And again: hydroxychloroquine doesn't work against Covid. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34240518/

Brazilian review shows hydroxychloroquine ineffective against Covid. rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/…

New review study of 10,000 patients shows -- again -- that hydroxychloroquine doesn't work against Covid. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Time for science communicators to adopt new strategies. clintwatts.substack.com/p/how-do-we-am… #scicomm

Hard to believe that after all this time and study, hydroxychloroquine is still being touted as a Covid treatment by a few anti-science activists. Here's the latest review to lay out the facts: HCQ doesn't work. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

On the importance of #vaccines, especially given #Delta variant prevalence! Top 6 #vaccinated states versus least vaccinated: #hospitalizations surging in least vaccinated while barely changing in most vaccinated Via Thomas (Tom) Lee (not drummer) FSInsight.com Carl Quintanilla (((The Daily Shot)))

Mix mob politics with anti-science extremism, xenophobia, and Covid weariness, and here's what you get: riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2021/…

Irony of the day: When it comes to the Delta covid variant, there's a good chance vaccinated people will be responsible for infecting unvaccinated people (and, of course, it goes the other way as well, but still . . . )

Pretty damn impressive Thanks Darren Lu Reddit, Inc.

New look at the endless balancing act that is today's #farming: mass production and cheap food on one hand, expensive sustainability on the other. #agriculture Think Sustainability Is Simple? This Sheep Farmer Would Like a Word. nytimes.com/2021/08/01/boo…

Interesting Covid-19 data site; you can search by zip code. covidactnow.org/?s=21421067

Haber and Bosch. Early twentieth century German chemistry and politics. #booktweet

Where we are with Delta: Good overview by the estimable Ed Yong. theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Spend enough time on social media and you begin to appreciate the need for "infodemiologists" across the the sciences to counter misinformation. #scicomm nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Summary of most pandemic tweets:

Wow! Just to be clear, not my beliefs -- I was paraphrasing the attitude of Carl Bosch, the guy who started the notorious German chemical cartel I.G. Farben. Bosch died depressed, powerless, and alcoholic during WWII.

Este es el estupendo libro del que os acabamos de hablar en El Ojo Crítico (RNE)

New real-world data on Covid vaccination and breakthrough cases. kff.org/policy-watch/c…

Oregon's Covid surge is a county-by-county thing: High-vax urban areas are doing better; low-vax counties (esp. in SW OR) are doing worse. This is tragic, but not unexpected. wsj.com/articles/orego…