libera/##covid-19/ Tuesday, 2023-11-21

BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: New Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant COVID vaccines to be rolled out across Australia from December → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1807vqt/new_omicron_xbb15_subvariant_covid_vaccines_to_be/05:24
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: The US Army is having a hard time recruiting. Now it's asking soldiers dismissed for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine to come back. → https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1809dx4/the_us_army_is_having_a_hard_time_recruiting_now/06:31
BrainstormNew from Virology.ws: Trial By Error: Column in Time Magazine Calls for Halt to Biomedical Long Covid Research: By David Tuller, DrPH *This is a crowdfunding month at UC Berkeley for my Trial by Error project. If you appreciate my work and would like to help [... want %more?] → https://virology.ws/2023/11/21/trial-by-error-column-in-time-calls-for-halt-to-biomedical-long-covid-research/06:40
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Covid inquiry: Chris Whitty to appear after Vallance says pair had different opinions → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6747267606:50
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): She appeared in her own and others’ social media posts discussing subjects such as vaccination, mask-wearing and lockdowns.  She was subjected to “vitriolic and targeted harassment”.  Her COVID-19 commentary led to online abuse through social media and by e-mail. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11144775646975202110:19
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Measles: Royal college issues updated guidance as outbreaks loom: Guidance on managing children with viral respiratory tract infections has been updated for the first time in decades to include measles, amid several outbreaks across the UK.The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) said that the [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p2736.short11:27
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: How a Maine Businessman Made the AR-15 Into America’s Best-Selling Rifle: by James Bandler and Doris Burke ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Outside Healy [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/how-bushmaster-made-ar-15-into-best-selling-rifle-us12:24
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: Medicine: Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Evusheld, tixagevimab,cilgavimab, COVID-19 virus infection, Date of authorisation: 25/03/2022, Revision: 4, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/evusheld12:43
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Risks were generally lower than in the Delta period, particularly for dysosmia (RD=-15.0%) and dysgeusia (RD=-11.2%). Booster vaccination was associated with fewer PASC and new-onset health problems, 4 months after Omicron infection, compared to 2 COVID-19 vaccine doses. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11144854840500111413:40
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: Flagship Pioneering launches Quotient, a new biotech, in two countries: Flagship Pioneering, the venture capital firm behind Moderna, unveiled a new biotech called Quotient Therapeutics that will have offices in Massachusetts and the United Kingdom. → https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/21/flagship-pioneering-launches-quotient-a-new-biotech-in-two-countries/14:18
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: Pharmalittle: Texas sues Pfizer over ADHD drugs; Merck buys a neuro startup: The Texas attorney general is suing Pfizer over allegedly selling ineffective ADHD medicines to the state's Medicaid program. → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2023/11/21/pfizer-adhd-merck-morphosys-beigene-moderna-gsk/15:16
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Omicron, Now 2 Years Old, Is Not Done With Us Yet → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/180htq6/omicron_now_2_years_old_is_not_done_with_us_yet/15:35
BrainstormNew from Politico: EU population fell by 265k during the pandemic: The COVID-19 pandemic 'played a role' in the fall, EU's stats agency says. → https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-population-fall-265k-people-coronavirus-pandemic/15:55
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: Medicine: Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Spikevax (previously COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna), COVID-19 mRNA vaccine,elasomeran,elasomeran / imelasomeran,elasomeran / davesomeran,andusomeran, COVID-19 virus infection, Date of authorisation: 06/01/2021, Revision: 41, [... want %more?] → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/spikevax16:53
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Are pharmacists on the front lines of the opioid epidemic? A cross-sectional study of the practices and competencies of community and hospital pharmacists in Punjab, Pakistan: Introduction Countries are grappling with a rapidly worsening upsurge in the opioid-related overdose deaths, misuse and [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/13/11/e07950717:59
BrainstormNew from Politico: Coronavirus: British state ‘surprisingly bad’ at responding to COVID-19, inquiry hears → https://www.politico.eu/article/british-state-surprisingly-bad-at-responding-to-covid-19-inquiry-hears/18:28
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Covid inquiry: First lockdown imposed a bit too late - Whitty: But England's chief medical officer tells Covid inquiry government had no good options at the time. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6748465618:56
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Approval of ivermectin for COVID-19 treatment question. Studies support it. → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/180nel4/approval_of_ivermectin_for_covid19_treatment/19:15
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: House Republicans call CDC director to testify: House Republicans are calling in CDC Director Mandy Cohen to testify about public trust in health care and Covid-19. → https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/21/mandy-cohen-cdc-testify-republicans/20:02
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Evolutionary trajectory of SARS-CoV-2 genome shifts during widespread vaccination and emergence of Omicron variant → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/180pfie/evolutionary_trajectory_of_sarscov2_genome_shifts/20:50
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): But, what does that mean? It means that you can respond more robustly (reactogenicity ). This you may want to avoid, which is fine. But, it does not mean one vaccine is safer or works better than the other. Both work well, and both are safe. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11145063876311541122:26

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