libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2024-02-16

BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): US state vaccine mandates did not influence COVID-19 vaccination rates but reduced uptake of COVID-19 boosters and flu vaccines compared to bans on vaccine restrictions → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11193799425375223800:08
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: LongCovid: Importantly, no differences in exhaustion markers were found. What does this mean? There is no evidence of viral persistence, superantigens, or exhaustion. There is an increased antibody production and differences in CD8 T cells. # LongCovid is a heterogenous disorder. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11193817082766092100:56
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Immune escape of Omicron lineages BA.1, BA.2, BA.5.1, BQ.1, XBB.1.5, EG.5.1 and JN.1.1 after vaccination, infection and hybrid immunity → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1arul7s/immune_escape_of_omicron_lineages_ba1_ba2_ba51/01:15
LjL"In vaccinated but never infected individuals, neutralization was markedly reduced or completely lost for XBB.1.5., EG.5.1 and JN.1.1, while in those with hybrid immunity, titers were reduced but almost all sera still showed some degree of neutralization" :( not good news for me01:35
LjLde-facto, ↑01:35
LjLbut it doesn't sound like they took into account this year's XBB.1.5 specific vaccine...01:38
de-factowell its probably not only B-cell immunocompetence that counts though01:52
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Long COVID Seems to Be a Brain Injury, Scientists Discover → https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1arvxa0/long_covid_seems_to_be_a_brain_injury_scientists/02:36
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Effects of ambient air pollution on obesity and ectopic fat deposition: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis: Introduction Globally, the prevalence of obesity tripled from 1975 to 2016. There is evidence that air pollution may contribute to the obesity epidemic through an increase in [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/14/2/e08002605:38
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Elizabeth Lazaridou: Improvements in Plaque Psoriasis Associated with Calcipotriol/Betamethasone Aerosol Foam Treatment: A Post Hoc Analysis of Non-interventional Studies and Clinical Experience → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38361013/11:08
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): These findings could be of clinical use, since using Gb3 as an adjuvant during vaccination enhanced and broadened the antibody response to more hidden, but conserved domains of an influenza virus vaccine in mice. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11194082090556695912:07
BrainstormNew from BMJ: William Ian Jones: bmj;384/feb16_10/q197/FAF1faWilliam “Ian” Jones was born in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, and studied medicine in Cardiff. He did two years of national service in Singapore, where his biggest challenge was the vaccination programme that followed an outbreak of smallpox.His career in ear, nose, [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj.q197.short15:54
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Communicable disease threats report, 11-17 February 2024, week 7: This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) the period 11-17 February 2024, and includes updates on SARS-CoV-2 variant classification, diphtheria, chikungunya, [... want %more?] → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/communicable-disease-threats-report-11-17-february-2024-week-716:53
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Top Infectious Disease Stories: Week of February 10: This week, increased risk of long COVID in individuals who have tested positive for the virus, advancements in the preservation of the microbiome offer new strategies for healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/top-infectious-disease-stories-week-of-february-1018:42
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Scientists grapple with long Covid puzzle as millions fall sick | Fears condition’s range of symptoms and link to chronic diseases will have lasting impact on health systems → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1asf0g3/scientists_grapple_with_long_covid_puzzle_as/19:01
LjL"My husband lost his sense of smell with covid on Feb. 2020 at the beginning of covid. To this day he still has no sense of smell. November of 2023 he was diagnosed with Bulbar ALS. I have been saying all along that his symptoms started in 2020 right after getting covid. He is now bed ridden and on a bipap machine to help him breath."19:21
LjLwhen i read these things even though they're individual anecdotes i get inordinately anxious19:22
LjLwhat if we have no idea the full extent of long COVID because only a few people who got it in 2020 are just now starting to show it?19:22
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: (news): Antibody combo Evusheld did not improve COVID outcomes in small trial → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/antibody-combo-evusheld-did-not-improve-covid-outcomes-small-trial19:50
LjLhttps://archive.is/2024.02.15-122357/https://www.ft.com/content/ed17fac5-0af4-432d-ab1b-0a55bc789865#selection-2321.0-2325.12719:51
LjLA longer course of antiviral drugs could help to wipe out any remaining pockets of the virus. Some patients in the Recover trial are now receiving Paxlovid for up to 28 days — far beyond the customary five-day course prescribed for higher-risk patients when they contract Covid-19.19:51
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: These states have the highest rates of long COVID, Census data shows → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1ash8ar/these_states_have_the_highest_rates_of_long_covid/20:28
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Key congressman blasts HHS for lack of cooperation on Covid-19: A congressional committee investigating the Covid-19 pandemic could force HHS staffers to testify if the agency doesn't cooperate with its requests, the panel’s chairman said. → https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/16/hhs-covid-19-accountability-congress/21:37
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: (news): Flu continues to rise in some US regions as COVID markers decline → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/flu-continues-rise-some-us-regions-covid-markers-decline22:06
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: Fewer people than ever will receive a Covid booster this spring. The UK needs a new strategy | Sheena Cruickshank → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/1askq7e/fewer_people_than_ever_will_receive_a_covid/23:04
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