libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2023-10-05

BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): A protein-free vaccine stimulates innate immunity and protects against nosocomial pathogens → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11117903216021686400:12
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Technologies for the diagnosis of angle closure glaucoma (ACE): protocol of a prospective, multicentre, cross-sectional diagnostic study: Introduction Angle-closure is responsible for half of all glaucoma blindness globally. Patients with suspected glaucoma require assessment of the drainage angle by [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/13/10/e07397502:04
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Say goodbye to the Covid-19 vaccination card. The CDC has stopped printing them: It's the end of an era for a once-critical pandemic document: The ubiquitous white Covid-19 vaccination cards are being phased out. Now that Covid-19 vaccines [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2023/10/04/say-goodbye-to-the-covid-19-vaccination-card-the-cdc-has-stopped-printing-them/02:35
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Vaccine manufacture full interview | 04OCT23 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/1706nq2/vaccine_manufacture_full_interview_04oct23/04:56
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Many in Japan Still Wearing Masks to Avoid Infection → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/170b8kg/many_in_japan_still_wearing_masks_to_avoid/09:03
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Two Indian-origin men in U.S. guilty of fraud in multi-million dollar COVID fund → https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/170c7rb/two_indianorigin_men_in_us_guilty_of_fraud_in/10:23
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: Southeast Asian Casinos Emerge as Major Enablers of Global Cybercrime: by Cezary Podkul ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Mr. Big had a problem. He [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/casinos-cambodia-myanmar-laos-southeast-asia-fraud-cybercrime11:43
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Opposite trends in incidence of breast cancer in young and old female cohorts in Hungary and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic: a nationwide study between 2011-2020: CONCLUSION: The incidence of breast cancer significantly decreased in older age groups (≥50 years), oppositely increased among young females [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37795445/12:42
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: A single vaccine may protect against multiple hospital superbugs - a new study shows that a single dose of the experimental vaccine, administered in mouse models, put immune cells into a mode that provided rapid protection against 9 different [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/170eqeq/a_single_vaccine_may_protect_against_multiple/13:12
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Data on COVID-19 vaccination in the EU/EEA: Data in various file formats with information on COVID-19 vaccine doses administered, manufacturers, and target groups in the EU/EEA. → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/data-covid-19-vaccination-eu-eea13:42
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Weekly COVID-19 country overview: This weekly report provides an overview of the epidemiological situation of the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 vaccine rollout by country. → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/weekly-covid-19-country-overview14:12
BrainstormNew from Virology.ws: Viruses and Bats: by Gertrud U. Rey Remember the series of flashbacks in the ending of the movie “Contagion,” which reveal where the virus originated and how the pandemic started? As a tree is cut down, a colony of bats flies out of the tree to seek new shelter. While in flight over a nearby farm, [... want %more?] → https://virology.ws/2023/10/05/viruses-and-bats/14:42
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Comparative single-cell analysis reveals IFN-γ as a driver of respiratory sequelae post COVID-19 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/170i6pw/comparative_singlecell_analysis_reveals_ifnγ_as_a/15:43
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Moderna’s plan to make a single vaccine for Covid, influenza, and RSV is on track: Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Hello, all. Damian here with a rare look at… → https://www.statnews.com/2023/10/05/biotech-moderna-covid-flu-rsv-vaccine-histogen/16:14
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Viral kinetics of sequential SARS-CoV-2 infections → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/170jgcd/viral_kinetics_of_sequential_sarscov2_infections/16:34
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Effects of a physical activity promotion programme on body composition in emerging adults with physical inactivity: a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial: Introduction A dramatic decline in physical activity may occur in emerging adulthood because of a major transition over the course of [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/13/10/e07612317:14
BrainstormNew from LitCovid: (news): What we learned from steroid therapy in the COVID-19 pandemic. → https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/3779454917:44
BrainstormNew from LitCovid: (news): Awareness of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Among US Parents: A Cross-Sectional Survey. → https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/3779550518:15
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Tripledemic? What CDC Recommends for COVID, Flu, and RSV: The most effective way to protect yourself from the worst of this season’s viruses is to get vaccinated, agency leaders said. → https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20231005/what-cdc-recommends-for-possible-tripledemic-this-fall18:25
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): The neutralisation titres for BA.2.86 were comparable to those for XBB.1 and EG.5.1, by antibodies induced by XBB.1.5 or BA.4/5 breakthrough infection or BA.4/5 vaccination. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11118345647570414319:06
BrainstormNew from Eric Topol on Mastodon: (news): New CDC report for Covid hospitalization, age 65+, through August 2023.  A significant risk in older age groups; in this report only 24% of those hospitalized had received the booster (bivalent) → https://mstdn.social/@erictopol/11118355495602948219:26
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): A good proxy remains waste-water analysis, here for the Netherlands, showing the presence of SARS-CoV-2 at 2021 levels, but not a large peak and a more or less stable level for some days now. There will be a wave, best to get vaccinated in the next weeks. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11118358081650002119:36
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: LongCovid: Even during a SARS-CoV-2 infection that results in # LongCovid and with the potential presence of parts of SARS-CoV-2 for longer, heightened immune activity does not result in an autoimmune phenotype. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11118400843327341921:26
BrainstormNew from StatNews: FDA expert panel endorses idea of removing a component from flu vaccine: The FDA's expert vaccine advisory panel unanimously endorsed the idea of taking a strain of influenza viruses that no longer appears to circulate out of flu shots as quickly as… → https://www.statnews.com/2023/10/05/fda-expert-panel-endorses-idea-of-removing-a-component-from-flu-vaccine/21:46
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Although this may improve the breadth of antibody production, virus variant selection will remain in place. Furthermore, antibodies will always wane. Combinations of variants and the use of conserved epitopes may remain the best options for utilizing this method. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11118443574108061323:18
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): "I have been vaccinated three times and have been infected twice. And I'm not at the age where I would have to think about an increased risk. " → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11118458624663630723:47

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