I don't think you've read at all into the nuances of my position on the vaccine. First off, I've never once said I'm against people getting vaccinated against Covid. If you want to get vaccinated, get vaccinated. If you don't want to, then I don't think the government has any business forcing it, t...

That's not really much of a surprise. These vaccines, and any COVID protective measure on its own, do not guarantee complete prevention of illness. The best goal we can aim for is risk reduction via multiple layers (e.g. the slices of Swiss cheese model; the more slices, the few gaps). I have no iss...

Even if your extrapolations are accurate - vaccine-related deaths are orders of magnitude lower than natural COVID infections. According to CDC data, 185.5 million people are fully vaccinated. If between 10k and 100k died from vaccine-related illness (which is a really generous upper estimate), the...

The only medical deduction one can responsibly make from an obituary is that the person is dead (which is always tragic and I feel very much for her loved ones). I would like to see information from a coroner or medical professional that treated her - with labs to confirm the diagnosis - or at least...

Nobody did more than Trump to be hated, believe me. That's what they say. I love the haters. Also, no one is more obsessed with ratings - Trump is best. That said, I'm not particularly fond of Biden either. I'm not sure why politics must be an either/or when there are so many possible answers; yet o...

I don't necessarily have a problem with mega spending packages, so long as they're spent in the right areas: helping society grow and sustainably prosper. If spent wisely, the debt we accrete now will pay itself off with economic growth. Alternatively, blanket austerity can also cause damage that is...

As you all know, I'm pretty far left of center overall - and definitely left of the Democratic Party establishment. It's still too early to give a comprehensive grade on the Biden administration, which hasn't completed his first year. That said, if I were to judge what I've seen so far: I would say ...

...Keep in mind that >90% of the hospitalizations are comprised of unvaccinated patients... Also keep in mind that 95% of the hospitalizations are also comprised of people 50 and older, regardless of vaccination status. And comparatively speaking, people under 50 comprise 2/3 of the population just...

I'm beating a dead horse here, but this is really a compelling graphic showing hospitalization trends (per 100k people) at a state level. It's really no surprise that hospitalizations are greatest in states that have relatively higher population density centers (so higher frequency of inter-househol...

Are the storms heavier and more severe this summer, or does the newer warning system (marginal, slight, enhanced) for thunderstorms just make it feel this way? It feels like the “here’s another bad storm coming” from the local tv folks is a few times a week thing…. This has been a particularly acti...

The HWW issuance was a complete head scratcher for me. Perhaps NWS thought some showers would form and transport high winds aloft to the surface? Not sure. The radar signature that prompted issuance of the tornado warning for northern Monroe County was not particularly strong. Looked like more of a...

Yes, emergency notifications went off on cellphones Downriver: Flat Rock, Trenton, Woodhaven... so was it just a radar TVS possible rotation, or did anyone see a funnel near Flat Rock? There was a bit or tornado damage reported from that cell in Lenawee county. The White Lake radar, which scanned a...

I haven't read any of these studies, but I assume what the are referring to as "significant" is statistical significance, which is a well-defined metric. Statistical significance simply refers to the "signal-to-noise" ratio. Essentially, you're estimating the probability that a the differences that ...

Yeah, data aggregation is a pain for sure... and I also agree with your point regarding the 60s-70s. When I have more time, I can probably gather a longer record of Detroit-area averages, which would be good for detecting trends. I settled with the easiest dataset to work with mostly to answer the h...

Questions/comments for the group: 1) Why haven’t we had any “Ozone Action Days” lately? I’m surprised…. 2) Paul Gross talked for days last week about the cool, pleasant days planned for this weekend; but that obviously changed…thoughts? 3) This long term (seems like all summer) pattern of such high...