libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2022-04-22

TurboTech.title https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332222003547?via%3Dihub00:01
BrainstormTurboTech: From www.sciencedirect.com: Changes in the immune response against SARS-CoV-2 in individuals with severe COVID-19 treated with high dose of vitamin D - ScienceDirect00:01
TurboTech.title https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0188440922000455?via%3Dihub00:01
BrainstormTurboTech: From www.sciencedirect.com: Efficacy and Safety of Vitamin D Supplementation to Prevent COVID-19 in Frontline Healthcare Workers. A Randomized Clinical Trial - ScienceDirect00:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Prof. Akiko Iwasaki (@VirusesImmunity): The center will have an ambitious goal: to produce better diagnoses, treatments, and ultimately cures for these diseases. It will also work toward vaccine development, including those directed toward the mucosa that can provide better protection [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/VirusesImmunity/status/151726079302843187300:05
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Most people under 50 don't need 4th Covid-19 shot yet, US CDC panel suggests | 21APR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/u8z8hu/most_people_under_50_dont_need_4th_covid19_shot/00:25
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The @WHO comes out strong in favor of Paxlovid for high-risk individuals in their new recommendations for Covid treatment @bmj_latest bmj.com/content/370/bm…Also updated on Remdesivir and other drug interactivebit.ly/BMJrrcovid pic.twitter.com/qXRvzhaYNl → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151726948516130816100:34
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): "A small and negative association between Covid policy stringency [especially with respect to lockdowns] and mental health" thelancet.com/journals/lanpu… @TheLancetPH → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151727267839406490300:54
BrainstormUpdates for Trinidad and Tobago: +546 cases, +1 deaths since a day ago — Eswatini: +46 cases, +435 tests since a day ago — Canada: +14520 cases, +120 deaths since 23 hours ago — United Kingdom: +21306 cases since 21 hours ago01:09
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Eight New Variants Detected in Delhi Samples, Omicron Sub-lineage BA.2.12 Dominant: Sources → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/u90mai/eight_new_variants_detected_in_delhi_samples/01:42
LjLTurboTech: why are we only now seeing studies conducted in 2020? Sure I understand it takes time to get them in order, but it's a pandemic FCS :|01:56
BrainstormUpdates for Guatemala: +1061 cases, +18 deaths, +10906 tests since a day ago01:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Josiah 'So Mild' Grindrod (@JT_Grindrod): BA.4 and BA.5 are to BA.2 as Delta was to Alpha.And I ask again, what the fuck are we doing? twitter.com/TWenseleers/st… → https://twitter.com/JT_Grindrod/status/151728963698853888002:01
LjL%title https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2791253?guestAccessKey=b76ffbb1-d5c4-4f00-add1-a30d0dce45e702:19
BrainstormLjL: From jamanetwork.com: SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination and Myocarditis in a Nordic Cohort Study of 23 Million Residents | Cardiology | JAMA Cardiology | JAMA Network02:19
LjLThis looks compatible with the other study I always had at the back of my mind, showing about 2 excess events out or 10000 on young makes with the Moderna vaccine, much higher than for Pfizer02:20
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): 2022.04.14: On the possible role of traditional medical preferences in the low vaccination rate for elderly in China and HKtwitter.com/michaelzlin/st… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/151729640811354931202:20
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: Efficacy and Safety of Vitamin D Supplementation to Prevent COVID-19 in Frontline Healthcare Workers. A Randomized Clinical Trial: Type Journal Article Author Miguel A Villasis-Keever Author Mardia G López-Alarcón Author Guadalupe Miranda-Novales Author Jessie N Zurita-Cruz Author [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/3CCR8J6K02:30
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: Changes in the immune response against SARS-CoV-2 in individuals with severe COVID-19 treated with high dose of vitamin D: Type Journal Article Author Montserrat Torres Author Guiomar Casado Author Lorena Vigón Author Sara Rodríguez-Mora Author Elena Mateos Author Fernando [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/UINUN5K302:39
LjL<Brainstorm> New from BBC Health: Longest Covid infection lasted more than 16 months, tests show: UK doctors who treated the patient at a London hospital say persistent infections are still rare. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6117394503:18
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Longest Covid infection lasted more than 16 months, tests show: UK doctors who treated the patient at a London hospital say persistent infections are still rare. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6117394503:19
