libera/##covid-19/ Wednesday, 2022-05-11

BrainstormUpdates for Portugal: +34625 cases, +52 deaths since 3 days ago — Eswatini: +126 cases, +1 deaths, +521 tests since 22 hours ago — United Kingdom: +40 cases, +2 deaths since 3 hours ago00:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Josiah 'So M̶i̶l̶d̶ Mysterious' Grindrod (@JT_Grindrod): Hey y'all, get ready. When the link between SARS and hepatitis is proven, suddenly the narrative will change from "we need to get to the bottom of this" to "well it only happens in a few rare cases, it's not actually a concern" → https://twitter.com/JT_Grindrod/status/152414494696540160000:02
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Another COVID Surge is Here, But It May Be Less Severe: Experts  weigh in on what today's numbers and case trajectories could mean for tomorrow's COVID-19 picture across the U.S. → https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220510/another-covid-surge-is-here-but-may-be-less-severe00:11
BrainstormNew from NPR Science: Bill Gates tests positive for COVID-19, says he's experiencing mild symptoms: The 66-year-old wrote in a tweet Tuesday that he is experiencing mild symptoms and is "following the experts' advice" by isolating himself until he's healthy. → https://www.npr.org/2022/05/10/1098066371/bill-gates-positive-covid01:00
BrainstormUpdates for Brazil: +20143 cases since a day ago — Barbados: +598 cases, +2083 tests since a day ago01:09
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: FDA Approves Baricitinib for Certain Hospitalized Adults With COVID-19: The federal agency's indication is for inpatient adults requiring supplemental oxygen, non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation, or extracorporeal membrane [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/fda-issues-approval-for-baricitinib-for-hospitalized-adults-with-covid-1901:28
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness and perinatal outcomes of COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy15% reduction is stillbirth after COVID-19 vaccination.nature.com/articles/s4146… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/152417030252736103001:38
BrainstormUpdates for Solomon Is.: +1733 cases, +2 deaths since 5 days ago02:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Matthew Herper (@matthewherper): The failure of Northwest Bio's brain cancer vaccine is now in the open,  @adamfeuerstein  writes. statnews.com/2022/05/10/it-… → https://twitter.com/matthewherper/status/152418181352205926402:25
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Derek Lowe (@Dereklowe): Well, while I'm sitting around the house being Covid-positive, so is my wife (odds are she got it from me, judging from symptom onset).She got her second mRNA booster over the weekend, almost certainly while she was beginning to be infected (!) Anyone know what [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Dereklowe/status/152418907416846336002:54
BrainstormUpdates for Panama: +3307 cases, +15357 tests since a day ago — Canada: +4237 cases since 11 hours ago03:08
BrainstormUpdates for Australia: +50967 cases, +42 deaths since 23 hours ago — Grenada: +335 cases, +1415 tests since 3 days ago04:05
BrainstormNew from Retraction Watch: Another ivermectin-COVID-19 paper is retracted: A paper on the potential use of ivermectin to treat Covid-19 has been retracted for a litany of flaws, joining at least 10 other articles on the therapy some liked to promote without evidence to fall.  The [... want %more?] → https://retractionwatch.com/2022/05/10/another-ivermectin-covid-19-paper-is-retracted/04:29
BrainstormUpdates for Suriname: +615 cases, +9 deaths, +202 tests since 6 days ago — Anguilla: +196 cases since 14 days ago — Montserrat: +160 cases, +128 tests since 2 days ago — United Kingdom: +236 cases since 8 hours ago05:01
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +34833 cases since 11 hours ago06:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): We are using our expanded genomics facilities to track and respond to other important epidemics in Africa, today a public seminar with one of our top TB genomics scientist in South Africa. In-person attendance is overbooked, so please join online - [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/152426021188785356807:32
BrainstormUpdates for California, United States: +25271 cases, +108 deaths since 23 hours ago — Western Australia, Australia: +16990 cases, +9 deaths since 23 hours ago — Victoria, Australia: +13838 cases, +17 deaths since 23 hours ago — Lombardy, Italy: +9481 cases, +34 deaths since 23 hours ago08:03
BrainstormNew from MedicineNet: (news): High Rates of COVID Vaccination Among Adults With Autism → http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp08:30
BrainstormUpdates for Spain: +3505 cases, +2 deaths since 10 hours ago09:06
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | May 11, 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/un3sta/daily_discussion_thread_may_11_2022/09:08
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Canada COVID-19 daily epidemiology update - COVID-19 variants in Canada → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/un40pp/canada_covid19_daily_epidemiology_update_covid19/09:17
BrainstormNew from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Gardasil, human papillomavirus vaccine [types 6, 11, 16, 18] (recombinant, adsorbed), Papillomavirus Infections;Uterine Cervical Dysplasia;Condylomata Acuminata;Immunization, Date of authorisation: [... want %more?] → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/gardasil09:27
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: Orphan: Orphan designation: Humanised IgG2 monoclonal antibody against TNFSF13, Treatment of primary IgA nephropathy, 21/06/2021, Positive → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/orphan-designations/eu-3-21-244409:46
