libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2020-09-25

BrainstormUpdates for Argentina: +13467 cases (now 678266), +390 deaths (now 14766) since 21 hours ago — World: +24550 cases (now 32.5 million), +688 deaths (now 988302) since an hour ago — Colombia: +6555 cases (now 790823), +178 deaths (now 24924) since 23 hours ago — US: +3988 cases (now 7.2 million), +107 deaths (now 207397) since an hour ago00:52
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: Hidden immune weakness found in 14% of gravely ill COVID-19 patients (83 votes) | https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/hidden-immune-weakness-found-14-gravely-ill-covid-19-patients | https://redd.it/iz4gja00:56
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Some Central Illinoisans contract COVID-19 twice → https://is.gd/JFfI8701:52
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Coronavirus live news: France sees record new cases; virus may be becoming more contagious → https://is.gd/M7P61V02:24
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: China donates new medical supplies to Syria to help fight COVID-19 pandemic → https://is.gd/GTavTR02:45
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Utah sets new one-day coronavirus case record and hospitalizations are rising → https://is.gd/vOvTTX02:55
LjLyet again an allegation that the virus may be mutating in meaningful ways https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/09/23/houston-coronavirus-mutations/?arc404=true03:01
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Legislators wants answers on COVID-19 infection outbreak in S.D. women’s prison → https://is.gd/YsF0xs03:05
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: The Czech government moved Monday to appoint an epidemiologist as the new health minister as the country struggles with a surge of new coronavirus infections - Associated Press - Sept. 21, 2020. → https://is.gd/vkBxlq03:26
Delfynisomeone there?03:32
Specwe're all there03:35
BrainstormUpdates for World: +26687 cases (now 32.5 million), +888 deaths (now 989190) since 3 hours ago — France: +12568 cases (now 509805) since 4 hours ago — US: +6802 cases (now 7.2 million), +141 deaths (now 207538) since 3 hours ago — Peru: +6235 cases (now 788930), +68 deaths (now 31938) since a day ago04:07
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: The Canadian Government Is Now Going To Give You More Money If You Get COVID-19 → https://is.gd/2SG28L04:08
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: UK reports most new coronavirus cases since pandemic started → https://is.gd/vkBLHJ04:18
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus*: Coronavirus: Florida governor proposes college 'bill of rights' to party → https://is.gd/3EAoiP04:39
LjLw-what04:41
ryoumaclickbait?04:42
LjL"Sorry, this content is not available in your region." not very useful clickbait04:42
ryoumano it is real04:44
ryouma"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would seek a “bill of rights” for college students in the wake of crackdowns on parties and other social gatherings that some blame for a surge in coronavirus infections at campuses across the country."04:45
ryoumathis is america after all04:45
CoronaBot04/r/coronavirus: 'I cry before work': US essential workers burned out amid pandemic (10278 votes) | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/23/us-essential-workers-coronavirus-burnout-stress | https://redd.it/iz7fsj04:45
ryoumai guess college partiers vote or something04:46
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: China has almost eliminated COVID-19. What can the world learn? → https://is.gd/spFwhW04:49
LjLthat China can almost eliminate the rest of the world if they feel like it and perhaps we should wake up and realize our social organization is in dire need of a renovation, i'd guess04:54
LjLnot that i'm arguing for a renovation making us more lika China, but just something that we both like and that also works04:55
ryoumawould brainstorm tell us the source of the article posted?  (assuming it is one)04:55
LjLwhat do you mena?04:57
LjLwhen Brainstorm is posting from Reddit, the source is the subreddit, that's the only source it knows about04:57
LjLwhen it posts from non-Reddit RSS feeds, it tells you what they are04:57
ryoumain my extremely limited experience, reddit posts often contain either a link to some article in pravda or wherever, or no links.  could brainstorm say it is pravda?04:58
ryoumaor does it already04:58
LjLpravda?04:58
ryoumafoo04:58
ryoumabar04:58
ryoumathe-baz-republic.com04:59
LjLBrainstorm's feature is only an RSS parser04:59
LjLit has no idea that it's Reddit04:59
ryoumaah04:59
LjLCoronaBot can post the actual links to article because it's specifically working as a Reddit bot04:59
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Idaho’s COVID-19 test positivity rate on the rise; hundreds of students quarantined → https://is.gd/RGxN7r05:00
