libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2022-05-27

BrainstormNew from Novavax: (news): FDA Confirms Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Review of Novavax’ COVID-19 Vaccine on June 7, 2022 → https://ir.novavax.com/FDA-Confirms-Vaccines-and-Related-Biological-Products-Advisory-Committee-Review-of-Novavax-COVID-19-Vaccine-on-June-7,-202200:02
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: The FDA’s decision on Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine could come in weeks → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/uyj6ts/the_fdas_decision_on_novavaxs_covid19_vaccine/00:30
BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Comment] Infectious diseases science in Africa takes a leading place in the world: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the lives of many loved ones and colleagues have been lost. Despite the terrible toll of COVID-19, in South Africa scientists have worked [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00977-1/fulltext00:40
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +3786 cases, +115 deaths since 23 hours ago — Germany: +293 cases, +3 deaths since 7 hours ago01:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The immune evasion is more extensive for BA.4/5 than BA.2.12.1 variant, raising the possibility that the former can out-compete the latter. Only one clinically available monoclonal antibody (bebtelovimab) has full potency against these Omicron [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152996299242238361701:18
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): BA.2.12.1 and BA.4/BA.5 characterized in human lung cells and an experimental model by @SystemsVirology —All 3 Omicron subvariants have enhanced replication in lung cells compared w/ BA.2—BA.4/5 is more pathogenic than BA.2 in animal [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152996561295640576101:28
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Above is the 2nd example of a new variant (BA.2) being more virulent than a predecessor (BA.1)The first was Delta over AlphaNew data today suggests the Omicron subvariants (BA.4/5, BA.2.12.1) may have more virulence than BA.2 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152996718116055859201:38
BrainstormUpdates for Colombia: +4344 cases, +21 deaths since 6 days ago — Zimbabwe: +418 cases, +2 deaths, +1870 tests since a day ago03:07
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): Boston Globe: "MGH vaccinating workers against monkeypox, the first time the shots have been used in the U.S."bostonglobe.com/2022/05/26/met… → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/153000175066036633603:51
BrainstormUpdates for Bahamas: +126 cases since a day ago04:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): 1st report of real-world effectiveness of Paxlovid in the outpatient setting, BA.2 wave, Hong Kong75% reduced death, 31% reduced hospitalization, 53% reduced adverse outcomesNo impact of vaccination on outcomes; superior to Molnupiravar [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153000634945033830404:10
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Table of the 7 casesThe Omicron high viral load issue, as opposed to Delta when the Paxlovid randomized trials were conducted, may well be the driver of this rebound pic.twitter.com/QGWCtff3sy → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153001495095701504004:40
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BrainstormUpdates for Panama: +3951 cases, +3 deaths, +16218 tests since 23 hours ago05:07
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): American exceptionalismThe United States comprises 4% of the world's population   16% of the world's Covid confirmed deaths  40% of world's guns  Only industrialized nation in the world with states making abortion illegal → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153002789157603737705:37
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Confirmed Covid deaths, as of todayUS 1,004,121World 6,284,446coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153003375244898713605:57
BrainstormUpdates for Thailand: +4837 cases, +29 deaths since 23 hours ago06:10
BrainstormUpdates for Colorado, United States: +12607 cases since a day ago — Texas, United States: +5880 cases since a day ago — Metropolitana, Chile: +4983 cases, +7 deaths since a day ago — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: +3921 cases since a day ago08:09
BrainstormNew from MedicineNet: (news): Vaccines Don't Shield Against Long COVID, But May Ease Symptoms → http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp08:58
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | May 27, 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/uyse2i/daily_discussion_thread_may_27_2022/09:07
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Covid in Wales: Hospital mask rule ends as emergency law expires → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-6159486109:37
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +94796 cases, +126 deaths, +267279 tests since 23 hours ago10:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Excellent article"Rebound COVID. No final data on whether vaccinated people benefit. @rachgutman investigates what’s really going on with Paxlovid." theatlantic.com/health/archive… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153010689485709721710:44
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Covid-19 and mRNA technology are helping Africa fix its vaccine problems: In June 2021, the World Health Organization selected South African biotech company Afrigen to be part of the “hub” where mRNA technology—which underpins the most effective covid-19 vaccines—would be... → http://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1196.short11:31
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +4619 cases, +84 deaths since a day ago — Afghanistan: +251 cases since a day ago12:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Oliver Barnes (@mroliverbarnes):     Today is my last day covering health, science and all things Covid-19. I'm taking a holiday and then moving on to cover something new (still at the @FT of course!) A few thanks... /1 → https://twitter.com/mroliverbarnes/status/153012634269147136012:18
