libera/##covid-19/ Tuesday, 2022-04-19

BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): One way masking works, if you wear the right maskKN95, KF94 or betterFor those at risk from Covid, or who want added safety even as those around them unmaskA high quality mask worn properly can afford a measurable degree of added [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/151617844630037300100:18
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +2956 cases, +2 deaths since 6 hours ago00:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Josiah 'So Mild' Grindrod (@JT_Grindrod): Raise your hand if you've been called an anti-vaxxer for wanting more vaccines   → https://twitter.com/JT_Grindrod/status/151619255926085632501:16
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): New and reassuring data from a prospective study of nearly 600 people immunocompromised from hematologic cancers: 3 doses of mRNA induces a strong neutralizing antibody response in most, similar to healthy controlsmedrxiv.org/content/10.110… pic.twitter.com/4eqXyoCqPr → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151620177417190195401:56
BrainstormUpdates for S. Sudan: +39 cases since 4 days ago02:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): Salient @trvrb  Continued evolution of Omicron:A bad news “good” news storyBad: Omicron evolving in ways to improve its spreadGood: More Omicron becomes dominant lineage; less likely a divergent evolution eventWe can advance vaccines [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/151621443588660429302:45
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Efficacy and Safety of Vitamin D Supplementation to Prevent COVID-19 in Frontline Healthcare Workers. A Randomized Clinical Trial → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/u6syce/efficacy_and_safety_of_vitamin_d_supplementation/03:25
-Bridgestorm- ⭕ Linog! Lindol! Earthquake! 6.0 M tremor, registered by EMSC,GFZ, with 24 reports, 1 early, occurred 9 minutes ago (01:23:12 UTC), during daytime, Santiago, Philippines (7.15, 126.88) ± 3 km likely felt 360 km away (in Mati…) by 313100 people (www.seismicportal.eu)03:33
-Bridgestorm- 🏠 Linog? Lindol? Earthquake? M5+ estimated tremor, registered by GEOFON, with 49 reports, possibly occurred 10 minutes ago (01:23:00 UTC), during daytime, Panikian, Philippines (7.1, 126.11) ± 55 km, ↓3 km likely felt 130 km away (in Mati, Davao City, Tagum…) by 3.6 million people (Twitter)03:33
-Bridgestorm- ⭕ Linog! Lindol! Earthquake! 6.0 M tremor, registered by EMSC,GFZ, with 25 reports, 2 early, occurred 10 minutes ago (01:23:12 UTC), during daytime, Santiago, Philippines (7.15, 126.88) ± 3 km likely felt 370 km away (in Mati…) by 313100 people (Twitter)03:34
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom): Completely insane.After the BA.2 wave, sure. Now? It's just willful disregard for the health of vulnerable Americans. twitter.com/nytimes/status… → https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/151623170448617881603:54
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Amesh Adalja (@AmeshAA): In this piece I am quoted about masks on planes for #COVID19 — I think planes have high enough air exchange to be one of the lowest risk places. There’s not a need for continuing the govt mandate. popsugar.com/fitness/should… → https://twitter.com/AmeshAA/status/151624687554809856004:52
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +4988 cases since 12 hours ago06:06
-Bridgestorm- ⭕ Earthquake! 6.4 Mlv tremor, registered by 4 agencies, 1 early, occurred 16 minutes ago (04:33:43 UTC), during daytime, Tonga Islands (-21.23, -173.49) ± 16 km, ↓72 km likely felt 370 km away (in Nukuʻalofa…) by 24500 people (service.geonet.org.nz)06:50
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against severe disease from the Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 subvariants: surveillance results from southern Sweden, December 2021 to March 2022 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/u6xbtt/covid19_vaccine_effectiveness_against_severe/07:20
BrainstormUpdates for Shanghai, China: +12338 cases, +10 deaths since 2 days ago — New York, United States: +11666 cases, +11 deaths since a day ago — Tatarstan, Russia: +245 cases, +4 deaths since 23 hours ago — Pskov, Russia: +91 cases, +4 deaths since 23 hours ago07:59
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: Jacob Rees-Mogg calls for civil servants to return to the office → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/u6xu41/jacob_reesmogg_calls_for_civil_servants_to_return/08:18
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | April 19, 2022: Please refer to our Wiki for more information on COVID-19 and our sub. You can find answers to frequently asked questions in our FAQ , where there is valuable information such as our: → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/u6yyu0/daily_discussion_thread_april_19_2022/09:06
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +1727 cases, +2 deaths, +118285 tests since a day ago10:04
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: About 30% of COVID patients develop “Long COVID,” UCLA research finds → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/u6z50y/about_30_of_covid_patients_develop_long_covid/10:24
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Covid hasn’t given up all its secrets. Here are 6 mysteries experts hope to unravel: More than two years after SARS-CoV-2 appeared, there are still many mysteries about the virus and the pandemic it caused. STAT examined six key mysteries that scientists are beginning to… → https://www.statnews.com/2022/04/19/six-covid-mysteries-including-how-it-will-evolve/10:34
