The Maine Coon cat was missing for 2 months and was found with a fox before being reunited with his family Bangor Daily

Take a closer look: how more and more students are catching the mistakes of citizen science dialogue

Corporate profits drive up 60% of inflation Matt Stoller, big

The Fed’s doomsday predictors have issued a terrible warning about where we are headed politics

Cryptocurrency: Left view Mr online

Professional poker players are forbidden to deceive opponents for deliberately betting on weak hands onion

climate

The judge will not intervene to restore Maine power line construction The World Bank

As western states pledged to reduce water in the Colorado River, the tribe sought to play a bigger role Los Angeles Times

Alaska’s December temperature hit a record high, coupled with freezing rain Seattle Times (Re Silc).

#Coronavirus disease

Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine receive emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccine technology in India (Press release) Texas Children’s Hospital. “The COVID-19 vaccine called the’world'”, [Corbevax] Using traditional recombinant protein-based technology, it can be produced on a large scale, making it widely used to inoculate the global population. strangeness.Although there is Many reports In India, reports here are harder to find. After searching for “Corbevax Baylor”, Some local reports. It is great to see that the scientists at Texas Children’s Hospital are doing the right thing.

As Omicron spreads, officials think about what it means to be “fully vaccinated” New York Times. If the Obama administration believes that everything can be resolved through public relations, then the Biden administration believes that everything can be resolved through semantics. The sign manipulator must sign control!

After vaccination: where the death rate from Covid has risen Big picture

Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 vaccine against the Omicron variant in South Africa (Communication) NEJM. Pfizer.

Trust, belief and Covid NEJM

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Live report:

Hospitalization in India:

Covid News from the Mumbai Hospital I am connected to:

Five days ago-the lowest number of cases in the past year
Today-the Covid ward is full and the capacity is now expanding

Omicron is here and spread quickly. Beware. Don’t have a party and wear a mask. vaccination.

-Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) December 27, 2021

Hospitalization in New South Wales:

26/93 In other words, optimistic assumptions about the impact of Omicron variants on hospital admissions are unrealistic.

— Anna Davidson | OzSAGE | #CovidisAirborne (@PMGPSC) December 30, 2021

Good job, Gladys.

“Kentucky is now in the midst of a wave of omicron.” The state’s positive rate and the number of cases have soared Pioneer Leader (DM). “The number of hospitalizations from COVID-19 has not increased as sharply in Kentucky as in other places. Washington DC, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland… Historically, the surge in hospital admissions followed a surge in positive rates and new infections. “

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CDC has new Covid guidelines. This is where it went wrong. Aaron E. Carroll, New York Times. Naturally there are no words about layered defense, ventilation or healing. Then this:

When the pandemic started, there was no vaccine yet, so we all lived in a world where everyone was at the same high risk.

Really? “Dr. Carroll is the chief health officer of Indiana University.” Carroll made a jaw-dropping claim that he was a powerful “At the “same high risk”-remember them? ——For example, a Slaughterhouse. Or for that matter, a Yes“[Carroll] Often write articles about health research and policy. “Undoubtedly, because he is as ignorant as a pig and is very adaptable these days.

For more information on the new CDC guidelines:

MUDDIEST GUIDELINE EVER-tell me what’s wrong @CDCgov The rule—except for zero detection for early quarantine withdrawal—it says that if “your symptoms are relieving”, you can simply leave home. ??In which universe is considered a clear guideline?Muddy and dangerous @CDC Director! pic.twitter.com/NZObjOEs9A

— Eric Fegelding (@DrEricDing) December 29, 2021

“solve”? But it hasn’t been resolved yet?

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Vaccination is not enough: Omicron risks long-term Covid Rolling Stone

Correlation between the clinical features of Long-COVID inflammation analysis and recovery one year after hospitalization in the UK: a prospective observational study (Preprint) med??Rxiv. n = 2320 (five-month visit), n = 807 (five-month and one-year visit). Abstract: “Among the diverse population of adults after admission to COVID-19, our large UK prospective multicenter study reported several new findings: a small number of people feel fully recovered within a year, and any health condition starts at five months. Areas of least recovery; women and obesity are associated with a decrease in the likelihood of feeling fully recovered after one year; individuals with the most severe physical, mental health, and cognitive impairment have increased several inflammatory mediators compared with individuals with less persistent damage.”

