libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2022-12-29

BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): A second update on mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19updated genome-wide association study (GWAS) on COVID-19 severity and infection susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2medrxiv.org/content/10.110… pic.twitter.com/oV6Eug2stZ → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/160824770152679014400:52
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): There is no new know variant and BF7 is already in the world, including Europe. Most countries have a highly vaccinated population and vaccines will hold, also against new variants. But the public opinion, the feeling of potential danger, may force the hand of [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/160825414263126425701:22
BrainstormUpdates for Slovakia: +311 cases since 14 hours ago02:09
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +1 deaths since 5 days ago04:07
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Higher COVID-19 vaccination rates are associated with lower COVID-19 mortality. A 10-percentage-point increase in vaccination was associated with an 18.1% decrease in mortality after 6 months and a 16.8% decrease after 12 months. High-income [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/zxtnx7/higher_covid19_vaccination_rates_are_associated/04:47
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: China lifts travel restrictions despite surging COVID cases, prompting concern in U.S. and other nations → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/zxv3tc/china_lifts_travel_restrictions_despite_surging/05:06
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +40810 cases, +161 deaths since 22 hours ago05:59
BrainstormUpdates for Texas, United States: +27912 cases, +95 deaths since 23 hours ago — Osaka, Japan: +13415 cases, +18 deaths since 23 hours ago — Fukuoka, Japan: +12360 cases, +18 deaths since 23 hours ago — Kanagawa, Japan: +12105 cases, +13 deaths since 23 hours ago07:01
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Persistent post–COVID-19 smell loss is associated with immune cell infiltration and altered gene expression in olfactory epithelium | Science Translational Medicine → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zxxfjx/persistent_postcovid19_smell_loss_is_associated/07:03
BrainstormUpdates for India: +268 cases, +2 deaths since 23 hours ago08:03
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +27940 cases, +36 deaths, +35020 tests since 23 hours ago09:06
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | December 29, 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/zxzp7b/daily_discussion_thread_december_29_2022/09:09
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Unvaxxed Victorians account for nearly half of recent Covid deaths: A staggering 1,660 Victorian healthcare workers were unable to work on Friday due to Covid, → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/zy0gzi/unvaxxed_victorians_account_for_nearly_half_of/09:48
BrainstormUpdates for Kerala, India: +99 cases, +1 deaths since 23 hours ago — Goa, India: +9 cases since 23 hours ago — West Bengal, India: +9 cases since 23 hours ago — Chandigarh, India: +2 cases since 23 hours ago10:08
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Ginger supplement significantly reduced length of hospital stay in individuals with COVID-19 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zy10zl/ginger_supplement_significantly_reduced_length_of/10:27
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: VV116 versus Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir for Oral Treatment of Covid-19 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zy17pr/vv116_versus_nirmatrelvirritonavir_for_oral/10:37
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Effects of return-to-office, public schools reopening, and vaccination mandates on COVID-19 cases among municipal employee residents of New York City → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zy1g0m/effects_of_returntooffice_public_schools/10:47
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Newspaper Coverage of COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Organ Transplants → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zy1kvj/newspaper_coverage_of_covid19_vaccination/10:57
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +6146 cases, +56 deaths since 23 hours ago — Israel: +1151 cases, +7 deaths since 23 hours ago11:10
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Drug companies set sights on new COVID medicines to boost depleted arsenal: 300 to 400 Americans dying with the disease each day, doctors & drugmakers say they are worried the coming months will carry an echo of the [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/zy1sbr/drug_companies_set_sights_on_new_covid_medicines/11:16
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: African Morgue Data Reveals A More Significant Covid-19 Death Toll Than Official Reporting → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/zy23lu/african_morgue_data_reveals_a_more_significant/11:35
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Update for US.BBC News - Covid in China: US imposes Covid testing for visitors from Chinabbc.co.uk/news/world-asi… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/160841481925387878511:55
BrainstormNew from Retraction Watch: Researchers lost five papers soon after scientists critiqued another of their papers in Retraction Watch: A microbiology research group at the University of Hong Kong lost five papers for image [... want %more?] → https://retractionwatch.com/2022/12/29/researchers-lost-five-papers-soon-after-scientists-critiqued-another-of-their-papers-in-retraction-watch/12:04
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: In Child Welfare Cases, Most of Your Constitutional Rights Don’t Apply: by Eli Hager ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches , a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/some-constitutional-rights-dont-apply-in-child-welfare12:14
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: Pfizer says hemophilia B gene therapy significantly reduces bleeds: Pfizer's trial results come a month after UniQure's treatment was approved as the first gene therapy for hemophilia B. → https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/29/pfizer-says-hemophilia-b-gene-therapy-significantly-reduces-bleeds/12:53
BrainstormUpdates for UAE: +74 cases, +42401 tests since 21 hours ago13:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): The case for testing travelers in a existing viral presence and high immune population, and, no, 50% positivity rate is not strange, seems quite accurate!Yes you can reduce, but real achievements may not to be great.Doing nothing seems bad, doing something [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/160843096715626086413:03
