libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2023-01-19

LjLnot my mood00:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marie-Michelle Bellon (@Docteure19): @Marc_Veld I quote you: “Cells required sufficient rest between stimulation events.” Well what happens when one gets infected w COVID 5 times in a year??? This is what happened to my children. Again, you can erase if it troubles you. → https://twitter.com/Docteure19/status/161584378335425741900:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Yes, vaccines do get tested, yes, they can fail. No, it is not a Big Pharma conspiracy. 2023, and these things need to be sad apparently.  Another HIV vaccine fails to provide protection in discontinued trialhealio.com/news/infectiou… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/161584835038087987200:13
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +1456 cases, +27 deaths since 4 hours ago02:04
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: NYC records 400 COVID deaths in 2 weeks as PCR testing drops → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/10fnewo/nyc_records_400_covid_deaths_in_2_weeks_as_pcr/02:28
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Extended SARS-CoV-2 RBD booster vaccination induces humoral and cellular immune tolerance in mice → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/10fo62r/extended_sarscov2_rbd_booster_vaccination_induces/02:38
LjLhttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/280055403:04
LjLrisk of long COVID reduced by 40% from vaccination, consistent with what we knew from other study03:05
LjL(unless it was a preprint of this study :P)03:05
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: Persistent COVID-19 Symptoms at 6 Months After Onset and the Role of Vaccination Before or After SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Type Journal Article Author Stephanie A. Richard Author Simon D. Pollett Author Anthony C. Fries Author Catherine M. Berjohn Author Ryan C. Maves Author Tahaniyat [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/U7VSBDVM03:07
LjLah, but 40% is also when the vaccination was *after* the development of long COVID03:14
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): A long hunt for a #LongCovid validated treatment, for which there are none yetA review of 388 registered clinical trials assessing 144 different interventions. Many candidates, as we recently reviewed, but trials are too small, equivocal [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/161589766929319116803:26
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): From a prospective @uk_biobank study of ~160,000 participants (pre-vaccination): the elevated risk of death after Covid persists for ≥ 18 months, at 5-fold uninfected, w/ 2 control groupsacademic.oup.com/cardiovascres/… @escardio pic.twitter.com/7oGQ9OmmrW → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/161590798442053632004:14
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +12001 cases, +238 deaths since a day ago — United Kingdom: +1 deaths since 5 days ago05:11
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: How your first brush with COVID warps your immunity: Type Journal Article Author Rachel Brazil URL https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00086-1 Rights 2023 Springer Nature Limited Volume 613 Issue 7944 Pages 428-430 Publication Nature Date 2023-01-18 DOI [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/N2DI925505:21
LjLi like how the article balances the negatives with somewhat "glass forcibly half full" rhetoric, and again how "imprinting" is now used instead of "original antigenic sin" after Every Expert denied that would be an issue05:35
LjLit's the same thing, but this way we can pretend it isn't...05:35
LjLthese things get on my nerve a little. hypocrisy. maybe there was no better route, but still.05:36
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Unvaccinated COVID patients 'at greater risk of death' for at least 18 months after infection → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/10fs7x3/unvaccinated_covid_patients_at_greater_risk_of/05:59
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Protocol for Shenzhen Ageing Cohort Study (SZ-ageing): a prospective observational cohort study of elderly disability and cognitive impairment: Introduction The incidence and prevalence of disability and cognitive impairment, which are age-related, increase as China has become an ageing society. This [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/13/1/e06576106:28
BrainstormUpdates for Mississippi, United States: +9662 cases, +39 deaths since 14 days ago — Nagano, Japan: +2557 cases since 23 hours ago — Maryland, United States: +2506 cases, +39 deaths since 23 hours ago — Moscow, Russia: +2051 cases, +12 deaths since 23 hours ago07:03
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | January 19, 2023: 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/10fw4i6/daily_discussion_thread_january_19_2023/09:01
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Persistent COVID-19 Symptoms at 6 Months After Onset and the Role of Vaccination Before or After SARS-CoV-2 Infection → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/10fxjfx/persistent_covid19_symptoms_at_6_months_after/10:46
