| Brainstorm | Updates for Brazil: +54493 cases, +271 deaths since 23 hours ago | 00:01 |
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| Brainstorm | New from The Lancet (Online): [Comment] Community pandemic response: the importance of action led by communities and the public sector: The world faces multiple intersecting pandemics: COVID-19 and mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) have joined HIV/AIDS and a current outbreak of Ebola virus [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)02575-2/fulltext | 00:38 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Long COVID can be deadly, CDC study finds: Diana Güthe, who founded Survivor Corps. “Not a week goes by that I don’t hear of another suicide due to long COVID, but I have yet to hear of a single one of those [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/zm60tv/long_covid_can_be_deadly_cdc_study_finds_diana/ | 00:44 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Returning to free Covid tests in the US . They'll come in handy with upcoming gatherings, especially with the current wave gaining steam. Ordering starts tomorrowpolitico.com/news/2022/12/1… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1603187397230878721 | 01:42 |
| LjL | %cases italy | 01:54 |
| Brainstorm | LjL: Italy has had 24.7 million confirmed cases (41.0% of all people) and 182419 deaths (0.7% of cases; 1 in 330 people) as of 5 days ago. 259.6 million tests were done (4.3 per capita, 9.5% positive). 48.5 million were vaccinated (80.6%). See https://www.epicentro.iss.it/en/coronavirus/sars-cov-2-dashboard or https://lab24.ilsole24ore.com/coronavirus/en/ | 01:55 |
| LjL | %cases south korea | 01:55 |
| Brainstorm | LjL: South Korea has had 28.0 million confirmed cases (54.1% of all people) and 31232 deaths (0.1% of cases; 1 in 1658 people) as of 5 hours ago. 50.8 million tests were done (1.0 per capita, 55.1% positive). 44.3 million were vaccinated (85.5%). See https://offloop.net/covid19/?default=South%20Korea&legacy=no | 01:55 |
| LjL | how can this be explained? they have more confirmed cases than us *but with fewer tests*, so one can't say "oh they were testing so much, that their mortality is much lower" | 01:56 |
| LjL | our mortality is plainly much higher | 01:56 |
| LjL | are their numbers benefitting from having sort of skipped the Delta wave? | 01:56 |
| LjL | and gone direct to Omicron? | 01:56 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Guatemala: +2640 cases, +3 deaths, +11295 tests since a day ago — Canada: +2337 cases, +46 deaths since 6 hours ago | 02:05 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Montenegro: +48 cases since a day ago | 04:09 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Omicron BQ, XBB subvariants are a serious threat to boosters and knock out antibody treatments, study finds → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/zm8fo3/omicron_bq_xbb_subvariants_are_a_serious_threat/ | 04:17 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Germany: +44875 cases, +227 deaths since 22 hours ago — Pakistan: +31 cases since a day ago | 04:59 |
| LjL | de-facto, from the post above, "Scientists, in a study published online in the journal Cell, found that the BQ and XBB subvariants are "barely susceptible to neutralization" by the vaccines, including the new omicron boosters. | 05:13 |
| LjL | " | 05:13 |
| LjL | #For people who received the omicron boosters, antibodies that block infection were 24 times lower against BQ.1, 41 times lower against BQ.1.1, 66 times lower against XBB and 85 times lower against XBB.1 compared to their performance against the ancestral strain that emerged in Wuhan, China, in 2019." | 05:16 |
| Brainstorm | New from ##covid-19 Zotero group: Alarming antibody evasion properties of rising SARS-CoV-2 BQ and XBB subvariants: Type Journal Article Author Qian Wang Author Sho Iketani Author Zhiteng Li Author Liyuan Liu Author Yicheng Guo Author Yiming Huang Author Anthony D. Bowen Author Michael Liu Author Maple Wang Author [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/WY3KVHNA | 05:23 |
| -Bridgestorm- 🏠 地震! Earthquake! 6.0 Mww tremor, registered by 10 agencies, with 17 reports, 2 early, occurred 21 minutes ago (04:03:16 UTC), during daytime, Hualien City, Taiwan (23.72, 121.82) ± 6 km, ↓10 km likely felt 260 km away (in 花蓮市, 吉安鄉, 壽豐鄉, 新城鄉, 光復鄉, 鳳林鎮…) by 327800 people with maximum intensity Shindo 2 (earthquake.usgs.gov) | 05:24 | |
| de-facto | Optimized for evading most prevalent immunity (be it from vaccination or most recent waves infection) by natural selection, the fittest variant for a given set of circumstances will out-compete its siblings in terms of reproduction hence its only a question of time until it becomes the most prevalent source of new incidence. | 05:47 |
| de-facto | it was decided to tolerate COVID by arguing against zero-COVID strategy, hence we will get a never ending hydra of new variants because it was allowed to become endemic. | 05:50 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Texas, United States: +25289 cases, +75 deaths since a day ago — North Carolina, United States: +13190 cases, +47 deaths since 7 days ago — Pennsylvania, United States: +13058 cases, +135 deaths since a day ago — Kanagawa, Japan: +11320 cases, +12 deaths since a day ago | 07:03 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Cancer mRNA vaccine completes pivotal trialthe first phase-IIb randomised clinical trial to test the investigational mRNA vaccine in patients. bbc.com/news/health-63… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/1603288428300435456 | 08:25 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | December 15, 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/zmfote/daily_discussion_thread_december_15_2022/ | 09:05 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/COVID19: COVID19: Alarming antibody evasion properties of rising SARS-CoV-2 BQ and XBB subvariants → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zmgbtn/alarming_antibody_evasion_properties_of_rising/ | 09:53 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD (@michaelzlin): Study finds SARSCoV2 RNA in cells throughout body and brain 7mo in one COVID19 casesnature.com/articles/s4158… pic.twitter.com/EG3UM9z0IV → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1603320469712646151 | 10:31 |
