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Trouble with Model

Posted on May 6, 2020

We had been trying to do this ourselves but found this fun model: https://gabgoh.github.io/COVID/index.html   We can attest that the model parameters agree with our own incomplete efforts. It has lots of fun stuff to play with, and you can … Continue reading →

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The Possible Origins of 2019-nCoV Coronavirus

Posted on May 4, 2020

The possible origins of 2019-nCoV coronavirus Botao Xiao1,2* and Lei Xiao3 1 Joint International Research Laboratory of Synthetic Biology and Medicine, School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China 2 School of Physics, Huazhong … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Persistence

Posted on April 15, 2020

We labor under a serious misconception that Corona can be eliminated, like polio. The history of pandemics tells us otherwise. The H2N2 virus likely caused the pandemic of 1890. It became the seasonal flu until it was supplanted by H3N2 … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Seasonality

Posted on April 15, 2020

We do not yet understand seasonality in viruses. There are ideas about UV from sunlight zapping them. There are ideas about elevated vitamin D in humans during the warm season. There are ideas that warm weather just dries them out, … Continue reading →

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The Shapes of Pandemic Curves

Posted on April 9, 2020

Getting monthly data for even 1957 and 1968 is tough sledding. We finally found in the CDC Vital Statistics Archives monthly data for these pandemics. Monthly data for surrounding years is available for 1968, but only 1957 and 58 for … Continue reading →

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Unified Geological Map of the Grand Canyon

Posted on April 6, 2020

We were puzzled about the Supergroup so we bought a pdf map from the Geological Society of America that covered the eastern part. We found that a forest of inconsequential faults, strikes and dips, and other notations was distracting us … Continue reading →

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A River Runner’s Guide to Grand Canyon Geology VI: The Schists

Posted on January 15, 2020

Geologists have great fun with puns on the term “schist”. Technically, it refers to metamorphic rock; rock that has been altered by high temperature and pressure. There are several grades of schist, our former favorite was “blue schist” as a … Continue reading →

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