libera/##covid-19/ Saturday, 2023-12-16

BrainstormNew from Retraction Watch: Weekend reads: A new retraction record; corrections by Harvard president; when patents cite retracted papers: Would you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? The week at [... want %more?] → https://retractionwatch.com/2023/12/16/weekend-reads-a-new-retraction-record-corrections-by-harvard-president-when-patents-cite-retracted-papers/12:10
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Additional Doses of RSV Monoclonal Antibody Being Made Available in January: The unprecedented demand for the pediatric RSV immunization, nirsevimab-alip, has resulted in a dramatic uptake in production. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/additional-doses-of-rsv-monoclonal-antibody-being-made-available-in-january13:45
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 1070: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin: In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses monkeypox and chickenpox co-infection in southern Nigeria, vaccine effectiveness against influenza A, SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody titers in maternal blood, umbilical cord blood, and breast milk, [... want %more?] → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1070/15:30
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): the most unhealthy who have been hospitalised for Covid-19 or flu causing much selection bias. This is not meaningful to draw conclusions from which infection is worse or any longterm consequences. Unfortunately, that is already reported everywhere. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11159072905690045916:17
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: COVID-19 v. Flu: A ‘much more serious threat,’ new study into long-term risks concludes → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/18jtejg/covid19_v_flu_a_much_more_serious_threat_new/16:27
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Pay attention in case of later accusations:  35,541 participants were assigned to receive the mRNA-1345 vaccine (17,793 participants) or placebo (17,748). Yep, that is another placebo-controlled RCT!! → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11159114926981465718:03
BrainstormNew from Eric Topol on Substack: A Covid Update: For recent developments in the world of Covid, there’s a lot to summarize. → https://erictopol.substack.com/p/a-covid-update20:17
LjLEric Topol got COVID!21:17
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: A Covid Update: Item Type Blog Post Author Eric Topol URL https://erictopol.substack.com/p/a-covid-update Date 2023-12-16 Accessed 2023-12-16 20:17:32 Website Type Substack newsletter Blog Title Ground Truths → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/3HPZBG9D21:24
BrainstormNew from Eric Topol on Mastodon: LongCovid: There's plenty going on in the world of Covid. Here's an update that includes the JN.1 variant, US status, the booster, # LongCovid , new inhalation vaccine data, and my bout. In a new Ground Truths (it's free, always will be, so please consider subscribing) → https://mstdn.social/@erictopol/11159211591276393922:12
BrainstormNew from Eric Topol on Mastodon: LongCovid: There's plenty going on in the world of Covid. Here's an update that includes the JN.1 variant, US status, the booster, # LongCovid , new inhalation vaccine data, and my bout. In a new Ground Truths (it's free, always will be, so please consider subscribing) → https://mstdn.social/@erictopol/11159211591276393922:12
xxLjL: first time?22:30
LjLxx, yes22:34
xxreally cool how he can just take metformin just because he wants to, but if a regular person wants it they need a dr prescription22:37
LjLprobably pays off to be more than a regular person22:43
LjLor at least, it's more extreme. irregular person are like, either in jail or in a house made of gold22:43
LjLyou're a pretty irregular person too but more the "rocket may fall on my head at any time" kind22:44
xxICBM might fall on your head too any time though22:54
xxwe'd need to move to middle of nowhere, probably africa, away from population centers, to avoid both covid and rockets22:55
LjLshould figure out how to stop climate change first before doing that23:08
xxclimate change will hopefully stop both covid and rockets though23:09
LjLwe were talking about us surviving, focus23:10
xxI think we'd be fine23:14
LjLfine fine death23:16
xxyou're more resilient than you think23:21
xxbillions of people have been breeding in africa for thousands of years even in the most inhospitable places23:21
xxand the evolutionary adaptations remain at least a little bit23:22

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