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: Novavax Initiates Phase 3 Efficacy Trial of COVID-19 Vaccine in the United Kingdom (80 votes) | http://ir.novavax.com/news-releases/news-release-details/novavax-initiates-phase-3-efficacy-trial-covid-19-vaccine-united | https://redd.it/iz5xbn05:09
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Brazil’s Infinity Memorial commemorates COVID-19 victims - Brazil inaugurates its first cemetery memorial to coronavirus victims, while the pandemic is still claiming lives. → https://is.gd/2Pjdlk05:10
Jigsy%cases UK05:15
BrainstormJigsy: In United Kingdom, there have been 416363 confirmed cases (0.6% of the population) and 45712 deaths (11.0% of cases) as of 10 hours ago. 22.9 million tests were performed (1.8% positive). See https://offloop.net/covid19/?default=United%20Kingdom for time series data.05:15
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: U.S. coronavirus cases surpass 7 million as Midwest outbreak flares up → https://is.gd/7mgGuk05:31
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Face masks could be giving people Covid-19 immunity, researchers suggest → https://is.gd/T60KOx05:41
Portlandryouma: may I ask 05:44
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: They survived COVID-19, then faced stigma → https://is.gd/gSIdxC06:01
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: India's coronavirus infections surge to 5.82 million → https://is.gd/dVnJVL06:32
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: China's mainland reports 2 domestic cases of coronavirus, the first in more than a month. They work at the Port of Qingdao and handled frozen seafood imported from abroad. Both are asymptomatic. → https://is.gd/GWCKSo06:43
BrainstormUpdates for World: +27636 cases (now 32.5 million), +111 deaths (now 989301) since 3 hours ago — Ukraine: +3299 cases (now 192966), +54 deaths (now 3838) since 3 hours ago — India: +2467 cases (now 5.8 million) since 7 hours ago — Israel: +2343 cases (now 214458) since 7 hours ago07:08
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Chinese Mainland reports only 8 new COVID-19 cases; no local cases for 37 days → https://is.gd/WbwRNB07:25
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Iran's coronavirus death toll surpasses 25,000 → https://is.gd/cmVKk807:35
BrainstormUpdates for Goias, Brazil: +7899 cases (now 195418), +128 deaths (now 4356) since 2 days ago — Utah, US: +1198 cases (now 67119) since a day ago — Zuid-Holland, Netherlands: +840 cases (now 30353), +2 deaths (now 1374) since a day ago — Maharashtra, India: +21029 cases (now 1.3 million), +479 deaths (now 33886) since a day ago07:53
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Metro doctor accused of using untested corticosteroid treatments for COVID-19 → https://is.gd/zKiPLe08:38
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Higher COVID-19 mortality in men could be explained by differences in circulating proteins and immune system cells: New research presented at the ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Diseases (ECCVID, online 23-25 September) suggests that the higher risk of poor COVID-19 outcomes in men could be explained by differences in [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/0HUqSY09:20
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Avoid trick-or-treating due to coronavirus this Halloween, CDC says → https://is.gd/7Qr9Ov09:30
BrainstormUpdates for Georgia: +265 cases (now 4664), +1 deaths (now 27) since 16 hours ago — World: +1629 cases (now 32.5 million), +14 deaths (now 989316) since an hour ago — Hungary: +927 cases (now 22127), +9 deaths (now 718) since a day ago — Armenia: +392 cases (now 48643), +2 deaths (now 947) since a day ago09:38
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: How do Americans view the virus? Anthropology professor examines attitudes of COVID: In her ongoing research about Americans' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, Northern Arizona University anthropology professor Lisa Hardy and her collaborators have talked to dozens of people. A couple of them stand out to the researchers. → https://is.gd/EyLuuv09:40
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Experts compare strategies for easing lockdown restrictions in Europe and Asia Pacific: Authors of a review of policies, based on the experiences of nine high-income countries and regions' easing of lockdown measures, published in The Lancet journal, are urging governments to consider five key factors in lockdown exit strategies. → https://is.gd/g52Fr509:50
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Heart rhythm in COVID-19 patients receiving short term treatment with hydroxychloroquine: Short-term hydroxychloroquine treatment is not associated with lethal heart rhythms in patients with COVID-19 who are risk assessed prior to receiving the drug. That's the finding of research published today in EP Europace, a journal of [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/a6sz1W10:01
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Novavax enters late-stage clinical trials: US biotech firm Novavax said Thursday it was initiating its final Phase 3 clinical trial for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine. → https://is.gd/JlvJ0U10:11
