libera/##covid-19/ Monday, 2022-08-15

BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): So will this generalize to new cases with anosmia? Don't know. Given the self-selection to join the study, my guess is the findings are more severe than the average unvaxxed anosmic case. And now anosmia is less frequent than before, either due to [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/155893575083755929600:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): @POTUS @JoeBiden On my own experience with COVID-19 demonstrating how a throat swab can give you 1-2 days earlier notice than a nasal swab, and how even a 102F fever can resolve quickly without Paxlovidtwitter.com/michaelzlin/st… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/155894523632741990400:41
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin):   The Lin Lab is recruiting a chemist to work on inhibitors of pandemic RNA viruses e.g. SARSCoV2We have leads — crystal of one of them with SARSCoV2 Mpro belowSo if you love proteins and small molecules but hate pandemics, email us(Funded by [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/155897153418568089602:24
BrainstormUpdates for Moscow, Russia: +7020 cases, +21 deaths since 23 hours ago — Hiroshima, Japan: +5604 cases, +7 deaths since 23 hours ago — Saint Petersburg, Russia: +3761 cases, +14 deaths since 23 hours ago — Miyazaki, Japan: +3006 cases, +1 deaths since 23 hours ago07:59
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Antivaxxers rejoice at the “silver lining” from the pandemic, spillover of distrust of COVID-19 vaccines to all vaccines: Distrust of COVID-19 vaccines has lead to spillover of distrust to all childhood vaccines, and antivaxxers are [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/antivaxxers-rejoice-at-the-silver-lining-from-the-pandemic-spillover/09:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): In the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-vaccine activism accelerated, amplified and formed an alliance with political groups, even extremists. An organized, well-funded and empowered anti-science movement now threatens childhood immunizations nature.com/articles/s4157… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/155908424193737523309:53
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): 2) promoting pseudoscientific claims on the benefits of ‘natural immunity’ or cures.3) exaggerating vaccine side effects and downplaying their effectiveness → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/155908637651935232510:02
-Bridgestorm- 🌏 Linog! Lindol! Earthquake! 5.5 M tremor, registered by 4 agencies, with 109 reports, 17 early, occurred 11 minutes ago (08:23:11 UTC), during daytime, Dolo, Philippines (6.85, 125.2) ± 1 km likely felt 220 km away by 100 people (Twitter)10:34
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Pathogens sometimes escape the lab — with deadly results → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/woubmi/pathogens_sometimes_escape_the_lab_with_deadly/10:39
fubuki1Hello10:44
BrainstormUpdates for Punjab, Pakistan: +600 cases, +1 deaths since a day ago — Islamabad, Pakistan: +133 cases since a day ago — Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan: +42 cases since a day ago11:00
BrainstormUpdates for Israel: +1858 cases since 23 hours ago12:02
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): 15/08/22 - ZOE COVID-19 Study Update: 2,026,535 people are currently predicted to have symptomatic COVID-19 in the UK, down by 62,832. Yesterday was 2,089,367 (-3%) and last Monday was 2,626,986 (-23%). → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/wovnlx/150822_zoe_covid19_study_update/12:03
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: AT&T workers fight return to office push: ‘We can do the same job from home’ → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/wow4jh/att_workers_fight_return_to_office_push_we_can_do/12:31
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: SARS-CoV-2 specific plasma cells acquire the phenotype of long-lived plasma cells in the human bone marrow → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/wowdtx/sarscov2_specific_plasma_cells_acquire_the/12:50
pwr22%title https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6254833612:57
Brainstormpwr22: From www.bbc.co.uk: Covid: UK approves Moderna's Omicron booster - BBC News12:57
pwr22LjL de-facto: ^12:57
BrainstormNew from Politico: UK approves first COVID-19 vaccine targeting Omicron: Modified vaccine is 'a sharpened tool in our armory,' says head of UK medicines regulator. → https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-approves-first-covid-19-vaccine-targeting-omicron/12:59
pwr22No Brainstorm, I beat you 😛12:59
BrainstormUpdates for Qatar: +773 cases since 23 hours ago13:04
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: First bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine approved by UK medicines regulator → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/wownza/first_bivalent_covid19_booster_vaccine_approved/13:09
de-factovery nice, good news that finally updated vaccines become available13:12
de-facto"Moderna's vaccine targets both the original strain and the first Omicron variant (BA.1), which emerged last winter. It is known as a bivalent vaccine as it takes aim at two forms of Covid." looks like the one in the pipeline for approval by EMA i guess13:13
