libera/##covid-19/ Saturday, 2022-03-26

BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): It's worth noting that Icosavax had seen a high neutralizing/total Ab ratio in mice: "Antibodies elicited by the RBD nanoparticles... exhibit a lower binding:neutralizing ratio than convalescent human sera"Unfortunately this did not replicate in [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/150749558270466867300:15
BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Correspondence] SARS-CoV-2 co-infection with influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus, or adenoviruses: Measures to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2 have also been effective in reducing the transmission of other endemic respiratory viruses.1,2 As many [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00383-X/fulltext00:35
BrainstormUpdates for Cook Is.: +197 cases since a day ago — Samoa: +93 cases since a day ago — Canada: +8981 cases since 23 hours ago01:10
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): 2022.03.22. Mini-thread on why Jen Psaki keeps on missing Biden's Europe trips. Answer: either COVID19 breakthroughs or a glitch in the matrix.twitter.com/michaelzlin/st… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/150751502170151321901:33
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): 2022.03.25. Discussing Icosavax's disappointing clinical results, and why it might suggest that looseness is better than tightness when it comes to nanoparticle vaccines.twitter.com/michaelzlin/st… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/150751548039478067301:42
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): This is about as close the United States has gotten to containing the virus since the pandemic began.Hospitalizations down another 600 today Cases (7-day avg) are lowest in 9 months pic.twitter.com/H8pSpt26nr → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150752162069225881702:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Unfortunately, the latest wastewater surveillance data, while sparse from only ~400 sites, indicates this is about to turn, with the rise of the BA.2 variant covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra… pic.twitter.com/ZjG4nT1uCU → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150752874317411123602:30
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: A new type of ultraviolet light that is safe for people took less than five minutes to reduce the level of indoor airborne microbes by more than 98%. → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/todfih/a_new_type_of_ultraviolet_light_that_is_safe_for/03:27
BrainstormUpdates for New Zealand: +14420 cases, +16 deaths since 23 hours ago — United Kingdom: +78226 cases since 23 hours ago04:00
LjLhttps://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/todfih/a_new_type_of_ultraviolet_light_that_is_safe_for/i25g6jh/04:32
BrainstormUpdates for Thailand: +26234 cases, +67 deaths since 23 hours ago05:02
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 880: COVID-19 clinical update #107 with Dr. Daniel Griffin: In COVID-19 clinical update #107, Daniel Griffin discusses Moderna vaccine results in children, hospitalization by ethnicity, BA.2 severity in children, placentitis and thrombohematoma during pregnancy, predictive value of symptoms for [... want %more?] → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-880/05:12
BrainstormUpdates for Saitama, Japan: +4145 cases, +11 deaths since 23 hours ago — Nova Scotia, Canada: +3453 cases, +13 deaths since 3 days ago — Ibaraki, Japan: +1359 cases, +4 deaths since 23 hours ago — Aomori, Japan: +675 cases since 23 hours ago07:02
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | March 26, 2022: Please refer to our Wiki for more information on COVID-19 and our sub. You can find answers to frequently asked questions in our FAQ , where there is valuable information such as our: → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/toizt1/daily_discussion_thread_march_26_2022/08:04
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Los Angeles BA.2 Covid Cases Jump 130% In One Week As More Transmissible Omicron Variant Spreads Across U.S. → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/tol1ii/los_angeles_ba2_covid_cases_jump_130_in_one_week/10:45
BrainstormUpdates for Vanuatu: +241 cases since 21 hours ago12:09
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Moderna Wants to Give FDA ‘Flexibility’ in Deciding Eligibility for 4th Covid Shot, CEO Says: “You have people that are younger adults that have comorbidity factors, and they might need [a] sooner fourth dose to protect them,” → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/tolg1c/moderna_wants_to_give_fda_flexibility_in_deciding/12:20
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: China doesn't have a Covid exit plan. Two years in, people are fed up and angry | 26MAR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/tonq0j/china_doesnt_have_a_covid_exit_plan_two_years_in/14:43
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: New York’s mayor faces a backlash over a vaccine exemption for athletes. → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/tooc0q/new_yorks_mayor_faces_a_backlash_over_a_vaccine/15:41
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Combined Covid and flu is twice as deadly and 4-fold more need for mechanical ventilation than Covid alonethelancet.com/journals/lance… @TheLancet The increased risk not seen with other co-infections. By @kennethbaillie @MaaikeSwets and colleagues pic.twitter.com/v5g1vG1nOo → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150772888250118144015:51
