| Brainstorm | New from The Indian Express: World: Japan finds new coronavirus variant in travellers from Brazil → https://is.gd/HfOWDK | 00:04 |
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| Brainstorm | Updates for New Jersey, United States: +56215 cases (now 579250) since 16 hours ago | 00:13 |
| de-facto | bn_mobile, awesome mod, how did you put those copper grommets on there? | 00:25 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Israel's massive vaccine drive isn't keeping up with new cases — especially among younger victims → https://is.gd/MW5K9l | 00:28 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Germany: +15033 cases (now 1.9 million) since 21 hours ago | 00:44 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Uruguay: +1212 cases (now 26186), +8 deaths (now 256) since 23 hours ago — Eswatini: +255 cases (now 11435), +4 deaths (now 295) since a day ago — Barbados: +70 cases (now 878) since 23 hours ago | 01:15 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: A huge sinkhole, 66 feet deep and 21,500 square feet wide, opens in parking lot of Italian hospital, disrupting COVID-19 care → https://is.gd/P9gbkX | 01:28 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Algerian president returns to Germany to be treated for COVID-19 complications → https://is.gd/WGsVa7 | 01:40 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for France: +13016 cases (now 2.8 million) since 22 hours ago — Netherlands: +5177 cases (now 875656), +62 deaths (now 12384) since 22 hours ago | 01:46 |
| Brainstorm | New from BBC Health: Covid: Mass vaccination centres to open in England: Hundreds of GP-led and hospital services also open this week as the vaccination programme ramps up. → https://is.gd/BOf4Av | 02:05 |
| CoronaBot | 04/r/covid19: Effect of 1% Povidone Iodine Mouthwash/Gargle, Nasal and Eye Drop in COVID-19 patient (80 votes) | http://www.bioresearchcommunications.com/index.php/brc/article/view/176/159 | https://redd.it/kukkfm | 02:10 |
| bn_mobile | de-facto: drill bit used by hand [1] + grommet kit (punch & eyelets) (https://www.homedepot.com/p/General-Tools-Eyelet-Setting-Pliers-100-Piece-71/204765518) [1] only reason I used a drill bit was because that's all I had while working outside on another project 🙂 I was hoping the punch would have cut through the fabric but the sputtered layers were actually pretty tough 😬 | 03:13 |
| bn_mobile | (http://www.homedepot.com/p/General-Tools-1-2-in-Solid-Brass-Grommet-Kit-71264/100200416 has better reviews & comes with a separate cutter punch but apparently one (or more?) parts contain lead) | 03:13 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Boy, 7, left battling deadly illness PIMS-TS 'linked to Covid' → https://is.gd/wPhERE | 03:17 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Burundi: +101 cases (now 986) since 3 days ago | 03:19 |
| CoronaBot | 04/r/covid19: Pilot trial of high-dose vitamin C in critically ill COVID-19 patients (80 votes) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33420963/ | https://redd.it/kuiev6 | 03:23 |
| de-facto | very nice | 03:43 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: US intelligence agencies have 180 days to share what they know about UFOs, thanks to the Covid-19 relief and spending bill → https://is.gd/LCJI92 | 04:05 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for New Zealand: +3 cases (now 2222) since a day ago | 04:09 |
| de-facto | RKI COVID-19 Germany 2021-01-11 (delayed rep.?): Weekly Incidence 166.6/100k, Infections +12497 (1921024 total), Fatalities +343 (40686 total), COVID@ICU 5301 (incl. 3042 on ventilator) | 06:11 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Belgium: +1569 cases (now 664263), +40 deaths (now 20078) since a day ago | 06:13 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Mass vaccination centres to open in England → https://is.gd/DHnMj7 | 06:16 |
| amagumo | hi | 06:37 |
| Brainstorm | New from The Indian Express: World: South Africa to store covid vaccines from India at secret place over theft fear, black market sales → https://is.gd/lMBTXZ | 06:40 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: The remote Pacific nation of Micronesia recorded its first case of Covid-19 on Monday, ending its run as one of the few places on Earth without the coronavirus → https://is.gd/CzdjAN | 07:04 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Morelos, Mexico: +326 cases (now 11319), +4 deaths (now 1501) since a day ago — Shizuoka, Japan: +127 cases (now 3360) since a day ago — Sevastopol, Ukraine: +98 cases (now 7658), +7 deaths (now 283) since a day ago — United Kingdom: +38157 cases (now 3.1 million), +399 deaths (now 81499) since 13 hours ago | 07:40 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | January 11, 2021: The WHO pages contain up-to-date and global information. Please refer to our Wiki for additional information. → https://is.gd/IyIaYA | 09:04 |
