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Deployment Timeline Adjusted as Team Focuses on Observatory Operations Taking advantage of its flexible commissioning schedule, the Webb team has decided to focus today on optimizing Webb’s power systems while learning more about how the observatory behaves in space. As a result, the Webb mission o...

Spent most of the night in the ER.   On call and had to go in with lots of people showing up, although fewer end up being admitted than usual.  Due to a combination of high volumes and less acuity, time to use my trusty stethoscope and complete auscultation of the eight lung fields bilaterally for w...

Mission continues "nominally>" Sunshield covers have been released.

Over the past year or so I have been doing my 3 days a week and on call once a week. Many unvaccinated patients show up in the ER, some go home and recover, some require hospitalization, and some require intubation and ventilation. Some die. Unlike early in the year which was dominated by the elderl...

So far, so good. First Mid-Course Correction Burn Completed.

Full Deployment Sequence:

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Webb's solar array is released and deployed.

Nominal Event Time: Launch + 33 minutes

JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE - WHERE IS WEBB?

:roll: Disregarding the above facile bullshit, this is what is happening: Violent pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol Seems like the media has discovered a new word. 'Violent'. How did the violence compare to the riots in American cities last summer? The media seems not to have known that word back the...

Hopefully back on track ...

What is going on in the UK is already well established in our communities.

New variant of SARS-CoV-2 in UK causes surge of COVID-19

Disregarding the above facile bullshit, this is what is happening:

Violent pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol

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Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

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Its a wonder. It's just sad... Its hard to see how it gets better Epidemics are a stress test on us as a responsible people and in our ability to govern ourselves, and we have failed miserably on both counts. Nevertheless, pandemics have their life cycles and always end no matter how badly they hav...

A bit technical, but anyone who has had exposure to molecular biology would appreciate this contribution:

A blood transcriptome-based analysis of disease progression, immune regulation, and symptoms in coronavirus-infected patients

Its a wonder. It's just sad... https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/2LKs1sW0u2V0HYeyLcRtnDV-EOX0OYEfygYUXfmxKf-EfTsEOufzDfB2gYHUalvYqzfB8gcKJ-14F-WmHIdr7SUKLItkUi9gYUANpo0RLmHU1FXnSRQlpqoR8Irs3nxHoF0sO_mi https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/uE3X3joDeFSqJYSpXwufHAKx7Dyw8Nfx_L1mXHHczd2eXvNS5EN2xadZFsrPlnJ...

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