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: ]COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: 73 Vaccines in Phase 3 Clinical Trials - 67 Vaccines in Phase 2 Clinical Trials - 47 Vaccines in Phase 1 Clinical Trials - Last Updated 9 May 2022 → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/un4lt8/covid19_vaccine_tracker_73_vaccines_in_phase_3/09:56
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +57132 cases, +8 deaths since 22 hours ago10:02
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Children get long Covid, too, and it can show up in unexpected ways: "My stomach hurts. It's kind of hard to breathe. You have a stuffy nose. It's just an absurd amount of things that you can feel," → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/un5ohd/children_get_long_covid_too_and_it_can_show_up_in/11:14
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: Orphan: Orphan designation: Humanised monoclonal antibody derivative against fibroblast growth factor receptor 3, Treatment of achondroplasia, 21/06/2021, Positive → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/orphan-designations/eu-3-21-245411:24
BrainstormUpdates for Austria: +5991 cases, +8 deaths, +228920 tests since 23 hours ago — Afghanistan: +114 cases, +1 deaths, +2059 tests since a day ago12:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch): Excellent thread from the excellent @imandylin2.The entire point of Zero-Covid was to buy time to vaccinate.In failing to vaccinate its most vulnerable, and now barely even mentioning vaccination as a goal, China's version of Zero Covid is doomed to [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/152432817987961651212:02
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: COVID-19: Coachella Valley sees a 70% increase in cases in one week - The average of 617,875 virus copies per liter of wastewater from the week of April 25 has increased to an average of 893,852 copies per liter of wastewater for May 2 and 3, → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/un6pxg/covid19_coachella_valley_sees_a_70_increase_in/12:31
BrainstormNew from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): M-M-RVaxPro, measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (live), Rubella;Mumps;Immunization;Measles, Date of authorisation: 05/05/2006, Revision: 29, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/m-m-rvaxpro13:31
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC): "People are going to have to price in the uncertainty of the risk in China right now and seeing more cities like Shanghai where you have to implement very broad lockdowns to try and control the spread," says @ScottGottliebMD on long-term supply chain impact. [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/152435155577600819413:41
BrainstormUpdates for Saudi Arabia: +642 cases, +4 deaths since 23 hours ago14:00
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: The Toll of COVID: We can't take our eyes off the ball just yet - what's the state of the pandemic? The post  first appeared on Science-Based Medicine . → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-toll-of-covid/14:01
BrainstormNew from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Apexxnar, pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine (20-valent, adsorbed), Pneumococcal Infections, Date of authorisation: 14/02/2022, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/apexxnar14:42
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: WHO: Subvariants fueling COVID rises in more than 50 countries | "Along with saving lives and protecting health systems, immunization has the potential to minimize long COVID, which can be devastating for individuals, communities, and economies" → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/un8vhb/who_subvariants_fueling_covid_rises_in_more_than/14:52
BrainstormNew from ScienceNews: Here’s the latest good and bad news about COVID-19 drugs: After coronavirus vaccines, antivirals and a monoclonal antibody are the next line of defense, but the treatments may be hard for some people to find. → https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-coronavirus-drugs-treatments-latest-news15:11
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): 11/05/22 - ZOE COVID-19 Study Update: 1,896,081 people are currently predicted to have symptomatic COVID-19 in the UK, down by 50,027. Yesterday was 1,946,108 (-3%) and last Wednesday was 2,375,577 (-20%). → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/un9ak2/110522_zoe_covid19_study_update/15:21
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: Moderna’s new CFO leaves due to probe by former employer; Roche suffers another setback with a cancer drug → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/05/11/covid19-vaccines-wto-roche-moderna-pfizer-opioids-teva/15:31
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Something that we worry about & prepare for it. The effect of Climate change makes interspecies viral outbreaks more likely. Interesting news piece onrecent @Nature paper with our views of working of genomics surveillance of Zika, Dengue, SARS-CoV-2 [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/152438533261516800115:51
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): 10 May, just another "normal" day in the United States with over 112,000 new confirmed cases, likely representing at least 700,000 to 1 million.  >400 more people hospitalized for Covid.  Nothing to worry aboutcharts.medriva.com/us → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152438710968707072016:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Why do people with #LongCovid have diminished exercise capacity? A new @BloodAdvances report today implicates abnormal blood clotting markersashpublications.org/bloodadvances/… pic.twitter.com/vQVUjis2uT → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152439077485441433616:13
BrainstormNew from StatNews: U.S. overdose deaths hit record 107,000 in 2021, CDC says: More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, according to CDC estimates, setting another tragic record in the nation's escalating overdose epidemic. → https://www.statnews.com/2022/05/11/us-overdose-deaths-record-107000-2021-cdc/16:33
