libera/##covid-19/ Saturday, 2022-05-28

BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +14483 cases since 22 hours ago00:04
BrainstormUpdates for Brazil: +40633 cases, +58 deaths since 23 hours ago — Saint Lucia: +223 cases, +1 deaths since a day ago — Kenya: +89 cases, +2634 tests since a day ago — Malawi: +21 cases, +796 tests since 2 days ago01:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Adults, we need to do better for our kids.•Approve kids vaccines•Figure out what's causing the hepatitis, even if it's SARSCoV2•Regulate assault rifle purchases to require sanity and maturity ("a well regulated militia", remember)•Stop [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153032286399498649601:07
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +5270 cases since 23 hours ago02:59
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: The unintended consequences of COVID-19 vaccine policy: why mandates, passports and restrictions may cause more harm than good → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/uzcixs/the_unintended_consequences_of_covid19_vaccine/03:20
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: In the Midst of a Pandemic, Introverts May Have a Mortality Advantage → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/uzdkg1/in_the_midst_of_a_pandemic_introverts_may_have_a/04:18
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Very illuminating if you haven't seen this already.Massive underreporting of excess deaths in many lower income countries.Sweden actually did relatively well in the end even without initial lockdown (lockdowns were short relative to the 2.5y [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153037350904135680104:27
BrainstormUpdates for Aruba: +718 cases since 7 days ago04:59
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Clinical Spectrum of PASC: Focus on Dysautonomia - YouTube → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/uzfey8/clinical_spectrum_of_pasc_focus_on_dysautonomia/06:11
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Review addresses the need for innovative adjuvant approaches and delivery strategies for the advancement of new mucosal vaccines → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/uzfm8m/review_addresses_the_need_for_innovative_adjuvant/06:30
BrainstormUpdates for California, United States: +40776 cases, +100 deaths since 23 hours ago — Texas, United States: +5876 cases since 23 hours ago — Metropolitana, Chile: +5300 cases, +6 deaths since 23 hours ago — Goias, Brazil: +4456 cases, +21 deaths since 23 hours ago08:01
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | May 28, 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/uzhunh/daily_discussion_thread_may_28_2022/09:01
BrainstormUpdates for India: +1715 cases, +33 deaths, +465840 tests since 8 hours ago09:03
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +80636 cases, +127 deaths, +124670 tests since 23 hours ago10:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Very good article on the evolution of Omicron by Andrew Rambaut and our great bioinformatician Houryiah Tegally @houzhou - A must-read on how variants and lineages are named. nature.com/articles/d4158… → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/153045956277555200010:07
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Incidence of Venous and Arterial Thromboembolism in Hospitalized and Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: Available literature on thrombosis occurrence in COVID-19 patients focuses on hospitalized cases. A new [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/incidence-of-venous-and-arterial-thromboembolism-in-hospitalized-and-non-hospitalized-covid-19-patients11:32
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Assessing the burden of COVID-19 in developing countries: systematic review, meta-analysis and public policy implications → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/uzjykw/assessing_the_burden_of_covid19_in_developing/11:42
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +4556 cases, +86 deaths since 23 hours ago11:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): And no, if that's not entirely clear, extra #VitaminD will not affect COVID-19: medrxiv.org/content/10.110... → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/153049153237300838612:20
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Why call it BA.2.12.1? A guide to the tangled Omicron familyNature explores how subvariants are named, and why none of Omicron’s family members has been upgraded to a ‘variant of concern’.nature.com/articles/d4158… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/153050138791786905712:58
BrainstormNew from Virological.org: Latest topics: Illumina whole-genome sequence of Monkeypox virus in a patient travelling from the Canary Islands to France: GenEPII sequencing platform, Institut des Agents Infectieux, Hospices Civils de Lyon, [... want %more?] → https://virological.org/t/illumina-whole-genome-sequence-of-monkeypox-virus-in-a-patient-travelling-from-the-canary-islands-to-france/82913:07
BrainstormUpdates for UAE: +430 cases, +232901 tests since 20 hours ago14:05
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): 28/05/22 - ZOE COVID-19 Study Update: 1,643,989 people are currently predicted to have symptomatic COVID-19 in the UK, down by 24,385. Yesterday was 1,668,374 (-1%) and last Saturday was 1,724,004 (-5%). → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/uzm0op/280522_zoe_covid19_study_update/14:24
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Global COVID Cases For 28MAY22: Summary As Of: 28MAY @ 12:49 GMT Countries 228 + 2 Cases 531,053,724 Deaths 6,309,989 Recovered 501,689,209 Active Cases 23,054,526 Countries reporting new cases: 65 Countries reporting new deaths: 32 Countries reporting increased Active [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/uzmttz/global_covid_cases_for_28may22/15:03
LjL[21:42]  Brainstorm: New from CIDRAP: Vaccines lower risk of long COVID 15%, death by 34%, data show: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News May 27, 2022 Long COVID can affect even fully vaccinated people after mild breakthrough infections. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/vaccines-lower-risk-long-covid-15-death-34-data-show15:55
LjLWut at that death figure??15:55
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): Is the   aware?Millions experience debilitating symptoms that can persist “long after the acute infection has resolved and can manifest in anyone who has had COVID19. These symptoms often look like those associated with other chronic medical conditions» [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/153055884778132684816:48
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Revisiting Pediatric COVID-19 Cases in Counties With and Without School Mask Requirements—United States, July 1—October 20 2021 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/uzp25x/revisiting_pediatric_covid19_cases_in_counties/17:07
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and uptake of COVID-19 antiviral treatments during the BA.2/BA.2.12.1 surge, New York City, April-May 2022 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/uzpbxs/the_prevalence_of_sarscov2_infection_and_uptake/17:17
xxLjL: no vaccine is perfect17:17
xxthat's all17:17
xxget vaccinated if you wish to reduce your chance of death from covid17:17
xxit doesn't prevent it17:18