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): The U.S. must fully fund global polio eradication effortsPolio is preventable with vaccines. Polioviruses cannot survive long outside the human body, which makes it possible to eliminate polio through vaccination, as previously done with smallpox.statnews.com/2022/08/05/us-… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/155913485793831322313:18
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 14AUG22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/woxnta/global_covid_cases_for_14aug22/13:56
BrainstormUpdates for Latvia: +2611 cases, +8081 tests since 2 days ago — UAE: +792 cases, +149376 tests since 23 hours ago — Nepal: +427 cases, +1 deaths since 22 hours ago14:00
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: Weekly Scientific Discussion Thread - August 15, 2022: This weekly thread is for scientific discussion pertaining to COVID-19. Please post questions about the science of this virus and disease here to collect them for others and clear up post space for [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/woxswk/weekly_scientific_discussion_thread_august_15_2022/14:05
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: From Alpha to omicron: The response of T cells → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/woz09r/from_alpha_to_omicron_the_response_of_t_cells/15:01
BrainstormUpdates for Iran: +7348 cases, +71 deaths since 23 hours ago — Bosnia and Herz.: +779 cases, +14 deaths, +2121 tests since 2 days ago — Afghanistan: +298 cases, +1 deaths, +1321 tests since 22 hours ago15:03
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: U.S. House passes drug-pricing legislation; U.K. is first country to approve a bivalent Covid shot → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/08/15/covid19-vaccine-medicare-novartis-seagen-astrazeneca-daiichi-novartis/15:30
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): I wrote about the new @CDCgov Covid guidelines intended to shift the focus to protect the most vulnerable, representing a blatant failuretheguardian.com/commentisfree/… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155917209635317760115:39
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): How it does not protect the vulnerableX 5-day isolation policyX Only 6% of immunocompromised Americans have received Evusheld preventionX The "Community" level metric is contrived and deceptiveX "Fully vaccinated" should = 3 shots; 4 shots for age 50+X Ignores #LongCovid → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155917209813576909015:48
BrainstormUpdates for Hong Kong: +4896 cases, +4 deaths since a day ago15:59
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: UK first country to approve dual-strain vaccine → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/wp0fiz/uk_first_country_to_approve_dualstrain_vaccine/16:07
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Covid: UK first country to approve dual-strain vaccine: The upgraded vaccine tackles both the original Covid virus and the newer Omicron variant. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6254833616:26
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Jeffrey Barrett (@jcbarret): This is good news; I think BA.1 booster in the fall is better than BA.5 booster in January. A bit surprised how narrowly they are defining the eligibility -- ideally anybody > 6 months from last jab should be allowed. I guess b/c of supply? But we may be demand [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/jcbarret/status/155918608639980749216:35
LjL-Matrixpwr22: wow, they really wanted to be first16:58
BrainstormUpdates for Denmark: +4041 cases, +24 deaths since 2 days ago17:01
pwr22Conspiracy theory: UK buys up all doses of the vaccine the EU wants so it has none for itself again because it needs to spend many months negotiating an EU wide deal whilst covid rages among it's member states 😛17:02
pwr22It's called "a cheeky boris"17:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): It is amazing the level of hypocrisy in the world! The USA, EU & U.K. hoarded vaccines and penalized Africa with travel bans and now they approve and sell vaccines made with Omicron without any economic or health benefit to the continent that discovered. gov.uk/government/new… → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/155919283274477568917:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The use of high-quality masks (like N95/KN95 respirators) by patients, compared with surgical masks, substantially reduced Covid infections among nearly 4,000 health care workersjamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… @JAMANetworkOpen pic.twitter.com/kPgYPEjAK3 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155919872112392192017:33
peetaurwhat do you expect? masks that actually do something vs useless masks ....should be a no brainer, and was publically known at the start of the pandemic, but replaced with lies to make sure the supply of actual masks doesn't run out17:37
peetaur(clarification: useless vs virus sized particles)17:38
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Good editorial on #LongCovid @washingtonpost on @TheLancet study discussed in the above essaywashingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/… pic.twitter.com/7FcRaAPuM6 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155920270658929049617:43
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: U.K. Approves Covid Booster Vaccine That Targets Two Variants → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/wp33rq/uk_approves_covid_booster_vaccine_that_targets/18:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): correction: that should be "with" patients, not "by"among 2,919 health care workers and 749 participants who had Covid → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155921142910157209618:21
