California’s non-existent holiday surge
There was a surge in epidemiologists saying there would be a surge in post holiday cases of Covid-19. There was also a surge in news reports saying that California’s expanding…
2 masks are better, 2 masks are worse, 3 masks are even better, Cloth masks don’t work…whatever
February 2020 – Certified masks do not work when used by the public April 2020 – Uncertified cloth masks made of random materials using unknown designs, assembled by persons of…
My little chart seems to have stirred up a hornet’s nest :)
The Oregon Health Authority stopped providing biographical details for each death, such as age, county, gender, date of a positive coronavirus test and date of death. Source: Gov. Kate Brown’s…
Another interesting finding from my Oregon public health data analysis
Previously, I transcribed about 1,600 Oregon Covid-19 death records by hand and discovered the public facing presentation of deaths was misleading – it had time shifted past deaths into the…
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Wondered where this was going? British politician urges lock downs and restrictions to fight climate change
Does this mean the conspiracy theorists were correct? 2020 was a trial run? Geesh. Sir Lindsay Hoyle told a gathering of counterparts from some of the world’s most powerful countries…
“Model” : U.S. Mask Mandate Could Add $1 Trillion To GDP, Says UCLA Analysis – Deadline
If we assume all measures work, then we prove all measures work. And of course, we ignore the time dimension: A mask mandate, combined with complementary public health measures, could…
Revisting UW IHME’s Covid-19 projections
This part of the post was written on September 4th, but not published until December 30. On September 4th, the UW IHME disease modeling team projected 410,000 deaths in the…
Sad: Chuck Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier, dead at 97
He was awesome: Chuck Yeager, the historic test pilot portrayed in the movie “The Right Stuff,” is dead at the age of 97, according to a tweet posted on his…
Nature Conservancy: “California: Let’s Stop Making Wildfire History”
Some of the factors that shape the frequency and severity of wildfire in California, like drought, record high temperatures and strong winds are beyond our control and in many cases,…
Plate tectonics vs. erosion—what sets the height of a mountain range? | Ars Technica
Cool stuff: Plate tectonics vs. erosion—what sets the height of a mountain range? | Ars Technica And the answer is: mostly plate tectonics, speed of movement, nature of the materials…