BrainstormNew from ScienceNews: Missing COVID-19 data leave us in the dark about the current surge: Yankee Candle reviews and wastewater testing offer indirect hints, but we’re “flying blind,” says data expert Beth Blauer of Johns Hopkins University. → https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-data-surge-spread-testing-wastewater-yankee-candles13:06
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 27MAY22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/uywo1h/global_covid_cases_for_27may22/14:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Concerns SARS-CoV-2 BA.2 in Hong KongReduction of:Death: 75% hospitalization: 31%Adverse effects: 53%Previous vaccination status no contributing factor.Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir use was associated with greater and more consistent protection than molnupiravir. → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/153015829092733747314:13
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): All  Omicron subvariants with L452R/Q/M mutation have enhanced replication in lung cellsThe new sublineages BA.4/5 are more pathogenic than BA.2 in an animal modelBA.4/5 is resistant to the immunity induced by BA.1 and BA.2 infection without vaccination: [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/153016028836814438714:22
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC): "The [opioid] epidemic has morphed--where most new addiction was formed from prescription drugs that were diverted from legitimate or illegitimate prescribing into people who are getting counterfeit drugs that often times contain lethal doses of fentanyl," says [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/153016275401902489614:31
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): Worth reading interview by @jdceulaer with virologist @pietmaes, who recently sequenced the monkeypox virus of a Belgian patient. Also about the state of affairs with Covid & expectations for the future. demorgen.be/ts-be6e73ea via @demorgen → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/153016586562635366514:41
BrainstormUpdates for Malta: +86 cases, +1257 tests since 23 hours ago15:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Pfizer sprinted to get data for EUA impressively quickly. Now that they have that in hand, somehow they find it too difficult to do trials in vaccinated people to get efficacy and rebound rates. → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153017286211961651415:10
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: Will widening access to a Covid pill cause resistance? Monkeypox vaccine maker doesn’t see ‘panic’ → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/05/27/covid19-vaccine-paxlovid-pfizer-bavarian-moderna-abortion-mifepristone/15:29
lastshellhey guys how is the current situation of covid and does the monkeypox is related or is something different ?15:57
xxmonkeypox is something different, but proves how shitty humans are16:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): @boulware_dr Boulware: "From a public-health and just, like, being-a-physician perspective, it's a terrible idea."The response from Pfizer is illuminating too. Essentially it's "We suspect it won't help most people, but let's not find out, so most [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153018814012352102516:08
lastshellI havea friend who got covid in xmas and now he got it again last 2 weeks ago16:18
lastshellwhats going on ?16:18
mrdatahe got different strains?16:19
mrdataomicron is different enough from delta that it is possible to escape antibody protection16:20
lastshellI thing he got 2 omicros16:21
mrdatabut also, it's about six months16:21
mrdataantibody protection wanes16:21
lastshellbut he also was vaxxed the first time he got covid16:21
lastshellI was vaxxed boostered also last xmas and got omicron16:21
lastshellwhen is the right time frame to get the 2nd booster?16:22
mrdatathe booster's protection from omicron is also limited16:22
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Thanks for this @santa_care12.5% is very different from Pfizer's 2%.As the 12.5% is in a 2022 immune population and Pfizer's was in a 2021 nonimmune population, pretty obvious which number is closer to current reality.twitter.com/santa_care/sta… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153019131558498713616:27
BrainstormUpdates for UAE: +403 cases, +236283 tests since a day ago — Canada: +4683 cases, +123 deaths since 22 hours ago17:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): African scientists can help the world to prepare for the next pandemic. But the way science is done and recognised needs to change. Scientists in Africa and other LMICs need the opportunity to lead global consortiums and guide the global scientific [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/153020694133042381117:25
BrainstormNew from Virological.org: Latest topics: First Monkeypox genome sequence from Italy: Alessia Lai 1, Annalisa Bergna 1, Carla Della Ventura 1, Maciej Tarkowski 1, Agostino Riva 1,2, Davide Moschese 3, Giuliano Rizzardini 3, Spinello Antinori 1,2, Gianguglielmo Zehender 1 1 Department of Biomedical and [... want %more?] → https://virological.org/t/first-monkeypox-genome-sequence-from-italy/82417:35
BrainstormNew from Virological.org: Latest posts: Spanish draft genome sequence of Monkeypox virus related to multi-country outbreak (May 2022): Sandra Martínez-Puchol 1,2,3 , Andreu Coello 2,3 , Antoni E. Bordoy 2,3 , Laia Soler 3 , David Panisello 2 , [... want %more?] → https://virological.org/t/spanish-draft-genome-sequence-of-monkeypox-virus-related-to-multi-country-outbreak-may-2022/825#post_117:45
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: South America Covid cases soar, but vaccines bring optimism: Argentina, Chile and Uruguay hope high vaccination rates mean this latest wave will not be as deadly as previous ones. → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/uz1870/south_america_covid_cases_soar_but_vaccines_bring/17:55
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +7762 cases, +20 deaths since 23 hours ago — Italy: +1769 cases, +13 deaths since 22 hours ago18:00
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: Friday 27 May 22 - England Hospitalisation Update (14Th - 27Th May) → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/uz1ait/friday_27_may_22_england_hospitalisation_update/18:04
