libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2022-07-15

BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch): And huge shout-out to the Covid Dashboard   team, especially @statsgeekclare @PouriaaaAs I said to them, in 20 years you'll be sat at home and you'll think "Hey, we made the world's best public-service tool during a global pandemic. That's pretty [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/154769949276531097800:01
BrainstormUpdates for Togo: +47 cases, +544 tests since 23 hours ago00:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: AK Reuschl (@akreuschl):  Our most recent #preprint is just out on @biorxivpreprint!We took a closer look  at airway epithelial cell infection with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages and found, intriguingly, that the more recent lineages triggered less innate immune [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/akreuschl/status/154770567626833100900:21
BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Comment] Preparing for uncertainty: endemic paediatric viral illnesses after COVID-19 pandemic disruption: Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and societal behavioural changes during the COVID-19 pandemic altered not only the spread of SARS-CoV-2, but also [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01277-6/fulltext00:32
Bridgestorm❗ ALERTA DE SISMO / EARTHQUAKE WARNING for Near Coast Of Ecuador (Temblor reported near Milagro?) — Follow for updates (Twitter)00:32
-Bridgestorm- 🏠 Temblor! Sismo! Earthquake! 5.6 Mb tremor, registered by alomax, with 82 reports, 18 early, occurred 6 minutes ago (22:30:16 UTC), during daytime, Yaguachi Nuevo, Ecuador (-2.14, -79.74) ± 29 km, ↓37 km likely felt 250 km away (in Guayaquil…) by 3.9 million people (alomax.free.fr)00:36
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): @EricTopol Not so sure of that - in an analysis I ran the other day I did get a significant growth rate advantage of BA.2.75 relative to BA.5 also for Europe, see linked Excel below... Still too low a sample size to state anything with confidence. [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/154771146392968396900:44
BrainstormUpdates for Bahrain: +1727 cases, +6536 tests since a day ago — Barbados: +311 cases, +1578 tests since a day ago — Canada: +18100 cases, +1211 deaths since 23 hours ago01:11
BrainstormNew from Novavax: (news): Novavax Statement on European Medicines Agency Nuvaxovid  Label Update Related to Allergic Reaction → https://ir.novavax.com/Novavax-Statement-on-European-Medicines-Agency-Nuvaxovid-TM-Label-Update-Related-to-Allergic-Reaction01:23
LjLjust a quick reminder COVID is not the only exponential pandemic we're dealing with, though we can barely bother with it: https://offloop.net/monkeypox/?default=World&miscType=Reff01:32
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Yet another study of improved survival with 4th dose of vaccine compared with 3rd, nationwide Sweden, here for age 80+thelancet.com/journals/lanep… pic.twitter.com/jSKBxtK7Hi → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/154772300869272371801:33
LjLthat definitely looks exponential01:33
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: Effectiveness of a fourth dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine against all-cause mortality in long-term care facility residents and in the oldest old: A nationwide, retrospective cohort study in Sweden: Type Journal Article Author Peter Nordström Author Marcel Ballin Author Anna Nordström [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/S9Z9BW7V01:42
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Reduction of death for age 50+, 4th vs 3rdcovid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra… pic.twitter.com/dntiKA57IH → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/154772870837438873601:52
BrainstormUpdates for Guatemala: +7504 cases, +12 deaths, +23321 tests since 23 hours ago02:07
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Study finds risk of serious blood clots up to six months after covid-19 | BMJ → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/vzayoh/study_finds_risk_of_serious_blood_clots_up_to_six/03:00
BrainstormUpdates for Colombia: +24649 cases, +163 deaths since 6 days ago — Syria: +6 cases since 23 hours ago03:03
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: Study finds risk of serious blood clots up to six months after covid-19 | BMJ: Type Blog Post URL https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/study-finds-increased-risk-of-serious-blood-clots-up-to-six-months-after-covid-19/ Accessed 2022-07-15 01:06:53 Language en-US Abstract Risk higher [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/2FFIFPWD03:09
de-facto%cases US03:38