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +5914 cases, +40 deaths since 23 hours ago11:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Peacock (@PeacockFlu): with @alecarabo, @lucygthorne @_wharvey, @blJOg, @CovidGenomicsUK, Sharon Peacock (no relation!), @wendybarclay11, @Thushan_deSilva, @towerslab and @robertson_lab → https://twitter.com/PeacockFlu/status/161601571601617715211:15
BrainstormNew from BMJ: A reddish brown plaque on the earlobe: A man in his 50s presented to the dermatology clinic with an eight year history of a reddish brown plaque on his left earlobe. The plaque had previously been attributed to discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE), and the patient had received several treatments without [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj-2022-070758.short11:54
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): But: a new wave of infection has occurred again despite vaccination! This has several causes: reduction of neutralizing antibodies and new highly transmissible viral variants. This happens in many infectious diseases and is not new, nothing specific to SARS-CoV-2 → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/161603507244812288212:32
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 19JAN22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/10fzwhb/global_covid_cases_for_19jan22/13:01
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: RSV vaccine: Moderna, Pfizer start a new FDA approval race: Pfizer is currently working on the XBB1.5 strain of Covid which originated in New York and is now spreading around the U.S. → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/10g02g4/rsv_vaccine_moderna_pfizer_start_a_new_fda/13:11
BrainstormNew from New Scientist: AI detects if YouTubers are infected with omicron coronavirus variant: An artificial intelligence picked up on audio samples where the speaker said they were infected with the coronavirus while omicron was dominant with 80 per cent [... want %more?] → https://www.newscientist.com/article/2355571-ai-detects-if-youtubers-are-infected-with-omicron-coronavirus-variant/13:49
BrainstormUpdates for Saudi Arabia: +34 cases, +3 deaths, +3569 tests since 21 hours ago14:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): My note; this is of importance to vulnerable populations, to try and protect these prior to waves even against infection. However, non-vulnerable people will be fine, 3x or 4x vaccination will mean infection, but no additional risk to disease: like other [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/161606194464518963614:19
BrainstormUpdates for Kosovo: +19 cases since a day ago15:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Our comprehensive review of rapid antigen tests for Covid and their future was just published @natrevbioeng, led by @jobiebudd @McKendryLab nature.com/articles/s4422… pic.twitter.com/7NH7IdpBAA → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/161608842158764851216:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: abraham verghese (@cuttingforstone): We've had amazing guests on @Medscape podcast with my cohost @EricTopol but mathematician @FryRsquared was extraordinary. Curious about the math of love, divorce, or covid? She's got it covered medscape.com/viewarticle/98… → https://twitter.com/cuttingforstone/status/161609075471538586016:26
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Humoral Immunity Study After Booster Vaccination of Soberana Plus (Republic of Cuba) Against COVID-19 → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0568917717:05
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BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): COVID-19 Infection and Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0569117917:35
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Aerosolized Versus Intravenous Colistin-based Antimicrobial Regimens in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients With Bacterial Coinfection: A Randomized Controlled Trial → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0568922917:45
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Safety and Efficacy of the Therapy With BREINMAX  for the Treatment of Patients With Asthenia After COVID-19 → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0568982717:55
BrainstormUpdates for Chile: +2984 cases, +42 deaths, +17327 tests since 23 hours ago18:09
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): A Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of QLS1128 Orally in Symptomatic Participants With Mild to Moderate COVID-19 → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0568920318:14
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: Trying to Stop Long COVID Before It Even Starts: Three years into the global fight against SARS-CoV-2, the arsenal to combat long COVID remains depressingly bare. Being vaccinated seems to reduce people’s chances of developing the condition, [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/01/long-covid-prevention-pills-paxlovid-metformin/672763/18:44
BrainstormUpdates for UAE: +102 cases since 20 hours ago18:59