| Brainstorm | New from BBC Health: Covid: Mass vaccination centres to open in England: Hundreds of GP-led and hospital services also open this week as the vaccination programme ramps up. → https://is.gd/BOf4Av | 09:16 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: China says WHO coronavirus experts to visit from Thursday: Ten World Health Organization scientists will visit China from Thursday to probe the origins of COVID-19, authorities said Monday, more than a year after the pandemic began and amid accusations Beijing has tried to thwart the investigation. → https://is.gd/uAt6xy | 10:16 |
| CoronaBot | 04/r/covid19: Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health: An international study (80 votes) | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0244809 | https://redd.it/kulzd9 | 10:26 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: Brisbane lifts virus lockdown after city finds zero cases: Australia's third-largest city lifted stay-at-home orders Monday, after mass testing and tracing across Brisbane found no new coronavirus cases despite fears over a contagious strain entering the community. → https://is.gd/qt5ddw | 10:29 |
| Brainstorm | New from StatNews: For people with type 1 diabetes, CDC guidelines for Covid-19 vaccine priority are puzzling: The CDC's vaccine guidelines put people with type 1 diabetes further down the list than people with type 2 diabetes, despite research showing they face at least the same risk… → https://is.gd/ckafY7 | 10:41 |
| CoronaBot | 04/r/coronavirus: North Dakota sees no new deaths due to COVID-19 for 2nd day (10041 votes) | https://apnews.com/article/b35ee55055095bacb3817191503640ea | https://redd.it/kukz3t | 10:51 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: Pacific's Micronesia records first Covid-19 case: The remote Pacific nation of Micronesia recorded its first case of COVID-19 on Monday, ending its run as one of the few places on Earth without the coronavirus. → https://is.gd/KLGJk8 | 10:53 |
| Brainstorm | New from BBC Health: Covid: 'Most dangerous time' of the pandemic, says Whitty: Thousands more people are to receive a vaccine this week as seven mass centres open across England. → https://is.gd/BOf4Av | 11:16 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: Scientists reach new milestone in vaccine development for leishmaniasis: Researchers have taken an important step forward in developing a controlled human infection model to test leishmaniasis vaccines. → https://is.gd/PQ2iQE | 11:52 |
| zutt | %cases SE | 12:12 |
| Brainstorm | zutt: In Guernsey, there have been 302 confirmed cases (0.5% of the population) and 13 deaths (4.3% of cases) as of 4 days ago. Fatality can be broadly expected to lie between 1.4% (assuming deaths/cases with ⅔ undetected) and less than 4.4% (considering only deaths and recoveries). See https://offloop.net/covid19/?default=Guernsey for time series data. | 12:12 |
| zutt | %cases Sweden | 12:12 |
| Brainstorm | zutt: In Sweden, there have been 489471 confirmed cases (4.7% of the population) and 9433 deaths (1.9% of cases) as of 2 days ago. 4.7 million tests were performed (10.4% positive). See https://offloop.net/covid19/?default=Sweden for time series data. | 12:12 |
| Brainstorm | New from PubMed: A Putot: Comment on: Predicting In-Hospital Mortality in COVID-19 Older Patients with Specifically Developed Scores → https://is.gd/Cquj9d | 12:17 |
| CoronaBot | 04/r/covid19: Immunological memory to SARS-CoV-2 assessed for up to 8 months after infection (84 votes) | https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2021/01/06/science.abf4063?rss=1 | https://redd.it/kuwzdc | 12:21 |
| Brainstorm | New from BBC Health: Covid: 'Most dangerous time' of the pandemic, says Prof Whitty: The warning from England's chief medical officer comes as mass vaccination centres open across England. → https://is.gd/BOf4Av | 12:29 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: HRH The Prince of Wales unveiled new sustainability charter, named "Terra Carta," backed by leading international businesses, including Bank of America, BlackRock, Unilever, AstraZeneca and BP. "Basis of a recovery plan that puts Nature, People and Planet at the heart of global value creation." → https://is.gd/OnSbd2 | 12:41 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: One in five in England have had Covid, modeling suggests → https://is.gd/7yaD0j | 12:53 |
| Brainstorm | New from BBC Health: Covid: 'Most dangerous time' of the pandemic, says Prof Whitty: The warning from England's chief medical officer comes as mass vaccination centres open across England. → https://is.gd/BOf4Av | 13:05 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Father-son team allege Tim Hortons took their COVID-safe lid applicator idea → https://is.gd/lkTqfg | 13:17 |
