libera/##covid-19/ Monday, 2023-03-06

BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): This has been observed and reported before. It concerns cohorts infected in the first wave (April 1, 2020, to July 31, 2021), prior to immunity from vaccines: and could account for a significant proportion of access deaths.nature.com/articles/s4159… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/163252800596368588900:55
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Melissa Rein-Lively’s Autograph on the ‘Fauci Finger’ Pulls in $50,000 in 24 Hours → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/11jlfii/melissa_reinlivelys_autograph_on_the_fauci_finger/03:21
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Farrar is now chief scientist of WHO. As such he is now in an even more powerful position to decide whether to rule out any hypothesis about SARSCoV2 origins and make it WHO-official twitter.com/BiophysicsFL/s… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/163257541794008678404:00
BrainstormUpdates for New Zealand: +11439 cases since 2 days ago04:05
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +1 cases since a day ago06:04
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: CA to end mask requirement, vaccine mandate for health care workers → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/11jq0qq/ca_to_end_mask_requirement_vaccine_mandate_for/06:55
BrainstormUpdates for Saint Petersburg, Russia: +1499 cases, +10 deaths since 23 hours ago — Voronezh, Russia: +439 cases since 23 hours ago — Leningrad, Russia: +436 cases since 23 hours ago — Sverdlovsk, Russia: +389 cases since 23 hours ago07:00
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: New evidence released by Subcommittee suggests Fauci “prompted” the drafting of a publication that would “disprove” the lab leak theory. → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/11jr2i8/new_evidence_released_by_subcommittee_suggests/07:54
BrainstormUpdates for Pakistan: +49 cases since a day ago08:02
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Ivermectin booster Dr. Tess Lawrie goes all-in for homeopathy for COVID and long COVID: Tess Lawrie has been promoting ivermectin for COVID-19 for two and a half years. Of late, she has becoming more of a general [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/ivermectin-booster-dr-tess-lawrie-goes-all-in-for-homeopathy-for-covid-and-long-covid/09:11
BrainstormUpdates for Punjab, Pakistan: +90 cases since 3 days ago — Kerala, India: +69 cases since a day ago — Tamil Nadu, India: +28 cases since a day ago — Sindh, Pakistan: +23 cases since 3 days ago10:07
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: The clinical outcomes of COVID-19 critically ill patients co-infected with other respiratory viruses: a multicenter, cohort study → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/11jtwpm/the_clinical_outcomes_of_covid19_critically_ill/10:29
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): The third is that given the chaotic way in which testing and closures were discussed and implemented, little planning or preparation went into dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic before late March 2020. → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/163269509947691827211:58
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Global prevalence of post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) condition or long COVID: A meta-analysis and systematic review → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/11jvtb4/global_prevalence_of_postcoronavirus_disease_2019/12:08
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Post-COVID Syndrome in Adults-An Overview → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/11jw2fs/postcovid_syndrome_in_adultsan_overview/12:27
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 06MAR23 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/11jwebs/global_covid_cases_for_06mar23/12:37
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Insulin: Eli Lilly cuts price to $35 a month in US after pleas from patients and president: The giant drug company Eli Lilly has reduced the price of its insulins to $35 (£27; €31) a month for the US’s eight million insulin dependent patients with diabetes, after campaigns by patients’ advocates and [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj.p536.short13:16
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Matt Hancock texts reveal concern at plans to relax Covid isolation → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-6485875813:35
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: Weekly Scientific Discussion Thread - March 06, 2023: 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/11jya8i/weekly_scientific_discussion_thread_march_06_2023/14:04
BrainstormNew from ScienceNews: Bird flu can jump to mammals. Should we worry?: Reports of bears and sea lions infected with H5N1 have sparked fears about the pandemic potential of bird flu. Experts are keeping a close eye on its spread. → //www.sciencenews.org/article/bird-flu-mammals-influenza-pandemic15:04
BrainstormUpdates for Qatar: +215 cases, +1 deaths since 12 hours ago — Latvia: +67 cases, +492 tests since 3 days ago15:06
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Burden of Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Viruses in Suspected COVID-19 Patients: A Cross-Sectional and Meta-Analysis Study → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/11k04kk/burden_of_influenza_and_respiratory_syncytial/15:23
BrainstormUpdates for Romania: +5704 cases, +32 deaths, +74368 tests since 7 days ago — Croatia: +334 cases, +16 deaths, +18305 tests since 6 days ago — Saudi Arabia: +98 cases, +3947 tests since a day ago — Canada: +1358 cases, +36 deaths since 17 hours ago16:08
