libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2022-12-30

BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: A randomized clinical trial showed that ginger supplementation reduced the length of hospital stay by 2.4 days for people with COVID-19. Men aged 60+ with pre-existing conditions saw the most benefit → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/zyiofi/a_randomized_clinical_trial_showed_that_ginger/00:06
BrainstormUpdates for Honduras: +2230 cases, +8 deaths since 8 days ago00:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Ernest Colic, BVNL, about the huge COVID-19 wave in China, the overcrowded hospitals, the deaths, but keep calling COVID-19 "mild". Having no proof of that, of course, closing one's eyes to data, coming up with empty words and slogans. Well.... BVNL. [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/160861182256283648000:55
BrainstormUpdates for Algeria: +9 cases since a day ago01:10
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Burnett, MD (@Doctor_Eric_B): I get comments like this all the time from people who don’t understand the purpose of VAERS, and likely have never generated a report for themselves. In this thread I will post some deaths reported to VAERS following vaccination.     twitter.com/jeff__perrine/… → https://twitter.com/Doctor_Eric_B/status/160861386790681395901:54
BrainstormUpdates for Australia: +30804 cases, +52 deaths since 23 hours ago — Slovakia: +299 cases since 23 hours ago — Bulgaria: +286 cases, +7 deaths, +4667 tests since a day ago02:07
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Among the best @nytgraphics for 2022, this one for #LongCovid really stands outnytimes.com/interactive/20… @joshkellerjosh → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/160863860175104819602:42
BrainstormUpdates for Guatemala: +2308 cases, +1 deaths, +20884 tests since a day ago — Malaysia: +679 cases, +6 deaths, +23766 tests since a day ago — Nepal: +16 cases since 2 days ago03:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Also very useful: in this prospective placebo-controlled trial, we finally get a rate for PASC (long covid) diagnoses in a blinded population: 8% at 6motwitter.com/boulware_dr/st… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/160866450355795149004:30
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +32729 cases, +188 deaths since a day ago — Pakistan: +25 cases since a day ago06:03
BrainstormUpdates for Florida, United States: +25540 cases, +300 deaths since 13 days ago — Kanagawa, Japan: +11674 cases, +33 deaths since a day ago — Minnesota, United States: +5721 cases, +47 deaths since 7 days ago — Okayama, Japan: +3925 cases, +9 deaths since a day ago07:05
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Woman, 36, Goes Into Heart Failure on Walk Due To Getting COVID Weeks Before → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/zysxq0/woman_36_goes_into_heart_failure_on_walk_due_to/07:16
BrainstormUpdates for Ecuador: +9014 cases since 7 days ago08:08
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | December 30, 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/zyute5/daily_discussion_thread_december_30_2022/09:03
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +27408 cases, +34 deaths, +32938 tests since a day ago09:10
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Misinformation is Censorship: It's impossible to have a meaningful conversation with a misinformed interlocutor- and there are many- who insists COVID is just the flu, it poses a "negligible" risk to a healthy person younger than 65, and the pandemic ended long ago. The post  first appeared on [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/censorshp/09:32
BrainstormUpdates for Karnataka, India: +56 cases since 23 hours ago — Jammu and Kashmir, India: +6 cases since a day ago10:00
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Early Estimates of Bivalent mRNA Vaccine Effectiveness in Preventing COVID-19-Associated Emergency Department or Urgent Care Encounters and Hospitalizations Among Immunocompetent Adults → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zyw0fs/early_estimates_of_bivalent_mrna_vaccine/10:11
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Watch: A wave of overdoses is hitting an already vulnerable population: Experts say the U.S. is in the “fourth wave” of the overdose epidemic and unhoused populations, which have high rates of drug use and little access to quality healthcare, have… → https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/30/a-wave-of-overdoses-is-hitting-an-already-vulnerable-population/10:51
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: Medicare Keeps Spending More on COVID-19 Testing. Fraud and Overspending Are Partly Why.: by Anjeanette Damon ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches , a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/how-fraud-increases-medicare-spending-covid-19-testing11:49
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Adam Kucharski (@adamjkucharski): Routine variant surveillance among arrivals (which is different to testing at departure to allow/prevent travel) could also be valuable for: 1) Piecing together global COVID dynamics more generally and 2) Planning ahead for variant-specific vaccine [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/adamjkucharski/status/160878024105671884812:08
BrainstormUpdates for Hong Kong: +27830 cases, +72 deaths since 21 hours ago13:06
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: 74 Things That Blew Our Minds in 2022: The writers on The Atlantic ’s Science, Technology, and Health desks have learned a lot this year. Our coverage of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has continued, but this year, more so than in 2020 and 2021, [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/12/the-science-facts-that-blew-our-mind-2022/672603/13:46
BrainstormNew from Novavax: (news): Novavax Announces Initiation of Phase 2 Trial for COVID-19-Influenza Combination and Stand-Alone Influenza Vaccine Candidates → https://ir.novavax.com/2022-12-30-Novavax-Announces-Initiation-of-Phase-2-Trial-for-COVID-19-Influenza-Combination-and-Stand-Alone-Influenza-Vaccine-Candidates14:05
BrainstormUpdates for China: +27830 cases, +72 deaths since 23 hours ago14:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Note that the tetanus vaccine is against a toxin, specifically to neutralise it with neutralising antibodies. Tetanus is a horrible toxin-induced disease where vaccines induced immunity is saving many from a very painful death. pic.twitter.com/gVl0Vw8hlD → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/160881537963540890214:24
