libera/##covid-19/ Saturday, 2021-07-03

dTalbut there's always a steep first wave, a crash back down, then a gradual climb to a higher level, a flattening off for a brief time, then a continuing of the climb to a second peak, then a dip, then a third peak00:01
dTalcompare the UK and Israel: http://offloop.net/covid19/?default=United%20Kingdom;Israel&byPopulation=yes&logScale=yes&cumulative=no00:02
dTalwhat the heck causes that?00:02
BrainstormUpdates for Anguilla: +2 cases (now 111) since 30 days ago00:04
de-factosame circumstances leading to same effects, e.g. people become aware, interventions, immunty, variants, seasonality00:26
de-factoall such things where countries go through in a similar way cause similar shape of incidence00:26
de-factobut yeah i see what you mean, would be interesting to know the details00:27
nixonixchristmass effects, ppl getting scared and reacting, measures at the same time at many countries, variant timings - and one more: when cases come down, they often seem to flatten for awhile. possibly when tracing starts to work better again00:28
nixonixand then finding more of those hidden cases, meaning the official case numbers flatten for awhile while the real cases are still decreasing00:28
de-factomaybe an epidemiologist could write the effect on each of those edges00:28
de-factonixonix, he means the same shapes appear at *different* times in many countries00:29
de-factoe.g. the UK/Isreal comparison there00:29
nixonixyeah some of them are eg because the same variant takes over at the different times. christmas is at the same time for all i think. maybe not for chinese and russians00:30
de-factocurves could be made matching by stretching the time axis00:30
de-factoyeah i think so too variants and also it burning through specific groups in population00:30
nixonixthe flattening after peak can happen because of that tracing getting better, whenever that peak happens00:31
de-factobecause even if herd immunity is not reached, it may be reached in a small subgroup of high contact rate under restrictive conditions00:31
de-factoits also containment reacts in similar ways i guess00:33
de-factolike "opps we need a lockdown" till incidence comes down00:34
nixonixschool holidays can have similar effect on curve but a bit different times00:34
de-factoi think in the paper i linked before they managed to exactly replicate the incidence curve for Germany with an agent based model00:35
de-factoby putting in all the measures etc00:35
de-facto.title https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.11129 <-- this one, so maybe each feature of the curve could be linked to something specific, when looking at all the details00:36
Brainstormde-facto: From arxiv.org: [2106.11129] The Effectiveness of Strategies to Contain SARS-CoV-2: Testing, Vaccinations, and NPIs00:36
nixonixepidemiologist and chief of health security on finnish national health institute just said, that when those soccer fans take a test 72h after they came back from russia, 96% of the positive cases will be found00:37
nixonixwhich is totally false of course00:37
nixonixwe need to listen less all those epidemiologists...00:38
nixonixwith their gigo models00:38
de-factoi think the first wave is simple: initial import and explosion in that social group along social graphs, then "oops, lockdown" and it coming down, summer stays low in 2020 in most EU countries00:39
dTalde-facto: that's what's interesting to me, if this is some kind of highly predictable social phenomenon00:39
dTalit suggests that actually we have almost full control over the spread, and we're just being really stupid00:40
de-factothe next is the "aah its low, we are over it" and seasonality or such?00:40
dTalespecially that first little bump on the way up the second wave00:40
de-factoi think there is a clear link with "pandemic is over" kind of attitude and immediate emergence of a new wave00:40
de-factoso a lot of this probably even is psychology00:41
nixonixits proactive political action, when cases come down, we can open up everything, bars, travelling. look, why being worried, even deaths are coming down? its more like a flu now, no need for restrictions anymore00:41
dTalalmost as if people hesitated when levels climbed as high as the first wave and beyond, then said "fuck it"00:41
nixonix-pro +re00:41
dTalI remember us talking about modeling the waves as an underdamped dynamical system00:42
dTalwith politicians mainly looking at the I term when they should be looking at the D term00:43
nixonixdenmark was interesting, it looked like they invented magic formula in the fall, when they got their case numbers down efficiently. but then it went up again...00:43
de-factoyeah Doc modeled that with a circuit even :D00:43
dTalso we get these wild oscillations, and we call them "waves"00:43
nixonixthis was interesting (sci-hub): Herrington, G. (2020). Update to limits to growth: Comparing the World3 model with empirical data00:45
de-factoits surely a system with many feedback looks at many timescales, some of them may get modified (both biologically and learning), but others stay the same (i fear stupidity of politicians for example, they dont learn)00:46