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Predicting Omicron’s winter: Experts envision various situations, from bad to bad state (original). “Models can be noisy; when data is scarce, assumptions and uncertainties abound. This happens when new variants emerge. But it is better than nothing.” I’m not sure this is true. Models also have “selection pressure” because factions will select them. In addition, “Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.” I doubt these models because they all present a series of scenes that strengthen our understanding of “Middle ground fallacy,” thereby weakening our ability to actually execute Prepare. Readers, any ideas? (To be clear, my a priori is that I hate models. Any time you can give me good epidemiological research and biological mechanism recommendations.)

Omicron pushes the U.S. into soft lockdown Atlantic Organization. “In the soft lockdown, companies can only rely on themselves. The stay-at-home order last spring was accompanied by unemployment assistance and emergency loans. This time, none of this will happen.” Worse than Trump.

One-third of Ohio deer test positive for COVID-19 virus Infectious Disease Research and Policy Center (original).

China?

The coming year: China’s economic transformation may produce winners and losers Al Jazeera

Strictly prevent industry associations and chambers of commerce from relying on administrative power to accumulate wealth What to read in china

China’s blockade rule breakers were publicly humiliated and marched in the streets, holding placards with their names on them to ensure compliance with the new crown virus rules Daily mail

China is running out of water resources, which is terrible for Asia Bloomberg

Myanmar

Myanmar military resumes mass murder and incineration strategy Associated Press

China provides submarines to the Burmese military government Irrawaddy

Povidone in Singapore:

The whole clue is exciting; it shows what a well-functioning first-world government can do.

UK/EU

British life sciences lobby calls for investment in antiviral drugs to combat the new coronavirus Financial Times

New cold war

Proposition in 2021: Putin “sit on an economy with nuclear weapons and oil wells, and nothing else.” Russian affairs

Biden Administration

The White House will not sign the 500 million COVID test agreement until later next week MSN

President Biden told ABC’s David Muir about the home COVID test: “Everything is not good enough‘ABC. Since last week, it is still closely related. “‘I wish I thought about ordering 500 million home tests two months ago,’ [Biden] Tell Muir. “The West Wing of Molasses Minds doesn’t seem to understand exponential growth. Maybe this month will be a learning opportunity for them.

Unplanned cost of unmanned fleet War on the rock

2 Turn left for ten years Ryan Cooper, The Weekly

Retailers blame the Internet for possible retail thefts; the media is helping them Technical dirt. At the same time (Re Silc):

Virginia teachers postpone fair proposal to abolish some grades and penalties for late homework ABC7. “Do not grade homework because the proposal says that mistakes are essential to learning. When students are worried about being demoted for making mistakes, they are unlikely to take a risk.”

health care

“Take that money!” The dermatologist said that after a private equity-backed company bought her clinic, patient care was affected. National Broadcasting Corporation

supply chain

TuSimple claims to be successful in an 80-mile unmanned Class 8 pilot in Arizona Freight wave. “A TuSimple survey vehicle is looking for anomalies five miles before the self-driving truck.”… If your algorithm is not good, control your input.

case Joffrey Epstein

Gisline Maxwell was found guilty and faces the prospect of decades in prison Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald. “Federal prosecutors seem to purposefully guide the case around a potential minefield by identifying the numbers they call the’third party’ on Epstein’s orbit.” The mission is complete!

‘Maxwell did not act alone. Others must take responsibility”: The reaction of Prince Andrew’s accuser, Virginia Juffrey, to the guilty verdict of Gislain Maxwell. Victim Anne Farmer said she was “moved to tears” Daily mail

Guillotine watch

Reasons for optimism after a difficult year Gates notes

You are not rich (if you do it often) radar

Why bugs must become a larger part of the human food chain Bloomberg

Class struggle

In the slaughterhouse, fear and anger still exist New York Times. Nothing basic will change.

The death of despair: the unrecognized tragedy of the troubled working class statistics

The James Webb Space Telescope has been launched: now is the difficult part Scientific american

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Today’s antidote (pass through):

See yesterday’s link and antidote du Jour here.