LjLduh17:18
LjLyou don't say17:18
LjLbut 34%?17:18
dTalthat does seem a lot lower than I remember17:30
dTalthe usually cited figures are like95-98%17:31
xxthose were propaganda figures17:46
xxnow we have real world figures17:46
dTalhm sounds like bullshit to me17:48
BrainstormNew from Politico: Aid and development: Putin: We could reopen Odesa, but we want sanctions removed → https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-we-could-reopen-odesa-but-we-want-sanctions-removed/17:55
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +25514 cases since 17 hours ago — Italy: +18622 cases, +66 deaths since 22 hours ago18:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Prior Covid, unvaccinated, offers limited protection from Omicron infections in contrast with 3-dose vaccination: new report from the California prison system during Omicron wave of ~25,000 cases and >270,000 controls medrxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… @elizabethTchin [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153057905980082995218:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The immune response induced by Omicron post-vaccination breakthrough infections is blunted compared with Delta breakthrough infections cell.com/immunity/fullt… @ImmunityCP @MariosKoutsakos @TheDohertyInst @ProfStephenKent and colleagues pic.twitter.com/yWvbd4u3oY → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153058410319553331218:24
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The current BA.2/BA2.12.1 wave is the 2nd highest case burden for the US pandemic; we're likely only capturing 5-10% of the real number of casesFrom "Why a Massive New Covid Wave Has Escaped the Data"wsj.com/articles/why-c… by @JoshZumbrun pic.twitter.com/XePU4u3etB → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153058641595573043318:34
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Humoral and cellular immune memory to four COVID-19 vaccines → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/uzrakh/humoral_and_cellular_immune_memory_to_four/18:53
BrainstormUpdates for Chile: +9500 cases, +10 deaths, +68109 tests since 22 hours ago — Canada: +3188 cases, +30 deaths since 22 hours ago18:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Protection against Omicron conferred by mRNA primary vaccine series, boosters, and prior infectionPrior infection does not offer much protection against Omicron; vaccination does!medrxiv.org/content/10.110… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/153059307283229491719:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Journal Runs Editorial Fraught With COVID Misinformation— Epidemiologist calls its conjecture "bizarre" and "astonishingly unscientific"medpagetoday.com/special-report… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/153059680257509785719:12
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: In long COVID, blood markers are linked to neuropsychiatric ills → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/uzs14z/in_long_covid_blood_markers_are_linked_to/19:31
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Does seem like Taiwan has peaked for cases. Today at 81k, lowest in a while. Yesterday and today's cases count RATs reported by clinics whereas before cases required PCR confirmation, so in the old count would have been <81k. twitter.com/cookiebandit/s… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153060219488545587219:41
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Hundreds of mask exemption forms signed by just six doctors for Sarasota students → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/uzse82/hundreds_of_mask_exemption_forms_signed_by_just/19:50
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Scientists Research People Who Have Never Been Infected By COVID-19 → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/uzsgyf/scientists_research_people_who_have_never_been/21:35
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Previous COVID-19 or MIS-C does not protect kids from omicron, study finds → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/uzu3ry/previous_covid19_or_misc_does_not_protect_kids/21:54
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Debunking the myth that gets less virulent, more mild, over time (beyond more transmissible and more immune escape)Evidence it has increased during the pandemic in the thread below, latest BA.4/5 based only on exp't model so farSemi-quantitative plot for [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153063832252718284922:04
BrainstormUpdates for France: +23582 cases since a day ago22:07
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): "Odds of infection for those who did not always compared to those who always wore a mask was 66% higher pre-Delta, 53% higher during Delta, declining to 16% higher during Omicron"medrxiv.org/content/10.110…Omicron's hyper-transmissibility necessitates high- [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153064371805465395322:23
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Trevor Bedford (@trvrb): There is a notable drop in neutralization titer against BA.4 and BA.5 viruses in boosted individuals and individuals with BA.1 breakthrough infections (figure from Qian Wang, David Ho and colleagues biorxiv.org/content/10.110…). 11/12 pic.twitter.com/CDhudKrDxo → https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/153064964558343372922:42
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Trevor Bedford (@trvrb): Thus, we expect at least some portion of the BA.4 / BA.5 epidemics to be driven by increased vaccine breakthrough and increased reinfection relative to current BA.2 circulation. 12/12 → https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/153064964765584588822:52
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): Abbott is developing a diagnostic test for #MonkeypoxVirus and will provide test kits to partners of its existing Pandemic Defense Coalition — a network of scientific and public health partnerships aimed at addressing potential pandemic [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/153065258694411878523:01
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +1198 cases, +23 deaths since 23 hours ago — Germany: +26097 cases since 23 hours ago23:10
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): The only reason the antibody wouldn't be intact before the expiration date would be if you put the test kit into an oven.I guess it also controls for there being enough liquid to flow through the strip, but you can see that with your eyes. → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153065722814267801623:10
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): It would have been very elegant if the RATs had two Abs: one for SARSCoV2 antigen and one for a human mucous protein such as lysozyme or albumin.Then you can have a control line that captures the human protein. If it doesn't light up, it would mean [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153065950665222963223:20
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): And since antibodies decay similarly, if the test got cooked, both Abs would go bad at the same time. So if the anti-lysozyme/albumin line appears, it means both Abs are good. So then the test would still need only one T and one C line.And that [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153066242778781696023:40

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