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Insightful critique of this important study of brain changes after mild Covidnature.com/articles/s4158… pic.twitter.com/BuHfbPvVOK → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151731490315706777603:39
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): I'm impressed how rapidly the US coordinated with other countries and across federal agencies to tackle a new threat, and even brought in expertise from outside government.Now if only the above words had been true for COVID19cnn.com/2022/04/21/pol… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/151733101732065689604:38
BrainstormUpdates for Thailand: +21808 cases, +128 deaths since 22 hours ago05:01
BrainstormNew from Virology.ws: Trial By Error: Todd Davenport on Post-Exertional Symptom Exacerbation in Long Covid and ME/CFS: By David Tuller, DrPH *April is crowdfunding month at UC Berkeley. If you like my work, consider making a tax-deductible [... want %more?] → https://www.virology.ws/2022/04/21/trial-by-error-todd-davenport-on-post-exertional-symptom-exacerbation-in-long-covid-and-me-cfs/05:35
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +90817 cases since 12 hours ago — United Kingdom: +2198 cases since 10 hours ago06:04
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination and Myocarditis in a Nordic Cohort Study of 23 Million Residents → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/u95m7p/sarscov2_vaccination_and_myocarditis_in_a_nordic/06:04
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Normalizing Dead Children: Pediatric fatalities from both guns and COVID could be greatly reduced if more people simply cared. The post  first appeared on Science-Based Medicine . → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/normalizing-dead-children/06:53
BrainstormNew from Il Sole 24 Ore: (translated) Covid, the goal of 70% vaccinated in the world by July impossible: In Africa we are only 15%. The pharmaceutical companies underline: the problem is not in the availability, but in the logistics of the administration → https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/covid-impossibile-l-obiettivo-70percento-vaccinati-mondo-entro-luglio-AEDUQWSB07:03
BrainstormUpdates for Tokyo, Japan: +6713 cases, +8 deaths since a day ago — Hokkaido, Japan: +3132 cases, +4 deaths since a day ago — Saitama, Japan: +2986 cases, +1 deaths since a day ago — Fukuoka, Japan: +2494 cases, +1 deaths since a day ago08:03
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | April 22, 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/u98h8u/daily_discussion_thread_april_22_2022/09:09
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: CureVac and GSK’s Bivalent Second-Generation mRNA Vaccine Candidate Shown to be Highly Effective Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Preclinical Study → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/u98ny1/curevac_and_gsks_bivalent_secondgeneration_mrna/09:38
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +3857 cases, +169014 tests since a day ago10:02
BrainstormNew from Il Sole 24 Ore: (translated) MNA vaccine: competitors advance and aim for accessibility: More than a dozen new vaccines are being studied using the same technology as Pfizer and Moderna. If approved, they have the advantage of being cheaper and easier to store → https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/vaccino-mrna-concorrenti-avanzano-e-mirano-all-accessibilita-AEMPIfSB10:07
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Florian Krammer (@florian_krammer): New preprint by @PeterWilleit, @JanineKimpel @AnnikaRoessler, @DorotheeLaer and colleagues showing once again: Having antibodies to spike is connected to protection from SARS-CoV-2. medrxiv.org/content/10.110… → https://twitter.com/florian_krammer/status/151743616450820505611:35
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: Document: Procedural advice for veterinary vaccine antigen master  file (VAMF) certification → https://www.ema.europa.eu/documents/regulatory-procedural-guideline/procedural-advice-veterinary-vaccine-antigen-master-file-vamf-certification_en.pdf12:04
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: The State Took His Kids Three Times. And Three Times It Gave Them Back.: by Molly Parker for The Southern Illinoisan and Vernal Coleman and Haru Coryne , ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches , a [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/dcfs-illinois-investigations-child-welfare#131736412:14
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Covid-19: NHS relaxes infection prevention and control measures: The NHS has relaxed infection prevention and control (IPC) requirements for hospitals and GP practices that were introduced during the pandemic as it seeks to free up capacity to tackle the huge... → http://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1029.short12:33
BrainstormNew from Novavax: (news): Novavax Announces Initiation of COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Study in Adolescents in Phase 3 PREVENT-19 Trial → https://ir.novavax.com/2022-04-22-Novavax-Announces-Initiation-of-COVID-19-Vaccine-Booster-Study-in-Adolescents-in-Phase-3-PREVENT-19-Trial13:02
