Genetically modified organisms (GMO) refers to modifying the genetic code –the DNA, and also the RNA, of animals, plants, bacteria, and viruses. Certainly, scientists tinkering with the basic reproductive machinery of life have gotten us into lots of trouble. 1. Bayer/Monsanto Roundup fiasco. Monsanto is a local St. Louis company […]
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“The extinction of the human race will come from its inability to EMOTIONALLY comprehend the exponential function.” — Edward Teller
One year ago, in April 2020, David Adam wrote about the epidemiological covid-19 models in Nature. The leading model at the time was the Imperial College model developed by Neil Ferguson and his colleagues. It made startling predictions — 500,000 deaths in the UK, and 2.2 million deaths in the […]
If you have been following my Covid charting over the past year, you would be alarmed that Missouri’s doubling number just jumped to number one on my state charting. Please rest assured that this only because the data has been reclassified, and ‘antigen’ positive testing has just been added. So, […]
I plotted the number of beds for Covid 19 in the USA from October 17, 2020 until November 16, 2020. I got the data from USA HHS As you can eyeball, rather quickly the bed count is increasing. In one month, beds went from 40K to 80K. One would expect, […]
Now that they have announced the vaccine, I feel hope that our normal lives can be restored. I thank the Trump administration for getting enough consensus and money together to get “Warp Speed” going. From what I have seen on TV about the Federal government, it is surprising that they […]
[“2020-11-03”,32801,894] In St Louis County 3 souls died from Covid 19 on November 3, election day. There are 32,801 cases of Covid 19. [“2020-11-03”,8976,225] In the city of St Louis, no one died and there are 8,976 cases. St Louis County has about 1 million population while the city has […]
The old joke is that George Washington slept in every bed in Pennsylvania. And it is true that if you visit every city, town, village, and hamlet — you will find a sign saying “George Washington slept here”. In fact, if you go to Cambridge Massachusetts and visit Longfellow’s house, […]
The old adage “Little things mean a lot” is especially true when it comes to Covid. Out of necessity, I have been going to the local supermarket every week to get milk, steak, bread, salad, and potatoes. Since the first days of the pandemic in March (?), I have been […]
Two weeks before the election, a President accuses his sole adversary as running a “criminal enterprise”. To play the Devil’s advocate, let’s assume that he is right. The challenger is a criminal, and his family are criminals, and they have engaged in racketeering — i.e. conspiracy. Now we can’t trust […]
["2020-09-22",118273,1967], ["2020-09-23",119798,2029] What do these numbers mean? Today is September 24, 2020 and yesterday, the 23rd, 2029 people died from Covid-19 in the state of Missouri. And the day before on the 22nd, 1967 were dead. That means that 62 people died on the 23rd from Covid19. There were 118K […]