libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2022-09-01

BrainstormUpdates for Mali: +47 cases, +654 tests since 22 hours ago00:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Good to see for JapanStart of BA.5 wave descent for fatalities @OurWorldInData Japan has one of, if not the, lowest cumulative (and excess) mortality rates of large population countries in the world with rigorous tracking pic.twitter.com/W1GR7Jdmtp → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156510463121402675400:32
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: LjL: Pfizer and BioNTech Granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization of Omicron BA.4/BA.5-Adapted Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Booster for Ages 12 Years and Older | BioNTech → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/WC73C8N800:51
BrainstormUpdates for Rwanda: +12 cases, +2922 tests since a day ago01:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): There's one country that doesn't get what it pays for, which preceded the pandemic economist.com/graphic-detail…Now >$12,000/person and further reduction of life expectancy down to 76 pic.twitter.com/RQKb74ZfdE → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156511776831098880001:29
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Prof. Shane Crotty (@profshanecrotty): The brand newly approved COVID boosters are going to work well. They won’t be a game changer—won’t prevent all infections—but are the best booster option and will provide a lot of protection. It’s the immunity you want heading into [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/profshanecrotty/status/156512028194898329601:38
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Other good news about the bivalent booster approved today:#JnJers are fully qualified, since the booster is for anyone previously vaxxed.Finally, FDA has erased vaccine brand as a factor in booster recommendation. Hope CDC ACIP doesn't reimpose [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/156512368655364096001:48
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Covid: Pregnant women targeted with false vaccine claims: Posts shared by thousands across social media wrongly suggested government advice had changed. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6273955402:35
de-facto%title https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory/overview/public-health-threats/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/covid-19-latest-updates02:51
Brainstormde-facto: From www.ema.europa.eu: COVID-19: latest updates | European Medicines Agency02:51
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: Covid-19 Vaccines — Immunity, Variants, Boosters: Type Journal Article Author Dan H. Barouch URL https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra2206573 Pages null Publication New England Journal of Medicine ISSN 0028-4793 Date 2022-08-31 DOI 10.1056/NEJMra2206573 Accessed 2022-09-01 01:00:30 [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/59K6AJ9D03:03
LjLde-facto, don't see an RSS feed specifically for that sadly03:05
LjLanyway, FDA approves, EMA "starts evaluating". i know one has no human trial while the other does, but still, meh03:07
BrainstormUpdates for Brazil: +58668 cases, +115 deaths since 23 hours ago — Canada: +2012 cases, +53 deaths since 23 hours ago03:09
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +39396 cases, +90 deaths since 17 hours ago05:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Prof. Shane Crotty (@profshanecrotty): In general, if you have not received a vaccine or recovered from a Covid infection in the past six months, “getting a booster is a good idea,” said Shane Crotty. twitter.com/profshanecrott… → https://twitter.com/profshanecrotty/status/156517739515742208005:25
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Investigate the Danger | 31AUG22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/x2xikl/investigate_the_danger_31aug22/05:53
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Bloom Lab (@jbloom_lab): In any case, it's clearly important that neutralization studies at least report ACE2 expression of target cells they use.Surprisingly, this information often isn’t provided, including in some important studies of vaccines & variants—hopefully people start [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/jbloom_lab/status/156519560269019955206:40
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): The Chinese city of Chengdu orders its 21 million residents not to leave their homes after recording hundreds of daily Covid cases trib.al/XrjrtCW → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/156520116188752691306:59
BrainstormUpdates for North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: +24439 cases, +80 deaths since a day ago — Pennsylvania, United States: +18264 cases, +120 deaths since 6 days ago — Lower Saxony, Germany: +9825 cases, +32 deaths since a day ago — Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany: +8815 cases, +28 deaths since a day ago08:02
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | September 01, 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/x30rxs/daily_discussion_thread_september_01_2022/09:03
BrainstormUpdates for Laos: +130 cases since a day ago09:05
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +34077 cases, +36 deaths, +64428 tests since 23 hours ago10:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): September is here: the invitations for a 2nd booster start this month. What is the best advice?If you belong to the vulnerable group: do it  If you do not belong to that group, have not been fully vaccinated (3x) or have not been infected in the [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156525425566935040110:29
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Yes, the new boosters (Omicron variant) are going to work!No, they won't prevent infections, that's not how it works with these respiratory viruses, but they do provide the best protection we can get. → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156525698453390950510:38
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: The Tragedy of North Birmingham: by Max Blau , graphics by Shane Loeffler ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches , a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/bluestone-jim-justice-north-birmingham#141045711:07
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: PIP: Opinion/decision on a Paediatric investigation plan (PIP): Anti-respiratory syncytial virus human IgG1κ monoclonal antibody (MEDI8897), decision type: , therapeutic area: , PIP number: P/0296/2021 → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/paediatric-investigation-plans/emea-001784-pip01-15-m0311:16