| Brainstorm | New from BBC Health: Covid: 'Most dangerous time' of the pandemic, says Prof Whitty: The warning from England's chief medical officer comes as seven mass vaccination centres open. → https://is.gd/BOf4Av | 13:29 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: New model for predicting course of COVID-19 could relieve pressure on the healthcare system: An important concern in the COVID-19 pandemic is providing optimum individual patient care, while at the same time preventing the collapse of the healthcare system. A particular feature of the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 is that there [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/05gAGj | 13:40 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Germany: +11585 cases (now 1.9 million) since 22 hours ago | 13:46 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: Study identifies exposure to common food-borne pathogen linked to rare brain cancer: A new study suggests a link between toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection and the risk of glioma, a type of brain cancer, in adults. The report, appearing in the International Journal of Cancer, finds that people who have glioma are more [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/Htoyla | 13:52 |
| Brainstorm | New from BBC Health: Covid: 'Most dangerous time' of the pandemic, says Prof Whitty: The warning from England's chief medical officer comes as seven mass vaccination centres open. → https://is.gd/BOf4Av | 14:04 |
| Brainstorm | New from BMJ: Covid-19: Data on vaccination rollout and its effects are vital to gauge progress, say scientists: Scientists have called for more data on the rollout of covid-19 vaccinations in the UK to be released to show how it is working together with details of a long term strategy for ending the... → https://is.gd/kpRzSO | 15:05 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Switzerland: +6523 cases (now 484506), +57 deaths (now 8324) since a day ago | 15:06 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: Moderna COVID-19 vaccine protection may last years, company claims: Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said the company's COVID-19 vaccine may prevent infection for years, CBS News reported Thursday. → https://is.gd/Q2jYOI | 15:18 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: A flow of fresh air protects against coronavirus: People who are required to serve a large number of customers at a checkout or counter are at a particularly high risk of exposure to COVID-19. At the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, a type of air lock was therefore developed to shield work stations from the [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/qhrpdC | 15:31 |
| mjensen[m] | https://www.rt.com/news/512079-beijing-coronavirus-qr-code/ | 15:43 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: Making sense of the lagging U.S. COVID-19 vaccination effort: It's been three weeks since the COVID-19 vaccines began arriving at hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies. Operation Warp Speed—the U.S. vaccination development, testing, and distribution effort—had made 20 million vaccine doses available by the end of 2020. Yet the [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/vZV9fO | 15:44 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Covid symptoms can linger for at least 6 months, new Wuhan study suggests → https://is.gd/k2cyeb | 16:08 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Seychelles: +229 cases (now 583) since 6 days ago — Eritrea: +111 cases (now 1556), +3 deaths (now 6) since 3 days ago | 16:09 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: No More Cannabis Tourism In Amsterdam Post-Coronavirus → https://is.gd/7whs3V | 16:44 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: Delaying second COVID-19 vaccine doses will make supplies last longer but comes with risks: Drugmakers are facing challenges in manufacturing vaccines and building supply chains to meet the demand for COVID-19 vaccines. Pfizer has even lowered production targets. Scarcity of vaccines has prompted calls for a Band-Aid-like [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/Rzcklg | 16:57 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: COVID-19 drug prospects boosted by discovery of short form of coronavirus's 'entry point': A shadow over the promising inhaled interferon beta COVID-19 therapy has been cleared with the discovery that although it appears to increase levels of ACE2 protein—coronavirus' key entry point into nose and lung cells—it [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/GE4zE1 | 17:09 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Canada: +6871 cases (now 663289), +72 deaths (now 16966) since 23 hours ago | 17:11 |
| Brainstorm | New from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Analysis of the Impact on Surgical Residency Programs in Times of Pandemic in Argentina → https://is.gd/t066wG | 17:22 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Netherlands: +5829 cases (now 880541), +52 deaths (now 12428) since 23 hours ago | 17:29 |
| CoronaBot | 04/r/coronavirus: Grandma who survived COVID-19 after ICU stay delivers 800 handmade tamales to Cedars-Sinai workers (10455 votes) | https://ktla.com/news/local-news/grandma-who-survived-covid-19-after-icu-stay-delivers-800-handmade-tamales-to-cedars-sinai-workers/ | https://redd.it/kv21qc | 17:36 |
| CoronaBot | 04/r/covid19: COVID-19 related dermatosis in November 2019. Could this case be Italy's patient zero? (83 votes) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33410129/ | https://redd.it/kv4l5y | 17:42 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Italy: +448 deaths (now 79203) since 23 hours ago — Isle of Man: +7 cases (now 403) since 19 hours ago | 18:00 |