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Announcing a virtual screening and Q&A for Virulent: The Vaccine War.: SBM has teamed with director/producer Tjardus Greidanus and producer Laura Davis to host a virtual screening of their documentary Virulent: The Vaccine War , followed by [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/announcing-a-virtual-screening-and-qa-for-virulent-the-vaccine-war/19:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Climate Amplified Diseases and Epidemics (CLIMADE) (@climade_health): We are launching a global program to quickly;y characterise and control diseases and epidemics amplified by climate change. Here, we present you to CLIMADE (CLImate Amplified Diseases & Epidemics) - climade.health → https://twitter.com/climade_health/status/161613720193456537619:23
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Climate Amplified Diseases and Epidemics (CLIMADE) (@climade_health): We are working to protect the world from diseases caused by climate change. Did you know that 60% of the existing pathogens will be amplified by climate change? climade.health twitter.com/GretaThunberg/… → https://twitter.com/climade_health/status/161614096506801357919:33
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Climate Amplified Diseases and Epidemics (CLIMADE) (@climade_health): CLIMADE develops tools to predict, track & control diseases & epidemics. We prevent new epidemics & pandemics that can be amplified by climate change.A major collaboration between the top scientific organisations in [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/climade_health/status/161614483676712142219:53
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +1377 deaths since 14 hours ago20:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Well: if you do not understand the context!Context 1; SARS-CoV-2 causes a heavy infection. Correct.Context 2: SARS-CoV-2 causes immunodeficiency or dysfunction; Incorrect.So Tom Andrews: your attempt at trolling was always disingenuous. That is why the [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/161614740408382260620:02
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Listen: How blockbusters get made, new vaccines for RSV, and mRNA’s Q score: Where do new drugs come from? Does science need billionaires? And do normal people care about messenger RNA? Find out on the latest episode of "The Readout LOUD" #podcast. → https://www.statnews.com/2023/01/19/podcast-nathan-vardi-book-cancer-imbruvica-vaccine-rsv/20:12
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Climate Amplified Diseases and Epidemics (CLIMADE) (@climade_health): A serious outbreak of Cholera in Malawi. news24.com/news24/africa/… → https://twitter.com/climade_health/status/161615160381105769620:23
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Based on this trial data alone; there was no discernable advance of this Wuhan/BA.1 bivalent vaccine over the "old" monovalent one. → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/161615381682651138120:32
LjLthis is pretty depressing20:39
LjLalthough we got the BA.5 bivalent, not the BA.1 one20:39
LjLbut regardless, it starts looking like the original antigenic sin is sinning20:40
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: Bivalent Omicron BA.1–Adapted BNT162b2 Booster in Adults Older than 55 Years: Type Journal Article Author Patricia Winokur Author Juleen Gayed Author David Fitz-Patrick Author Stephen J. Thomas Author Oyeniyi Diya Author Stephen Lockhart Author Xia Xu Author Ying Zhang Author [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/WSQ3HBJP20:42
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: Bivalent Covid-19 Vaccines — A Cautionary Tale: Type Journal Article Author Paul A. Offit URL http://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMp2215780 Pages NEJMp2215780 Publication New England Journal of Medicine ISSN 0028-4793, 1533-4406 Date 2023-01-11 Journal Abbr N Engl J Med DOI [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/3G8QB4Q720:52
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +6398 cases, +127 deaths since 23 hours ago21:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Hannah Davis (@ahandvanish): I'm mindblown at the response to our #LongCovid review - 402k views since Fri & in the top 0.000016 of 22.9m tracked papers. Hearing that it's circulating in the med field & giving researchers ideas to pursue. A huge sign of hope that change is [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ahandvanish/status/161616323143702937621:32
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): When you so extreme and caught in a rabbit hole that immunity for most and trying to protect those more vulnerable, those same more vulnerable to many infections besides SARS-CoV-2, you are accused of "killing disabled people". What a sad piece of being is [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/161618403720627815822:31
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Now, before someone again shouts "murder". Hybrid immunity is the simple result of vaccination strategy that protects from severe disease and subsequent infection that is near impossible to stop.That does not mean more vulnerable people should not be protected. [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/161618829975165748222:42
LjLand here's another tweeter that's going insane22:44
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Dr. Leana Wen writes that COVID deaths are being overcounted | 14JAN23 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/10gfe2k/dr_leana_wen_writes_that_covid_deaths_are_being/23:40

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