libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2022-12-16

BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +1572 cases, +79 deaths since 21 hours ago00:04
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Free, mail-order COVID tests are back. Here’s how to get them and when to use them. → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/zmz4so/free_mailorder_covid_tests_are_back_heres_how_to/00:06
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Most Cancers Not Found Through Screenings: Just 14.1% of cancer cases in the United States are diagnosed through recommended screening tests, a new report says. → https://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20221215/most-cancers-not-found-through-screenings00:16
BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Comment] The Lancet Commission on 21st-Century Global Health Threats: The world has lived through an extraordinary global health threat, the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to nearly 20 million deaths, staggering economic losses, a generational decline in human [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)02576-4/fulltext00:35
BrainstormUpdates for Brazil: +48351 cases, +203 deaths since 23 hours ago — Ethiopia: +327 cases since 2 days ago01:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Reducing symptoms and increasing activity in a small cohort of people with #LongCovid using pacing onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jm… pic.twitter.com/QVEAOhQsFm → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/160354609399160422401:34
BrainstormUpdates for Australia: +44253 cases, +87 deaths since a day ago — Guatemala: +2721 cases, +4 deaths, +11761 tests since a day ago — Bolivia: +2263 cases, +9 deaths since a day ago02:09
BrainstormUpdates for California, United States: +34607 cases since 20 hours ago — Pakistan: +30 cases since 23 hours ago04:01
BrainstormUpdates for Bolivia: +2538 cases since 2 hours ago — Germany: +40701 cases, +143 deaths since a day ago05:03
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: 1/5 suffer long Covid regardless of how severe the symptoms were. → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zn5ppg/15_suffer_long_covid_regardless_of_how_severe_the/05:17
BrainstormNew from BioNTech: BioNTech Announces Plans for a Clinical Trial hub in Taiwan for mRNA-based Cancer Immunotherapies as Part of Asia-Pacific Expansion: BioNTech plans to accelerate clinical development of its mRNA-based cancer immunotherapies in [... want %more?] → https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/biontech-announces-plans-clinical-trial-hub-taiwan-mrna-based07:04
BrainstormUpdates for New South Wales, Australia: +40680 cases, +74 deaths since 7 days ago — Ohio, United States: +16719 cases since 2 hours ago — Queensland, Australia: +15320 cases, +33 deaths since 7 days ago — South Australia, Australia: +11626 cases, +17 deaths since 7 days ago07:07
BrainstormNew from Il Sole 24 Ore: (translated) Covid and flu, the impact on work is 4.5 billion: There are 6 million adults who have lost or will lose an average of 5 days of work for a total of 30 million working days lost → https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/covid-e-influenza-l-impatto-lavoro-e-45-miliardi-AErpObOC07:23
Trippy72894hi folks i have a covid question07:58
Trippy72894is anyone here? last time, crickets07:58
jacklswmore or less crickets08:17
jacklswyou are lucky to have an audience today :P08:17
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Effect of Ivermectin 600 mcg/kg for 6 days vs Placebo on Time to Sustained Recovery in Outpatients with Mild to Moderate COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zn8qpa/effect_of_ivermectin_600_mcgkg_for_6_days_vs/08:21
Trippy72894<jacklsw are you there?08:43
Trippy72894jacklsw i can ask you if that's okay08:43
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: I Didn’t Encourage the Spread of COVID.  Was I Unethical?: No. I was not unethical. The post  first appeared on Science-Based Medicine . → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/i-didnt-encourage-the-spread-of-covid-was-i-unethical/09:10
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Less than 50% of nursing home residents have received omicron booster ahead of expected winter Covid wave → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/zna77f/less_than_50_of_nursing_home_residents_have/10:08
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +8451 cases, +59 deaths since a day ago11:04
BrainstormNew from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Summary of opinion: Spikevax (previously COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna),elasomeran,imelasomeran and elasomeran,davesomeran and elasomeran,COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (nucleoside-modified),  15/12/2022,  Positive → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/summaries-opinion/spikevax-previously-covid-19-vaccine-moderna-112:05
