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CDC Study of High-Contact & Surface Contamination in Household of Persons with Monkeypox Virus Infection
The CDC study, “High-Contact Object and Surface Contamination in a Household of Persons with Monkeypox Virus Infection-Utah June 2022″ was published as an early release on August 19, 2022 in the MMWR. See the link below for the full article. Pfeiffer JA, Collingwood A, Rider LE, et al. High-Contact Object and Surface Contamination in a…
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Iowa State Fair Rubber Chicken Show!
I got a big kick out the Rubber Chicken Show at the Iowa State Fair, broadcast by Iowa PBS. I don’t need another reason to post it other than to make you laugh.
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Deer Sport Fashion Camouflage After Hard Rain
The night of August 19, 2022 some loud thunderstorms rolled through our area. The next day we saw deer in our backyard with a lot of weeds stuck all over their coats. The doe and her two fawns (which we frequently see) were covered with the stuff. One of the fawns looked like it was…
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Art in the Iowa City Parks
We went for a walk today in a couple of different parks recently. We were looking for the new art works that have been placed recently. We saw HOOPla in Mercer Park by Tim Adams and Succulent Bloom by Mike Sneller at Terry Trueblood Recreation Area. You can read more about art in the park…
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Iowa State Fair Remembers Chet Randolph
The other day Iowa PBS remembered former Iowa PBS Market to Market host Chet Randolph with a flashback to his 1978 Reflections on the Iowa State Fair. His point about the Iowa farmers and the role of agriculture in this state is well taken. We enjoy the Fair because of Iowa farmers, who may enjoy…
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KCCK Big Mo Blues Show
Tonight I heard this song on ‘da Friday Blues with John Heim aka Big Mo on KCCK and I thought I heard the lyric “Buckle up buttercup” and it didn’t make sense. Then Big Mo said it was “Pucker up buttercup.” It made sense then. That’s called a mondegreen.
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Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment Update from a Retired Psychiatrist
There is a very informative CDC media briefing transcript about why so few Americans are getting tested and treated for Hepatitis C. I’m a retired consultation-liaison psychiatrist and I used to be the go-to consultant to the hepatology clinic back when the only treatment was interferon-alpha. Because interferon-alpha was associated with neuropsychiatric side effects, notably…
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Important Monkeypox Update
The JAMA News update on Monkeypox has been published recently and provides important information about all aspects of the current upbreak.
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CDC Updated Covid-19 Guidance
The CDC issued new, streamlined guidance on Covid-19 regarding how protect ourselves and others.
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Friday Blues on KCCK with Big Mo
Here’s a song about UFOs on the Big Mo Blues Show-sort of.
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