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State of the Insanity

Lots of problematic teeth out there.  It's been a while since people went to the dentist.

Lots of young men with festering third molars and suppressed frontal cortices. 

Berserker behavior is the baseline now.

And Donny understands that.

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Drive-by parotid infection...

Covid Roundup

Pharma execs dumped millions in stock for huge profits after getting pandemic contracts

Edit/update: Moderna failed to disclose federal support in vaccine patents
The company with a leading coronavirus vaccine candidate did not adhere to a law designed to protect public investment. The key protein used in the vaccine was co-invented by the National Institutes of Health.

The Plan That Could Give Us Our Lives Back

Pandemics Come and Go But Medical Masks Are Eternal-  historical pictures!

Inexpensive, accessible device provides visual proof that masks block droplets

'AeroNabs' promise powerful, inhalable protection against COVID-19
Very interesting.

Does high blood sugar worsen COVID-19 outcomes?

Nasal vaccine against COVID-19 prevents infection in mice
Nasal delivery produces more widespread immune response than intramuscular injection

Why COVID-19 poses greater risks for men than women

Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spreads more indoors at low humidity
Indian-German research team recommends at least 40 percent humidity in public buildings

COVID-19 may trigger new diabetes, experts warn

Researchers suggest oral polio vaccine be tested to see if it might help against SARS-CoV-2

One Cheap Drug Saves Covid-19 Patients’ Lives in U.K. Study

How Covid-19 can damage the brain

The coronavirus may shut down the immune system’s vital classrooms

Article Roundup

Dual orexin and MCH neuron-ablated mice display severe sleep attacks and cataplexy.
Well hey there, isn't that fascinating...

Orexins modulate membrane excitability in rat trigeminal motoneurons
This means orexin improves facial movement.

Modulating the immune response with the wake-promoting drug modafinil: A potential therapeutic approach for inflammatory disorders
Interesting. didn't work on my sleepiness though...

The role of suvorexant in the prevention of delirium during acute hospitalization
Based on the reviewed literature, suvorexant has shown positive outcomes in the prevention of delirium during an acute hospitalization.

A clue as to why it's so hard to wake up on a cold winter's morning

Sleep and orexin: A new paradigm for understanding behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia?

Hangover drug shows wider benefits in USC research
Researchers found it activates a cascade of mechanisms that erase alcohol from the body very quickly,

How does the brain link events to form a memory? Study reveals unexpected mental processes

Neuroscientists find memory cells that help us interpret new situations

Right under your nose: A more convenient way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease
Certain proteins in nasal discharge can indicate the onset and progression of Alzheimer's, providing an avenue for early detection

How ApoE4 endangers the brain
ApoE4 prevents the recycling of sortilin, which removes beta amyloid.

Aging memories may not be 'worse', just 'different'

Trouble remembering details of social interactions seen in all phases of schizophrenia

Inflammatory bowel disease linked to doubling in dementia risk

 New gut-brain link: How gut mucus could help treat brain disorders

Porphyromonas gingivalis and digestive system cancers 

Greedy for glucose: Cancer cells rely on a primeval energy-producing pathway to proliferate and spread

Researchers discover the microbiome's role in attacking cancerous tumors

Study focuses on low-carb, high-fat diet effect on older populations
We also found significant improvements in the overall lipid profile that would reflect decreased risk of cardiovascular disease," Goss said. "Further, insulin sensitivity improved in response to the very low-carbohydrate diet reflecting reduced risk of Type 2 diabetes. Overall, we observed improvements in body composition, fat distribution and metabolic health in response to an eight-week, very low-carbohydrate diet."

Calculating the reduction in worldwide deaths from liver cancer if the whole world drank more coffee
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions across Australia has found that if everyone in the world drank at least two cups of coffee every day, the world would see hundreds of thousands fewer deaths from liver cancer. In their paper the group describes calculating their numbers and explains why they believe governments should begin encouraging people to drink more coffee.

Coffee stains inspire optimal printing technique for electronics

 The hair-raising reason for goosebumps
The same cell types that cause goosebumps are responsible for controlling hair growth

Are Braces a Scam?
Heidi says yes.   Pretty teeth do not a healthy mouth make.


More underwater coastal archaeology:
Is There A Sunken Civilisation In The Black Sea? (video)
Why this is important: because the time period that humans were first building permanent dwellings was before some major glacial flooding and a large sea level rise. Like now, prehistoric people chose to live near sources of water. Therefore most of the evidence of our first societies is now submerged.

State of the Insanity

Black man with no weapon walks away from Kenosha police and is shot 7 times in the back. White teen with assault rifle who just shot 3 people and KILLED 2, walks by Kenosha police with his gun & they offer him a water and he gets to go home. No greater summary of America exists.

Ida Bae Wells

The Limits of Willpower

 This young man has incipient Tourettes.  His face is spasming out of control due to nerve compression caused by speaking.  Those braces are definitely making it worse.   (been there done that)

He should not have to struggle this way to compensate for incompetent dentistry.  It won't get better through "discipline". 

He needs his molars checked for infection and occlusion problems.

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Passive Aggressive Public Service Announcement

 I am printing out copies of this to leave in maskless men's shopping carts at Home Depot-

The Covid-19  virus attaches to ACE2 receptors, starting in your nose.   It then multiplies and drips down into your lungs, which then deteriorate and allow it into your bloodstream.   It then preferentially binds to places with high ACE2 receptor density.   Like your testicles.  Seriously, testes are very susceptible, and the virus has been found in sperm.