Asakolastshell: I got 2nd booster 3 weeks later had full symptoms, there is a shadow wave going on, in the West Coast US18:17
Asakolastshell: in the US one is eligible 4-5 months after the 1st booster18:17
BrainstormNew from StatNews: An emergency doctor and parent sorts through Covid vaccine options for kids under 5: How should parents look at the two possible Covid vaccine options for kids under 5? STAT spoke with Jeremy Faust, an emergency physician and dad who’s sorting through all of… → https://www.statnews.com/2022/05/27/jeremy-faust-interview-covid-vaccine-kids-under-5/18:43
lastshellI wonder if we need to vax family plans to come to visit soon18:43
lastshelland when they visit us last xmas we got covid :(18:43
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Assessing the burden of COVID-19 in developing countries: systematic review, meta-analysis and public policy implicationsgh.bmj.com/content/7/5/e0… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/153022932387309977718:52
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Low vaccine rates among kids 5 to 11 has local health officials concerned as summer approaches: Statewide, only 25% of 5 to 11-years-olds have completed their vaccine series & with current rising COVID cases, health [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/uz2l3m/low_vaccine_rates_among_kids_5_to_11_has_local/19:01
Asakoany signs of "a cold" , I would RapidTest and isolate , just assume the worst19:03
Asakosaw it in 2 different people, both ended up CV+, also any recent travel19:04
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Why COVID Vaccines Are Deemed Non-Essential for UK Young Children | link to study in comments | 28MAY22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/uz31t4/why_covid_vaccines_are_deemed_nonessential_for_uk/19:21
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Keep your eyes on the evolutionThe antigenic distance (how our immune system "sees" the virus) from Omicron BA.1 to BA.2.12.1 (the dominant variant is the US now) and to BA.4/5 is pronounced. Note no functional sub-variants of any prior Greek letter VoCs pic.twitter.com/Q2BTBI2OUJ → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153023924098181939319:30
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: A New CDC Study Shows a Devastating Number of Americans Will Experience Long COVID | SELF → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/uz3bwd/a_new_cdc_study_shows_a_devastating_number_of/19:40
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): —BA.2 more symptoms than BA.1 medrxiv.org/content/10.110…—BA.2.12.1 and BA.4/5 more replication in lung cells than BA.2—BA.4/5 more pathogenic than BA.2 in exp'tl modelbiorxiv.org/content/10.110…—BA.4/5 more immune escape than BA.2.12.1biorxiv.org/content/10.110… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153024663236881203519:59
BrainstormUpdates for Chile: +9223 cases, +16 deaths since a day ago — Canada: +4881 cases, +129 deaths since 23 hours ago20:05
BrainstormNew from StatNews: On the lookout for monkeypox, CDC considers expanding test capacity: “It’s not an easy matter to shift the tests out to the states,” a CDC official said about monkeypox. “And I think we’re actively exploring what it would take.” → https://www.statnews.com/2022/05/27/monkeypox-test-capacity-cdc-considers-expanding/20:09
BrainstormUpdates for Mozambique: +28 cases, +530 tests since a day ago21:08
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Covid-19 news: Reinfection eight times higher with omicron than delta → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/uz5ism/covid19_news_reinfection_eight_times_higher_with/21:17
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Emergency medical staff report high levels of burnout amid COVID-19: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News May 27, 2022 International survey finds 62% reported 1 or more symptoms of burnout, and 31% reported 2. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/emergency-medical-staff-report-high-levels-burnout-amid-covid-1921:36
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Will The New COVID Subvariant Cause Another Surge in Mass.? "What we've seen with omicron is it keeps splitting into subvariants and subvariants and subvariants. And there could always be something around the [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/uz64rs/will_the_new_covid_subvariant_cause_another_surge/21:45
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Bloom Lab (@jbloom_lab): Finally, their overall findings about antibody escape in BA.4/BA.5 and enhanced neutralization of new variants after an #Omicron breakthrough are generally concurrent with other recent work, such as by Screaton et al (twitter.com/jbloom_lab/sta…)... (7/n) → https://twitter.com/jbloom_lab/status/153027553501990502521:55
BrainstormUpdates for France: +4824 cases, +45 deaths since 23 hours ago — Cabo Verde: +63 cases since a day ago22:04
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Vaxart Has Great News if You’re Afraid of Covid-19 — And You’re a Hamster: Vaxart's oral & intranasal anti-coronavirus vaccine candidate... showed that hamsters treated with the COVID-19 vaccine candidate [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/uz6pp4/vaxart_has_great_news_if_youre_afraid_of_covid19/22:14
xxwhat a great time to be a hamster22:17
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: A Republican Tried to Introduce a Commonsense Gun Law. Then the Gun Lobby Got Involved.: by Megan O’Matz ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/a-republican-tried-to-introduce-a-commonsense-gun-law-then-the-gun-lobby-got-involved#134050322:24
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): "BA.4 and BA.2.12.1 can overcome immunity provided by earlier infections with other Omicron subvariants." "This was unexpected...maybe we should adapt the system of naming"—@houzhounature.com/articles/d4158… @Nature by @amymaxmen → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153028447536764108822:34
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: valerie: Arcturus Therapeutics Inc: ARCT-154 → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/140/22:53
BrainstormUpdates for Spain: +45919 cases, +236 deaths since 2 days ago23:01

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