de-facto*feedback loops00:46
de-factoi wonder if we will be able to see soccer matches at the graphs at some point00:49
de-factoi guess it depends on how many cases it contributes to overall incidence at that time in a location00:50
de-factoe.g if it got an impact of providing 50% of cases or 5% (just as an example)00:51
nixonixthey sure show up in finland. esp in helsinki, where most of those hooligans were, or those that partied there whole week and got most infections00:53
nixonixwere *from00:54
LjL"99% of New U.S. COVID Hospitalizations, Deaths Occurring Among the Unvaccinated | Health News" not in the UK or Israel though, how's that00:54
BrainstormNew from Shane Crotty: @JustinTrudeau: RT by @profshanecrotty: COVID-19 isn’t over... yet. But we can beat it if we all get our second shot. → https://is.gd/U4qF2y00:55
nixonixfor some reason its very slow to sequence samples in finland. they just sequenced 7 soccer fan samples,  those that were in st petersburg. 7/7 indian variant00:55
nixonix(and no variant recognizing pcr assays in use - only those were "s-gene positive/negative" shows up)00:56
de-facto.title https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2021/06/22/science.abi450600:57
Brainstormde-facto: From science.sciencemag.org: Chimeric spike mRNA vaccines protect against Sarbecovirus challenge in mice | Science00:57
de-factouniversal vaccine?00:57
de-facto"Using chimeric spike designs, we demonstrate protection against challenge from SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-2 B.1.351, bat CoV (Bt-CoV) RsSHC014, and a heterologous Bt-CoV WIV-1 in vulnerable aged mice"00:58
de-factopretty neat approach, super broad antigen stimulation01:03
de-facto.title https://uncnews.unc.edu/2021/06/22/coronavirus-vaccine/01:05
Brainstormde-facto: From uncnews.unc.edu: New universal coronavirus vaccine could prevent future pandemics - UNC News : UNC News01:05
de-factoi think we need that, more variety in antigen stimulation for raising a broader immunity, so evasion is less likely01:07
nixonixyeah they are studying them, but they might not be that efficient than those designed specifically for sars2. maybe using some regions of N for additional recombinant protein01:23
nixonixwhen they think the protection of whole virus vaccine would be more lasting, it must come mostly from antibodies or t-cells recognizing conserved regions of N - those important ones just must be found first01:24
nixonixlike N has a role in replication, that could be affected with antibodies targetting it. it also activates complement, so the symptoms could be decreased too - or then just use those as therapeutic drug targets01:26
nixonixthat in the paper is only parts of spike though, a bit like that multiple epitope vax by vaxxinity (the other alzheimer drug developer, which product was less promising than the one they just approved)01:28
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Japan offers vaccines to Taiwan-friendly islands in the Pacific → https://is.gd/pFan2501:36
nixonixmaybe cells could somehow to be taught to recognize sars2 more easily as an enemy, so their own PKR or endosomal TLR systems could take care of it01:37
de-factohavent you linked at some paper or company that unblocks sars-cov-2 evasion of that?01:38
nixonixeasier said than done, when all the possible cells that virus could target, should be treated. and also if it goes wrong, and they then start to treat something else as an enemy, which they shouldnt01:38
nixonixwhat was that?01:38
nixonixor mechanism, something to remind me01:39
de-factotrying to remember01:40
nixonixwas it some clever novel drug, i remember linking something but forgot what type the mechanism was01:43
de-facto.title https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.100964401:48
Brainstormde-facto: From journals.plos.org: Manipulation of the unfolded protein response: A pharmacological strategy against coronavirus infection01:48
Krey[m]What can you measure from a droplet of blood excluding glucose, blood gravity and amount of red cells01:50
de-factoalmost everything01:51
Krey[m]like what!01:51
nixonixif it was about evading innate immune system, possible targets could be nsp10, 14, 15, 1601:51
* Krey[m] got this poke-y pen with his glucometer that makes it painless to get a blood droplet and wants to learn how to process these in lab01:51
de-facto"Over-expression of the SARS-CoV-2 ORF8 or S proteins alone is itself sufficient to induce the UPR. Remarkably, pharmacological inhibition of the UPR greatly reduced the replication of both MHV and SARS-CoV-2, revealing the importance of this pathway for successful coronavirus replication. This was particularly striking when both IRE1α and ATF6 branches of the UPR were inhibited, reducing SARS-CoV-2 virion release (~1,000-fold)."01:52
Krey[m]it literally just gives me a blood droplet and then seals o.o it's amazing01:52
LjLyes, a lancet, like the journal01:53
nixonixtheranos can find out whatever their want from that droplet01:53
Krey[m]o.o01:53
de-factothere was a company trying to do all diagnosis from a tiny drop of blood, they achieved that they could diagnose almost everything, but the problem was the large fluctuations in the samples made it unreliable01:54
