libera/##covid-19/ Wednesday, 2022-08-03

BrainstormUpdates for India: +18764 cases since 23 hours ago — Singapore: +10230 cases, +22 deaths since a day ago — Algeria: +111 cases since 23 hours ago01:02
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: Haven't Had COVID Yet? Wanna Bet?: Type Web Page Author Nick Tate URL https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220802/havent-had-covid-yet-wanna-bet Accessed 2022-08-02 23:15:23 Language en Abstract A mounting pile of scientific evidence suggests millions of Americans have been infected [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/WHJIQGHC01:21
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: COVID-19 could cause long term peripheral nerve demyelination and axonal loss: A One Year Prospective Cohort Study: Type Report Author Qian Yang Author Meng Zhang Author Yanhui Lai Author Xuzhao Liu Author Fengshuang Liu Author Hongmin Zang Author Jinzhong Song Author Na Li Author [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/XF7SVGG601:40
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: Mild respiratory COVID can cause multi-lineage neural cell and myelin dysregulation: Type Journal Article Author Anthony Fernández-Castañeda Author Peiwen Lu Author Anna C. Geraghty Author Eric Song Author Myoung-Hwa Lee Author Jamie Wood Author Michael R. O’Dea Author Selena [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/RSK5JAS201:49
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: Prevalence of peripheral neuropathy and myopathy in patients post-COVID-19 infection: Type Journal Article Author Dalia S. Saif Author Reda Abdellatif Ibrahem Author Mohamed A. Eltabl URL https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1756-185X.14409 Volume n/a Issue n/a Publication [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/TGUS2KY802:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Adrian Malong (@apmalong): @amandalhu @ninjagirlphd @JT_Grindrod @TRyanGregory @RadCentrism Let's go LIMIT(COVID(X)) AS X APPROACHES ZERO. → https://twitter.com/apmalong/status/155462216337779916802:37
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): This is 1 of 4 late stage (Phase 3) nasal spray vaccine trials, and 1 of 12 in clinical development. I discussed why these are important w/ @ASlavitt twitter.com/inthebubblepod… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155462750087710310502:47
BrainstormUpdates for Mongolia: +4731 cases since 4 days ago — Honduras: +2418 cases, +6852 tests since 4 days ago — Armenia: +1434 cases, +2 deaths since 8 days ago — Libya: +1386 cases since 8 days ago03:01
LjL-Matrix#polio:matrix.org / ##polio on Libera is open for discussion of yet another entirely avoidable scary outbreak03:18
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Much more on nasal vaccines here@SciImmunology w/ @VirusesImmunity Thread includes table of all 12 ongoing clinical trials twitter.com/erictopol/stat… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155464867392074957004:11
BrainstormUpdates for South Korea: +119866 cases, +26 deaths since 23 hours ago — Australia: +33022 cases, +55 deaths since 23 hours ago — Eritrea: +20 cases since 23 hours ago05:05
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Memory problems after covid-19 more common in people with smell loss → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/weuqtg/memory_problems_after_covid19_more_common_in/05:08
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +87681 cases, +210 deaths since 23 hours ago06:07
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +194521 cases, +116 deaths, +331442 tests since a day ago — Pakistan: +806 cases, +9 deaths, +20949 tests since a day ago07:10
BrainstormUpdates for California, United States: +45854 cases, +79 deaths since 23 hours ago — Osaka, Japan: +25134 cases, +23 deaths since 23 hours ago — Aichi, Japan: +16923 cases, +12 deaths since 23 hours ago — New South Wales, Australia: +16637 cases, +39 deaths since 23 hours ago07:59
BrainstormNew from MedicineNet: (news): Having Kids Around Might Shield You From Severe COVID: Study → http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp08:55
-Bridgestorm- 🌒 Temblor? Sismo? Earthquake? Maybe strong tremor, with 40 reports, possibly occurred 5 minutes ago (06:53:26 UTC), during a crescent moon night, San Salvador, El Salvador (13.7, -89.2) ± 2 km likely felt 40 km away (Twitter)08:59
-Bridgestorm- 🌒 Temblor! Sismo! Earthquake! 4.3 M tremor, registered by SismologicoMX, with 46 reports, 2 early, occurred 8 minutes ago (06:53:36 UTC), during a crescent moon night, San Martín, El Salvador (13.83, -88.86) ± 27 km, ↓35 km likely felt 70 km away (in Ayutuxtepeque, San Salvador…) by 890800 people → https://twitter.com/SismologicoMX/status/1554723999896174592 (Twitter)09:02
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | August 03, 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/wezkcr/daily_discussion_thread_august_03_2022/09:03