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +9893 cases, +42 deaths since 23 hours ago18:22
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Omicron and its subvariants have markedly increased the liability for Covid reinfections, as shown through one county's data wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28… via @chrishendel pic.twitter.com/cImO9VXfSr → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155921438415659008018:30
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): @Tuliodna So you feel countries that discovered new variants should be able to monetize early sequence information? Glad China didn't do that with Wuhan type. Aside from vax inequity was vax hesitancy not main problem in S Africa? → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/155921852967260160118:49
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Health Care Utilization in the Months After COVID-19 Infection: 6 months after acute COVID-19 infection, patients had elevated usage of health care services to treat post-COVID conditions. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/health-care-utilization-in-the-months-after-covid-19-infection19:26
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): The COVID lab leak theory is dead. Here’s how we know the virus came from a Wuhan marketExcept of course for those who like conspiracies..... theconversation.com/the-covid-lab-… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/155923112718906163219:36
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): The ratio on this one is amazingI don't wish Paxlovid rebound on anyone, but a rebound in this case might actually make Pfizer stop repeating the <2% nonsense. twitter.com/AlbertBourla/s… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/155923333590525132819:45
BrainstormUpdates for Austria: +16161 cases, +22 deaths since 2 days ago — France: +204 cases since 2 days ago20:02
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: News Scan for Aug 15, 2022: Novavax COVID booster application Omicron spike after eased restrictions Baloxavir for flu in kids More backyard poultry Salmonella → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/08/news-scan-aug-15-202220:04
LjL%print https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155919872112392192020:06
BrainstormLjL, It says: Eric Topol on Twitter: "The use of high-quality masks (like N95/KN95 respirators) by patients, compared with surgical masks, substantially reduced Covid infections among nearly 4,000 health care workers https://t.co/Ta5sfucD4V @JAMANetworkOpen https://t.co/kPgYPEjAK3" / Twitter20:06
LjL%print https://twitter.com/ToshiAkima/status/155919203873394278620:06
BrainstormLjL, It says: Dr Satoshi Akima FRACP 『秋間聰』 on Twitter: "5. The authors conclude that the PFE overestimates the VFE/BFE of a respirator by 1.33 to 4.64%. Instead of ~95% viral protection, you only get ~90-93% from an N95. To get closer to 100% protection against airborne viruses, you need at least an N99 and preferably a P100 filter." / Twitter20:06
LjLde-facto, here's one for your insistence on FFP3/N99 over FFP2/N9520:07
LjL(although i think unless you're doing a proper fit test and are a professional, it will make little difference)20:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Does multi-dose BCG vaccination help prevent Covid?A small randomized, placebo controlled trial in people with Type 1 diabetes cell.com/cell-reports-m…@CellRepMed pic.twitter.com/fX0MXMvr1m → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155924275543122739320:23
BrainstormNew from WebMD: (news): Diagnosing Kids with Long COVID Can Be Tricky: Experts → https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220815/diagnosing-kids-long-covid-tricky-experts20:42
BrainstormUpdates for Marshall Is.: +1786 cases since a day ago21:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): These data give more insights into how Trm cells may be better utilised during infections and may eventually be used to increase their function upon vaccination. Similarly, inhibition of these cells, e.g. Coeliac disease, may be worth exploring. → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/155926462080787251221:49
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): This provides more insight into how Trm cells could be used during infections and ultimately to improve their function after vaccination. Also inhibition of these cells, e.g. in Celiac Disease, may be worth investigating. → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/155926614923749785621:59
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: valerie: AMMS: Ad5-nCoV → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/42/22:18
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): @lrossouw @Tuliodna I just see a fair few contradictions in the arguments. Simultaneously supporting patent waivers for vaccines, but now calling for genomes of variants to be patentable (which will not work for viruses that in no time spread around the globe)... → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/155927647595384832022:46
BrainstormNew from WebMD: How Worried Should You Be About New Reports on Polio?: Poliovirus detected in NYC wastewater put public health officials on high alert, but infectious disease experts say there's no need for families of fully vaccinated children to panic. → https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20220815/how-worried-should-you-be-about-new-reports-on-polio23:43

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