libera/##covid-19/ Wednesday, 2023-10-25

BrainstormNew from Eric Topol on Mastodon: (news): Under population immunity pressure, the SARS-CoV-2 virus will keep finding ways to spread and evade our immune system → https://mstdn.social/@erictopol/11129221265986263900:00
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Indeed, integrated IFN-b induced a strong lung CD8 + T cell response and heightened the activation of mucosal virus-specific CD4+ T cells compared to the interferon-null vaccine. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11129241671924395100:49
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Is disease activity associated with social support and psychological distress in Crohns disease patients? Results of a cross-sectional study in a Chinese hospital population: Objectives This study aims to assess the relative of social support and psychological distress in disease activity among [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/13/10/e07621904:44
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Ruby Princess passengers win class action lawsuit against Carnival Australia over COVID outbreak on ill-fated voyage → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/17fyejs/ruby_princess_passengers_win_class_action_lawsuit/08:28
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Long-term health impacts of COVID-19 among 242,712 adults in England → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/17fzyq8/longterm_health_impacts_of_covid19_among_242712/10:28
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Insights into the diagnosis, vaccines, and control of Taenia solium, a zoonotic, neglected parasite: Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis (TSTC) is a foodborne, zoonotic neglected tropical disease affecting predominately low- and middle-income countries. Humans are definitive hosts for T. solium, whereas pigs act [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37876008/11:08
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Prevalence and Impact of Gastrointestinal Manifestations in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review: CONCLUSION: Presence of GI symptoms in COVID-19 patients has shown to have a positive association with the poor disease prognosis likely as a result of direct viral toxicity. It is important for the physicians to [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37877065/12:47
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Research shows small reduction in long COVID with antiviral use → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/17g1x34/research_shows_small_reduction_in_long_covid_with/12:57
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Health care workers report increase in burnout, harassment since the COVID pandemic: CDC → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/17g21g1/health_care_workers_report_increase_in_burnout/13:07
BrainstormNew from ECDC: The European Respiratory Virus Surveillance Summary (ERVISS): This interactive dashboard provides a weekly integrated epidemiological summary for influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/european-respiratory-virus-surveillance-summary-erviss13:37
BrainstormNew from BMJ: WHO pandemic treaty: Negotiations falter as pharma companies warn that intellectual property rules will harm profits: Pharmaceutical representatives and Germany’s health ministry have publicly opposed the latest draft of the World Health Organization’s pandemic treaty as a disagreement over waiving [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p2475.short16:08
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Health: ‘We’re absolutely making it too hard’: The complexity of adult immunization delivery hinders vaccine uptake → https://www.statnews.com/2023/10/25/adult-vaccines-flu-covid-tdap-complexity/17:07
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Convalescent Plasma for Covid-19–Induced ARDS in Mechanically Ventilated Patients → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/17g7czm/convalescent_plasma_for_covid19induced_ards_in/17:37
BrainstormNew from LitCovid: (news): Long-term health impacts of COVID-19 among 242,712 adults in England. → https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/3787553619:58
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: America May Be Missing Out on a Better COVID Treatment: Japan is home to an untold number of conveniences and delights that American consumers regularly go without: Faster public transit ! Better sunscreen ! Lychee KitKats ! But as we head into sick season, [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/10/xocova-ensitrelvir-covid-antiviral/675768/20:28
LjLhmm, after reading the whole article, the Japanese drug may not be so bad, although it targets a different kind of patient than Paxlovid21:06
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Canada’s health-care crisis is gendered: How the burden of care falls to women (based on the book Conscripted to Care: Women on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response) → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/17gc5fj/canadas_healthcare_crisis_is_gendered_how_the/21:09
LjLde-facto, https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/09/cyprus-island-cats-fip-disease-outbreak-covid/675356/ you will probably get mad at the indiscriminate use of molnupiravir in cats (but, hey, Cyprus did have a very new and unusual epidemic they now could do something about), but anyway this article contains a few suggestive kernels21:15
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Rebound Study: A Prospective Cohort Study to Evaluate Viral and Symptom Rebound Differences in Participants Treated With Nirmatrelvir Plus Ritonavir Versus Untreated Controls: Item Type Journal Article Author Jay A. Pandit Author Jennifer M. Radin Author [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/SKSKXVU321:18
LjLand... this article https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/11/paxlovid-covid-drug-hesitancy/672210/ spends a long time discussing why people refuse Paxlovid, but also says that onlt 20%-30% of those offered it do refuse it (in the US), so maybe the real problem isn't refusal to take it but that it's not prescribed enough? that certainly seems to be a problem in many parts of Europe, like the UK, where the rules to prescribe it were utterly ridiculous, but21:21
LjLthe US is usually more liberal (as long as you pay)21:21
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: CDC: Limited Supply of RSV Immunization Nirsevimab: The federal agency sent out a health advisory to change the prescribing recommendations for the newer preventative respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)  monoclonal antibody. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/cdc-limited-supply-of-rsv-immunization-nirsevimab22:29
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): The severity of COVID-19 is a clear risk factor. Although not established in this study, immunity reduces COVID-19 severity. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11129787735121494123:58

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