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: More Than 100,000 British Workers Are Off Sick With Long Covid → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/wezwvq/more_than_100000_british_workers_are_off_sick/09:22
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Long Covid forces 10,000 NHS staff off sick for longer than three months → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/wezxdg/long_covid_forces_10000_nhs_staff_off_sick_for/09:31
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): This is clear across the board and is a very positive signal.covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra… pic.twitter.com/xBBCs2DUHw → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/155473781172258816810:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): And again: spreading misleading information is harmful and dangerous! This is also frequently around 1/5000 side effects: Incorrect.*Vaccination doses, not individuals*Suspected side effects*Multiple side effects reported per personnu.nl/nucheckt/62154… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/155474861795676160010:47
BrainstormUpdates for Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan: +43 cases since a day ago11:06
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: What Private Equity Firms Are and How They Operate: by Chris Morran and Daniel Petty ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Private equity is seemingly inescapable. From housing to [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/what-is-private-equity#138076511:34
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Florian Krammer (@florian_krammer): 1) A sad story: A physician in Austria was facing credible and horrific online death threats because she endorsed SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. She had to invest lots of money into security and in the end had to give up her office. An incompetent police [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/florian_krammer/status/155476334943869747211:44
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Florian Krammer (@florian_krammer): 3) Dr. Lisa-Maria Kellermayr was a person who helped others. For this she was attacked and threatened by an unhinged online mob of anti-vaxxers and COVID-19 conspiracy theorists. And when she needed help, the authorities failed to provide it. → https://twitter.com/florian_krammer/status/155476501647324364811:53
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +14638 cases, +43 deaths since 23 hours ago12:02
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): 03/08/22 - ZOE COVID-19 Study Update: 3,222,727 people are currently predicted to have symptomatic COVID-19 in the UK, down by 130,512. Yesterday was 3,353,239 (-4%) and last Wednesday was 4,116,340 (-22%). → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/wf2iww/030822_zoe_covid19_study_update/12:03
BrainstormUpdates for Hungary: +21840 cases, +96 deaths since 7 days ago — Afghanistan: +273 cases, +1 deaths, +1319 tests since 22 hours ago13:04
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 03AUG22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/wf4822/global_covid_cases_for_03aug22/13:39
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Intermediate levels of asymptomatic transmission can lead to the highest levels of epidemic fatalities → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/wf493b/intermediate_levels_of_asymptomatic_transmission/13:48
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: Document: COVID-19 vaccines - Safety update: 14 July 2022 → https://www.ema.europa.eu/documents/covid-19-vaccine-safety-update/covid-19-vaccines-safety-update-14-july-2022_en.pdf14:17
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: Document: EMA initiatives for acceleration of development support and evaluation procedures for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines → https://www.ema.europa.eu/documents/other/ema-initiatives-acceleration-development-support-evaluation-procedures-covid-19-treatments-vaccines_en.pdf14:26
BrainstormUpdates for Brunei: +4527 cases since 4 days ago — Vietnam: +2096 cases since 23 hours ago — Nepal: +590 cases since 23 hours ago15:03
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Pfizer-BioNTech Begin Study Looking at Enhanced COVID-19 Vaccine: The modified spike protein in this next-generation bivalent candidate is part of the companies' strategy to try and provide vaccines with longer and more durable protection against the virus. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/pfizer-biontech-begin-study-looking-of-enhanced-covid-19-vaccine15:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Breakthrough BA.2 variant infections elicit cross-immunity vs. BA.2.12.1 and BA.5, in contrast to BA.1, driven via N-terminal domain antibodies biorxiv.org/content/10.110… pic.twitter.com/ETinyMBWie → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155481559416729600115:15