Brainstormde-facto: United States has had 91.0 million confirmed cases (27.6% of all people) and 1.0 million deaths (1.2% of cases; 1 in 314 people) as of 35 minutes ago. 1.1 billion tests were done (3.2 per capita, 8.6% positive). 244.9 million were vaccinated (74.3%). +136117 cases, +616 deaths since 23 hours ago. See https://offloop.net/covid19/?default=United%20States&legacy=no03:38
de-factodeaths start rising again?03:39
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): With #COVIDisAirborne, the factors that modulate the duration of aerosol infectivitypnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… @PNASNews @JakobLondahleditorial to pnas.org/doi/full/10.10… pic.twitter.com/s5DdBWTZhL → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/154776375089937203204:05
BrainstormUpdates for South Korea: +38864 cases, +16 deaths since a day ago05:02
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +109694 cases, +115 deaths since a day ago06:05
BrainstormUpdates for Belgium: +28943 cases, +36 deaths since 2 days ago — Bolivia: +4150 cases, +2 deaths since 23 hours ago — Pakistan: +779 cases, +22099 tests since 23 hours ago07:01
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Trashing the COVID Vaccine is the Only Way to Maintain Trust in Vaccines: A guest post from a contrarian doctor who knows one has to trash vaccines to maintain trust in vaccines. The post  first appeared on Science-Based [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/contrarian-doctors-trashing-vaccines-is-the-best-way-to-maintain-trust-in-vaccines/07:03
BrainstormUpdates for Tokyo, Japan: +16662 cases, +2 deaths since 23 hours ago — Quebec, Canada: +10810 cases, +18 deaths since 23 hours ago — Osaka, Japan: +9957 cases, +4 deaths since 23 hours ago — Minnesota, United States: +9521 cases, +44 deaths since 7 days ago08:03
mrdatahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA2OAoAqGsM08:36
mrdataBA.5 Covid Variant Becomes Dominant Strain In U.S.08:36
mrdata-- NBC News08:36
BrainstormUpdates for Kazakhstan: +1271 cases since 23 hours ago — Uzbekistan: +90 cases since 23 hours ago09:00
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | July 15, 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/vzi7cn/daily_discussion_thread_july_15_2022/09:10
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): 25 million children missed out on lifesaving vaccines in 2021, WHO and UNICEF data showsAnother severe and troublesome cost of the pandemic, and all mis- and disinformation by political players. cnn.com/2022/07/14/hea… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/154785364545822310410:07
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Sharp Drop in Childhood Vaccinations Threatens Millions of Livesnytimes.com/2022/07/14/hea… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/154785505238714368110:16
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Opinion: Monkeypox patients should not be left to suffer when an FDA-approved drug could help: The federal government's development of tecovirimat should be lauded as forward thinking for investing in pandemic preparedness. But its [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2022/07/15/monkeypox-patients-should-not-be-left-to-suffer-when-an-fda-approved-drug-could-help/10:44
BrainstormUpdates for West Bengal, India: +3029 cases, +5 deaths since a day ago — Tamil Nadu, India: +2283 cases since a day ago — Guanajuato, Mexico: +1892 cases, +3 deaths since a day ago — San Luis Potosi, Mexico: +1376 cases, +1 deaths since a day ago10:59
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: GP clinics return to mask-wearing as COVID rates soar in the UK → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/vzkh3t/gp_clinics_return_to_maskwearing_as_covid_rates/11:50
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +4457 cases, +40 deaths since 23 hours ago12:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): Better not completely compliant nose swabs than no nose swabs to take PCR tests I would say... What is the government expected to do if there are shortages on the market? And no, those nose swabs just need to be clean, not sterile... twitter.com/demorgen/statu... → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/154789112122476544012:37
BrainstormUpdates for Poland: +1973 cases, +2 deaths since a day ago13:10
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Coronavirus weekly need-to-know: omicron BA.5 subvariant, Novavax, COVID cases & more | 15JUL22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/vzmftf/coronavirus_weekly_needtoknow_omicron_ba5/13:35
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: N.B.'s focus on COVID-19 vaccines alone a 'gigantic mistake,' says epidemiologist | 15JUL22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/vzmlfw/nbs_focus_on_covid19_vaccines_alone_a_gigantic/13:44
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Did You Know? Coronaviruses Can Survive on Frozen Meat for a Month → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/vzmt6d/did_you_know_coronaviruses_can_survive_on_frozen/13:54
