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Dangerous bathroom design
Flu season is coming, so here are some photographs to highlight one of my pet peeves, bathroom design that promotes disease transmission. I post with the hope that somebody with true influence over...
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Shingles for sale
Had to stop and take a photograph of this drug store sign this afternoon. Would love to know what percentage of the population knows that shingles is caused by herpes virus. My guess is less than 5%....
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Reducing disease transmission with signage
Just trying to do my part to make the world a safer place. Print the PDF of the signage below and tape or glue in a bathroom near you. In my experience, signs printed onto label paper look more...
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Shopping list for anti-infectives
Although Darryl is supposedly illiterate, the rest of characters on The Walking Dead, even those with higher degrees, seem to be science illiterates*. Details in my earlier post/rant (“The Walking...
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If you need an image for a talk on antibiotics, please help yourself to anything on my Pinterest board, “Antibiotic Resistance Movement.” The post Graphic images from the antibiotic resistance movement...
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Using mosquitoes’ sweet tooth to control Zika transmission
Now that everyone wants to kill mosquitoes that transmit Zika virus, can somebody please make a transgenic plant that expresses mosquitocidal Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis) toxins?...
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Mutant milkweeds
Below are some photographs of strange growths on a patch of Asclepias syriaca I visited several weeks ago. From the few publications I’ve found, enations can be caused by viruses (Geminiviridae,...
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Engorged mosquitoes
Some photographs of me donating blood. The first is, I think, an Asian rock pool mosquito (Ochlerotatus japonicus japonicus; formerly known as Aedes japonicus japonicus). The second is an Asian tiger...
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Exobasidium ferrugineae
I found this fleshy, flower-like structure growing on Lyonia ferruginea (rusty staggerbush) at Archbold Biological Station (Venus, Florida). Heaths don’t make flowers like this, so I originally thought...
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Neighborhood Mosquito Watch
During a run this week I passed an abandoned, 30-gallon aquarium with easily 10,000 larvae doing their thing (wriggling). I came back later, took some photographs (on my Instagram soon if you’re into...
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Using mosquitoes’ sweet tooth to control Zika transmission
Now that everyone wants to kill mosquitoes that transmit Zika virus, can somebody please make a transgenic plant that expresses mosquitocidal Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis) toxins?...
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Uncommon milkweeds
Below are some photographs of strange adaxial growths on a patch of Asclepias syriaca at a preserve near me. There were perhaps 20 individuals that had variations on the growths, all on their the...
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Effects of mosquito sprays on humans, pets, and wildlife
Mosquito Authority, Mosquito Joe, Mosquito Platoon, Mosquito Shield, Mosquito Squad, TruGreen, and many other companies often imply that the insecticides they spray on yards are safe for everything...
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Eliminate mosquitoes by eliminating stagnant water
The most effective, cheapest way to control mosquitoes is to eliminate the standing water that larvae need to develop. A dry yard doesn’t have mosquitoes. It’s really that simple. Below is a list of...
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