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: More people hospitalised with coronavirus, total nears 1,000 → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/11k18u2/more_people_hospitalised_with_coronavirus_total/16:12
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Vaccine-related deaths: While there have been deaths in Australia caused by the administration of COVID-19 vaccines, the number of such deaths has been small.  Likely impact in Australia: Negligible. → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/163277139346813337617:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): A criticism of the models used to infer case #1 in Wuhan was a non-human animal as opposed to a human animal: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/163277525779391692917:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Self-directed Abs (autoantibodies) against specific chemokines (cell secreted proteins) are linked with protection from #LongCovid nature.com/articles/s4159… @NatImmunol pic.twitter.com/80uncmfTSp → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/163277687319232921617:21
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: New Covid Boosters’ Protection Waned After Two Months, Study Says → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/11k36kg/new_covid_boosters_protection_waned_after_two/17:32
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): A challenge to the conclusion that the times and locations of detected sequences mostly clustering around the market definitively establishes the first cases as being at the market (i.e. first case being elsewhere in Wuhan not ruled out):arxiv.org/abs/2208.10106 → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/163278290653087334717:42
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Hong Kongers Keep Wearing Masks Despite Lifting of Mandate → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/11k4z0t/hong_kongers_keep_wearing_masks_despite_lifting/18:21
LjLTwitter: https://imgur.com/a/W6CBGiC18:50
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Long COVID Takes Toll on Already Stretched Health Care Workforce: The system has lost 20% of its workforce over the course of the pandemic, with hospital understaffing at hospitals resulting in burnout and fatigue among frontline medical professionals. → https://www.webmd.com/covid/news/20230306/long-covid-takes-toll-on-health-care-system19:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Very good newsMetformin significantly helped prevent #LongCovid in a placebo-controlled randomized trial, a 42% relative reduction papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… by @BramanteCarolynand colleagues pic.twitter.com/4uUZVINq62 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/163281210420090880019:41
BrainstormUpdates for Serbia: +953 cases, +9 deaths since a day ago — Canada: +37 deaths since 21 hours ago20:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Humans with inherited MyD88 and IRAK-4 deficiencies are predisposed to hypoxemic COVID-19 pneumoniaReduced ability of innate recognition = more chance of disease.rupress.org/jem/article/22… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/163281974501885542620:10
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Bivalent booster effectiveness against severe COVID-19 outcomes in Finland, September 2022 - January 2023 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/11kb3xd/bivalent_booster_effectiveness_against_severe/20:30
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Dieles Stolk (@DCSZ14): U.S. Considers Vaccinating Chickens as Bird Flu Kills Millions of Them.The largest outbreak of avian influenza in U.S. history has driven up egg prices and raised concerns about a human pandemic, though C.D.C. experts say the risk of that is low.nytimes.com/2023/03/06/us/… → https://twitter.com/DCSZ14/status/163283786407239270421:29
BrainstormNew from Outbreak News Today: Polio eradication is possible only through ensuring the highest possible vaccination coverage worldwide and maintaining it indefinitely: The recent public health emergency [... want %more?] → http://outbreaknewstoday.com/polio-eradication-is-possible-only-through-ensuring-the-highest-possible-vaccination-coverage-worldwide-and-maintaining-it-indefinitely-16102/22:18
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: 1 in 4 Parents Disregarded COVID-19 Safety Procedures for Their Children: The most common reasons parents cited for hiding a child’s COVID-19 infection included an inability to stay home from work and wanting to make decisions about their [... want %more?] → https://www.onclive.com/view/1-in-4-parents-disregarded-covid-19-safety-procedures-for-their-children22:37
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +1677 cases since 23 hours ago22:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): 3: "Any risk of MOVassociated SARS-CoV-2 mutagenicity must be considered in the context of other risks and benefits of MOV"MOV approval was based on a benefit that we now know doesn't exist for the immune. Potential benefit now only for severely IC, [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/163286651694445773023:16
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): 3: "Any risk of MOVassociated SARS-CoV-2 mutagenicity must be considered in the context of other risks and benefits of MOV"MOV approval was based on a benefit that we now know doesn't exist for the immune. Potential benefit now only for severely IC, [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/163287057161167257623:40
LjLquite sad that polio eradication seemed so close... and now it's nowhere near as close :(23:57

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