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: How coronavirus has spread across the world: On January 11, the first coronavirus death was officially recorded in China. Eight months after the identification of the disease that appeared in Wuhan in December 2019, the world is on the brink of recording one million deaths. → https://is.gd/0XgjQa10:21
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Health: Pharmacies are bracing for a surge in demand for flu shots amid the Covid-19 pandemic → https://is.gd/tJ4Kmd10:42
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Opinion: Kids’ heart rates are rising as the pandemic drags on: As we find increasing moments of normalcy, we need to put real effort into helping children overcome the stress, anxiety, and fear that have come with the pandemic. → https://is.gd/lWZV5p10:52
BrainstormUpdates for Indonesia: +4823 cases (now 266845), +113 deaths (now 10218) since a day ago — Poland: +1587 cases (now 84396), +23 deaths (now 2392) since 23 hours ago — World: +17939 cases (now 32.6 million), +345 deaths (now 989661) since an hour ago — Slovenia: +192 cases (now 5008) since 18 hours ago10:53
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Covid-19: Diagnosis of common conditions in general practice halved during lockdown, study finds: New diagnoses of mental health conditions, cardiovascular diseases, and type 2 diabetes approximately halved in Salford, Greater Manchester, during the country’s covid-19 lockdown, a study has... → https://is.gd/SNKMwC11:44
BrainstormUpdates for Slovakia: +419 cases (now 8048) since a day ago — World: +7644 cases (now 32.6 million), +58 deaths (now 989719) since an hour ago — India: +4490 cases (now 5.8 million), +30 deaths (now 92347) since 4 hours ago — Bangladesh: +1383 cases (now 356767), +21 deaths (now 5093) since 19 hours ago11:53
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Covid-19: Learn from other countries about easing lockdown, researchers urge: The authors of a new review of international experiences of easing lockdown during the covid-19 pandemic are urging governments to consider a “zero-covid-19” strategy to eliminate domestic... → https://is.gd/30sKLE11:54
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Candidate monoclonal antibody shows hope as COVID-19 treatment → https://is.gd/UG1Ker12:04
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: As Madrid is offered 7,500 military personnel to combat coronavirus spread, experts consider what has gone wrong in the region → https://is.gd/8fRPQU12:15
BrainstormUpdates for Belarus: +306 cases (now 76957), +5 deaths (now 807) since 19 hours ago — World: +3199 cases (now 32.6 million), +51 deaths (now 989770) since 50 minutes ago — Romania: +1629 cases (now 119683), +42 deaths (now 4633) since 19 hours ago — United Arab Emirates: +1008 cases (now 89540), +2 deaths (now 409) since 19 hours ago12:39
BrainstormNew from PubMed: FcRn Overexpression Expands Diversity of the Humoral Immune Response in bFcRn Transgenic Mice: The neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) plays key roles in IgG and albumin homeostasis, maternal IgG transport, and antigen presentation of IgG-opsonized antigens. Previously, we reported that transgenic (Tg) mice that overexpress bovine FcRn (bFcRn) [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/JVQ0hD12:46
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Poland sees record spike in coronavirus cases: Poland on Friday reported a record spike of 1,587 new coronavirus cases over a 24-hour period, in line with a rise in other parts of eastern Europe where numbers have been relatively low. → https://is.gd/f2Rtwv13:07
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Madrid extends lockdown, but not enough for central govt: Madrid's regional government expanded the number of areas under partial lockdown Friday in a move now affecting a million people, but ignoring a central government plea for restrictions across the capital. → https://is.gd/FGGzUj13:17
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Covid: Coronavirus cases in England up 60% in a week: The Office for National Statistics said there was "clear evidence" of an increase in cases among younger age groups. → https://is.gd/ky95Hg13:27
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: Electionland 2020: North Carolina Mail Voting, In-Person Voting Starts, Naked Ballots and More: by Rachel Glickhouse , ProPublica, and Joshua Eaton , Lauren Rosenthal and Thy Anh Vo for ProPublica This article is part of Electionland . Sign up for ProPublica’s User’s Guide to Democracy , a series of personalized emails that [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/xIXRtX13:48
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: New test can detect COVID-19 in 20 minutes: A professor at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has developed a robust, reliable assay for COVID-19 that returns results in less than 20 minutes. → https://is.gd/5KdZPE14:08