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Six-Month Follow-up after a Fourth BNT162b2 Vaccine Dose → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/znc5xh/sixmonth_followup_after_a_fourth_bnt162b2_vaccine/12:15
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): To wrap up this account before it goes under lockdown, @Dieren_Doc and @Marc_Veld reflect together on the COVID-19 pandemic and the worrying developments it exposed and continue.But the text will be linked below, in 4 parts, via Substack. → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/160371425543756186112:35
BrainstormUpdates for Philippines: +1192 cases, +27 deaths, +11786 tests since a day ago13:08
BrainstormNew from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Qdenga, dengue tetravalent vaccine (live, attenuated), Dengue, Date of authorisation: 05/12/2022, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/qdenga13:52
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: Medicine: 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 authorisation: 06/01/2021, [... want %more?] → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/spikevax14:02
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Progressive loss of conserved spike protein neutralizing antibody sites in Omicron sublineages is balanced by preserved T-cell recognition epitopes → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/znehz4/progressive_loss_of_conserved_spike_protein/14:21
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 16DEC22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/zner4o/global_covid_cases_for_16dec22/14:41
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Long COVID: An update and gauging risk, by @dr_kkjetelina open.substack.com/pub/yourlocale… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/160375465564487680115:21
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Autopsy-based histopathological characterization of myocarditis after anti-SARS-CoV-2-vaccination | 27NOV22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/znfwpx/autopsybased_histopathological_characterization/15:31
BrainstormNew from FDA Press Releases: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA to Hold Advisory Committee Meeting to Discuss Future Vaccination Regimens Addressing COVID-19: On Jan. 26, the FDA will convene its VRBPAC to consider whether [... want %more?] → http://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-hold-advisory-committee-meeting-discuss-future-vaccination-regimens15:41
BrainstormNew from Novavax: (news): German Health Authority Expands Recommendation for Use of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine as a Booster → https://ir.novavax.com/German-Health-Authority-Expands-Recommendation-for-Use-of-Novavax-COVID-19-Vaccine-as-a-Booster16:00
de-facto%title https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/pulse/long-covid.htm16:36
Brainstormde-facto: From www.cdc.gov: Long COVID - Household Pulse Survey - COVID-1916:36
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Reimagining health systems as systems for health: While health systems are fundamental to creating health and wellbeing, the covid-19 pandemic has exposed an outdated view of health systems. The boundaries of health systems are rapidly evolving and expanding. Social media and digital innovations are [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj.o3025.short16:39
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The BQ.1 variants rise in the US to ~70%, updated today. BQ.1.1 itself (38%) is still not dominant; its impact not yet fully manifest.XBB is still gaining a bit, toocovid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra… pic.twitter.com/DsAj9JZ6W3 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/160377802494340710416:50
LjL-Matrix<Brainstorm> "New from Novavax: (news): German..." <- Why would there be a limitation to people who can't get mRNA in the first place? Weren't Novavax results quite good after all? Aren't we letting Pfizer milk the cow a bit too much?16:52
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +174630 cases, +719 deaths since 7 days ago — Spain: +18604 cases, +236 deaths since 6 days ago17:05
LjL-Matrix%tr <it L'isolamento delle persone infettate dal coronavirus, che oggi dura 5 giorni, si concluderà, senza bisogno di fare un tampone. Resta in vigore l'obbligo di isolamento ma lo si interrompe eliminando dunque l’obbligo di fare un test. Il cambiamento ha bisogno di essere meglio specificato. Cosa succede se una persona ha ancora sintomi dopo 5 giorni? Dovrà risolvere la questione una circolare di Schillaci, che indicherà ad esempio17:13
LjL-Matrixcome comportarsi a seconda che ci siano o meno dei sintomi, dei quali nella norma approvata al Senato non si parla.17:13
BrainstormLjL-Matrix, Italian to English: The isolation of people infected with the coronavirus, which today lasts 5 days, will end, without the need for a swab. The isolation obligation remains in force but it is interrupted, thus eliminating the obligation to take a test. The change needs to be better specified. What if a person still has symptoms after 5 days? A circular from Schillaci [... want %more?]17:13