| Brainstorm | New from New Scientist: Covid-19 news: England is facing ‘worst weeks of this pandemic’: The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic → https://is.gd/35zVvw | 18:23 |
| Jigsy | %cases UK | 18:27 |
| Brainstorm | Jigsy: In United Kingdom, there have been 3.1 million confirmed cases (4.6% of the population) and 81499 deaths (2.6% of cases) as of 10 hours ago. 58.9 million tests were performed (5.2% positive). See https://offloop.net/covid19/?default=United%20Kingdom for time series data. | 18:27 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: Study links severe COVID-19 disease to short telomeres: Patients with severe COVID-19 disease have significantly shorter telomeres, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) in collaboration with the COVID-IFEMA Field Hospital, published in the journal Aging. The study, [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/iynW7L | 18:35 |
| Brainstorm | New from WebMD: Grandkids Often a COVID Conundrum for Families: To visit or not to visit? It's a question that has challenged families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Is it safe for grandkids to visit their grandparents? → https://is.gd/r0bAmq | 18:47 |
| Brainstorm | New from Gazzetta Ufficiale italiana: MINISTERO DELLA SALUTE - ORDINANZA 9 gennaio 2021: Ulteriori misure urgenti in materia di contenimento e gestionedell'emergenza epidemiologica da COVID-19. (21A00137) → https://is.gd/8UZgEH | 18:59 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Switzerland: +18 deaths (now 8342) since 3 hours ago | 19:02 |
| Brainstorm | New from In The Pipeline: RNA Vaccines And Their Lipids: So now that people (not enough of them!) are getting vaccinated in the US with the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines, let’s talk about some more details of what are in those injections and what happens once the shot is given. The workings of an mRNA vaccine touch on a lot of different [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/1ODcaX | 19:12 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: Researchers develop a model that predicts whether COVID-19 restrictions have any effect: What happens when municipalities in the Copenhagen area experience a COVID-19 flare-up? Would closing the schools have any effect, or would a better choice be directing the parents to work from home? Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/7TyHCV | 19:24 |
| de-facto | nice Derek Lowe article :) | 19:27 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: England opens mass vaccination sites as virus spike fears spread: Seven mass coronavirus vaccination sites opened across England Monday as the government raced to dose millions of people while a new strain of the disease runs rampant across the country. → https://is.gd/fqb2XG | 19:36 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for United Kingdom: +46169 cases (now 3.1 million), +529 deaths (now 81960) since 22 hours ago | 19:39 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: Russia to trial 'light' one-dose version of Sputnik jab: Russia will trial a one-dose version of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, officials said on Monday, as they aim to provide a stopgap solution for badly hit countries. → https://is.gd/zHlZiZ | 19:49 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: California virus deaths top 30,000 after deadliest weekend: California's coronavirus catastrophe reached a staggering new level Monday as Johns Hopkins University data showed the nation's most populous state has recorded more than 30,000 deaths since the pandemic started nearly a year ago. → https://is.gd/fYqTcW | 20:01 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: US ramps up vaccinations to get doses to more Americans: The U.S. is entering the second month of the biggest vaccination drive in history with a major expansion of the campaign, opening football stadiums, major league ballparks, fairgrounds and convention centers to inoculate a larger and more diverse pool of people. → https://is.gd/Z2qyem | 20:13 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for France: +204 deaths (now 67898) since 23 hours ago | 20:35 |
| Brainstorm | New from Virological.org: nCoV-2019 Genomic Epidemiology: Phylogenetic relationship of SARS-CoV-2 sequences from Amazonas with emerging Brazilian variants harboring mutations E484K and N501Y in the Spike protein → https://is.gd/N1J3qP | 20:50 |
| Brainstorm | New from BBC Health: Covid: UK at 'worst point' of pandemic, says Hancock: But the health secretary says 2.3 million people in the UK have now had a Covid-19 vaccine dose. → https://is.gd/LyavdF | 21:02 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Canada: +5581 cases (now 664893), +82 deaths (now 17002) since 23 hours ago — Netherlands: +4894 cases (now 880550) since 19 hours ago | 21:13 |