BrainstormUpdates for Denmark: +678 cases (now 25594), +2 deaths (now 647) since 21 hours ago — World: +8257 cases (now 32.6 million), +246 deaths (now 990016) since an hour ago — Iran: +3563 cases (now 439882), +207 deaths (now 25222) since 21 hours ago — Nepal: +1313 cases (now 70614), +6 deaths (now 459) since 21 hours ago14:09
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Smoking and obesity identified to have causal link with susceptibility to severe COVID-19 and sepsis: An international collaboration of scientists from the UK, Norway and the U.S. have identified genetic evidence supporting a causal effect of smoking and obesity on increasing susceptibility to severe COVID-19 and sepsis. → https://is.gd/RgMS9v14:19
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: Why so many people are hopeful about an mRNA coronavirus vaccine: More than 30 biotech and pharmaceutical companies are racing to develop a safe Covid-19 vaccine. Several candidates entered late stage trials in a matter of months. Two of the companies developing a vaccine — Pfizer and Moderna — are utilizing a promising new [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/0SnBkD14:40
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express: World: Queen Elizabeth II to trim costs as COVID-19 hits income → https://is.gd/ivX5sx14:50
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: The true dimensions of the two waves in Europe (85 votes) | https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/image/C4D22AQG57gIYx6Xr0w/feedshare-shrink_800-alternative/0?e=1603929600&v=beta&t=aUb0LjJ3mBKLTdElDv5lkwcYJU1Cc6VmwnkIMIV1C7s | https://redd.it/izhf5l15:07
dTalso the concept of "young people get it and obtain herd immunity to protect the old" is.... sorta working?15:10
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Covid vaccine: Trial of new coronavirus vaccine starts in UK: It is only the second vaccine to enter large scale trials in the UK and early signs suggest it can trigger an immune response. → https://is.gd/pLyNpz15:11
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes: The new 15-minute COVID test has potential, but standard tests are still the best way to track COVID-19 → https://is.gd/CXmnbD15:21
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Dried blood spot sampling offers an inexpensive way to widen access to antibody testing for COVID-19: Using dried blood spot samples (DBS) is an accurate alternative to venous blood in detecting SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests, a new study by immunology experts at the University of Birmingham has found. → https://is.gd/drQlqr15:31
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Type 1 diabetes from a beta cell's perspective: Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that occurs when T-cells in the immune system attack the body's own insulin-producing cells, called beta cells, in the pancreas. Usually diagnosed in children and young adults, type 1 diabetes accounts for around five percent of all [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/ngPuhb15:42
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: New study reveals flaws in UK coronavirus testing system after comparison with other countries: A new research study comparing the UK's COVID testing response to five other nations suggests the failure of NHS Test and Trace to provide medical oversight over access to testing explains the faltering coronavirus testing program, [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/LWAU7P15:52
BrainstormUpdates for Portugal: +899 cases (now 72055), +5 deaths (now 1936) since 23 hours ago — World: +17869 cases (now 32.6 million), +232 deaths (now 990248) since an hour ago — India: +5694 cases (now 5.8 million), +72 deaths (now 92419) since 4 hours ago — Iraq: +4593 cases (now 341699), +68 deaths (now 8867) since 23 hours ago15:54
Jigsy%cases UK15:59
BrainstormJigsy: In United Kingdom, there have been 416363 confirmed cases (0.6% of the population) and 45712 deaths (11.0% of cases) as of 9 minutes ago. 22.9 million tests were performed (1.8% positive). See https://offloop.net/covid19/?default=United%20Kingdom for time series data.15:59
JigsyR goes up... again.15:59
BrainstormUpdates for Myanmar: +597 cases (now 9112), +2 deaths (now 174) since 22 minutes ago — World: +7416 cases (now 32.6 million), +144 deaths (now 990392) since 22 minutes ago — India: +4294 cases (now 5.8 million), +84 deaths (now 92503) since 22 minutes ago — Chile: +2234 cases (now 453868), +58 deaths (now 12527) since 23 hours ago16:09
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: COVID-19 spreads faster in American jails than on cruise ships: The deadly new coronavirus is spreading faster in America's jails and prisons than it did on the Princess Diamond cruise ship or at the pandemic's outbreak in Wuhan, China, according to a new study co-authored by Stanford Engineering researchers. → https://is.gd/9XhVit16:13