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BrainstormLjL-Matrix, [...] revolutionizing how governments and the private sector engage people and communities. They are also revolutionizing people’s and communities’ interaction and engagement with health systems.1 Yet current thinking on health systems remains focused on access to medical services and financial protection, key metrics for measuring universal health [...] → https://paste.ee/p/aN32r17:14
BrainstormLjL-Matrix, [...] will have to resolve the issue, which will indicate for example (Google: 18%) → https://paste.ee/p/GKY6w17:14
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Flu nasal spray vaccine for children may reduce strep A risk: It is another reason for parents to get their children protected against flu, health officials say, → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6400217417:58
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BrainstormUpdates for Netherlands: +2911 cases, +3 deaths since a day ago18:07
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: General: COVID-19 vaccines: key facts → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory/overview/public-health-threats/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/treatments-vaccines/vaccines-covid-19/covid-19-vaccines-key-facts18:38
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): First look at bivalent booster vaccine effectiveness vs hospitalizations through November for age 65+Strong protection >70-80+%. Includes time during BQ.1 variants rise to dominancenew @CDCMMWR cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7… pic.twitter.com/RDCj03QclO → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/160381131351531929719:07
BrainstormUpdates for Cuba: +31 cases since 23 hours ago — Canada: +2396 cases since 23 hours ago19:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Yet 64% of seniors in the US have not had a recent boostercovid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra…And seniors account for nearly all of the rise of Covid hospitalizations nytimes.com/interactive/20… pic.twitter.com/OKJoCnapvr → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/160381413896626585619:16
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Dr Vaxx (@VaxxDoc): Unfortunately, there is again plenty of fake news being spread about the covid vaccine by antivaxxers#diedsuddenly #disinformation pic.twitter.com/gfcaPnKAD4 → https://twitter.com/VaxxDoc/status/160381904733824614419:36
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Studies show updated Covid boosters effective at reducing need for medical care: New data indicates that the updated two-strain Covid booster shots provide substantial protection against illness and hospitalization. → https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/16/covid-boosters-effective/19:46
BrainstormUpdates for France: +1898 cases since 21 hours ago19:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Until now the immune escape of BQ.1.1 and XBB has been largely (if not exclusively) assessed via neutralizing antibodies. Here are new (in silico data): the T cell responses (CD4+, CD8+) are likely intact vs these variants, which helps prevent severe [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/160382559807317196920:06
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: I've been "pinged" by the NHS Covid-19 app. Should I isolate? → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/znmxn0/ive_been_pinged_by_the_nhs_covid19_app_should_i/20:45
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +2 deaths since a day ago21:01
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Rise of 'Alarming' Subvariants of COVID Predicted for Winter: The subvariants are the most resistant to neutralizing antibodies, and we have no or “markedly reduced” protection against infection from these four strains, even if you’ve already had COVID-19 or are [... want %more?] → https://www.webmd.com/covid/news/20221216/alarming-covid-subvariants-predicted-for-winter21:05
BrainstormUpdates for Lebanon: +202 cases since a day ago22:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The natural history of vaccine-induced myocarditis for outcomes such as heart failure, dilated cardiomyopathy, or death is far different—more favorable—than from Covid myocarditis (besides the latter being considerably more common) [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/160386248095382732822:23
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Clarification: this study compares vaccine-induced myocarditis with viral myocarditis (not Covid). There are several other reports that I’ve previously posted w/ direct comparison with Covid myocarditis → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/160387244987908505623:02
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +2305 cases since 23 hours ago23:06

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