libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2023-11-30

BrainstormNew from Eric Topol on Mastodon: (news): "The development of vaccines that elicit strong and lasting mucosal antibody responses would be vital to curtail infectious [SARS-CoV-2] shedding and further transmission." → https://mstdn.social/@erictopol/11149660912487984301:22
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Why You Are More Likely to Get Sick This Winter, in Charts: With Covid-19 here to stay alongside flu and RSV, wintertime illnesses have become harder to dodge → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1874z4t/why_you_are_more_likely_to_get_sick_this_winter/01:41
LjLBrainstorm, get lost02:05
BrainstormLjL: again, it just gets destroyed by the locals02:05
LjLBrainstorm, YOU are more likely to get deactivated this winter02:05
BrainstormLjL: is a variant with the word I'd want to end up saying "You need to find it a pandemic regime, due to R<102:05
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: The Four Deadly Ways COVID Vaccines KiII: Insights from Dr. Peter McCullough | 29NOV23 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/1877uno/the_four_deadly_ways_covid_vaccines_kiii_insights/03:55
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Interim analysis of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation and death using electronic health records in six European countries: This report presents pooled COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness (VE) estimates for the [... want %more?] → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/interim-analysis-covid-19-vaccine-effectiveness-against-hospitalisation-and-death09:58
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (translated) (**news): **Verkoudhied And flu**achtige **verschijnselen be especially at #this moment caused through **SARS-**CoV-2 and **RSV, with a marked contribution from this a lot **Rhinovirussen. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11149873193107741710:18
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: Medicine: Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Evusheld, tixagevimab,cilgavimab, COVID-19 virus infection, Date of authorisation: 25/03/2022, Revision: 6, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/evusheld10:27
BrainstormNew from StatNews: First Opinion: Opinion: Diagnostic tests for rare conditions present a mathematical conundrum → https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/30/lab-derived-tests-diagnostics-rare-diseases-mathematical-limits/10:37
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among healthcare workers in Dutch hospitals after the 2020 first wave: a multicentre cross-sectional study with prospective follow-up: CONCLUSIONS: The SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in unvaccinated HCWs of 13 Dutch hospitals was 14% in June-July 2020 and remained stable after [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38031155/11:06
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Annual boosters also do not mean vaccines don´t work or do not work for long. Vulnerable groups have less powerful immune systems, they benefit from boosters, really “boosting” immune ability. These benefits are clear and we should really make good use of them. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11149919678771436812:14
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Good use means providing clear information and education, countering falsehoods. Easy access to vaccines, not putting up barriers. We need to better consider economic disparities, the impact of sick pay, housing conditions, and even access to the internet to break chains. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11149919714542416812:23
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: Sick Season Will Be Worse From Now On: Last fall, when RSV and flu came roaring back from a prolonged and erratic hiatus, and COVID was still killing thousands of Americans each week , many of the United States’ leading infectious-disease experts offered the [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/11/flu-season-winter-sickness-covid/676173/13:21
BrainstormNew from Politico: Matt Hancock at the COVID inquiry: All the cringe-inducing moments: The ex-health secretary — a divisive figure in Westminster — is facing a two-day grilling on his pandemic response. → https://www.politico.eu/article/matt-hancock-covid-inquiry-uk-cringe-moments-former-british-health-secretary/14:47
de-facto%title https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2023-DON49416:52
Brainstormde-facto: From www.who.int: Upsurge of respiratory illnesses among children-Northern China16:52
LjLde-facto, so for now at least they seem convinced that China's stance that it's just well-known pathogens occurring all at the same time is accurate17:36
de-factowell yeah i would not trust a word from China, but that also does not mean its wrong, we just should keep an eye on this17:38
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Interestingly, glatiramer acetate (copaxone), an FDA-approved immunomodulator to treat multiple sclerosis, was tested and the authors found that it inhibits ME/CFS antibody digestion of MBP. Early days to be too optimistic or certain of this, but worth looking into. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11150048097516358517:43
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Gray Matter Thickness and Subcortical Nuclear Volume in Men After SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Infection → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/187nu6s/gray_matter_thickness_and_subcortical_nuclear/18:32
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Schools across the U.S. will soon be able to order free COVID tests → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/187on5d/schools_across_the_us_will_soon_be_able_to_order/19:01
LjL%title https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cdc-revamps-wastewater-covid-data-reporting19:36
BrainstormLjL: From www.cidrap.umn.edu: CDC revamps wastewater COVID data reporting | CIDRAP19:36
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: Texas AG accuses Pfizer of ‘intentionally’ overstating Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness: The Texas attorney general has filed a lawsuit accusing Pfizer of “unlawfully” and “intentionally” misrepresenting the effectiveness of its Covid-19 vaccine and [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2023/11/30/pfizer-covid19-vaccine-texas-paxton/22:19
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): In people without B cells, such as due to genetics or therapy, T cell responses are increased; T cells exhibited greater reactivity and proliferative capacity as compared with controls. Vaccination still reduced the risk of severe disease in these patients, almost 5-fold. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11150174895162256623:07

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