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Omicron deaths are 2.5x    for JnJers than other vaccinees even when reported case rates are lowerAs usual J&J used the durability deflection (as if poor protection is okay when it's constant) while the CDC gave empty platitudes.Good reporting by [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/150773305986444902516:01
BrainstormNew from LitCovid: (news): Lessons learned from staging the Olympics during a pandemic. → https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/3533262016:10
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Digit ratios and their asymmetries as risk factors of developmental instability and hospitalization for COVID-19 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/touxju/digit_ratios_and_their_asymmetries_as_risk/17:08
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Lifestyle changes during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic impact metabolic dysfunction–associated fatty liver disease → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/toxeyc/lifestyle_changes_during_the_coronavirus_disease/17:46
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +5466 cases, +12 deaths since 22 hours ago18:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): What will be the U.S.A. experience with Omicron BA.2?Choose one:1 - South Africa with BA.2 (low infections, hospitalization, and death) or like 2 - Europe and South Korea (very high infections, high hospitalization, and medium deaths)? 3 - Who knows? → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/150776879318296577018:24
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): New and important report on the 2nd boosterReduction of death for people age 60+A 78% reduction of death due to Covid in ~330,000 people who had 4th shot vs ~230,000 with 3 shots, adjusted for co-variatesresearchsquare.com/article/rs-147…@ArbelRonen [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150777752356791500819:03
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +137265 cases since 20 hours ago — Italy: +74616 cases, +118 deaths, +504185 tests since 22 hours ago19:09
LjL%print https://twitter.com/calirunnerdoc/status/150776685249516749020:00
BrainstormLjL, It says: Dr. Alice (@calirunnerdoc): "After two years of #LongCovid, I’ve developed Stage 3 Kidney disease- on top of my neurological issues. This is ongoing disease process that continues to assault organs. Yet,patients are told: “Go exercise! And have a positive attitude.” We demand and deserve: #TreatLongCovid" | Hungary-based nitter instance by Hackerspace Szeged20:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): This study was performed in Israel, which began administering 4th shots for age 60+ in December, and subsequently across all adult age groups. Now Israel is confronting a BA.2 wave. pic.twitter.com/Hj1mLKpVVm → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150779708424980889820:19
LjL%print https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/150779852045932134920:22
BrainstormLjL, It says: zeynep tufekci (@zeynep): "Chinese officials and state media have now started pushing the obviously nonsensical theory that Moderna, the vaccine company, created the Covid virus. (Various false claims about Covid origins have been amplified by officials and state media in China throughout the pandemic)." | nitter20:22
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LjL%print https://twitter.com/TGTM_Official/status/150698711340477645320:26
BrainstormLjL, It says: The Great Translation Movement 大翻译运动官方推号 (@TGTM_Official): "Top 1 search in Weibo today: "evidence" purporting that USA created COVID. #TheGreatTranslationMovement #大翻译运动 #Grandmouvementdetraduction #伟大な翻訳运动" | nitter20:26
LjLa lot of focus on Russian propaganda, not sure there's enough focus on what China is dong...20:26
LjLdoing also20:26
spybertYou can bet that national intelligence agencies still have eyes focused on China even if the public does not21:06
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Scientists found that patients who had both SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19, and influenza viruses were more than four times more likely to require ventilation support and 2.4 times more likely to die than if they just had Covid-19. → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/tp0zxe/scientists_found_that_patients_who_had_both/21:07
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: The Swedish laissez-faire approach pandemic response was far less effective than the response in comparable countries - "There was more emphasis on the protection of the 'Swedish image' than on saving and protecting lives or on an evidence-based [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/tp1ncc/the_swedish_laissezfaire_approach_pandemic/21:17
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +46011 cases, +101 deaths since 16 hours ago — Israel: +11798 cases since 21 hours ago — Cyprus: +5172 cases, +2 deaths since 22 hours ago — France: +139517 cases, +67 deaths since a day ago22:10
BrainstormNew from NPR Science: Epidemiologist answers questions about the infectious omicron BA.2 variant: NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with Harvard epidemiologist Bill Hanage about the BA.2 COVID-19 variant and how people should be thinking about yet another new [... want %more?] → https://www.npr.org/2022/03/26/1089033540/epidemiologist-answers-questions-about-the-infectious-omicron-ba-2-variant22:24
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Early Aspirin Use and In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With Moderate COVID-19 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tp4n4a/early_aspirin_use_and_inhospital_mortality_in/22:43

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