de-factoah yeah exactly that company that nixonix mentioned01:54
Krey[m]that sounds amazing o.o01:54
de-factoif you can stabilize and make it reliable, yes01:55
nixonixyeah, they got lots of financing01:55
de-factobut if the results are unreliable. hmm01:55
Krey[m]> Theranos: How Elizabeth Holmes Fooled Silicon Valley01:55
Krey[m]Why do i get hits like this on duckduckgo when i search for theranos01:55
nixonixall lies, it works!01:55
de-factolol :D01:55
Krey[m]o.o01:55
Krey[m]> Theranos (/ˈθɛrənoʊs/) was an American privately held health technology corporation.[2] It was initially touted as a breakthrough technology company, with claims of having devised blood tests that required only very small amounts of blood and could be performed very rapidly using small automated devices the company had developed. However, these claims were later proven to be false.[3][4][5]01:56
Krey[m]aww man u.u01:56
Krey[m]that was exactly my idea too u.u dammit01:57
de-factobtw there are also companies sequencing your genome and tell you all kinds of things about it, like where your ancestors come from, what likelihood of diseases you got, susceptibilities, maybe also capabilities etc pp01:57
Krey[m]hmm.. maybe i can make that work through the power of open-hardware~01:57
Krey[m]de-facto: ye i know x.x but they have privacy issus01:58
de-factoso maybe at some day they also could tell you how susceptible you would be for things like severe COVID progression etc01:58
Krey[m]o.o01:58
de-factoand maybe they also would sell you the solution in form of personalized mRNA treatment :D01:58
de-factoi guess that would be a good marketing model, discover peoples risks and try to fix them01:59
* Krey[m] writes down notes01:59
nixonix.title https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2020/01/20/a-year-ago-an-israeli-research-group-said-they-would-cure-cancer-within-a-year-did-they-do-it/01:59
Brainstormnixonix: From www.forbes.com: A Year Ago, An Israeli Research Group Said They Would Cure Cancer Within A Year. Did They Do It?01:59
Mikaeladid they?02:01
Krey[m]no bcs my dog had cancer and no super jew with magic power saved him from operation02:01
de-factoits classified :D02:01
de-facto(bad joke)02:02
Krey[m]not a joke poor doggo u.u still recovering from it02:02
de-factoif they cured cancer and it would be real they would be very famous by now i assume02:03
de-factobtw afaik that was the goal for the platforms that were developed for the mRNA vaccines, curing cancer by the immune system02:04
de-factoidk how it exactly is supposed to work, probably identifying some individual antigen on cancer cells and teaching the immune system via mRNA vaccine to attack that specific antigen (that should not appear anywhere else)?02:05
de-factoyet i guess that is the challenge, is there such an antigen that is specific enough to only target the cancer cells and would that not drift away easily, how diverse are they etc02:06
de-factoyeah02:09
de-facto.title https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28101688/02:09
Brainstormde-facto: From pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov: mRNA Cancer Vaccines - PubMed02:09
nixonixyeah i remember that UPR drug or two drug combo, it wasnt about immune evasion, but sars2 using cells UPR pathway to replicate, which could be blocked or inhibited02:19
nixonixidk if there would be similar problems like preventing evasion somehow, so that you should be able to distribute the drug to all the possible cells that could be infected02:20
nixonixbut vaccines are the most important. would be nice if there was a cheap pill you could take when you test positive or get sars2-like symptoms. like magic02:22
nixonix.title https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/health/covid-pill-antiviral.html02:23
Brainstormnixonix: From www.nytimes.com: A Pill to Treat Covid-19? The U.S. Is Betting on It. - The New York Times02:23
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): China_Flu: Fake COVID-19 vaccines are being sold online, warns Interpol → https://is.gd/YJ6Fy402:28
nixonixhere was about mrna used for cancer treatment, along with some other possibilities:02:31
nixonix.title https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2021/06/29/what-mrna-is-good-for-and-what-it-maybe-isnt02:32
Brainstormnixonix: From blogs.sciencemag.org: What mRNA is Good For, And What It Maybe Isn’t | In the Pipeline02:32
BrainstormUpdates for France: +30 deaths (now 111205) since 23 hours ago — Netherlands: +443 cases (now 1.7 million), +3 deaths (now 17891) since 20 hours ago — Canada: +225 cases (now 1.4 million) since 20 hours ago — United Kingdom: +19 deaths (now 128308) since 20 hours ago02:33
nixonix.title https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/miscellaneous/covid-19/brazilian-health-regulator-alerts-to-risks-of-indiscriminate-use-of-paracetamol-after-covid-vaccination/02:41
Brainstormnixonix: From riotimesonline.com: ANVISA warns of risks of indiscriminate use of paracetamol after Covid-19 vaccination | The Rio Times02:41
Krey[m]what's indiscriminate use02:41
