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How Tech Can Help Science
My technical problems often involve physical limitations.
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Masks and Breathing
Here’s a nice anecdotal follow-up to those mask objections I wrote about. Remember, even if it did demonstrate that a mask “cut oxygen levels,” that is not the same order of magnitude of problem as spreading a disease like COVID-19. Doctor Runs 22 Miles Wearing Face Mask to Show it Doesn’t Cut Oxygen Levels.
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Objections to Prevention
A rundown of objections to COVID-19 prevention strategies, and why those objections are wrong.
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Rule In, Rule Out
Looking at false positives, false negatives, and what that means for COVID-19 testing.
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If $1000 Was One Pixel
Wealth inequality fills me with impotent anger. I think most of us have difficulty grasping the sheer vastness of the gap between working people—including those who make pretty hefty salaries—and billionaires, so I am constantly looking for ways to make that comparison more understandable. One of my Friends Andrew (I know a lot of Andrews)…
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Ne’er Conditioning
Despite it being a non-negotiable feature of our residences, we seem to have incredibly bad luck with air conditioning. Also, we’re back home.
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New Ontology
After a week or so of orientations and Neurology crash courses, disorienting orientations, collecting badges to four different hospitals, and panicked texts to our chief residents, Adam and I started our lives as Neurology residents today. Adam and I started together in 2018, making him my co-resident and “neurobro” for the duration of this journey.…
Matter, Energy, and Life of Michaela A. Castello.
