libera/##covid-19/ Wednesday, 2022-12-07

BrainstormUpdates for Manitoba, Canada: +868 cases, +37 deaths since 25 days ago — Prince Edward Island, Canada: +311 cases, +5 deaths since 6 days ago — Canada: +25 deaths since 4 days ago00:02
BrainstormUpdates for Guatemala: +1620 cases, +1 deaths since 23 hours ago — Montenegro: +51 cases since a day ago01:04
LjL#CovidIsntOver is trending for me on Twitter01:24
LjLalthough sometimes I find that tweets being trending only means that bots are being unleashed with that hashtag and they're actually using it ironically01:25
LjLwell, these don't look like sarcastic bots though01:25
LjLdo you think I can file "long fear of long COVID" as a disease of its own? with the WHO? with the DSM, maybe?01:28
LjLand then get disability for it? ;(01:29
LjLhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36473010/ ← are these people serious?01:31
LjL(article released now)01:31
LjL"we guesstimated efficacy to be good based on a small number of old non-randomized trials; you should try this approach too when approving your next vaccine!"01:32
BirossoWhy are you reading scientific research at 1 AM? :(01:32
LjLBirosso, I'm very uncertain I'd class this as scientific research01:32
LjLand it's half past one01:32
BirossoI was approximating.01:33
BirossoIt's "late".01:33
LjLI am however very surprised that anybody's *reading*01:33
LjLSo I could ask you a similar question!01:33
BirossoWhat do you mean?01:33
BirossoAre you asking why I am reading at 1 AM?01:33
LjLjust that this channel has been pretty solidly dead for a while01:33
BirossoSorry, at half past one?01:33
LjLand i sometimes just throw out there my annoyances into the air, maybe de-facto does the same sometimes, at cross purposes01:34
LjLthe war killed COVID, long live... the war?01:34
BirossoWell I am watching a TV show and stretching after a long day of not working and practicing the piano and doing a bunch of other stuff. This chat is open on my second screen. I engage in conversation every now and then to take a break from what I am doing.01:34
* LjL slow claps at the wholesome personal accomplishment01:34
BirossoI shouldn't be awake, to be fair, but... I am undisciplined.01:35
* LjL disciplines... wait nevermind01:35
LjL%attack Birosso01:35
* Brainstorm starts to ill-treat Birosso with his painful legionnaires' disease 01:35
LjLthat works01:35
BirossoYou gave me an STD?!?!?!?!01:35
LjLno no no no NO01:35
LjLBrainstorm did01:35
BirossoBy proxy!01:36
BirossoDo you diddle your own bot?01:36
LjLI disclaim any responsibility.01:36
LjLObviously I don't, hence I cannot be held responsible.01:36
BirossoTHE BOT HAS TO HAVE GOTTEN THE STD SOMEWHER!01:36
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: As Covid Cases Rise, New York City’s Mass Testing Lab Is Set to Close → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/zeka4u/as_covid_cases_rise_new_york_citys_mass_testing/01:36
LjLUff, there are many pieces of stuff with a CPU in it in this apartment01:36
BirossoThat would honestly stress me out.01:37
LjLIt could be the Nexus 7 for all you know!01:37
LjLthough not for all *I* know, because I know it hasn't been delivered :\01:37
BirossoI turn off the tablet when I'm done with it. Same for the work phone.01:37
BirossoLess stressful.01:37
LjLMany times, although it's especially true with Samsung phones, you save more battery by keeping them on than by doing a shutdown and later full boot01:37
LjLSo I suggest airplane mode and forget01:38
BirossoI'm pretty sure that's not true for the Nexus 7.01:38
BirossoBattery isn't a concern anyway. I just get a sense of inner peace when it's fully off.01:38
LjLBelief in the supernatural: check01:38
BirossoIt's not supernatural.01:39
BirossoSurely some aspects of your psyche are a mystery to you.01:39
LjLdenial that the supernatural is supernatural: check01:39
LjLabout 99.9%01:39
BirossoHow can I deny something that doesn't exist?01:39
BirossoI take that back. YOU are supernatural.01:39
LjLindeed, how can you? you seem pretty darned weird01:39
LjLBirosso, am I also omniscient and omnipotent?01:40
BirossoI already took it back. I hope I don't become as slow as you when I become your age.01:40
LjLthat could come in useful, to be fair01:40
BirossoNo, you are borderline vegetative.01:40