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Covid in China: US imposes Covid testing for visitors from China: Several other countries have imposed restrictions on travellers from China as Covid cases surge. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-6411149213:53
-Bridgestorm- 🏠 Linog! Lindol! Earthquake! 5.7 M tremor, registered by alomax,infoBMKG, with 66 reports, occurred 4 minutes ago (13:13:36 UTC), during a crescent moon night, Magdug, Philippines (6.56, 126.14) ± 41 km, ↓93 km likely felt 160 km away (in Tagum, Davao City…) by 3.1 million people → https://twitter.com/infoBMKG/status/1608452063201230854 (Twitter)14:17
BrainstormUpdates for China: +24895 cases, +62 deaths since a day ago15:00
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Covid in China: Checks on visitors under review - defence minister → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-6411641615:02
BrainstormUpdates for Hong Kong: +24895 cases, +62 deaths since a day ago — Austria: +4811 cases, +12 deaths, +65300 tests since 23 hours ago — Croatia: +642 cases, +13 deaths, +2952 tests since 23 hours ago16:03
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: U.S. Will Require COVID-19 Testing for Travelers from China Amid Surge → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/zy6efk/us_will_require_covid19_testing_for_travelers/16:30
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen): Just in case you needed more incentive: vaccines protect against all sorts of unwanted outcomes. twitter.com/stephjane0989/… → https://twitter.com/angie_rasmussen/status/160848644825641779616:50
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): With   focused on China, Japan, a country w/ one of the best pandemic outcomes, as previously reviewed: erictopol.substack.com/p/the-marked-c…is experiencing its worst death toll, during a 2nd BA.5 wave, with waning immunity, under-boosted, and 25% population age [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/160849220585302016017:00
BrainstormUpdates for Kosovo: +10 cases since a day ago17:05
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 29DEC22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/zy8xkc/global_covid_cases_for_29dec22/17:10
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Jing Si Herbal Tea Liquid Packet in the Treatment of Dyspeptic Symptoms and Psychophysical Burden in Patients With Disorders of Long COVID Gut Brain Int Eraction a Double Blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0566810417:20
BrainstormUpdates for Chile: +6125 cases, +51 deaths since a day ago18:07
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Namibia Monitoring Global Covid-19 Surge | 29DEC22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/zyaezt/namibia_monitoring_global_covid19_surge_29dec22/18:09
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Video: PM won’t impose restrictions on Chinese visitors | 29DEC22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/zyanrl/video_pm_wont_impose_restrictions_on_chinese/18:18
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Coronavirus: US will require COVID-19 testing for travellers from China | 29DEC22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/zyaqf5/coronavirus_us_will_require_covid19_testing_for/18:28
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: CDC Announces Negative COVID-19 Test Requirement from Air Passengers Entering the United States from the People’s Republic of China | 28DEC22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/zyb0hu/cdc_announces_negative_covid19_test_requirement/18:38
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): Currently, Omicron subvariant BF.7 is dominant there, which is a variant that in Europe is now in decline (cov-spectrum.org/explore/Belgiu…). → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/160852043424008601718:58
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): So better go & lie under your XMas tree, and not worry about Covid. If you are into R you can watch my animated fractal Xmas cards, with fitting music.  github.com/tomwenseleers/… [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/160852438982945996919:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): For people age 65+, the bivalent booster linked to >80% protection vs Covid hospitalizations cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7… @CDCMMWR pic.twitter.com/amiAg7gONp → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/160852843009789132919:28
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +26 deaths since 22 hours ago19:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): A human body holds about 10 billion B cells, the cells that can make antibodies.1.000.000.000 able to recognise different things. More spectacular; they can change how well things are recognised!Think about that next time you claim "the immune system is broken" → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/160853818913574912320:07
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): We can generate a seemingly endless supply of antibodies by joining gene segments together they are made into protein. Even thereafter, we can still adjust them for a better fit! Then we secrete them in very large amounts to help us fight infections! → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/160853819144691712120:17
BrainstormNew from WebMD: What's Next for COVID? Here's What to Know: As holiday celebrations wind down in the U.S., COVID is on the rise, even as people head out to ring in what they hope will be a healthier new year. While many would like to take a vacation from even thinking about COVID, the question of [... want %more?] → https://www.webmd.com/covid/news/20221229/whats-next-covid-what-to-know20:37
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): - 4x, and possibly annually prior to viral season like the influenza vaccines, is required for more vulnerable groups. This paper does certainly NOT suggest that you should do that or that it is harmful!! → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/160854981345214464320:58
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Jon Mastodon (@davidlymanning): @ENirenberg @Marc_Veld "We literally submerged these rats in the mRNA vaccine and they drowned."Somewhere on COVID Twitter: "mRNA vaccine shown to cause respiratory failure!!!" → https://twitter.com/davidlymanning/status/160855361424244736521:18
BrainstormUpdates for France: +24436 cases, +132 deaths since 23 hours ago22:04
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: We are ignoring Covid case rises once again → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/zyfnrh/we_are_ignoring_covid_case_rises_once_again/22:57
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +1108 cases, +24 deaths since 3 hours ago23:06

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