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Inflammatory bowel disease and COVID-19 outcomes: a meta-analysis → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zz0g5u/inflammatory_bowel_disease_and_covid19_outcomes_a/14:34
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Penguinone (@penguinone): Rejecting scientific consensus on vaccines, climate change or COVID-19 doesn't make you a critical thinker - it makes you a tiresome contrarian.If your point of view conflicts with the overwhelming scientific evidence, you may wonder why. → https://twitter.com/penguinone/status/160881884376137728414:44
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Emergency contraceptive pills don’t induce abortion, says US regulator: Emergency contraceptive pills work by inhibiting or delaying ovulation and are not abortifacients, the US drug regulator has said after reviewing the scientific evidence.1The Food and Drug Administration said that it was prompted to review [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj.o3073.short15:04
BrainstormUpdates for Iran: +60 cases since 23 hours ago — Malta: +36 cases, +2 deaths since 22 hours ago — Bangladesh: +35 cases, +2254 tests since 2 days ago15:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): D) Support vulnerable population to be vaccinated for COVID-19 but also other respiratory infections, specially in the Global North, which is in the winter season. → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/160882945829490279015:24
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): In summary, we should be alerted of the situation in China & should support them to control. We should also do  our homework so, in case, a new wave starts, it can be managed effectively. We are not in 2019, but end of 2022 and we have the tools & knowledge to [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/160882946065630413015:33
BrainstormUpdates for Barbados: +571 cases since 17 days ago16:01
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +122099 cases, +706 deaths since 6 days ago — Cuba: +30 cases, +1151 tests since 21 hours ago — Kosovo: +12 cases since 23 hours ago17:03
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistence in the human body and brain at autopsy → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zz48qk/sarscov2_infection_and_persistence_in_the_human/17:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): It is sad to have to point out that boosters  work. But there you go, some more.Vaccine effectiveness of one, two, and three doses of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac against COVID-19 in Hong Kong: a population-based observational studylinkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/160885832572223078517:21
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Treatment of Long COVID Utilizing Autologous Stem Cells → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0566926117:31
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetic Characteristics Evaluation on GST-HG171 Tablets → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0566889717:50
BrainstormUpdates for Spain: +14221 cases, +196 deaths since 7 days ago18:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): All we know about the XBB.1.5 variant summarized here a week agoerictopol.substack.com/p/a-new-varian…We’ve not seen such rapid growth of a variant since Omicron BA.1 a year ago.  Total US XBB last week = 18% of cases.  Northeast now ~75% XBB.1.5. Perhaps CDC [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/160887466796793037018:20
LjLsince I like to be a contrarian and Immuni (the Italian exposure notification app) is being decommissioned, like all the others, *now* I installed it on all my devices :P18:52
LjLand also the German and the Swiss ones from F-Droid18:52
BrainstormNew from NPR Science: China's COVID vaccines: Do the jabs do the job?: As case counts surge in China, rumors circulate about the effectiveness and safety of the made-in-China vaccines in use there. Here's what we know about CoronaVac and Sinopharm. → https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/12/30/1143696652/chinas-covid-vaccines-do-the-jabs-do-the-job19:58
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +264 cases since 21 hours ago20:10
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: China Covid: UK set to require negative test for arrivals: It is understood the decision follows concerns about data being provided by the Chinese government. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-6413065520:17
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Penguinone (@penguinone): Lungs full of scars, but Otto has no regrets about not getting vaccinatedOtto de Ruig demonstrated on Museumplein against the corona policy, but almost died of the virus himself.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/12… → https://twitter.com/penguinone/status/160891134502570393820:56
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): New data for bivalent protection vs Covid hospitalizationFor age 65+, > 90% reduction and 2.5-fold lower than without bivalent booster (thru Nov)Reminder: some cross-reactive immunity of BA.5 bivalent vs XBB.1.5 variant pic.twitter.com/xnrpD9NYou → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/160891595849168076921:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Here for all ages 18+Similar relative reduction, less absolute, for bivalent vs non-bivalent or without vaccination covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra… pic.twitter.com/CMKyrM4pl6 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/160891740868066918521:15
BrainstormNew from Politico: UK joins countries screening arrivals from China for COVID: Britain will require a negative test from travelers arriving from China after January 5. → https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-to-test-china-arrivals-for-covid-january-5/21:35
BrainstormUpdates for France: +24087 cases, +115 deaths since 23 hours ago22:02
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Effectiveness of Curcumin on Outcomes of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/zzbrhw/effectiveness_of_curcumin_on_outcomes_of/22:24
BrainstormUpdates for Albania: +30 cases since 2 days ago — Canada: +1981 cases, +11 deaths since 23 hours ago23:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): NO, a variant, unless something really weird happens, will not escape all antibodies, and certainly not all T cells!But; there are vulnerable people among us; do keep that in mind and avoid spreading the virus where you can. → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/160895215471023718523:32

Generated by irclog2html.py 2.17.0 by Marius Gedminas - find it at https://mg.pov.lt/irclog2html/!