BirossoOkay, that went too far.01:40
* Birosso feels guilty now.01:40
Birosso%attack Birosso01:40
* Brainstorm starts to brush down Birosso with his conventionalised schlep 01:40
LjLnah, you said borderline01:40
LjLthat was kind01:40
LjLto be clear, I'm not borderline01:41
BirossoAre you implying you ARE in fact vegetative?01:41
BirossoBecause that's clearly not the case.01:41
LjLI mean, not technically no01:42
LjLI am typing01:42
LjLTypo ergo sum?01:42
LjLtypo ergo sum res typans01:42
BirossoStop using dead languages.01:42
LjLhe's the one to speak, getting mad at how my bot renders his RTL nonsense that tries to mimick how people wrote 1400 years ago01:43
BirossoI DIDN'T EVEN COMMENT ON THE LACK OF DIACRITICS!01:43
LjLoh, but you did that before, i remember *that* incident01:44
Birosso1400 years ago? Am I from the past then?01:44
LjLanyway I'm not convinced that writing with full vowel diacritics is the standard, even if people do it on cellphones or whatever. if Google Translate gives me translations without by default... sure, Google Translate makes mistakes, but it doesn't generally get the whole idea of how a language is written down wrong01:45
BirossoYes, diacritics are practically dead, but not in academic institutions.01:45
LjLaaaahisee01:45
LjLi bet colons are also practically dead, except for bodily functions01:46
BirossoWait.01:46
BirossoI thought we were on a different channel.01:46
BirossoDamn it01:46
LjLlol01:46
BirossoAaaaaaaaaaaaa01:46
LjLBrainstorm, we win one01:46
BrainstormLjL: honestly, because now we don't know many words01:46
LjLBirosso, as the disclaimer you read on joining stated, this channel is publicly logged, potentially in multiple places. log use is possible but not limited to making memes and laughing at people on reddit.01:47
LjLexcept i'm banned most places on reddit01:48
BirossoI'm not surprised.01:48
LjLso that's not a very credible threat01:48
BirossoI didn't reveal anything sensitive.01:48
LjLyou're not surprised because you know, or should know, WHY01:48
BirossoOh no01:48
LjLsuch as r/worldnews being cunts01:48
LjLokay, okay, no reddit ranting01:49
LjLlet's talk about how miserable our lives will be once we've caught COVID, say, 5 or 6 times01:49
LjLmy tinnitus will be 5x stronger... or x^5 stronger?01:49
LjLyou will too fatigued to play fortes, so your piano repertoire will be severely limited01:49
BirossoI haven't caught it so far. Don't jinx me.01:50
LjLwell me neither01:50
LjLbut I'm pretty sure my mom is all set on actually having Christmas this year01:50
LjLso, won't be long01:50
LjLI asked them to take decent masks with them, and wear them decently, when they went for their 5th shots01:51
BirossoMight as well enjoy the festivities.01:51
LjLI tried to sound diplomatic and not dictatorial01:51
BirossoDid you say please?01:52
LjLbut then they said "oh come on, these are the ones everyone wears!"01:52
LjLand that just ticks me off01:52
LjLmy elementary teacher used to say, "if everyone jumped off a bridge, would you?"01:52
LjLand, well, with enough peer pressure... probably01:52
LjLbut still, it feels like i shouldn't01:52
LjLI didn't say please, come on, this isn't English01:52
LjLI said "can you... like..."01:53
Birosso"like"01:53
BirossoVery passive aggressive.01:53
LjLor just valley girl01:54
BirossoYou wouldn't be able to pull that off.01:54
LjLyou're probably right01:55
LjLbut I pulled off some redneck swedish decently enough that a swede laughed01:56
LjLalthough he's crazy so maybe it was just manic laughter01:56
LjLBirosso, anyway you lied to me. the other time you tried pretty hard to convince me that vowel diacritics were everyone's bread and butter02:01
LjLor, uh, couscous and yoghurt?02:02
* LjL now has a craving for couscous WITH yoghurt.02:03
BrainstormUpdates for Slovakia: +390 cases since 14 hours ago — Ethiopia: +71 cases since a day ago — Albania: +42 cases since a day ago02:06
BirossoLjL: Continue in... the other channel.02:14
BrainstormUpdates for Brazil: +46221 cases, +167 deaths since a day ago — North Macedonia: +195 cases since a day ago — Guyana: +29 cases since a day ago03:11
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +45331 cases, +173 deaths since 23 hours ago05:03