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): ...heavy metals, Yin Yang blockade (!), nerve block, radioactive load, even vaccination blockade! In other words, this is nonsense, and based on conviction. This is not a test, these are not even measurable values; this is pseudoscience! → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156527342385253990511:45
BrainstormNew from ScienceNews: Who has the highest risk of long COVID? It’s complicated: Long COVID can look different for different people, making it difficult to pinpoint the risk factors behind it. → https://www.sciencenews.org/article/long-covid-epstein-barr-link-risk12:04
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +49761 cases, +95 deaths since a day ago12:05
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): 01/09/22 - ZOE COVID-19 Study Update: 1,499,973 people are currently predicted to have symptomatic COVID-19 in the UK, down by 10,775. Yesterday was 1,510,748 (-1%) and last Thursday was 1,634,686 (-8%). → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/x33kh1/010922_zoe_covid19_study_update/12:32
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 01SEP22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/x35aui/global_covid_cases_for_01sep22/13:38
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Data on testing for COVID-19 by week and country: Data in multiple file formats with information about testing volume for COVID-19, sorted by week and country, and updated on a weekly basis. → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/covid-19-testing13:57
BrainstormNew from EMA: News and press releases: First adapted COVID-19 booster vaccines recommended for approval in the EU, CHMP, 01/09/2022: EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has recommended authorising two vaccines adapted to provide broader protection against COVID-19. Comirnaty... → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/first-adapted-covid-19-booster-vaccines-recommended-approval-eu14:35
BrainstormUpdates for Hong Kong: +10586 cases, +11 deaths since 22 hours ago — Philippines: +3728 cases, +50 deaths, +25512 tests since 23 hours ago — UAE: +481 cases, +260132 tests since 22 hours ago15:00
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA authorizes new Covid boosters; a setback for federal efforts to regulate stem cell clinics → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/09/01/fda-stem-cell-clinics-covid19-boosters/15:14
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: PIP: Opinion/decision on a Paediatric investigation plan (PIP): pneumococcal polysaccharide serotype 1- diphtheria CRM197 conjugate,pneumococcal polysaccharide serotype 3 - diphtheria CRM197 conjugate,pneumococcal polysaccharide serotype 4 - [... want %more?] → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/paediatric-investigation-plans/emea-002215-pip01-17-m0315:33
BrainstormNew from BioNTech: Pfizer and BioNTech Receive Positive CHMP Opinion for Omicron BA.1-Adapted Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Booster in European Union: CHMP recommendation based on safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity data from a Phase 2/3 trial of [... want %more?] → https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/pfizer-and-biontech-receive-positive-chmp-opinion-omicron-ba115:52
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Taiwan's new COVID-19 screening rules for hospital admissions, visits | 01SEP22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/x38fu1/taiwans_new_covid19_screening_rules_for_hospital/16:02
BrainstormUpdates for China: +12316 cases since 23 hours ago16:02
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: COVID: US authorities approve updated booster shots targeting omicron | 31AUG22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/x38i8b/covid_us_authorities_approve_updated_booster/16:11
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: Document: Consideration on core requirements for RMPs of COVID-19 vaccines → https://www.ema.europa.eu/documents/other/consideration-core-requirements-rmps-covid-19-vaccines_en.pdf16:31
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Dr Emma Hodcroft (@firefoxx66): "Are we better prepared?" asks @EckerleIsabella as she closes #SSM @SwissMicrobe with her keynote on challenges in prevention & preparedness for emerging viruses.#SARSCoV2 & #monkeypox have highlighted these issues; what do we know & where do we stand?1/N [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/156534818287560704016:41
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Covid booster: Who will get another jab this autumn?: Over-50s can have another Covid booster, and younger people who are at higher risk and NHS staff. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-5504563916:51
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Dr Emma Hodcroft (@firefoxx66): What about #influenza #flu ? We saw little circulation during COVID measures, but it's made a big reappearance. This alone is a lot of pressure on hospitals & a lot of illness. What can we expect in the North, what should try & prepare for?5/N pic.twitter.com/1XyC0Wppal → https://twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/156535270918810009717:01
de-facto%title https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/first-adapted-covid-19-booster-vaccines-recommended-approval-eu17:02
Brainstormde-facto: From www.ema.europa.eu: First adapted COVID-19 booster vaccines recommended for approval in the EU | European Medicines Agency17:02
pwr22Lol, "recommended for approval", not actually "approved" 😄17:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): First adapted COVID-19 booster vaccines recommended for approval in the EU ema.europa.eu/en/news/first-… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156535431063627366717:10
de-factoafaik EMA can not approve it for the market, but the EC will follow EMA recommendations17:11
de-facto(out of memory, havent resarched the exact process)17:11
pwr22The bureaucracy dance 😄 👯17:12
de-factobasically its approved like this, yes indeed the bureaucracy dance17:12
LjL-MatrixHurray we have two brand new variants-specific marginally useful vaccines!17:17
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Prof. Shane Crotty (@profshanecrotty): If you goal is to minimize the risk of catching Covid this Fall or Winter, either to protect yourself or the people around you, and minimize your risk of long Covid, the new booster vax is the right choice, because the newer Covid variants are so [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/profshanecrotty/status/156535731916400640017:20