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Covid-19: Is the US compensation scheme for vaccine injuries fit for purpose?: “My toes move constantly, 24 hours a day, uncontrollably back and forth,” says Chris Dreisbach, a 44 year old attorney who was admitted to hospital with debilitating neurological symptoms after a... → http://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o919.short11:35
BrainstormNew from Johnson&Johnson: Johnson & Johnson Reports Q1 2022 Results: Total sales growth of 5.0% to $23.4 Billion with operational growth of 7.7%* and adjusted operational growth of 7.9%*Earnings per share of $1.93 decreasing 16.8% and adjusted earnings per share of $2.67 increasing 3.1%*Company maintaining 2022 [... want %more?] → https://www.jnj.com/johnson-johnson-reports-q1-2022-results12:32
BrainstormNew from Novavax: (news): Novavax Announces Approval of Nuvaxovid  COVID-19 Vaccine for Primary and Booster Immunization in Japan → https://ir.novavax.com/2022-04-19-Novavax-Announces-Approval-of-Nuvaxovid-TM-COVID-19-Vaccine-for-Primary-and-Booster-Immunization-in-Japan13:20
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 19APR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/u733mq/global_covid_cases_for_19apr22/13:49
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): Promising results for Moderna's bivalent ancestral+Beta mRNA vaccine. >2x increase of neutralizing antibody titers against Omicron following vaccination with this vaccine compared to with original formulation. Had hoped for one with Omicron mRNA sequence [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/151638976956301721714:19
BrainstormNew from BMJ: The delivery plan for tackling the covid-19 backlog of elective care falls short: Treating the more than six million people currently on the elective waiting list in the UK is a gargantuan task. There are no easy solutions, and the list is likely to get longer before it gets... → http://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o995.short14:58
BrainstormNew from NIH Director's blog: Tuberculosis: An Ancient Disease in Need of Modern Scientific Tools: Although COVID-19 has dominated our attention for the past two years, tuberculosis (TB), an ancient scourge, remains a dominating infectious disease globally, with an [... want %more?] → https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2022/04/19/tuberculosis-an-ancient-disease-in-need-of-modern-scientific-tools/15:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): At the airport, with no interest for a visit with BA.2 or serving as an asymptomatic vector. Tight fit KN 94 underneath pic.twitter.com/nSRLI7ivkV → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151640474058158489615:18
xxwhy is topol even flying?15:19
xxplus he has no eye protection15:19
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: Global demand for Pfizer Covid-19 pill falls; biotech hub in Massachusetts set for a correction → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/04/19/covid19-pfizer-jnj-patents-peta/15:27
JuerdCan't even get paxlovid here (Europe)...15:34
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Coronavirus Found in Human Feces Up to 7 Months After Infection: This could explain why some COVID patients develop GI symptoms like abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. → https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220418/coronavirus-found-in-human-feces-up-to-7-months-after-infection15:47
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Yet more progress in inducing broad neutralizing variant-proof antibodies that would be effective across sarbecoviruses.  Towards the pan-coronavirus vaccine we need.  @ScienceTM science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151641990631674267016:26
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Latest genomic update: BA.2.12.1 increased to 19%, has a transmission advantage over BA.2 twitter.com/cyrusshahpar46… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151642317051704525816:36
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +2583 cases, +16 deaths since 21 hours ago17:04
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Meningitis vaccine could protect against gonorrhoea, studies find: The meningitis vaccine could be used to provide some protection against gonorrhoea, researchers have said.In a collection of studies published in Lancet Infectious Diseases they reported that two... → http://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o997.short17:34
xx"two doses of the 4CMenB vaccine were around 33% to 40% effective against gonorrhoea in adolescents and young adults"17:39
xxyeah, no17:39
dTalforcey menby17:41
BrainstormNew from LitCovid: (news): SARS-CoV-2 in inflammatory bowel disease population: Antibodies, disease and correlation with therapy. → https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/3543274517:54
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +45045 cases, +26 deaths since 17 hours ago18:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Jeffrey Barrett (@jcbarret): LFG. Rolling out Omicron or Omicron-plus vaccines is the kind of big society bet worth making that we haven’t seen in too long. twitter.com/bob_wachter/st… → https://twitter.com/jcbarret/status/151644760825604915918:14
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Omicron splinters into fast-spreading lineages, highlighting coronavirus’s evolution: Scientists around the world are discovering and tracking newer forms of the Omicron coronavirus variant, showing how even when a strain becomes [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2022/04/19/omicron-splinters-into-fast-spreading-lineages-highlighting-coronaviruss-evolution/18:44
