libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2024-01-25

BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Seminar] Dengue: Dengue, caused by four closely related viruses, is a growing global public health concern, with outbreaks capable of overwhelming health-care systems and disrupting economies. Dengue is endemic in more than 100 countries across tropical and [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02576-X/fulltext00:34
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: How long does immunity last after a COVID infection? → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/19evnfg/how_long_does_immunity_last_after_a_covid/01:22
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Study: This protein may be the ‘glue’ that helps COVID virus stick | Perlecan LG3 – a protein most commonly found in blood vessels and the brain – readily formed a stable bond with the COVID spike protein and perhaps enhanced the virus’ [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/19f3iqd/study_this_protein_may_be_the_glue_that_helps/08:25
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: 'The NHS sold out its staff': Doctors whose lives were devastated by long COVID to sue health service → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/19f4yan/the_nhs_sold_out_its_staff_doctors_whose_lives/09:52
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: Use ‘mothballed’ Covid mega lab to help tackle antibiotic resistance, MPs urge → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/19f4yis/use_mothballed_covid_mega_lab_to_help_tackle/10:12
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Essential workers during covid-19: how quickly we forget: There were many heroes during the covid-19 pandemic. Not only did the majority not wear capes, they also did not wear scrubs. We need to celebrate those who kept us fed, watered, supplied, and safe. They were the very definition of “essential workers”: [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj.q179.short10:31
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: A PBM in Africa flips the industry’s script in a bid to make people healthier: Maisha Meds is a PBM. But the nonprofit, which subsidizes medicines and tests aimed at promoting public health, is hesitant to describe itself that way. → https://www.statnews.com/2024/01/25/maisha-meds-pbm/10:41
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Soaring Childhood Obesity From Pandemic Will Cost UK Billions. Obesity rose by 45 percent in reception age pupils (aged 4-5) between 2019/20 and 2020/21, the new analysis from over a million children in England shows. → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/19f669y/soaring_childhood_obesity_from_pandemic_will_cost/11:48
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: Australian experts warn of COVID surge, condemn absence of public health response → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/19f6glq/australian_experts_warn_of_covid_surge_condemn/12:27
BrainstormNew from PubMed: A Deep Learning-Based System for the Assessment of Dental Caries Using Colour Dental Photographs: D1ental caries remains the most common chronic disease in childhood, affecting almost half of all children globally. Dental care and examination of children living in remote and rural areas is an ongoing challenge that [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38269941/12:46
BrainstormNew from Politico: British politics: Nicola Sturgeon branded Boris Johnson a ‘fucking clown’ during Covid → https://www.politico.eu/article/nicola-sturgeon-branded-boris-johnson-fucking-clown-during-pandemic-scotland-england-covid/12:56
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Why does COVID-19 make you sneeze? | Viral protein stimulates nerves in respiratory passages, could be target for treatment → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/19f8vfu/why_does_covid19_make_you_sneeze_viral_protein/14:14
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Airborne infection risk plummets in face of metal nanoparticle spray | Silver oxide and copper oxide sprays provide a greater than 99% antiviral activity during a 24-hour period examined in the study. → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/19f9lac/airborne_infection_risk_plummets_in_face_of_metal/15:03
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: us: Maternal COVID-19 Vaccination Linked to Reduced Neonatal Respiratory Distress → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/maternal-covid-19-vaccination-linked-to-reduced-neonatal-respiratory-distress15:32
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Two genomics powerhouses team up to expand infectious disease surveillance: The U.K.’s Wellcome Sanger Institute and South Africa’s Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation are teaming up to expand infectious disease surveillance. → https://www.statnews.com/2024/01/25/infectious-disease-wellcome-sanger-centre-for-epidemic-response-and-innovation/17:10
BrainstormNew from Eric Topol on Substack: Jonathan Howard, author of We Want Them Infected: A physician diligently tracked physician and researcher propagated misinformation during the pandemic → https://erictopol.substack.com/p/jonathan-howard-author-of-we-want17:39
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Temperature-dependent Spike-ACE2 interaction of Omicron subvariants is associated with viral transmission → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/19fe3x5/temperaturedependent_spikeace2_interaction_of/18:09
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Health: HPV vaccine study finds zero cases of cervical cancer among women vaccinated before age 14 → https://www.statnews.com/2024/01/25/hpv-vaccine-prevent-cervical-cancer-cervarix-gardasil-study/18:19
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: ‘If Exercise Could Cure This, I Would Have Been Cured So Quickly’: In the weeks after she caught COVID, in May 2022, Lauren Shoemaker couldn’t wait to return to her usual routine of skiing, backpacking, and pregaming her family’s eight-mile [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/01/long-covid-exercise-post-exertional-malaise/677242/18:30
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Study: Vaccinated patients have lower risk of long COVID → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/19fg0m6/study_vaccinated_patients_have_lower_risk_of_long/19:28
LjLthat seems like good news19:56
LjL"sex was predominantly female (84% f / 16% m)"20:04
LjLthat seems skewed in a way that requires explanation...20:04
BrainstormNew from Eric Topol on Mastodon: (news): Pronounced cognitive slowing in individuals with Long Covid as compared with matched controls using objective testing in a new multicenter report → https://mstdn.social/@erictopol/11181816132095986220:17
LjLthat seems like less good news20:22
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: Study: Vaccinated patients have lower risk of long COVID | CIDRAP: Item Type Web Page URL https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-vaccinated-patients-have-lower-risk-long-covid Date 2024-01-24 Accessed 2024-01-25 19:21:45 Language en Short Title Study → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/RQ3WP27320:27
BrainstormNew from NPR Science: JN.1 takes over as the most prevalent COVID-19 variant. Here's what you need to know: The CDC estimates that up to 86% of new COVID-19 cases stem from the latest mutation. The virus continues to evolve so rapidly that "our immune systems have not been able to keep up," an [... want %more?] → https://www.npr.org/2024/01/25/1226770948/covid-jn-1-most-prevalent-variant21:06
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: Ongoing brain injury caused by COVID-19 may not always be detected by routine tests: markers of brain injury are present in the blood many months after COVID-19 infection, despite inflammation blood tests being normal. - [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/19fkwdi/ongoing_brain_injury_caused_by_covid19_may_not/23:51

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