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): And in mouse model challenged with BA.5 virus, similar impact for the 2 bivalent vaccines, better than original (ancestral) vaccine pic.twitter.com/syanLPV1ni → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156536307795180748817:48
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): New data at today's CDC/ACIP meeting on vaccine effectiveness vs BA.5 wave hospitalizations, all adultscdc.gov/vaccines/acip/…Less protection for both 3rd and 4th dose vaccines compared with the prior wave (BA.2, BA.2.12) pic.twitter.com/JTichjw2I3 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156536648052229324817:58
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +3599 cases, +80 deaths since 19 hours ago18:00
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: valerie: AIM Vaccine: LVRNA009 → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/189/18:27
BrainstormUpdates for Chile: +6948 cases, +57 deaths, +66143 tests since 23 hours ago — Italy: +20498 cases, +68 deaths, +155751 tests since a day ago19:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Aligns with this @nature summary and perspective of a recent analysis by @DebCro @KirbyInstitute that suggests there may be little difference between the 2 bivalent vaccines (BA.1 v. BA.5) medrxiv.org/content/10.110…nature.com/articles/d4158… by @ewencallaway [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156538432151019110419:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Florian Krammer (@florian_krammer): Mucosal immunity to SARS-CoV-2 after mRNA vaccination in naive individuals and individuals with pre-existing immunity. Now out in Nature Communications. Injected mRNA vaccines are not efficient in inducing mucosal immunity. We need new vaccines! [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/florian_krammer/status/156538672892753510419:13
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: First adapted COVID-19 booster vaccines recommended for approval in the EU: Type Web Page Author EMA URL https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/first-adapted-covid-19-booster-vaccines-recommended-approval-eu Date 2022-09-01T14:11:55+02:00 Accessed 2022-09-01 17:13:25 Website Type Text [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/KCE349NE19:23
LjL%print https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156534412988575334519:26
BrainstormLjL, It says: Eric Topol on Twitter: "It has been thought that Covid loss of smell may be linked to brain inflammation. A new experimental model study in multiple variants (all are neuroinvasive) suggests these phenomena are independent https://t.co/HdjxyOp7ze https://t.co/sADTzxbZeC" / Twitter19:26
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Some slippage of vaccine protection vs BA.5 hospitalizations is concerning, reflects its immune escape, and there's hope for bolstering by the new boosters. As previously noted, it ought to prompt aggressive efforts for pan-sarbecovirus and nasal [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156539156976660480119:32
BrainstormNew from Novavax: (news): Novavax Nuvaxovid  COVID-19 Vaccine Recommended by CHMP for Expanded Conditional Marketing Authorization in the European Union as a Booster for [... want %more?] → https://ir.novavax.com/2022-09-01-Novavax-Nuvaxovid-TM-COVID-19-Vaccine-Recommended-by-CHMP-for-Expanded-Conditional-Marketing-Authorization-in-the-European-Union-as-a-Booster-for-Adults-Aged-18-and-Older19:42
de-facto%title https://news.mit.edu/2021/smart-develops-10-minute-test-detect-covid-immunity-112219:49
Brainstormde-facto: From news.mit.edu: New 10-minute test detects Covid-19 immunity | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology19:49
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +4221 cases, +90 deaths since 21 hours ago20:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): The combination of those effects produced antibodies against BA2 or BA4/5 that should confer some protection against disease for ~3mo, and created a memory B cell repertoire that can make broader antibodies upon infection by BA2 or BA4/5-derived [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/156540028091239219320:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Florian Krammer (@florian_krammer): Yay! C-VARPP (Center for Vaccine Research and Pandemic Preparedness, directors: @VivianaSimonLab and myself) is now live! icahn.mssm.edu/research/vacci… → https://twitter.com/florian_krammer/status/156540933079453286420:48
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): New Chinese city lockdown. Still no one in the West interested in why they are doing this?Cultural imperialism: we think we’re smarterSeriously?Why are they investing so much to avoid their population being infected?It’s in _our_ interest to [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/156541371542349414621:07
BrainstormUpdates for Malaysia: +2356 cases, +32046 tests since 23 hours ago21:07
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: COVID-19 Scan for Sep 01, 2022: Omicron protection from previous COVID-19 Asymptomatic COVID in preschoolers → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/09/covid-19-scan-sep-01-202221:16
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: COVID's hidden victims: New orphans and essential workers: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Sep 01, 2022 Children were more likely to be COVID-19 orphans if they live in poor nations with high chronic disease rates. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/09/covids-hidden-victims-new-orphans-and-essential-workers21:55
BrainstormUpdates for Ukraine: +11437 cases, +38 deaths since 9 hours ago — France: +18671 cases, +41 deaths since 23 hours ago22:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): In the UK where there is a Wuhan+BA1 booster, things get complicated. The BA1 booster only partly helps vs BA2.x or BA4/5. This is really a tougher call; prev Omicron-infected might just decide to hold off for a BA2 or BA5 booster for future-proofing. [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/156543296056365465622:23
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Why is this nonsense? There are no other ingredients like the annual flu vaccine, but of course it has been tested on humans! Don't fall for what this deputy says.@2eKamertweetsSee FDA: pic.twitter.com/oyDCuO2tiv → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156544871896657100823:20

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