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Docs Watch With ‘Some Anxiety’ For Post-Holiday COVID Spike: Just beyond our first batch of holidays since Christmas and New Year’s Eve – which led to a massive Omicron spike – the medical community is watching closely for a potential rise in cases. → https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220419/docs-watch-with-some-anxiety-for-post-holiday-covid-spike18:54
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +27326 cases, +127 deaths, +174098 tests since 22 hours ago — Canada: +3086 cases, +17 deaths since 20 hours ago19:09
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: New Omicron XE variant will 'most likely' become dominant strain in NI, GP says → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/u7aeyu/new_omicron_xe_variant_will_most_likely_become/19:24
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): New @CDCMMWR The benefit of vaccination in children age 5-11 for reduction in hospitalizations and the frequency of kids hospitalized with no underlying conditionscdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151647394836757299619:52
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +116306 cases, +482 deaths since 4 days ago — Japan: +40826 cases, +52 deaths since 23 hours ago20:06
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: CDC Launches New Center to Forecast Infectious Diseases: The Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics launched today. The CDC intends the CFA to predict future infectious disease pandemics and assist leaders in coordinating a response. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/cdc-launches-new-center-to-forecast-infectious-diseases20:12
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): COVID-19–related illness was the primary reason for admission among a lower proportion of hospitalized children aged 5–11 years during the Omicron period (73%) compared with the Delta period (84%) → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151648404164572774620:32
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: USDA APHIS | One Health - SARS-CoV-2 in Animals - Confirmed Cases of SARS-CoV-2 in Animals in the United States → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/u7c2j6/usda_aphis_one_health_sarscov2_in_animals/20:42
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Highlighting COVID-19 racial disparities can reduce support for safety precautions among White U.S. residents - Exposure to information about COVID-19 racial disparities reduced empathy. • Reduced empathy and fear of [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/u7cbp6/highlighting_covid19_racial_disparities_can/20:51
BrainstormNew from FDA Press Releases: FDA Warns of Risks Associated with Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening Tests: Today, the FDA is warning the public of the risk of false results, inappropriate use and inappropriate interpretation of results with non-invasive prenatal [... want %more?] → http://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-warns-risks-associated-non-invasive-prenatal-screening-tests21:30
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Study suggests worse outcomes for awake COVID patients in prone position: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Apr 19, 2022 A commentary, however, cautions about applying the findings to all patient populations. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/04/study-suggests-worse-outcomes-awake-covid-patients-prone-position21:40
BrainstormUpdates for France: +25490 cases, +182 deaths since 23 hours ago22:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Why is misinformation so dangerous? Covid vaccine concerns are starting to spill over into routine immunizationspolitico.com/news/2022/04/1… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151650765942752871622:10
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): "Kids aren’t getting caught up on routine shots they missed during the pandemic, many vaccination proponents are pointing to Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy as a big reason why." “We just want to keep measles, polio, and all the things we vaccinate against out of [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151650766170509722222:20
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Masks off on US public transit as COVID-19 cases rise: Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Apr 19, 2022 Also, new CDC data show that 9 of 10 young kids hospitalized with Omicron were not vaccinated. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/04/masks-us-public-transit-covid-19-cases-rise22:39
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Vaccines are safe and work very well. If you claim otherwise: that is allowed, but only with arguments substantiated with data. The same goes for scientists and doctors: claiming something without substantiation is not science but misconduct. → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151651844099087565322:49
BrainstormUpdates for Singapore: +4718 cases since a day ago — Spain: +74679 cases, +455 deaths since 7 days ago — Canada: +4570 cases since 6 hours ago23:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Good. A judge should not be the decider of public health matters. In due course, masks should be optional. But not when we're in the midst of the BA.2 (and BA2.12.1) wave. twitter.com/kaitlancollins… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151652371304212480723:18
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): New genomic surveillance:BA.2.12.1 (which is more transmissible than BA.2) is increasing in prevalence, now 19% and much higher in NYCContinued evolution of Omicron suggests it’s becoming dominant lineage; increases likelihood we eventually [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/151653496552937062923:56

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