| Brainstorm | New from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Shingrix, herpes zoster vaccine (recombinant, adjuvanted), Herpes Zoster, Date of authorisation: 21/03/2018, Revision: 8, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/shingrix | 10:41 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Russia: +7833 cases, +57 deaths since 23 hours ago | 11:00 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/COVID19: COVID19: White House brings back free at-home COVID test orders as part of "winter preparedness plan" → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zmhy0p/white_house_brings_back_free_athome_covid_test/ | 11:39 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for China: +17080 cases, +19 deaths since 23 hours ago | 12:02 |
| Brainstorm | New from ProPublica: Medical Care and Politics Go Hand in Hand at a Chicago Safety Net Hospital: by Nick Blumberg , WTTW/Chicago PBS , and Vernal Coleman , ProPublica This story was co-published with WTTW/Chicago PBS . ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-roseland-hospital-egan-politics-healthcare | 12:28 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Penguinone (@penguinone): How Will China Fare With Covid? ‘Meaningless’ Data Clouds the Picture.You cannot use data from China: reporting on COVID-19 cases and deaths is restricted.nytimes.com/2022/12/14/bus… → https://twitter.com/penguinone/status/1603352334146293760 | 12:37 |
| Brainstorm | New from New Scientist: Personalised melanoma vaccines prolong survival in largest trial yet: People who received a personalised melanoma skin cancer vaccine on top of a standard treatment were 44 per cent less likely to die over the study period than those [... want %more?] → https://www.newscientist.com/article/2351872-personalised-melanoma-vaccines-prolong-survival-in-largest-trial-yet/ | 12:48 |
| Brainstorm | New from ECDC: ECDC: Integrated respiratory virus surveillance RESPISEVERE and RESPISURV data sets Reporting Protocol Version 1.2 → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/integrated-respiratory-virus-surveillance-respisevere-and-respisurv-reporting-protocol | 12:57 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Philippines: +1213 cases, +24 deaths, +13244 tests since a day ago | 13:04 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 15DEC22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/zmjf2k/global_covid_cases_for_15dec22/ | 13:07 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Prof. Akiko Iwasaki (@VirusesImmunity): Lack of funding for the next generation COVID vaccines, including nasal spray boosters, will slow our progress in providing immunity where it’s needed - at the point of viral entry Thank you @VinGuptaMD @nbcnews for this news [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/VirusesImmunity/status/1603362479794528256 | 13:16 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): nCoV: China's zero-COVID U-turn means rate at which virus is surging will be shrouded in secrecy | 14DEC22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/zmk49f/chinas_zerocovid_uturn_means_rate_at_which_virus/ | 13:46 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): nCoV: Taiwan report 16,080 new COVID-19 cases, 37 deaths | 15DEC22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/zmkbxg/taiwan_report_16080_new_covid19_cases_37_deaths/ | 13:56 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Hong Kong: +17080 cases, +19 deaths since a day ago | 14:06 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): nCoV: China’s factories to the world brace for surge of COVID cases | 15DEC22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/zmkuzv/chinas_factories_to_the_world_brace_for_surge_of/ | 14:25 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): nCoV: Funeral homes operating around the clock in COVID-hit Beijing | 14DEC22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/zmlip3/funeral_homes_operating_around_the_clock_in/ | 14:54 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): nCoV: China Covid: 'Panic-buying' and shortages as restrictions are eased | 14DEC22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/zmllwo/china_covid_panicbuying_and_shortages_as/ | 15:04 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Azerbaijan: +115 cases since 23 hours ago | 15:09 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): nCoV: WHO Plans To End Covid, Mpox Emergencies In 2023 | 15DEC22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/zmm1bv/who_plans_to_end_covid_mpox_emergencies_in_2023/ | 15:14 |
| -Bridgestorm- 🌎 Temblor? Sismo? Earthquake? Maybe strong tremor, registered by alomax, with 42 reports, 2 early, possibly occurred 6 minutes ago (14:32:25 UTC), during daytime, El Salvador (13.5, -88.82) ± 78 km, ↓3 km likely felt 190 km away (Twitter) | 15:39 | |