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): High level of vaccine protection vs severe Covid outcomes in children ages 5-11 during Omicron papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… @SickKidsNews @DrJeffKwong @PublicHealthON @UofT_dlsph pic.twitter.com/U4Dm82cUxX → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155481897775847014415:24
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Risk factors for severe COVID-19 in hospitalized children in Canada: A national prospective study from March 2020–May 2021 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/wf6wn8/risk_factors_for_severe_covid19_in_hospitalized/15:43
BrainstormUpdates for Indonesia: +6167 cases, +18 deaths since a day ago15:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Japan's BA.5 wave with more than twice the level of spread of BA.1, with sharp rise in fatalities. Earliest signs of slowing of ascent.@OurWorldInData pic.twitter.com/93MioW0aNZ → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155482780477190554016:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Josiah Grindrod is doing personal risk assessment (@JT_Grindrod): I'd love to see an ad campaign on the harmful chronic effects of SARS infection. Show some of those dissected lungs that look like baked sweet potato. Probably be more effective than DARE. → https://twitter.com/JT_Grindrod/status/155483402455988633816:21
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Josiah Grindrod is doing personal risk assessment (@JT_Grindrod): Smoking kills 480k / year. 40k are second hand smoke victims. Every SARS death was second hand. → https://twitter.com/JT_Grindrod/status/155483485655463936716:31
BrainstormUpdates for Hong Kong: +4547 cases, +4 deaths since a day ago — Burundi: +843 cases since 4 days ago17:01
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: valerie: Anhui Zhifei Longcom: Zifivax → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/27/17:10
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: valerie: AMMS: Ad5-nCoV → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/42/17:20
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): An update on the many (now 23) human genomic loci that influence susceptibility/protect from getting Covid infections or affect the risk of getting severe Covid, requiring hospitalization@Nature nature.com/articles/s4158… pic.twitter.com/1t4pAQWkLl → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155485289253992448017:39
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Good news. Confirming the US BA.5 wave Covid hospitalizations have plateaued.Let's hope for a rapid descent.Why the US fared better than many countries in Europe?erictopol.substack.com/p/immunity-wal… twitter.com/EricTopol/stat… pic.twitter.com/EEAoM7TlMh → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155485477326160282717:49
BrainstormNew from Retraction Watch: Leading primate researcher admits to faking data in NIH grant applications, paper : The director of the Southwest National Primate Research Center at Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio faked data 10 different [... want %more?] → https://retractionwatch.com/2022/08/03/leading-primate-researcher-admits-to-faking-data-in-nih-grant-applications-paper/17:59
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: Wednesday 03 August 22 - England Hospitalisation Weekly Update (21St July - 3Rd August) → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/wfa5pb/wednesday_03_august_22_england_hospitalisation/18:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Even with this high level of effectiveness vs severe outcomes from Omicron, corroborating many other reports, and confirmation of remarkable safety, there are only 30% of ~29 million US children age 5-11 vaccinatedcovid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra… pic.twitter.com/GlFHqsQ9hS → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155487275269097881818:56
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +45956 cases, +171 deaths, +255797 tests since 22 hours ago18:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Omicron BA.2 breakthrough infection enhances cross-neutralization of BA.2.12.1 and BA.4/BA.5Good news; BA.2 shows again good protection against its derived variants BA.4/5. Also good for a bivalent BA.4/5 vaccine boost!biorxiv.org/content/10.110… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/155487523786664345819:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Vaccine Effectiveness of BNT162b2 Against Omicron in Children Aged 5-11 Years: A Test-Negative Design2x BNT162b2 provides moderate protection against symptomatic Omicron infection, high protection against severe outcomes. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/155487742634112614919:15