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Covid Boosts Heart-Related Deaths Sixfold, Top Africa Health Insurer Says → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/zeqita/covid_boosts_heartrelated_deaths_sixfold_top/06:50
BrainstormUpdates for Lima, Peru: +51142 cases, +750 deaths since 8 days ago — Tokyo, Japan: +15500 cases, +19 deaths since a day ago — Aichi, Japan: +10159 cases, +2 deaths since a day ago — Lower Saxony, Germany: +8964 cases, +34 deaths since a day ago07:08
BrainstormUpdates for Peru: +11422 cases, +40579 tests since 6 hours ago08:10
BrainstormNew from Il Sole 24 Ore: (translated) From tumors to heart attacks: here are the hospitals with the best performances and the South is improving: The Humanitas Institute of Rozzano (Milan) and the University Hospital of the Marches, in Ancona, are the two [... want %more?] → https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/dai-tumori-infarti-ecco-ospedali-le-migliori-performance-e-sud-migliora-AE5XdANC08:34
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +16723 cases, +26 deaths, +22930 tests since 23 hours ago09:00
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | December 07, 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/zevihj/daily_discussion_thread_december_07_2022/09:01
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: Covid-19 booster vaccines frequently asked questions (House of Commons Library) → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/zevr16/covid19_booster_vaccines_frequently_asked/09:20
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Estimating the impact of implementation and timing of the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Brazil: A counterfactual analysis → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zevvjh/estimating_the_impact_of_implementation_and/09:30
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Efficacy of a bivalent (D614 + B.1.351) SARS-CoV-2 Protein Vaccine → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zevz0r/efficacy_of_a_bivalent_d614_b1351_sarscov2/09:39
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Clinical assessment of children with long COVID syndrome → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zewqn8/clinical_assessment_of_children_with_long_covid/10:35
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Limits of ‘Fauci effect’: infectious disease applicants plummet, and hospitals are scrambling: “Being at the forefront of the pandemic, and being underappreciated, might be the killer combination,” said a director of an infectious disease fellowship. → https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/07/infectious-disease-fellowship-drop-in-applicants/10:44
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +149383 cases, +211 deaths since 23 hours ago — Russia: +6935 cases, +58 deaths since 23 hours ago11:04
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: Workers Across America Break Their Silence on Decades of Asbestos Exposure: by Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi , photography by Rich-Joseph Facun ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/asbestos-poisoning-plant-mcintosh-alabama-olin11:51
BrainstormUpdates for Israel: +1624 cases, +16 deaths since 12 hours ago12:06
BrainstormUpdates for Hong Kong: +11981 cases, +22 deaths since a day ago — Philippines: +1064 cases, +24 deaths, +14409 tests since 23 hours ago13:08
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Mozafar Mohammadi: In Silico Prediction And Evaluation of Human Parainfluenza Virus-3 CD4+ T Cell Epitopes → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36475332/13:16
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: China eases anti-COVID measures following protests | 07DEC22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/zezqfz/china_eases_anticovid_measures_following_protests/13:25
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: Medicine: Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Comirnaty, tozinameran,riltozinameran and tozinameran,famtozinameran and tozinameran,COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine (nucleoside modified), COVID-19 virus infection, Date of authorisation: 21/12/2020, Revision: 35, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/comirnaty13:44
