libera/##covid-19/ Monday, 2023-05-08

BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): His CDC director choice was obviously unqualified and has resigned in the entire time we waited for a NIH head.He hired a lawyer as HHS chief (in charge of FDA, NIH, and CDC), who did nothing as the pandemic killed another 700k Americans, then kept [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/165535076823977984101:24
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: A bivalent ChAd nasal vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 BQ.1.1 and XBB.1.5 infection and disease in mice and hamsters → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/13b7wtw/a_bivalent_chad_nasal_vaccine_protects_against/02:22
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Prof. Akiko Iwasaki (@VirusesImmunity): How do SARS-CoV-2 reinfections impact long-term health outcomes?  @patientled developed a survey to study this important question. Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey (available in multiple languages)   [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/VirusesImmunity/status/165536700495679488002:32
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Modi govt 'wholly untrustworthy' on Covid data, censored criticism on pandemic: Lancet → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/13b920z/modi_govt_wholly_untrustworthy_on_covid_data/03:21
BrainstormNew from Outbreak News Today: 4th monkeypox death reported in Minas Gerais, 1st in 6 months: NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Minas Gerais State Health Secretariat (SES-MG) reports that as of 05/05/2023, 615  cases of Monkeypox, or Mpox have been confirmed by laboratory tests. [... want %more?] → http://outbreaknewstoday.com/4th-monkeypox-death-reported-in-minas-gerais-1st-in-6-months-35259/04:38
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Wastewater study detects a large, silent wave in Bengaluru → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/13bdn3b/wastewater_study_detects_a_large_silent_wave_in/06:26
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: ProtocolKills.com: Misinformed refusal on steroids: Back in the day, I used to refer to something I dubbed "misinformed refusal," a term that refers to how antivaxxers had weaponized "informed consent" by inverting it to frighten parents against vaccinated. [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/protocolkills-com-misinformed-refusal-on-steroids/09:01
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Estimated cumulative excess deaths per 100,000 people during COVID, from The Economist, April 23, 2023 | 08MAY23 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/13bhelv/estimated_cumulative_excess_deaths_per_100000/09:32
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: A lot of people asking for rebuttals to the apparent "end to the pandemic". 1st, that's not what the WHO said: “However, that does not mean Covid-19 is over as a global health threat". But let's face it, no one reads [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/13bi3k0/a_lot_of_people_asking_for_rebuttals_to_the/10:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Dr. Baltimore is also a true scholar. Notice he managed to talk about SARSCoV2 without using any F words, making fun of people, ascribing thoughts to conspiracy theorists or political opponents, etc.There are others who, like him, choose not to join [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/165548862627974758410:30
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Does the end of Covid emergency declarations mean the pandemic is over?: What is clear is that Covid isn’t going anywhere, though the damage it is doing to the human species is declining. → https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/08/is-the-covid19-pandemic-over/10:40
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 08MAY23 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/13bixht/global_covid_cases_for_08may23/10:49
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: MasitinibL shows promise as a drug-like analog of masitinib that elicits comparable SARS-Cov-2 3CLpro inhibition with low kinase preference → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/13bk842/masitinibl_shows_promise_as_a_druglike_analog_of/11:58
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Excess Visceral Fat Associated With Poorer Cognitive Performance. An increase in the type of fat wrapped around the internal organs - known as visceral fat - is associated with poorer performance in cognitive tests of memory, executive function, [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/13bku8d/excess_visceral_fat_associated_with_poorer/12:37
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Parallel dynamics in the yield of universal SARS-CoV-2 admission screening and population incidence → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/13bl5oz/parallel_dynamics_in_the_yield_of_universal/12:46
BrainstormNew from BioNTech: BioNTech Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results and Corporate Update: COVID-19 vaccine franchise focused on vaccine adaptation readiness ahead of the fall season and advancing next generation vaccine candidates and [... want %more?] → https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/biontech-announces-first-quarter-2023-financial-results-and12:56
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: The SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease suppresses type I interferon responses by deubiquitinating STING → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/13bmjfw/the_sarscov2_papainlike_protease_suppresses_type/13:45
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: Weekly Scientific Discussion Thread - May 08, 2023: This weekly thread is for scientific discussion pertaining to COVID-19. Please post questions about the science of this virus and disease here to collect them for others and clear up post space for [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/13bmxt4/weekly_scientific_discussion_thread_may_08_2023/14:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Prof. Akiko Iwasaki (@VirusesImmunity): I am incredibly honored to be awarded the Else Kröner-Fresenius Prize for Medical Research 2023    Especially grateful that #longcovid and other post-acute infection syndromes like #mecfs are being recognized as "Diseases of worldwide [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/VirusesImmunity/status/165554745416548352014:25
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Commercially available SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR diagnostic tests need obligatory internal validation → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/13bo2az/commercially_available_sarscov2_rtqpcr_diagnostic/14:54
BrainstormNew from ScienceNews: Pregnancy may hamper bats’ ability to ‘see’ in the dark: Tiny Kuhl’s pipistrelle bats make fewer calls when pregnant, which may make it more difficult to hunt prey, lab tests hint. → https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pregnancy-pipistrelle-bats-echolocation15:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) LangzeitCOVID @LangzeitC@det.social (@LangzeitC): Wow!!The #LongCovid & #MECFS researcher Prof. Iwasaki @VirusesImmunity receives the prize of the Else Kröner-Fresenius-Foundation @EKFFoundation for her research.We thank the @EKFStiftung for recognizing the achievements of [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/LangzeitC/status/165555911040478413115:52
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Evaluation of Waning of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine–Induced Immunity → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/13bpzoz/evaluation_of_waning_of_sarscov2_vaccineinduced/16:02
BrainstormNew from WebMD: For Long COVID Parents, Everyday Life Is Still a Struggle: Millions of parents are living with long COVID, leaving them to try their best to balance childrearing with chronic illness. → https://www.webmd.com/covid/news/20230508/for-long-covid-parents-everyday-life-is-still-a-struggle16:31
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Is Covid really over? WHO’s announcement sounds more like surrender than victory → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/13bvbjf/is_covid_really_over_whos_announcement_sounds/17:31
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: The Challenges of Treating RSV in Children…Without a Vaccine: Steven Varga, PhD, explains why infants and young children are so much susceptible to severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/the-challenges-of-treating-rsv-in-children-without-a-vaccine17:41
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Intranasal Foralumab to be Investigated for Long COVID. (Monoclonal antibody that dampens Inflammation by Deactivating Microglia and returning effector T cells to naive state in Brain) → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/13bwckk/intranasal_foralumab_to_be_investigated_for_long/18:11
BrainstormNew from Outbreak News Today: South Korea monkeypox update: 60 total cases reported, Anonymous sex implicated in most: NewsDesk @bactiman63 In the first week of May (April 30-May 6), 16 confirmed patients had Mpox 60 cumulative confirmed cases in [... want %more?] → http://outbreaknewstoday.com/south-korea-monkeypox-update-60-total-cases-reported-anonymous-sex-implicated-in-most-35202/19:09
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Surviving work burnout during COVID-19: Study finds extraverts have an advantage → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/13bzrje/surviving_work_burnout_during_covid19_study_finds/20:56

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