| -Bridgestorm- 🏠 Temblor! Sismo! Earthquake! 5.7 Mb tremor, registered by KOERI,alomax, with 42 reports, 4 early, occurred 8 minutes ago (14:32:25 UTC), during daytime, El Salvador (13.23, -88.71) ± 80 km, ↓3 km likely felt 210 km away (in San Salvador, Sonsonate, Santa Tecla, Usulután, Santa Ana…) by 1.4 million people (www.koeri.boun.edu.tr) | 15:41 | |
| Brainstorm | New from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: U.S. prisons refuse to test and treat hepatitis C patients; HHS urges Supreme Court to reject Pfizer argument on Medicare kickbacks → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/12/15/hepatitis-ebola-medicare-kickbacks-scotus-pfizer-prison-vaccine-jnj-merck-lilly-insulin/ | 15:43 |
| Brainstorm | New from Il Sole 24 Ore: (translated) Strenna: It's been a year since Omicron changed everything. The new highly mutated variant has infected virtually everyone, even those who already contracted an older version of the virus or... → https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/strenna-AEdHzDPC | 16:03 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Afghanistan: +91 cases since 23 hours ago — Malta: +31 cases since a day ago | 16:11 |
| Brainstorm | New from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Spikevax (previously COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna), elasomeran,imelasomeran and elasomeran,davesomeran and elasomeran,COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (nucleoside-modified), COVID-19 virus infection, Date of [... want %more?] → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/spikevax | 16:13 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Erica (@EROHealthComms): Republicans in congress must act to continue funding Covid research and resources twitter.com/virusesimmunit… → https://twitter.com/EROHealthComms/status/1603416459182489600 | 16:52 |
| Brainstorm | New from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Chronic Stress as a Risk Factor for Long COVID → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05652634 | 17:02 |
| Brainstorm | New from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Graphene Photothermal Adjuvant Therapy for Mild Corona Virus Disease 2019: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05651815 | 18:02 |
| Brainstorm | New from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Seroprevalence of Covid-19 in the Staff of the University Hospitals of Strasbourg → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05652582 | 18:11 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): This week's editorial @Nature on Covid mortalitynature.com/articles/d4158… pic.twitter.com/8rzozUQzql → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1603438497171329024 | 18:22 |
| Brainstorm | New from The Atlantic: Is COVID a Common Cold Yet?: At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, one of the worst things about SARS-CoV-2 was that it was so new: The world lacked immunity, treatments, and vaccines. Tests were hard to come by too, making diagnosis a [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/12/covid-common-cold-status-differentiation/672472/ | 18:51 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Chile: +4359 cases, +42 deaths, +24959 tests since a day ago | 19:05 |
| Brainstorm | New from Contagion Live: New Research Shows “Y” Men Are More Likely to Have Severe COVID-19: With these findings, the Uppsala University investigators believe loss of the Y chromosome in white blood cells can predict which patients are at high risk of severe COVID-19 [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/new-research-shows-y-men-are-more-likely-to-have-severe-covid-19 | 19:11 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for United Kingdom: +382 deaths since 7 days ago — Canada: +63 deaths since 21 hours ago | 20:07 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): What is @ScienceMagazine's Breakthrough of the Year?The James Webb Space TelescopeRunners-up include progress in RSV vaccine, the Epstein-Barr virus associated with multiple sclerosis, foundation (creative) models #AI [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1603465794184105984 | 20:09 |
| LjL | oof, my sister is coming here for dinner tomorrow after being at a party, although she says she left the party after 20 minutes "because it looked unmanageable" | 21:05 |
| LjL | that's not a relief to me | 21:05 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Dr Emma Hodcroft (@firefoxx66): Thanks also to the users who highlighted CoVariants.org alongside cov2tree.org as great ways of tracking & finding out more about #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 evolution!By the way, it is absolutely 100% definitely the same virus. twitter.com/theosanderson/… → https://twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/1603482489921540097 | 21:18 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for France: +62541 cases, +106 deaths since 23 hours ago | 22:00 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/COVID19: COVID19: Primary exposure to SARS-CoV-2 variants elicits convergent epitope specificities, immunoglobulin V gene usage and public B cell clones → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zmux22/primary_exposure_to_sarscov2_variants_elicits/ | 22:38 |
| Brainstorm | New from StatNews: Biotech: STAT+: Drugmakers ask regulators to change standards on new Covid antibody drugs for most vulnerable → https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/15/drugmakers-seek-standards-new-covid-antibody-drugs/ | 23:37 |
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