BrainstormNew from Politico: Biden wants more Ukraine aid. Congress won’t make it easy: Chuck Schumer wants to combine the president's plea for more Ukraine cash with COVID aid that Republicans stonewalled earlier this month. → https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/22/biden-ukraine-aid-congress-0002702813:22
BrainstormNew from Politico: UK to reopen embassy in Kyiv: Boris Johnson is in India holding talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. → https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-to-reopen-embassy-in-kyiv-ukraine/13:32
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Coronavirus levels continue to fall across the UK: ONS officials say they are seeing welcome falls in infections across the UK, but levels remain high. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6118215913:51
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 22APR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/u9d157/global_covid_cases_for_22apr22/14:11
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Strategies Needed to Increase Immunization in Migrant Populations: Investigators consider the low rate of vaccination in the rapidly increasing migrant populations in Europe, and call for improved strategies. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/strategies-needed-to-increase-immunization-in-migrant-populations15:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Very proud of Derek Tshiabuila & his first-author paper published today on Illumina & nanopore SARS-CoV-2 sequencing in South Africa. Derek just submitted his MSc and will start a Ph.D.! Congrats Derek & thanks for hard work & commitment to global health! [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/151749881962949427315:50
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +117 deaths since 20 hours ago16:05
BrainstormNew from BMJ: When I use a word . . . . Medical hyacinths: VacciniaMention the word “vaccinia” to a healthcare professional and they will almost certainly assume that you are talking about the orthopoxvirus used in vaccination against smallpox, or perhaps,... → http://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1036.short16:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Prof. Shane Crotty (@profshanecrotty): A nice article on progress on COVID T cell vaccinesnationalgeographic.com/science/articl…? → https://twitter.com/profshanecrotty/status/151750917824324812916:30
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Omicron is stilll evolving. BA.1 and BA.2 were bad enough. But there are many more BA.'s showing up in the world now, some that are even more transmissible, like BA.2.12.1 in the US pic.twitter.com/FotPziiLNr → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151751920690800230617:10
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Prognostic Value of Respiratory System Compliance Under VV-ECMO on 180-day Mortality in COVID-19 ARDS. → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0534168717:50
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: Epileptic Seizure in Epilepsy Patients After SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination: Conditions :    Epileptic Seizures Related to Drugs;   SARS-CoV-2 Acute Respiratory Disease;   Vaccine Adverse Reaction → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0534171318:00
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +150 deaths since 16 hours ago18:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Margaret Brennan (@margbrennan): After China signs a security pact with the Solomon islands, the White House says the US "will expedite the opening of an embassy" & announces programs including sending vaccines, cooperating on unexploded ordinance; dispatch the Mercy hospital ship to [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/margbrennan/status/151753462318993408118:30
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: valerie: Aivita Biomedical Inc: AV-COVID-19 → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/74/18:40
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +73744 cases, +202 deaths since 21 hours ago — Canada: +139 deaths since 23 hours ago19:01
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: valerie: Adimmune Corporation: AdimrSC-2f → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/63/19:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Once more, the result of high 3rd dose levels and not: peaks of cases were similar, peaks of deaths are quite dramatically different. No: there is no 100% protection: and SARS-CoV-2 will, eventually but not yet, become one of the many infections we can encounter. [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151755491035887616219:29
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Our covid times :-)by @BillBramhall pic.twitter.com/PXpB1PLWrM → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151755877290591436819:49
Klindastay at home and epatites on children rise high for lockdown masks and all20:02
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +24273 cases, +320 deaths, +422019 tests since 22 hours ago — Vanuatu: +5 deaths since 22 hours ago20:03