It goes in your nose, and then collects in your balls.
I thought you might want to know that.

So cool.

'Waves' of fluid clear the brain of toxins during sleep. 

 This is why most illnesses induce sleep... 

(P. Gingivalis induces insomnia) (Uh-huh)

Reverse Darwin Award

He didn't die.   (Gross-out alert)

Can't stop watching

Partial tongue paralysis.

He can't push it up behind the teeth...

Yoo Hoo Tough Guys

 Lets talk about zombie cicadas.   They are all the rage right now.

Male cicadas infected with a particular parasitic fungus lose their minds and go on a mating frenzy — even as the fungus causes their genitals to rot.  Wicked, huh?

Now lets talk about Covid-19.

 High ACE2 expression in testes suggests the possible existence of gender-specific viral reservoirs.

Another study found that SARS-CoV-2 can be present in the semen of patients with COVID-19, and SARS-CoV-2 may still be detected in the semen of recovering patients.

The virus attaches to ACE2 receptors, starting in your nose.   It then multiplies and drips down into your lungs, which then deteriorate and allow it into your bloodstream.   It then ends up in places with high ACE2 receptor density.   Like your testicles.

 You rocket surgeons still sure you don't want to wear a mask?

Yo Boomers

Your president just made it clear he plans to defund Social Security and Medicare if he gets a chance.

The payroll tax he wants to slash- finances those programs. If he gets rid of that, the others will follow.

Just thought I would spell that out for you, since the Fox channel does not.

Not only does he not care if you ever see your grandchildren again or even if you die of Covid- he wants your money now...
Don’t think that just because you voted for him he won’t destroy your life too.

Conspiring to Lie to the American People

In real time.

Hospital data on coronavirus patients will now be rerouted to the Trump administration instead of first being sent to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed to CNN on Tuesday.

State of the Insanity

These people have been autonomous adults for longer than I have.
They're in Florida in the middle of a pandemic that kills old people.
This one is screaming "White Power" from a golf cart/scooter parade.
Without a mask, of course.

This is the predictable endpoint of the pathology in communities of old white people with incompetent dentistry. I have anticipated something similar happening up the road in Catalina or down in Green Valley.    Roving bands of old farts with canes chasing away the gardeners...

See the vortex.
It's literally breathtaking.

For Posterity

Just to be clear, the United States of America is now in the middle of four major crises including a global pandemic and terrorist actions from Russia.
The "President" played golf yesterday and is at the golf course again right now.

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"I will not be muzzled like a mad dog!"

Believe him.

Facial Phrenology

Just a reminder that Mike Pence's face is so full of botox that he can't possibly flinch while lying to America.
That's why he's Trump's wing man, after all.

State of the Insanity

Greetings from the center of the Vortex.
Phoenix is now seeing more new cases per day than NYC boroughs at their worst. Arizona has more cases per capita than any country in Europe or even Brazil.

It's a nightmare come true for this kitchen table epidemiologist...

Face Mask Roundup

Research showing masks work.  In case you need to argue with someone who doesn't want to wear one.  Forward this and then avoid them.

From the FDA, which cites studies from other orgs.

From the CDC

From the Mayo Clinic

From WHO

Study from the National Institute of Health (NIH) – top line result “In the community, masks appeared to be effective with and without hand hygiene, and both together are more protective”

From the German IZA (Institute of Labor Economics) – “Masks considerably reduce COVID-19 Cases in Germany”

From Texas A&M study – “Face masks critical in preventing spread of COVID-19”-

Health Affairs study of masks in the US – “There is a significant decline in daily COVID-19 growth rate after mandating facial covers in public”

Study from the Lancet – “Face mask use could result in a large reduction in risk of infection”: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31142-9/fulltext
Science Focus article on studies conducted by Cambridge University and University of Greenwich that concluded “Our analyses support the immediate and universal adoption of face masks by the public”

John Hopkins Medicine FAQ – “Yes, if you are in a public place where you will encounter other people, you should wear a mask.”

Countries where mask wearing is universal did massively better than those where it’s not

Fuck You Martha McSally

Nobody gives a damn about the tourist industry but Trump.
Arizona's main industry is old people.   And our covid infection rate is out of control right now.
You're despicable.

Coronavirus testing: supply shortages, more positive cases and longer wait times

It's not just the time to get a test that's increasing: The time it takes to get results in Arizona has crept up as well. Instead of a couple days, some people now report waiting a week or more to hear whether they tested positive for the disease. 

As Arizona weathers big increases in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the demand for tests has increased as well. The supply of testing materials have been running short in some places.

Yo Arizona

Trump says he asked administration to slow coronavirus testing

See the pathology

Christopher Straight shot a black man just to see him die.
He has obvious acute parotid and submandibular salivary gland inflammation. 
And the predictable frontal lobe dysfunction.

See the vortex.

Update-  Yeah, the McMichael brothers too.

Ten Thousand Words

This is Fred after having a drain put in his right parotid gland (next to the ear and under the chin).
Donny is just about at this point now.  His facial nerves are very problematic.

I am mapping his vortex, will publish it soon.

I actually remember this

As someone who lived in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle when the Lenin statue went up-

Fremont has a lot of weird public art.   It was even funkier back then. 

It is not a memorial to Lenin. It's an object lesson.
It is a tacky souvenir of the fall of the USSR.   Russians were selling them as scrap metal.  It was practically free.   It was bought on a lark.  The difficult part was shipping it.

It's an iconic reminder that tyrants will be overthrown and that their images become shameful.