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Tuesday, May 26. 2020

Tuesday morning links

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Young Mathematician Solves Old, Famous Knot Problem in Barely a Week


John Muir's first summer in the Sierras (at Atlantic, costs $1) 


 Jimmy Cobb, 'Kind of Blue' drummer for Miles Davis, dies


A virtual tour of NYC's skyscrapers (no $, just sign on) 


 Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Propose Reforms to Skilled Non-Immigrant Visa Programs to Protect American Workers


Former Israeli Health Minister: The COVID-19 Response Has Been “Monstrous Hysteria” Reaching to the Irrational


Rules are for the little people 


 CDC: Coronavirus fatality rate could be as low as 0.26%


 Trump aims to cut red tape tying up doctors


 REVISITING THE IHME MODEL: STILL USELESS?


 Dr. Fauci NOW SAYS Staying Closed Too Long Could Cause “Irreparable Damage” — AFTER USING JUNK MODEL TO DESTROY ECONOMY!


Minnesota:  CORONAVIRUS IN ONE STATE

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I stumbled across this little bit of history and found it amusing in light of all the drama over UVC that happened a few weeks ago. Does it kill the virus? Look at the new technology?

Well, turns out UV use against infectious agents has been around since the 19th century. However, in a chicken or the egg situation, the demonstration that UVGI (UV germicidal irradiation) worked on air disinfection, also proved the airborne pathway of infectious agent transmission.

This created the binary of large Flügge droplets, we've heard so much about and airborne nuclei that act at a distance, such as with measles. But now, 84 years later, the science of infectious agent transmission is being forced to advance. This current pandemic has ample evidence of close-range aerosol transmission in indoor spaces (over prolonged periods), but not transmission at a distance. This fact has been begrudgingly acknowledged by the CDC and WHO, and become even more supported.

A comment from Dr. Brosseau at CIDRAP from March 16, 2020, "COMMENTARY: COVID-19 transmission messages should hinge on science"

QUOTE:
Underlying the CDC and WHO statements about transmission is this: Inhalation of particles near the source may be an important mode of transmission.

Based on research now more than 70 years out of date, the infection control paradigm of contact, droplet, and airborne transmission fails to recognize inhalation of small airborne particles very close to an infectious source—ie, within 6 feet.


From the 2010 survey of the history of UVGI use studies:

QUOTE:
While the ability of UV radiation to inactivate microorganisms was known, previous studies had exposed microorganisms on solid media or in liquids, not in the air. In 1935, using aerosolized B. coli, 254 nm radiation, and carefully controlled conditions, Wells went on to demonstrate that airborne infectious organisms could be effectively killed in a short period of time.42 The use of UVGI not only inactivated the infectious organisms in the air, but proved the very concept that infections can be spread via the airborne route. Sharp was the first to confirm these results and documented an example of airstream disinfection, foreshadowing the use of UVGI in in-duct HVAC systems.43,44 These initial investigations would provide the framework and impetus for infection control by the irradiation of air.

Reed NG. The history of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation for air disinfection. Public Health Rep. 2010;125(1):15‐27. doi:10.1177/003335491012500105
#1 JK Brown on 2020-05-26 09:33 (Reply)
"The sun is the great sanitizer..."
#2 TheCaptain on 2020-05-26 10:16 (Reply)
a Jimmy Cobb solo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGksSOJRfkQ
#3 Hugh Evan-Thomas on 2020-05-26 10:29 (Reply)
John Muir's First Summer in the Sierra... absolutely free :-)

http://www.yosemite.ca.us/john_muir_writings/my_first_summer_in_the_sierra/my_first_summer_in_the_sierra.pdf

Download it for posterity.
#4 Sancho on 2020-05-26 10:30 (Reply)
QUOTE:
A virtual tour of NYC's skyscrapers (no $, just sign on)


Yeah, and have your sign on info sold to umpteen thousand porn purveyors, other hucksters, scammers and such.
#5 BillH (Link) on 2020-05-26 10:34 (Reply)
re Rules are for the little people

Of course they are.

The arbitrary edicts handed down by our ruling masters have never been about health, it's all about showing us that they are "doing something." Satisfying their lust for power is a beneficial side effect.

My wife is still terrified of the virus though.
#6 feeblemind on 2020-05-26 10:39 (Reply)
Of course, we haven't talked about the mayor of Chicago getting her required haircuts, the black face (or is it KKK robed) governor of Virginia who visits his place on the beach with a crowd and no mask, or the governor of Illinois's wife who took a trip to Florida.
#6.1 mudbug on 2020-05-26 11:01 (Reply)
Las Vegas Metro Police were discovered to have their own private barber -- must keep up the skinhead look -- and were shamed into terminating her services. Barbers were, at the time, declared non-essential (and since have reopened).

On the other hand, privilege will never go away no matter how much people complain. Shouldn't stories about privilege motivate someone to work into the privileged class?
#6.1.1 Hugh Evan-Thomas on 2020-05-26 12:36 (Reply)
' Massachusetts Lt. Governor Karyn Polito Hosts Dozens Of Friends At $1.5 Million Lakefront Shrewsbury Mansion Despite Social Distancing And Mask Orders. “Lt. Governor Karyn Polito recently reminded Massachusetts residents that they should stay at home unless they need to go out to pick up “essentials,” and urged citizens to adhere to social distancing guidelines...

Hoo boy, ya can't make this stuff up. Is there a word for when life becomes its own satire? Should we call it a "B-B'ism" for the Babylon Bee?

In Italian, Polito means polished or burnished. Like brass, baby.
#7 Aggie on 2020-05-26 11:12 (Reply)
There’s no getting around the fact that the last time anyone saw the likes of Governor Karyn Polito, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and Nancy Pelosi, they were stirring a cauldron when the curtain went up on Macbeth.
#8 Dr. Jay on 2020-05-26 12:02 (Reply)
NYC might be much closer to economic collapse than they imagine.

NYC businesses and companies skip rent payments as shutdown drags on

QUOTE:
One major commercial landlord said 80 percent of their retail tenants missed rent payments in April and May and others are reporting that even companies that have healthy finances are simply choosing not to meet their lease agreements, amid growing uncertainty over how many businesses will actually work in offices in the future.

Residents are also abandoning their expensive apartments by breaking their leases or failing to renew them to wait out the crisis in more comfortable surroundings.

. . . In April, NYC and the state collected just $78.5million in tax revenue on the sale of commercial and residential properties, down from $217.5million in March.

. . . A survey of staff from major tech firms including Facebook, Uber, Twitter and Google has revealed that 66 percent would move out of big cities if working from home becomes more permanent.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8345543/NYC-businesses-companies-skip-rent-payments-shutdown-drags-on.html
#9 feeblemind on 2020-05-26 13:14 (Reply)
From the donut discussion a few days ago. It was a 17th C painting. Can be seen here:

https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/spanish-painting-in-the-seventeenth-century.html#slide_2
#10 DrTorch (Link) on 2020-05-26 13:45 (Reply)

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