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: Listen: How Bad Will Winter Get?: Experts have long feared the virus will peak again in winter. The days are now getting shorter, life is moving indoors, and the pandemic isn’t contained. How bad could the next few months get? → https://is.gd/texOCB16:34
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +1912 cases (now 306235), +20 deaths (now 35801) since 22 hours ago — World: +23753 cases (now 32.6 million), +332 deaths (now 990724) since an hour ago — India: +10301 cases (now 5.8 million), +84 deaths (now 92587) since an hour ago — US: +6854 cases (now 7.2 million), +186 deaths (now 207741) since an hour ago17:09
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: HHS wants to test 30% of U.S. wastewater for the coronavirus as an 'early warning system': Wastewater surveillance is no replacement for standard diagnostic testing, Dr. Dave Larsen said, adding that it's just one more tool that can help communities around the country better understand the outbreak. → https://is.gd/DdjBla17:15
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: China says to produce 610 million Covid-19 vaccine doses this year: China's COVID-19 vaccine development programme is in a "leading position" and Beijing is on track to produce over 600 million doses by the end of the year, officials said Friday. → https://is.gd/KvU9Uf17:46
BrainstormUpdates for Jordan: +620 cases (now 7211), +3 deaths (now 39) since 23 hours ago — World: +2524 cases (now 32.6 million), +47 deaths (now 990771) since 54 minutes ago — US: +985 cases (now 7.2 million), +29 deaths (now 207770) since 54 minutes ago — Montenegro: +245 cases (now 9962), +1 deaths (now 155) since 23 hours ago17:54
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Ultrapotent antibody mix blocks COVID-19 virus attachment: A mix of ultrapotent antibodies from recovered COVID-19 patients has been shown to recognize and lock down the infection machinery of the pandemic coronavirus and keep it from entering cells. Each of the antibody types performs these overlapping tasks slightly differently. → https://is.gd/JTWL8i17:57
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: WHO says Africa escaped 'exponential' rise in cases: Africa has escaped the "exponential" rise in coronavirus cases seen elsewhere probably due to low population density and a hot and humid climate, the UN health agency said. → https://is.gd/3ToBkI18:07
BrainstormUpdates for Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy: +346 deaths (now 696) since 10 minutes ago — United Kingdom: +4163 cases (now 421788) since 19 minutes ago — Dominican Rep.: +475 cases (now 110597), +11 deaths (now 2087) since 23 hours ago — World: +323 cases (now 32.6 million), +5 deaths (now 990776) since 21 minutes ago18:10
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: Statins reduce COVID-19 severity, likely by removing cholesterol that virus uses to infect (93 votes) | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200923164603.htm | https://redd.it/izkeot18:14
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: HHS wants to test 30% of U.S. wastewater for the coronavirus as an 'early warning system': Wastewater surveillance is no replacement for standard diagnostic testing, Dave Larsen said, adding that it's just one more tool that can help communities around the country better understand the outbreak. → https://is.gd/DdjBla18:28
BrainstormUpdates for Lebanon: +1143 cases (now 33962), +4 deaths (now 333) since 18 hours ago — World: +4771 cases (now 32.6 million), +42 deaths (now 990818) since 39 minutes ago — US: +3628 cases (now 7.2 million), +37 deaths (now 207812) since 39 minutes ago18:40
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Kids much less prone to coronavirus infection than adults: study: (HealthDay)—Combined data from 32 studies from around the world suggest that children under the age of 10 are much less likely to become infected with SARS-CoV-2 compared with adults, given the same daily contacts. → https://is.gd/oZUnuy19:09
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Virus cases rise in US heartland, home to anti-mask feelings: It began with devastation in the New York City area, followed by a summertime crisis in the Sun Belt. Now the coronavirus is striking cities with much smaller populations in the heartland, often in conservative corners of America where anti-mask sentiment runs high. → https://is.gd/4nkzoC19:19
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Median age of COVID-19 cases declined in May to August in U.S.: (HealthDay)—From May to August 2020, there was a decrease in the median age of COVID-19 cases in the United States, according to research published in the Sept. 23 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/y7lWXO19:29
dTalYeah well kids they don't talk face to face so much do they19:31
Portlandexcept at those darn sporting events 19:39
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Lockdown impact: Worsening symptoms for people with bone, joint and muscle pain: People with bone, joint and muscle pain saw their symptoms worsen during lockdown—according to new research from the University of East Anglia. → https://is.gd/qk8S3j19:40