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Bangkok to open 500 more field hospitals after Covid-19 spike | 15JUL22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/vzmtoi/bangkok_to_open_500_more_field_hospitals_after/14:33
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Effectiveness of a fourth dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine against all-cause mortality in long-term care facility residents and in the oldest old: A nationwide, retrospective cohort study in SwedenAnother study showing the benefit of 4th dose in [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/154792637367882137714:52
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Nice timing:Protection of SARS-CoV-2 natural infection against reinfection with the Omicron BA.4 or BA.5 subvariantsOmicron BA.1/2 does protect against BA.4/5 (80%), but previous variant only very little. medrxiv.org/content/10.110… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/154792845110911795515:02
BrainstormUpdates for Philippines: +2588 cases since 23 hours ago — UAE: +1489 cases since 23 hours ago — Saudi Arabia: +651 cases, +1 deaths since a day ago15:03
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: UK Covid infections soar by almost 30% in a week → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/vzoadn/uk_covid_infections_soar_by_almost_30_in_a_week/15:22
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: One in 18 has Covid in the UK: UK infections up nearly 30% week-on-week, latest figures show. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6217686516:19
BrainstormNew from ScienceNews: Here are experts’ answers to questions about COVID-19 vaccines for little kids: Pediatricians recommend that parents vaccinate their kids, toddlers and babies against COVID-19 to protect them from coronavirus infection. → https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-vaccine-little-kids-side-effects-parents-questions16:38
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Environmental factors and mobility predict COVID-19 seasonality in the Netherlands → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/vzqax4/environmental_factors_and_mobility_predict/16:48
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Effect of Vitamin D3 supplementation vs. dietary-hygienic measures on SARS-COV-2 infection rates in hospital workers with 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25(OH)D3] levels >20 ng/mL → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/vzqkgk/effect_of_vitamin_d3_supplementation_vs/16:58
BrainstormUpdates for Hong Kong: +3574 cases, +5 deaths since a day ago — Serbia: +2728 cases, +4 deaths, +10328 tests since 20 hours ago — Zambia: +892 cases, +1 deaths, +13182 tests since 4 days ago — North Macedonia: +504 cases, +2 deaths, +1385 tests since 23 hours ago17:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Dr Emma Hodcroft (@firefoxx66): The good news is that vaccines/previous infection still seems to provide good protection against serious outcomes (hospitalization, death) from BA.4/5But, they have (yet again) increased immune evasion, meaning reinfection very possible, with mild-moderate [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/154796002080485376017:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Dr Emma Hodcroft (@firefoxx66): Does a summer wave mean we're less at risk for an autumn/winter one? Ordinarily it might, but with #SARSCoV2, it's worth being cautious.Omicron subvariants keep finding ways to evade our immunity a little more, so immunity from a July infection may not do [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/154796122889023488017:17
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): Monkeypox was a slowly expanding crisis; we had plenty of time to prepare. The fact that CDC struggled with so many parts of response should prompt Congress to make fundamental changes to scope and nexus of pandemic planning as matter of national [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/154796932019336397117:46
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Prof. Shane Crotty (@profshanecrotty): Our extensive scientific review of SARS-CoV-2 immune memory is published. Antibodies, CD4 T cells, CD8 T cells, memory B cells, and tissue resident cells. After vaccination, infection, or both, ready to battle COVID-19. Open access: [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/profshanecrotty/status/154797054401579827417:56
BrainstormUpdates for Spain: +53639 cases, +393 deaths since 2 days ago18:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): ...so that any vaccine batch rolling out of the factory will be a multivalent vaccine well matched to both currently circulating & anticipated strains. And without them being required to seek approval from the @EMA_News or @US_FDA for each minor vaccine adaptation! → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/154797475872514048018:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): I do not think that America can fix their own problems! Did you remember the recent wildfires in California? And how fantastically well America did to protect the own population in the pandemic? Apologies but I may not be the arrogant one    → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/154797537344645529618:17