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: The Effect and Future of Telehealth: The rapid adoption of telehealth caused by the pandemic has turned out to be a very positive thing. The post  first appeared on Science-Based Medicine . → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-effect-and-future-of-telehealth/14:03
BrainstormUpdates for Croatia: +488 cases, +7 deaths, +5064 tests since 23 hours ago — Nepal: +9 cases since a day ago14:11
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Global impact of COVID-19 on childhood tuberculosis: an analysis of notification data → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zf0w5p/global_impact_of_covid19_on_childhood/15:10
BrainstormNew from Novavax: (news): Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 Vaccine Approved in Canada for Use as a Primary Series in Adolescents → https://ir.novavax.com/2022-12-07-Novavax-Nuvaxovid-COVID-19-Vaccine-Approved-in-Canada-for-Use-as-a-Primary-Series-in-Adolescents15:31
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Shedding Light on Improvements in COVID-19 Inpatient Outcomes Over Time: A new study examining COVID-19 outcomes over time found evidence supporting the use of dexamethasone and raised concerns about using nonconcurrent controls in large platform trials. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/sheds-light-on-improvements-in-covid-19-outcomes-over-time15:59
BrainstormUpdates for Austria: +6818 cases, +5 deaths since 23 hours ago — Bangladesh: +32 cases, +1 deaths, +3247 tests since a day ago16:03
BrainstormUpdates for Chile: +4198 cases, +8 deaths, +26031 tests since a day ago18:07
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Severe COVID-19 linked with brain aging → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/zf33tj/severe_covid19_linked_with_brain_aging/18:13
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Natural course of health and well-being in non-hospitalised children and young people after testing for SARS-CoV-2: A prospective follow-up study over 12 months → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/zf706v/natural_course_of_health_and_wellbeing_in/19:58
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): What’s the longest you have tested positive?: It has been over a month and I’m still getting a very faint line on LFT. Don’t really know what to do. My GP said to just wait…I don’t feel 100% yet either (maybe 80-90%). Still get hot flushes in [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/zf8bvn/whats_the_longest_you_have_tested_positive/20:08
BrainstormUpdates for Guatemala: +2257 cases, +1 deaths since 19 hours ago — Burundi: +258 cases since 6 days ago — Azerbaijan: +67 cases since a day ago — Malawi: +24 cases since 20 days ago21:01
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: Child Welfare Experts Say New Mexico Can’t Put Kids in Homeless Shelters Just Because It Lacks Other Beds: by Ed Williams , Searchlight New Mexico This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Searchlight New Mexico [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/report-confirms-new-mexico-fosters-teens-homeless-shelters21:34
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: 2022 is the worst flu season in two decades. See the rise in charts : There has been no great push to implement a high standard of ventilation and filtration inside US buildings → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/zfd18c/2022_is_the_worst_flu_season_in_two_decades_see/21:44
BrainstormUpdates for Serbia: +751 cases, +2 deaths, +9768 tests since a day ago — Cuba: +14 cases since a day ago22:04
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Tiny, Menacing Microclots May Explain Long COVID’s Symptoms: Early in the pandemic, doctors noticed the sickest patients had high numbers of blood clots, which caused problems and killed patients long after they left the hospital. Some long COVID researchers suspect [... want %more?] → https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20221207/microclots-may-explain-long-covid-symptoms22:32
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +1718 cases, +6 deaths since 23 hours ago23:06

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