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: U.S. coronavirus cases top 7 million: The number of U.S. coronavirus cases passed 7 million on Friday, with California the hardest hit state so far in a pandemic that has crippled the country for more than six months. → https://is.gd/0s3RY619:51
Jigsy%cases UK19:57
BrainstormJigsy: In United Kingdom, there have been 423236 confirmed cases (0.6% of the population) and 45712 deaths (10.8% of cases) as of 7 minutes ago. 23.2 million tests were performed (1.8% positive). See https://offloop.net/covid19/?default=United%20Kingdom for time series data.19:57
JigsyNearly 10K?19:58
Jigsy7K...19:58
blkshp10k what?19:59
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Adequate levels of vitamin D reduces complications, death among COVID-19 patients: Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who were vitamin D sufficient, with a blood level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D of at least 30 ng/mL (a measure of vitamin D status), had a significant decreased risk for adverse clinical outcomes including becoming [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/J3tK0a20:01
JigsyOh, I miscalculated new cases since I checked earlier today.20:02
JigsyLooked like a 10K increase.20:02
blkshpphew!20:09
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Two million virus deaths 'likely' without collective action: WHO: Two million COVID-19 fatalities are "very likely" without relentless global action to combat the disease, the World Health Organization said Friday. → https://is.gd/ehZq4X20:12
JigsyNot really a "phew!" :P20:25
JigsyIt's just shy of 7K new cases.20:25
CoronaBot04/r/coronavirus: Publicly traded firms paid dividends, bought their own stock after receiving PPP loans to pay employees (10070 votes) | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/09/24/dividends-buybacks-ppp-loans/ | https://redd.it/izi28a20:27
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: HHS wants to test 30% of U.S. wastewater for the coronavirus as an 'early warning system': Wastewater surveillance is no replacement for standard diagnostic testing, Dave Larsen said, adding that it's just one more tool that can help communities around the country better understand the outbreak. → https://is.gd/DdjBla20:33
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: WHO says 2 million coronavirus deaths is 'not impossible' as world approaches 1 million: As the global death toll from the coronavirus approaches 1 million people, the World Health Organization said it's "not impossible" that the number could double. → https://is.gd/sCOHbX21:15
BrainstormUpdates for World: +129670 cases (now 32.8 million), +1704 deaths (now 992522) since 3 hours ago — India: +58227 cases (now 5.9 million), +821 deaths (now 93408) since 4 hours ago — Spain: +30989 cases (now 735198), +114 deaths (now 31232) since 21 hours ago — US: +12133 cases (now 7.2 million), +209 deaths (now 208021) since 3 hours ago21:35
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Mexico joins WHO coronavirus vaccine plan: Mexico, which has one of the world's highest COVID-19 death tolls, announced Friday that it was joining a WHO-backed program to facilitate poor countries' access to coronavirus vaccines. → https://is.gd/zeHc0g21:37
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Team assessing if dual-antibody injection prevents COVID-19 illness: A combination antibody treatment for preventing COVID-19 illness in individuals who have had sustained exposure to someone with the virus is being studied by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). The clinical trial [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/YLdl7o21:47
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine produces strong immune response in early trial → https://is.gd/c0DOfm22:29
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: France reports nearly 16,000 new cases of coronavirus → https://is.gd/fr49xM23:10
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Oregon sets highest-ever daily COVID case count - 457 cases most-ever in a single day since pandemic began in mid-March → https://is.gd/bFNuZa23:20
ryoumaperhaps it is clear (dunno) that d3 levels are useful.  is it?  if so, has it been determined whether (1) adequate levels by /supplementing/ is useful for almost anybody, (2) that correlates with healthy lifestyle, or (3) being healthy itself is what keeps the levels high and thus supplementing is not all that useful?23:21
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Coronavirus: UK pledges £500m to global vaccine-sharing scheme: The PM will call on world leaders to set aside differences as he sets out plans to prevent future pandemics. → https://is.gd/4wfRe123:41
ryoumabecasue that always works23:42
JigsyLike anyone should listen to a country that chose to ignore international law.23:43
Jigsys/ignore/break/23:43
ryoumaindeed they did and do23:43
ryouma(including disability treaty, right to health law, and cah)23:44

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