libera/##covid-19/ Monday, 2023-11-06

BrainstormNew from BBC Health: NHS pay: Health staff win Covid bonus after legal action threat: Thousands of health workers who were excluded from a bonus will now get the payment, ministers say. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6731498801:32
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: The EPA Has Found More Than a Dozen Contaminants in Drinking Water but Hasn’t Set Safety Limits on Them: by Agnel Philip ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. As [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-safe-drinking-water-act-contaminants-regulation11:02
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: US emergency room visits for firearm injuries among children doubled during the pandemic. Research found there was a pretty dramatic increase right at the start of the pandemic, and then those elevated levels of firearm injuries persisted → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/17ozrbl/us_emergency_room_visits_for_firearm_injuries/11:31
BrainstormNew from BioNTech: BioNTech Announces Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results and Corporate Update: Positive clinical data updates across multiple drug classes including antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidates BNT323/DB-1303, BNT325/DB-1305, CAR-T [... want %more?] → https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/biontech-announces-third-quarter-2023-financial-results-and12:50
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (translated) (news): Yes, neutralizing antibodies are just one part of our immune system. We make many other antibodies and T cells. We store them as memory cells. Although the antibodies decrease, we produce new ones much faster and more after a vaccination/infection. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11136347440725170212:59
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Some Covid Vaccines Are Still Hard to Find → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/17p1906/some_covid_vaccines_are_still_hard_to_find/13:10
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Google Removes COVID-19 Exposure Notifications From Android Settings → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/17p1dex/google_removes_covid19_exposure_notifications/13:19
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Children with long Covid in Scotland 'dismissed and ignored' → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/17p1lfx/children_with_long_covid_in_scotland_dismissed/13:29
BrainstormNew from New Scientist: DNA vaccines coding for live viruses could soon be tested in people: DNA vaccines would be much easier to make and store than mRNA alternatives and should be as effective as conventional vaccines that contain live viruses → https://www.newscientist.com/article/2400932-dna-vaccines-coding-for-live-viruses-could-soon-be-tested-in-people/14:08
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cost of chronic diseases treatment and care at public hospitals in Wallaga zones, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: a hospital-based, cross-sectional study: Objective Globally, around one-third of the population has at least one long-term health condition that [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/13/11/e07019516:32
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): BioNTech Reduces 2023 Revenue Target Due to Lower Vaccine Demand: BioNTech Reduces 2023 Revenue Target Due to Lower Vaccine Demand → https://www.theswedishtimes.se/articles/biontech-reduces-2023-revenue-target-due-to-lower-vaccine-demand16:52
BrainstormNew from Politico: Coronavirus: Boris Johnson called Rishi Sunak’s Treasury a ‘pro-death squad,’ COVID inquiry hears → https://www.politico.eu/article/boris-johnson-covid-inquiry-treasury-pro-death-squad-rishi-sunak-treasury/17:21
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Face masks ward off covid-19, so why are we still arguing about it? → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/17p9uxb/face_masks_ward_off_covid19_so_why_are_we_still/19:55
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Effectiveness of cloth face masks to prevent viral spread: a meta-analysis → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/17pakld/effectiveness_of_cloth_face_masks_to_prevent/20:24
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Boris Johnson referred to Treasury as 'pro-death squad' in Covid meeting → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6733909720:43
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Virus season can be difficult for many people. Do take extra care of them by adhering to good hygiene practices, staying home when infected, urging them, and helping them to get vaccinated. We have had to deal with this every year, but our awareness should now be greater. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11136531544017851420:52
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: The Covid inquiry has laid bare the government’s dereliction of duty: A member of Independent Sage on how British policymakers made up decisions as they went along in the aftermath of the first wave. → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/17pbbf4/the_covid_inquiry_has_laid_bare_the_governments/22:00
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ublxfrom september: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4198601-threads-blocks-covid-related-searches-amid-spiking-cases/23:11
ublx"Meta’s decision comes as COVID-19 has been rising in the United States; hospitalizations from the virus increased to 16 percent last week and has been steadily rising since July, according to data from the CDC."23:12
ublxstumbled on this link while reading: https://www.normalcyfugitive.com/p/the-pandemic-isnt-over23:12
ublxwhich begins "What would the world look like if the pandemic never ended, if Covid was causing widespread, long-term illness, and if all this was being covered up by the government?"23:13
ublxthen dystopia ensues23:13
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Misdiagnosis of systemic allergic reactions to mRNA COVID-19 → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11136599217929328123:45
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Adjusted Cox regression analysis of COVID-19 free survival at the end of follow up period by baseline MERS-CoV status*Adjusted for age at COVID, gender, and major comorbidity (hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases, lung diseases, and renal disease/hemodialysis) → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11136605575367704823:55

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