libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2023-02-23

BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): "Underscores the pressing need to invest in health in the US"Impact of US Covid through May 2022—over 1 million deaths—reduced life expectancy by 3.1 years—economic welfare losses of $3.57 trillion—untold number of people disabled w/ #LongCovid [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/162854613925456691201:14
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): The new scientific review on masks and Covid isn’t what you thinkA meta-analysis seeks to be the last word on the effectiveness of masks, but finding answers in science isn’t that easy. vox.com/future-perfect… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/162855014224779673901:24
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Bloom Lab (@jbloom_lab): Adding to this thread from several months ago on #SARSCoV2 severity.New work from Hong Kong by @bencowling88 supports idea *intrinsic* virulence of Omicron not lower than early strains.Instead, suggests most reduction in severity due to immunity.twitter.com/bencowling88/s… → https://twitter.com/jbloom_lab/status/162855239794467635801:33
BrainstormUpdates for Slovakia: +290 cases since 13 hours ago — Canada: +974 cases, +25 deaths since 7 hours ago02:11
BrainstormUpdates for Norway: +48 cases since 23 hours ago — Ivory Coast: +24 cases, +576 tests since a day ago03:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Arijit Chakravarty (@arijitchakrav): @JT_Grindrod @md_wallach @DavidMooreSEP Yeah, what cracks me up is when people try to overload the operator, as it were. “Well, some people think that 2+2=4, but that’s just a common misconception about how the ‘+’ operator works. It can [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/arijitchakrav/status/162858280735725568303:57
BrainstormUpdates for Pakistan: +36 cases since a day ago — United Kingdom: +1 deaths since 6 days ago05:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Josiah Grindrod can be explained by immunity debt (@JT_Grindrod): Most of the fake MDs on this site depend on you not knowing a damned thing about a topic so you will swallow their nonsense.Anyone that says we have herd immunity to sars-cov-2 is either a charlatan or a hoodwinked victim. → https://twitter.com/JT_Grindrod/status/162861185012348108805:32
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +25038 cases, +113 deaths since 22 hours ago06:01
BrainstormUpdates for Arizona, United States: +26866 cases, +39 deaths since 5 days ago — South Carolina, United States: +20478 cases since 8 days ago — Texas, United States: +13853 cases, +108 deaths since 23 hours ago — Georgia, United States: +12237 cases, +87 deaths since 7 days ago07:03
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | February 23, 2023: 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/119s6tn/daily_discussion_thread_february_23_2023/09:02
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Bovine Pancreatic Insufficiency: Repurposed drugs  that have multiple mechanisms of action in treating infections usually end up doing nothing. For example, fluvoxamine and COVID 45. The post  first appeared on Science-Based Medicine . → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/bovine-pancreatic-insufficiency/09:12
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Reporting Rates for VAERS Death Reports Following COVID-19 Vaccination, December 14, 2020-November 17, 2021 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/119t86k/reporting_rates_for_vaers_death_reports_following/10:09
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Role of vaccination and anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the clinical outcome of hospitalized COVID-19 patients → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/119tc37/role_of_vaccination_and_antisarscov2_antibodies/10:19
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and long COVID in US adults during the BA.4/BA.5 surge, June-July 2022 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/119tf30/the_prevalence_of_sarscov2_infection_and_long/10:29
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Data on testing for COVID-19 by week and country: Data in multiple file formats with information about testing volume for COVID-19, sorted by week and country, and updated on a weekly basis. → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/covid-19-testing12:15
BrainstormNew from ScienceNews: The standard model of particle physics passed one of its strictest tests yet: An experiment with a single electron, trapped for months on end, produced one of the most precise tests yet of the standard model of particle physics. → https://www.sciencenews.org/article/standard-model-particle-physics13:04
BrainstormUpdates for UAE: +121 cases since 22 hours ago13:11
BrainstormNew from BMJ: The NHS paid private hospitals {pound}2bn in the pandemic: did taxpayers get value for money?: This article (BMJ 2023;380:p329, doi:10.1136/bmj.p329, published 15 February 2023) has been updated to clarify that the name of the organisation is Nuffield Health rather than Nuffield. → http://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj.p450.short13:23
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Assessing the impact of one million COVID-19 deaths in America: economic and life expectancy losses → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/119wp9q/assessing_the_impact_of_one_million_covid19/13:42
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: A multiplexed, paired-pooled droplet digital PCR assay for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/119wy93/a_multiplexed_pairedpooled_droplet_digital_pcr/13:52
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +14721 cases, +37 deaths since 23 hours ago14:01
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 is not a major causative factor for exacerbation in a mouse model of SARS-CoV-2 infection → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/119xdxp/plasminogen_activator_inhibitor_1_is_not_a_major/14:21
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Patient Hesitancy to Respiratory Infection Vaccines: Experts address patient hesitancy around both COVID-19 and influenza vaccines. → https://www.onclive.com/view/patient-hesitancy-to-respiratory-infection-vaccines15:31