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Longer COVID vaccine dose interval tied to higher antibody levels: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Apr 22, 2022 Extending the time between COVID-19 vaccine doses to over 10 weeks was tied to 11 times higher antibody levels. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/04/longer-covid-vaccine-dose-interval-tied-higher-antibody-levels20:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Dr Emma Hodcroft (@firefoxx66): On top of pandemic stress, since 2020 I've cobbled together short-term contracts & tenuous housing (no job = no apartment) & the pending expiration of my Swiss residency permit (also tied to job) in Nov.Of course that impacts my mental health, creativity, [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/151756683783537868820:17
de-facto%title https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S088915912200111820:24
Brainstormde-facto: From www.sciencedirect.com: Six-month sequelae of post-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 infection: A retrospective cohort study of 10,024 breakthrough infections - ScienceDirect20:24
xxdirty kids don't know anything about hygiene probably20:29
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Medical Researchers Pen Letter to FDA on T-Cell Significance: A group of over 60 scientists participated in a communication to the federal agency to advocate for measuring these cells in COVID-19 vaccine trials. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/medical-researchers-pen-letter-to-fda-on-t-cell-importance20:37
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Bloom Lab (@jbloom_lab): That is best way to better understand origins of #SARSCoV2, and come up with strategies to mitigate future risks of both zoonotic & lab-based outbreaks--both of which remain plausible sources of this pandemic, and continue to pose real risks for future. (8/n) → https://twitter.com/jbloom_lab/status/151757624406530867220:57
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Animal Reservoirs, Immunocompromised Hosts: COVID Dangers Ahead → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/u9m3m3/animal_reservoirs_immunocompromised_hosts_covid/21:06
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Survival Of The Fittest: The Rise Of BA.2.12.1 The latest Omicron variant, BA.2.12.1, is on the rise in the American Northeast. → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/u9mer5/survival_of_the_fittest_the_rise_of_ba2121_the/21:26
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Studies suggest current vaccines boost immune response against Omicron: Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Apr 22, 2022 A third mRNA dose boosts the immune system to better fight Omicron infections, 2 studies find. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/04/studies-suggest-current-vaccines-boost-immune-response-against-omicron21:36
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): "These findings suggest an unexpected alternative mechanism for #LongCovid. Rather than persistent immune activation, we observed abnormal immune downmodulation, which is normalized by leronlimab [a CCR5 antibody]"academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar… pic.twitter.com/MriTaQaxgO → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151759091027970048021:56
BrainstormUpdates for South Africa: +4629 cases, +10 deaths since a day ago — Cyprus: +4532 cases, +13 deaths since 2 days ago — France: +88520 cases, +146 deaths since a day ago — Germany: +97695 cases, +177 deaths since 20 hours ago22:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): There is therefore no HIV in a vaccine: a claim that actually deserves no attention. Also, HIV or AIDS has nothing to do with COVID-19 vaccines and there is no negative effect of repeated vaccinations; although it is always good to let it sit for a [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151760190338697625622:36
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: New CDC Report: Unvaccinated kids twice as likely to end up in the hospital → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/u9o8zs/new_cdc_report_unvaccinated_kids_twice_as_likely/22:45
BrainstormUpdates for Spain: +48783 cases, +187 deaths since 2 days ago — Eswatini: +63 cases, +1 deaths, +489 tests since 21 hours ago22:59
-Bridgestorm- 🏠 Earthquake! Terremoto! 5.9 M tremor, registered by EMSC, with 6 reports, occurred 4 minutes ago (21:07:48 UTC), during a gibbous moon night, Babino Polje, Croatia (42.58, 17.73) ± 90 km likely felt 280 km away (in Dubrovnik, Trebinje, Metković, Mostar, Neum, Ploče…) by 242500 people (www.seismicportal.eu)23:13
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: WHO backs Paxlovid for high-risk COVID patients: Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Apr 22, 2022 Also, the WHO revised its assessment of remdesivir, recommending it for mild or moderate infections in high-risk groups. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/04/who-backs-paxlovid-high-risk-covid-patients23:14
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: COVID-19 third leading cause of death in US in 2021: Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Apr 22, 2022 Only heart disease and cancer killed more Americans than COVID-19, and COVID deaths increased by 1% in 2021 over 2020. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/04/covid-19-third-leading-cause-death-us-202123:33

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