| de-facto | Vaccinations per 100 citizens: Israel: 21.02; United Arab Emirates: 11.80; Bahrain: 5.25; Northern Ireland: 4.86; England: 4.15; United Kingdom: 3.94; Scotland: 2.99; Wales: 2.73; United States: 2.72; Denmark: 2.00; Iceland: 1.43; Italy: 1.08; | 21:15 |
| de-facto | Slovenia: 0.99; Spain: 0.87; Canada: 0.85; Lithuania: 0.83; Estonia: 0.83; Germany: 0.73; Portugal: 0.73; Hungary: 0.73; Croatia: 0.73; Cyprus: 0.69; Romania: 0.65; China: 0.63; Russia: 0.55; Poland: 0.54; Greece: 0.48; | 21:16 |
| de-facto | Slovakia: 0.48; Sweden: 0.40; Norway: 0.38; Latvia: 0.37; World: 0.36; Austria: 0.33; Malta: 0.32; Oman: 0.31; Ireland: 0.31; Saudi Arabia: 0.29; Finland: 0.26; Argentina: 0.24; Costa Rica: 0.19; | 21:16 |
| de-facto | Bulgaria: 0.19; Luxembourg: 0.19; Czechia: 0.19; Netherlands: 0.18; Serbia: 0.14; France: 0.12; Belgium: 0.07; Mexico: 0.06; Chile: 0.06; Kuwait: 0.06; Guinea: 0.00 | 21:16 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: Effective COVID-19 drug treatments remain frustratingly elusive a year into the pandemic: A year after the coronavirus pandemic roared into the United States, the therapeutic options for COVID-19 remain limited, reinforcing the vital importance of the new vaccines. → https://is.gd/Fm6Zs2 | 22:03 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Spain: +61422 cases (now 2.1 million), +401 deaths (now 52275) since 3 days ago — Malawi: +452 cases (now 9027), +10 deaths (now 235) since 21 hours ago | 22:15 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: New York speeds up COVID-19 vaccinations amid sluggish rollout: Faced with growing criticism over a sluggish rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, New York opened several large vaccination centers on Monday and relaxed criteria for getting a shot despite doses remaining insufficient. → https://is.gd/AE3dOI | 22:16 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: Three-quarters of U.S. adults likely to get COVID-19 vaccine: (HealthDay)—More than three-quarters of U.S. adults report being "very likely" or "somewhat likely" to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a study published online Jan. 3 in the Journal of Community Health. → https://is.gd/gFKSh1 | 22:28 |
| Brainstorm | New from BBC Health: Covid: UK at 'worst point' of pandemic, says Hancock: Health Secretary Matt Hancock says 2.3 million people in the UK have now had a Covid-19 vaccine dose. → https://is.gd/LyavdF | 22:40 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: Even mild cases of COVID can leave "long-haul" illness, study shows: (HealthDay)—Even people with mild cases of COVID-19 may commonly feel run down and unwell months later, a new study suggests. → https://is.gd/ZHp6bB | 22:53 |
| Brainstorm | New from BBC Health: Covid: UK at 'worst point' of pandemic, says Hancock: Health Secretary Matt Hancock says 2.3 million people in the UK have now had a Covid-19 vaccine dose. → https://is.gd/LyavdF | 23:05 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Netherlands: +4896 cases (now 880552) since 21 hours ago | 23:29 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has tested positive for covid-19 → https://is.gd/GOlp2y | 23:30 |
| LjL | %title https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjd.19804 | 23:35 |
| Brainstorm | LjL: From onlinelibrary.wiley.com: COVID‐19 related dermatosis in November 2019. Could this case be Italy’s patient zero? | 23:35 |
| gigas_cedar | interesting ljl | 23:36 |
| LjL | %title https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/2/20-4632_article also | 23:41 |
| Brainstorm | LjL: From wwwnc.cdc.gov: Early Release - Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in an Oropharyngeal Swab Specimen, Milan, Italy, Early December 2019 - Volume 27, Number 2—February 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC | 23:41 |
| Brainstorm | New from StatNews: STAT+: Gilead’s remdesivir sales are surging, but investors aren’t impressed: A lot more Covid-19 patients in the U.S. are being treated with Gilead's remdesivir because of the accelerating case counts. But even with sales of the medicine surging, investors are… → https://is.gd/ytBoyp | 23:42 |
| LjL | in the first one they used a different technique from RT-PCR because it was too degraded for that to work | 23:42 |
| LjL | in the second they used RT-PCR and even got a partial sequence | 23:42 |
| LjL | which "showed 100% identity to the reference sequence Wuhan-HU-1 (GenBank accession no. NC_045512.2) as well as to sequences of other SARS-CoV-2 strains circulating worldwide at a later stage; therefore, accurately determining the origin of the identified strain was not possible" | 23:42 |
| LjL | but i guess given the above, tinwhiskers would still say that it's more likely to be a contaminated swab, since it cannot be placed safely in a given spot on the phylogeny tree... | 23:43 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: An Argentinian judge has compelled a private clinic to administer chlorine dioxide, used as a powerful disinfectant, to a coronavirus patient in a case medical doctors have labelled "a scandal" → https://is.gd/KZ90H9 | 23:54 |
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