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: New Meta Study Consisting of Data from 11 Studies shows 1 in 3 Long COVID Sufferers Have Life Destroying, Incurable and Widespread Pain Caused by Damage to Nervous System → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/119zsxu/new_meta_study_consisting_of_data_from_11_studies/16:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): No, vaccine acquired Spike does not need to be digested! It is not synthetic, it is swiftly broken down and you do not need a pill for it! Nettokinase; a caution;thematic-ai.eu/prof-marc-veld… pic.twitter.com/ixDV8vd0qq → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/162877472542917018516:21
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Subvariants on Vaccine Uptake and Patient Education: "We made a mistake," said Wendy Wright, DNP, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP. "We needed to have a 3-dose primary series and not call these booster shots.” → https://www.onclive.com/view/effects-of-sars-cov-2-subvariants-on-vaccine-uptake-and-patient-education17:01
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Anesthetists After the Pandemic in the Eyes of the Public → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0574132017:11
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (translated) The Long COVID-19 Wearable Device Study: Terms: Long COVID; Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome; Dysautonomia; Myalgic Encephalomyelitis; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Long Covid19 → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0574111217:21
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Application and Research of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Alleviating Severe Development of COVID-19 Infection → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0574109917:30
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Investigational HIV Vaccine and Therapy Combination Reduces Time on ART: At the CROI conference, AELIX Therapeutics announced positive topline results for a phase 2a clinical trial. → https://www.onclive.com/view/investigational-hiv-vaccine-and-therapy-combination-meets-study-endpoints18:29
BrainstormNew from Virology.ws: Trial By Error: An Upcoming “Biopsychosocial” Long Covid Conference in Finland: By David Tuller, DrPH What is it with the health care establishments in northern Europe? Why are they so devoted to non-evidence-based approaches to treating [... want %more?] → https://www.virology.ws/2023/02/23/trial-by-error-an-upcoming-biopsychosocial-long-covid-conference-in-finland/18:48
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): The aim is to “ “Preparing For the Future By Learning From the Past: Examining COVID Policy Decisions.” A wider look would have been nice, if not absolutely required? → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/162881374024519270418:58
BrainstormUpdates for Chile: +2413 cases, +19 deaths since a day ago19:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): From the plane bathrooms.....Wastewater #SARSCoV2 genomic surveillance of >80 international flights coming into the US JFK—81% positive for the virus —Confirms ability to detect variants—Took only a few minutes to collect samples cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7… [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/162881750019987046519:08
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Listen: Vertex vs. insurers, Moderna’s future, & biotech’s long winter: What makes a drug quintuple in cost? How do you follow inventing a Covid-19 vaccine? And what did we learn from biotech's unicorn era? Find out on the latest episode… → https://www.statnews.com/2023/02/23/vertex-insurers-cystic-fibrosis-moderna-future/19:27
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +12224 cases, +543 deaths since 14 hours ago — Malaysia: +224 cases since 23 hours ago — Canada: +26 deaths since 22 hours ago20:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Covid testing before departure of international flights led to halving the rate of those with positive tests post-arrivalcdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7… pic.twitter.com/vzRj0gHm11 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/162883219407569305620:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): Congrats @amibanerjee1 and colleagues on the publishing of this article!“Organ impairment persisted in 59% of 331 individuals followed up at 1 year post COVID-19, with implications for symptoms, quality of life and longer-term health” [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/162883718432833126420:26
-Bridgestorm- ⭕ Linog! Lindol! Earthquake! 6.1 Mb tremor, registered by scevent, occurred 13 minutes ago (20:01:59 UTC), during a crescent moon night, on land, Kawayan, Philippines (7.53, 122.86), ↓33 km likely felt 290 km away (in Alicia, Mabuhay, Payao, Talusan, Siay, Imelda…) by 1.3 million people https://twitter.com/BrainstormBot/status/1627834490012721154 (service.geonet.org.nz)21:15
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: A Case Report: Multifocal Necrotizing Encephalitis and Myocarditis after BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccination against COVID-19 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/11a7joj/a_case_report_multifocal_necrotizing_encephalitis/21:24
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: us: Remdesivir for COVID-19: “We Saw a Mortality Benefit Across Oxygen Needs” → https://www.onclive.com/view/remdesivir-for-covid-19-we-saw-a-mortality-benefit-across-oxygen-needs-21:53
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Health: American Cancer Society warns about potential impact of missed screenings during Covid → https://www.statnews.com/2023/02/23/missed-cancer-screenings/22:03
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Majority of British Columbians reject notion of bringing back COVID restrictions: poll → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/11a9mu2/majority_of_british_columbians_reject_notion_of/23:40

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