libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2023-08-31

BrainstormNew from Ars Technica: Health: Dog autism? 37% of US dog owners buy into anti-vaccine nonsense → https://arstechnica.com/?p=196457301:40
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: CDC Assesses Risk From BA.2.86, Highly Mutated COVID-19 Variant → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1660k75/cdc_assesses_risk_from_ba286_highly_mutated/06:39
BrainstormNew from StatNews: First Opinion: Opinion: It’s long past time for a more comprehensive Covid treatment approach → https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/31/covid-treatment-approach-beyond-vaccines-antivirals-black-americans-latinos/10:39
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Another setback for cancer research in the UK: The UK’s National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) announced unexpectedly in June 2023 that it will be permanently “winding down” activities because of ongoing uncertainties in the wider economic and research environment.12 The failure of the UK’s [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/382/bmj-2023-077036.short12:30
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Pooling Different Placebos as a Control Group in a Randomized Platform Trial: Benefits and Challenges From Experience in the ACTIV-2 COVID-19 Trial: Adaptive platform trials were implemented during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to rapidly evaluate therapeutics, including the placebo-controlled [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37650234/12:40
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: England accelerates vaccine programmes due to new COVID variant → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1667j7g/england_accelerates_vaccine_programmes_due_to_new/13:00
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Covid: New BA.2.86 variant found in Scotland: The strain is highly mutated but not yet considered a concern by health officials. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-6667050013:10
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Covid-19 and flu boosters to start earlier than planned, with extra funding for GPs: The government has reversed its decision to delay England’s covid and influenza vaccination campaigns for adults this year, citing the identification of a new covid variant as the reason.Earlier this month,1 officials said the [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/382/bmj.p2004.short13:59
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: 'Spikeopathy': COVID-19 Spike Protein Is Pathogenic, from Both Virus and Vaccine mRNA → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/166af68/spikeopathy_covid19_spike_protein_is_pathogenic/15:00
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: CDC Says New COVID Variant BA.2.86 May Be Better At Causing Breakthrough Infections → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/166aq2c/cdc_says_new_covid_variant_ba286_may_be_better_at/15:21
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Immune Evasion and Membrane Fusion of SARS-CoV-2 XBB Subvariants EG.5.1 and XBB.2.3 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/166c6ia/immune_evasion_and_membrane_fusion_of_sarscov2/16:10
BrainstormNew from Politico: Long COVID brain fog may be caused by blood clots, say scientists: New research shows evidence of clotting in people hospitalized with COVID-19 who later suffer cognitive problems. → https://www.politico.eu/article/long-covid-brain-fog-caused-blood-clots-study-scientists/17:11
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Q&A: What to Know About the New BA 2.86 COVID Variant: Only a few dozen cases of the new variant have been reported around the globe, but experts are keeping a close eye on the variant dubbed Pirola. → https://www.webmd.com/covid/news/20230831/what-to-know-about-ba-286-pirola17:32
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: NHS vaccination response to urgent BA2.86 risk and changes to autumn/winter 2023/24 vaccination delivery programme → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/166hr54/nhs_vaccination_response_to_urgent_ba286_risk_and/19:54
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: NHS England » NHS vaccination response to urgent BA2.86 risk and changes to autumn/winter 2023/24 vaccination delivery programme: Item Type Web Page URL [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/VVUM3BBX20:15
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Original mRNA Vaccines Protect Children From COVID-19-associated ED visits: The CDC reports the original COVID-19 monovalent and bivalent vaccines helped reduce emergency department or urgent care encounters for children aged 6 months to 5 years. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/original-mrna-vaccines-protect-children-from-covid-19-associated-ed-visits21:08
BrainstormNew from Eric Topol on Mastodon: (news): First lab assessment of BA.2.86, from Yunlong Cao’s group. Marked immune escape features of this variant, as predicted by heavy load of mutations, but low cell infectivity should dampen transmission potential → https://mstdn.social/@erictopol/11098638137601522323:47

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