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Antibody Response Following COVID-19 Boosters During the Omicron Wave in the United States: A Decentralized, Digital Health, Real-World StudyClose follow of antibody levels: Moderna outcompeting Pfizer (3x). In line with clinical [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/155488026145583924019:25
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Association of Receiving a Fourth Dose of the BNT162b Vaccine With SARS-CoV-2 Infection AWhy a 4th dose? Especially for those working in healthcare; 65% fewer breakthrough infections! Protection of everyone, reducing circulation!jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/155488193574651904119:35
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): These concerns overlap with those suffering from LongCOVID, which also include increases to risk of diabetes, persistent lung damage and even brain damage.nature.com/articles/d4158… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/155488411499780505719:44
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +266085 cases, +196 deaths since 12 hours ago — Austria: +23091 cases, +49 deaths since 12 hours ago — Chile: +9860 cases, +4 deaths, +59971 tests since a day ago — Canada: +5661 cases since a day ago20:01
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Remote COVID-19 Assessment in Primary Care (RECAP) risk prediction tool: derivation and real-world validation studies → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/wfd1ol/remote_covid19_assessment_in_primary_care_recap/20:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Trevor Bedford (@trvrb): If what we've seen with Omicron evolution in 2022 becomes largely the norm, then this result would imply waning of ~24% in the span of ~6 months, or very roughly waning from R→S on a ~1.8 year time horizon, ie close to the yellow curve in the above SIRS model. 10/11 [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/155489058812149350420:12
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Our scientists in the frontline! In this short interview I explain how our team are helping other African and Latin American countries to to control other outbreaks and epidemics.  youtu.be/IxcG9SfE1_c → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/155489459657190605620:22
BrainstormUpdates for Azerbaijan: +512 cases since a day ago21:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): Faster waning of immunity in SARS-CoV2 compared to in influenza will likely result in less seasonal forcing & smaller differences in viral circulation between winter & summer... twitter.com/trvrb/status/1… → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/155490729141730099321:15
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Josiah Grindrod is doing personal risk assessment (@JT_Grindrod): This is a really good point.  Unlike SARS-CoV-2 which seems to content to cause epidemics all year long, smallpox had a strong seasonal pattern. Temperate climates tended to have large winter spikes, whereas in tropical [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/JT_Grindrod/status/155491075812699340921:33
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: News Scan for Aug 03, 2022: Travel bans and COVID variants Rhode Island Jamestown Canyon virus case Avian flu in US wild birds → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/08/news-scan-aug-03-202221:52
BrainstormUpdates for Georgia: +11802 cases since 6 days ago — Moldova: +9528 cases, +22 deaths since 7 days ago22:00
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Why Exercise Doesn’t Help People With Long COVID: COVID-19 patients who had the most severe illness will struggle the most with exercise later. But even people with mild symptoms can struggle to regain their previous levels of fitness. → https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220803/why-exercise-doesnt-help-people-with-long-covid22:02
BrainstormUpdates for India: +19645 cases since 22 hours ago — Lebanon: +2643 cases, +2 deaths since 22 hours ago — Cuba: +100 cases since a day ago23:02
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Monoclonal antibody treatment for malaria shows encouraging results: An experimental antibody treatment prevented malaria in the majority of participants in a small but important new study, providing a measure of hope in the effort to lower the burden… → https://www.statnews.com/2022/08/03/monoclonal-antibody-treatment-for-malaria-shows-encouraging-results/23:08
BrainstormNew from ScienceNews: A shot of immune proteins may protect against malaria for months: A monoclonal antibody for malaria passed an early hurdle and now will be tested in children in Africa, who are most at risk of dying from the disease. → https://www.sciencenews.org/article/malaria-monoclonal-antibody-immune-proteins23:18

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