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Kurt Lewis Helf, Ph.D.
@hophead57.bsky.social
Cave Ecologist. Views expressed in posts are my own and do not reflect those of my employer. RP ≠ Endorsement He/him/his Check out our home page, here: www.nps.gov/im/cupn/index.htm
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“Periodic re-vaccination for COVID-19, may cause people to gradually build up a stock of broadly neutralizing antibodies that protect them from emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants and some other coronavirus species as well, even ones that have not yet emerged to infect humans.” SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS! 🧪

Repeat COVID-19 vaccinations elicit antibodies that neutralize variants, other viruses | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Repeat COVID-19 vaccinations elicit antibodies that neutralize variants, other viruses | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Response to updated vaccine is shaped by earlier vaccines yet generates broadly neutralizing antibodies

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Nah, pick on her, because that is some gaslighting nonsense.

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That’s fantastic!

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Keep a log of the things they discuss during committee meetings and ask other students what they’ve mentioned during their own meetings to look for common threads.

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You can help park managers document new observations of invasives using iNaturalist - a citizen science reporting and mapping application. The CUPN uses it to aid in detecting new/significant invasive populations. Posted observations alert park managers so they manage species before they spread.

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It is recognizable by its large, light green, triangular-shaped fronds which arch upwards which droop towards the ground at the tips. It is bipinnate and has waxy looking stipes and round sori. It reproduces and spreads by dispersing spores, but also vegetatively through stolons and rhizomes.

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Mariana maiden fern (Macrothelypteris torresiana) is an invasive recently detected in at Mammoth Cave National Park by Cumberland Piedmont Inventory and Monitoring Network (CUPN) staff. This species originates in tropical Asia and Africa and its persistence concerns park resource managers.

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Horrible story!

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The 1-2 punch of Biden getting pilloried by the mainstream press for a "chaotic" Afghanistan withdrawal that went as well as could reasonably be expected, and the "anti-war" left giving him virtually zero credit for it, has very obvious (and bad) lessons any halfway competent politician will learn.

Learning the Right Wrong Lessons
Learning the Right Wrong Lessons

The Biden administration's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan should be viewed as a milestone moment in political courage. Instead, as bo...

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Kurt Lewis Helf, Ph.D.
@hophead57.bsky.social
Cave Ecologist. Views expressed in posts are my own and do not reflect those of my employer. RP ≠ Endorsement He/him/his Check out our home page, here: www.nps.gov/im/cupn/index.htm
11 followers53 following23 posts