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I'm with Stupid on COVID

Introduction About a month ago, or so an extension of the 2019 COVID19 pandemic entered the US. I call it an extension at this point only because it’s got people triggered to near early pandemic behavior despite current reports from South Africa and the US showing that this new variant, dubbed “Omicron,” is milder onto the scene [1] [2] [3] . Although nothing has changed in my now heavily appreciated hometown in the country, it’s my current city that continues living in dystopia. This applies for many other cities around the country as they adopt the next round of draconian measures. Many places have seen mask mandates come back into place, and many employers continue to press their employees on vaccines. Lastly, another dose of the vaccines has seen a massive revival in importance, and social pressure to consider another round of lockdowns have been proposed by politicians and commoners alike. What’s driving dystopia? It’s the testing. Over in my current city, there’s a social u...

COVID19: Tales from the Field

  Premise Throughout the pandemic, there have been a small collection of strange cases or phenomenon that I have been taking notes on, but do not really exist in the literature. Some with an academic or questioning personality may approach such a blog post with a lot of skepticism. To try and alleviate this, I’ll provide some details about myself that should help with the legitimacy of my hearsay. I’m a mid-career scientist at a large research organization on the Eastern half of the United States. I previously worked in neuroscience, but I now work on clinical trials related to HIV and COVID19. We currently work on four clinical trials on COVID19, and two of them involve us reaching out to local hospitals in our region for current cases of COVID19. Our other two studies involve people who have recently recovered from COVID19 as we follow them over time. In other words, just trust me, bru. Tale 1: COVID-19 Vaccines and Surgery One of the nurses that I work ...

Quick Take: Southwest Can’t Stop Lying Through Its Teeth

Southwest has been in the news lately for a series of unfortunate events that they have been through, and they are going through a self-inflicted PR nightmare because they seem to have an issue with being honest with people. Story 1: 1000+ Flights Cancelled, it was bad weather guys! First, there was the recent sick out/vacation out or whatever you want to call it [1, 2]. The point is that Southwest’s official reasoning as to why they had approximately 1800 flights delayed or cancelled was because of weather issues [3]. However, this is completely fabricated based on a couple of points of evidence.  The FAA’s Flight Delay information – Air Traffic Control System Command Center Screencaps from the Internet Archive’s Wayback machine show that on neither October 10th, or October 11th were delays noted in Texas or Florida. See the images below:   The National Weather Service Data The National Weather Service provides hourly data that is able to be stored for up to 2 days prior to t...