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: T-cell exhaustion may limit long-term immunity in COVID-19 patients → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/vztfeh/tcell_exhaustion_may_limit_longterm_immunity_in/18:54
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +97936 cases, +134 deaths since 23 hours ago19:07
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: EMA Plans Anaphylaxis Label on Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine: The European agency says there have been “a few cases of anaphylaxis.” The label will also include warnings for paraesthesia and hypoaesthesia. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/ema-plans-anaphylaxis-label-on-novavax-covid-1919:13
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Correlation between Clinical and Wastewater SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Surveillance, Oregon, USA → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/vzuakc/correlation_between_clinical_and_wastewater/19:32
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): This is quite telling about the slippage of protection of vaccines vs hospitalizations. With BA.2/BA.2.12.1 and 3 shots, in age 50+, vaccine effectiveness was only 55%.Restored to 80% w/ 4th shot Too much happy talk about vaccines providing great protection from [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/154800111150355660919:50
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +104279 cases, +34 deaths since 23 hours ago — Malaysia: +5230 cases since 23 hours ago — Canada: +20968 cases since 23 hours ago20:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Recall that through the Delta variant w/ a 3rd shot booster, vaccine effectiveness vs hospitalizations was maintained ~95% → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/154800749861070848120:19
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Wastewater sequencing reveals early cryptic SARS-CoV-2 variant transmission | Nature → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/vzvu24/wastewater_sequencing_reveals_early_cryptic/20:38
iwasthe1What is the latest Covid version now? Still Omicron?20:49
de-factoOmicron BA.5 seems to dominate worldwide20:51
de-factohttps://covariants.org/per-country20:51
BrainstormUpdates for Cyprus: +15386 cases, +7 deaths since 6 days ago — Kosovo: +1219 cases since a day ago — Spain: +3996 cases since 2 hours ago21:00
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: (translated) valerie: AnGes: AG0302-COVID19 → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/31/21:35
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: valerie: ACM Biolabs: ACM-001 → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/207/21:45
BrainstormUpdates for Albania: +2963 cases since a day ago — Montenegro: +527 cases, +1446 tests since a day ago — Burundi: +162 cases since 2 days ago — France: +164 cases since a day ago22:03
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: News Scan for Jul 15, 2022: COVID-19 cancer care disparities Polio detections in 6 nations H5N1 avian flu in California wild birds Malaria in airport workers → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/07/news-scan-jul-15-202222:04
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: More (mostly mild) side effects when flu vaccine given with COVID booster: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Jul 15, 2022 Data from nearly 1 million Americans show an 8% to 11% higher rate of mostly mild systemic adverse events. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/07/more-mostly-mild-side-effects-when-flu-vaccine-given-covid-booster22:23
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: The association between daily-diagnosed COVID-19 morbidity and short-term exposure to PM1 is larger than associations with PM2.5 and PM10 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/vzycqw/the_association_between_dailydiagnosed_covid19/22:51
BrainstormNew from Novavax: (news): Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine to be Reviewed at U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting on July 19, 2022 → https://ir.novavax.com/Novavax-COVID-19-Vaccine-to-be-Reviewed-at-U-S-Centers-for-Disease-Control-and-Preventions-Advisory-Committee-on-Immunization-Practices-Meeting-on-July-19,-202223:29
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Mosaic-8 ‘All-In-One’ Vaccine: What to Know → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/vzzs5g/mosaic8_allinone_vaccine_what_to_know/23:39

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