BrainstormNew from Virological.org: Latest topics: Using VariantHunter for detecting emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants: Matteo Chiara 1 , Pietro Pinoli 2 , Luca Minotti 2 , Anna Bernasconi 2 , Arif Canakoglu 3 , Erica Ferrandi 4 , and Stefano Ceri 2 1 Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli [... want %more?] → https://virological.org/t/using-varianthunter-for-detecting-emerging-sars-cov-2-variants/79716:54
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +4860 cases, +49 deaths since 21 hours ago17:02
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (translated) Improving the Collaborative Health of Minority COVID-19 Survivor and Carepartner Dyads: Conditions: SARS-CoV-2; Cardiovascular Diseases; Chronic Kidney Diseases; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Chronic Disease; stroke → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0537001417:14
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): A Phase Ia Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, PK and Immunogenicity of YBSW015 in Healthy Subjects → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0536975417:24
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): To Evaluate SSD8432/ Ritonavir in Adults With COVID-19 → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0536967617:35
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): THEMBA II T-Cell Vaccine: A Phase 1/2 Study of Vaccination With saRNA COVID-19 Vaccines → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0537004017:45
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): COVID-19 Experiences in the SELF Cohort: E Cross-Sectional Study → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0536961117:55
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Smell, Taste Loss Less Likely With Newer COVID Variants: A new study finds loss of smell and taste are much less likely with the Omicron variant than the earlier Alpha and Delta versions of the coronavirus. → https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220511/smell-taste-loss-less-likely-with-newer-covid-variants-study18:05
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +93438 cases, +230 deaths since 23 hours ago18:05
BrainstormNew from University of Washington: A COVID mystery: Some people never get sick even after being exposed to the virus: A big mystery of the COVID-19 pandemic that researchers are baffled by is that some people are exposed to the virus but never get [... want %more?] → https://globalhealth.washington.edu/news/2022/05/11/covid-mystery-some-people-never-get-sick-even-after-being-exposed-virus18:44
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Assisting With International Health Care Needs: Although the pandemic halted many medical mission assignments, these opportunities and others are becoming available to help those geographic areas with acute needs. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/assisting-with-international-health-care-needs18:54
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +42683 cases, +115 deaths since 23 hours ago19:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): With more contagious variants of COVID, the concept of “zero COVID,” largely through mitigation alone, becomes hugely costly, ultimately unachievableChina is going to have to pivot to a strategy of immunity through stepped up vaccinations. [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/152444177845948416119:34
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): One of the leading theories for #LongCovid is the persistent immune response to viral remnants, with some recent support summarized by @heidiledford @Nature nature.com/articles/d4158… pic.twitter.com/QjahfT8aaN → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152444333166077952019:44
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +42073 cases, +41 deaths since 13 hours ago — Chile: +3295 cases, +25 deaths, +46947 tests since a day ago20:04
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +8476 cases since 21 hours ago21:07
notdanielhttps://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/vaccines-verify/rhode-island-tax-vax-bill/536-3afe2404-60ff-4f67-8f3d-5f62097fdcc2 Apparently this is a thing now??21:51
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: COVID-19 Scan for May 11, 2022: Mix-and-match COVID vaccines Kids and household COVID-19 spread → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/covid-19-scan-may-11-202221:54
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Severe COVID, similar illnesses may raise risk for psychiatric disorders: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News May 11, 2022 The results were similar for severe COVID-19 and other severe respiratory infections. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/severe-covid-similar-illnesses-may-raise-risk-psychiatric-disorders22:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Just published @NEJMThe Moderna vaccine randomized, placebo-controlled trial in more than 4,000 children age 6 to 11 with very high efficacy (~90%) vs symptomatic infections nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… pic.twitter.com/664yu98k4b → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152449455631344844823:02
BrainstormUpdates for Malaysia: +3321 cases, +8 deaths since a day ago — France: +32746 cases, +90 deaths since 23 hours ago23:06
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Coronavirus ‘ghosts’ found lingering in the gut → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/unk0lh/coronavirus_ghosts_found_lingering_in_the_gut/23:41
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Evaluation of mRNA-1273 Covid-19 Vaccine in Children 6 to 11 Years of Age → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/unko09/evaluation_of_mrna1273_covid19_vaccine_in/23:51

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