. It could be calm at 7am and by 9:30 the winds will kick up to 10 miles per hour. This runs most of the day and as temperatures change cooler after 6pm the winds drop down. That sometimes gives a window of low winds (good for flying) about an hour before nightfall.
I found the website Weather Underground that appears to have lots of smaller reporting stations linked to them all across the country with a few less than 25 miles from my location. I click the site and see a what's happening in my neighborhood. From one of the reporting stations, I was able to see the equipment they are using to send information to the main site.
One company making these weather detection devices is Davis Instruments. Prices from a few hundred to a few thousand, the different components can be used to have a fully functioning wireless weather station. I've seen these things like this on yachts before.
I could get one of these units, mount it to the roof of my building, subscribe to the service and have my very own node on the Weather Underground. If I lived in a remote location it would be something to consider, but there are a handful of reporting units already near me... I'm sure they don't need another.
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The most recent 500 year flood---and statistical models.
Hydrologists, climatologists, and epidemiologists, present company included, push them on us all. Sure they have their places, and there's the saying, 'all models are bad, but a few are useful'. And Samuel Clemens, (Mark Twain for folks like M in Dream Time), had a few choice words on the subject. "There are lies, damn lies, and statistics". My thoughts exactly, when I heard about this "500 year flood", second in a few years, in the US mid west, on Public Radio. (NPR---National Proletarian Radio) What gives?
For the first time in history....
Scientific American has endorsed a presidential candidate.
That shows how important this election is.
Well, we KNOW it couldn't be a person, who not only doesn't have a clue about science, nor even math. They are far too smart for that.
But, who would Scientific American endorse as it's first candidate ever ?
Yep, Joe Biden.
From Scientific American;
That shows how important this election is.
Well, we KNOW it couldn't be a person, who not only doesn't have a clue about science, nor even math. They are far too smart for that.
But, who would Scientific American endorse as it's first candidate ever ?
Yep, Joe Biden.
From Scientific American;
In response to:
Scientific American Endorses Joe Biden
We’ve never backed a presidential candidate in our 175-year history—until now
Scientific American has never endorsed a presidential candidate in its 175-year history. This year we are compelled to do so. We do not do this lightly.
The evidence and the science show that Donald Trump has badly damaged the U.S. and its people—because he rejects evidence and science. The most devastating example is his dishonest and inept response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which cost more than 190,000 Americans their lives by the middle of September. He has also attacked environmental protections, medical care, and the researchers and public science agencies that help this country prepare for its greatest challenges. That is why we urge you to vote for Joe Biden, who is offering fact-based plans to protect our health, our economy and the environment. These and other proposals he has put forth can set the country back on course for a safer, more prosperous and more equitable future.
The pandemic would strain any nation and system, but Trump's rejection of evidence and public health measures have been catastrophic in the U.S. He was warned many times in January and February about the onrushing disease, yet he did not develop a national strategy to provide protective equipment, coronavirus testing or clear health guidelines. Testing people for the virus, and tracing those they may have infected, is how countries in Europe and Asia have gained control over their outbreaks, saved lives, and successfully reopened businesses and schools. But in the U.S., Trump claimed, falsely, that “anybody that wants a test can get a test.” That was untrue in March and remained untrue through the summer. Trump opposed $25 billion for increased testing and tracing that was in a pandemic relief bill as late as July. These lapses accelerated the spread of disease through the country—particularly in highly vulnerable communities that include people of color, where deaths climbed disproportionately to those in the rest of the population.
It wasn't just a testing problem: if almost everyone in the U.S. wore masks in public, it could save about 66,000 lives by the beginning of December, according to projections from the University of Washington School of Medicine. Such a strategy would hurt no one. It would close no business. It would cost next to nothing. But Trump and his vice president flouted local mask rules, making it a point not to wear masks themselves in public appearances. Trump has openly supported people who ignored governors in Michigan and California and elsewhere as they tried to impose social distancing and restrict public activities to control the virus. He encouraged governors in Florida, Arizona and Texas who resisted these public health measures, saying in April—again, falsely—that “the worst days of the pandemic are behind us” and ignoring infectious disease experts who warned at the time of a dangerous rebound if safety measures were loosened.
And of course, the rebound came, with cases across the nation rising by 46 percent and deaths increasing by 21 percent in June. The states that followed Trump's misguidance posted new daily highs and higher percentages of positive tests than those that did not. By early July several hospitals in Texas were full of COVID-19 patients. ...
Scientific American Endorses Joe Biden
We’ve never backed a presidential candidate in our 175-year history—until now
Scientific American has never endorsed a presidential candidate in its 175-year history. This year we are compelled to do so. We do not do this lightly.
The evidence and the science show that Donald Trump has badly damaged the U.S. and its people—because he rejects evidence and science. The most devastating example is his dishonest and inept response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which cost more than 190,000 Americans their lives by the middle of September. He has also attacked environmental protections, medical care, and the researchers and public science agencies that help this country prepare for its greatest challenges. That is why we urge you to vote for Joe Biden, who is offering fact-based plans to protect our health, our economy and the environment. These and other proposals he has put forth can set the country back on course for a safer, more prosperous and more equitable future.
The pandemic would strain any nation and system, but Trump's rejection of evidence and public health measures have been catastrophic in the U.S. He was warned many times in January and February about the onrushing disease, yet he did not develop a national strategy to provide protective equipment, coronavirus testing or clear health guidelines. Testing people for the virus, and tracing those they may have infected, is how countries in Europe and Asia have gained control over their outbreaks, saved lives, and successfully reopened businesses and schools. But in the U.S., Trump claimed, falsely, that “anybody that wants a test can get a test.” That was untrue in March and remained untrue through the summer. Trump opposed $25 billion for increased testing and tracing that was in a pandemic relief bill as late as July. These lapses accelerated the spread of disease through the country—particularly in highly vulnerable communities that include people of color, where deaths climbed disproportionately to those in the rest of the population.
It wasn't just a testing problem: if almost everyone in the U.S. wore masks in public, it could save about 66,000 lives by the beginning of December, according to projections from the University of Washington School of Medicine. Such a strategy would hurt no one. It would close no business. It would cost next to nothing. But Trump and his vice president flouted local mask rules, making it a point not to wear masks themselves in public appearances. Trump has openly supported people who ignored governors in Michigan and California and elsewhere as they tried to impose social distancing and restrict public activities to control the virus. He encouraged governors in Florida, Arizona and Texas who resisted these public health measures, saying in April—again, falsely—that “the worst days of the pandemic are behind us” and ignoring infectious disease experts who warned at the time of a dangerous rebound if safety measures were loosened.
And of course, the rebound came, with cases across the nation rising by 46 percent and deaths increasing by 21 percent in June. The states that followed Trump's misguidance posted new daily highs and higher percentages of positive tests than those that did not. By early July several hospitals in Texas were full of COVID-19 patients. ...
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