pwr22Overdosing from the sounds of it02:49
nixonixyeah, i thought it was ment to be some risk specifically after vaccine, but it seems just normal paracetamol consern - unrelated to vaccine. it confused me, and shouldnt have posted02:50
nixonixparacetamol overdose limit is very close to normal dose02:51
nixonix3g vs 500mg or something like that i think02:52
LjLi wouldn't take more than 1000mg a day without a very good reason02:52
LjLand not for many days02:52
LjLit's a very good painkiller with few side effects when used reasonably02:52
LjLbut overdoing on paracetamol is shitty02:52
LjLoverdosing*02:52
nixonixi wonder how many grams i took it once, along with several grams of ibu, when i had a wisdom tooth pain once02:53
nixonixnothing happened, so i guess im immune!02:53
nixonixfunny there only seem to be severe adverse effects reported from western vaccines...02:55
nixonixmaybe the other ones are just saline water02:55
pwr22People in the UK routinely take 4g a day02:56
LjLwell, i have a suggestion: don't02:56
LjLi know it's the upper end of the "okay" dosage, but it really is uncomfortably high02:57
pwr22I mean that if it was a problem it would be obvious in our population02:58
LjLwell i'm sure those people ANVISA is warning take more02:58
LjLbut 4g is still an amount that is only allowed here under medical supervision02:58
pwr22Yeah, the main problem is people just taking them with no regards for timing of dosing02:59
pwr22Several times in my life I've been taking 4g a day for a long time and my liver tests always came back fine02:59
nixonixcovaxin inactivated vaccine by bharat biotech (there was also concerns for not showing properly it was fully inactivated, and also some corruption scheme):03:00
nixonixAnvisa cited as main concerns the incomplete phase III study, a short 45-day follow-up, which should be 60 days to meet the international consensus, and a novel imidazoquinoline adjuvant that may increase the chance of developing an autoimmune disease03:00
pwr22Ironically now my liver looks like it's mildly unhappy I don't really take any ha ha03:00
nixonixadjuvants are risky. thats why cdc had 12 month safety data requirement for adjuvanted vaccines (the normal was 6 months pre sars2)03:00
pwr22So I don't agree that it's particularly dangerous at these dosages03:01
Win7inepwr22 4g of what? sorry missed03:01
pwr22Once again, because of it was then it would be obvious at population level03:01
pwr22Win7ine paracetamol, every four hours 1g, not more than 4 times in 24 hours03:02
nixonixah 1g was standard dose, not 500mg as i thought (ive rarely used it, im a dapper dan man. i mean ibu man)03:03
Win7ineok, I think 4g is the absolute max dose for adult. But why are you taking so much? It is more of a kidney hog than liver.03:03
pwr22I mean you can take 1 or 2 500mg tablets03:03
pwr22For some back pain I had recently if I didn't take 1g regularly every four hours it was a regret03:04
pwr22It's definitely worse on your liver than your kidneys03:04
pwr22It's liver damage / failure it will cause in overdose03:05
Win7ineJust numbing your pain is not going to cure it. Was it diagnosed properly?03:05
pwr22It was random back pain, rest and painkillers is the recommended treatment for it03:06
pwr22It was very bad03:06
pwr22I took painkillers so I could get on with life and do the gentle exercise that is also advised03:07
pwr22The size I took is literally a dose of says you can take on the box here 🤦‍♂️03:07
nixonixfrom may: https://en.tempo.co/read/1464398/indonesia-logs-229-serious-adverse-events-after-covid-19-vaccination03:07
nixonix.title03:07
Brainstormnixonix: From en.tempo.co: Indonesia Logs 229 Serious Adverse Events after Covid-19 Vaccination - Sci en.tempo.co03:07
Win7ineTry Naproxen instead of overdosing on Paracetamol03:07
Win7ineALways use the right tool for the job right ;-)03:08
pwr22LjL i would never take any paracetamol without a good reason 😅03:08
pwr22It's a very different drug, and it's prescription only in the UK03:09
pwr22I took ibuprofen which isn't but I have contraindications for it so generally avoid it03:10
pwr22Win7ine are you a medical professional with access to my records because otherwise I'm not sure you should really be giving me medical advice?03:10
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Win7ineAnybody halfway isane will tell you that 4g of Paracetamol is an overdose without lookig at your records or as to why you would attempt to do that and discuss in in a public COVID forum03:13
pwr22https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/paracetamol-for-adults/03:14
pwr22*sigh*03:14
pwr22Just because your country tells you it's dangerous doesn't mean it is03:15
pwr22If other countries routinely do it, it just means your country is being cautious03:15
pwr22Which is fine03:15
nixonixhard to believe those claims from indonesia. 1) almost exactly similar ratio for adverse effects between az than chinese vax, considering they use chinese 10x more 2) claimed no deaths, when even 50x lower population finland had a few thrombosis and i think 1 death from az, that was used only couple hundred thousand doses max at the time03:15
pwr22But I'll ask you kindly to be aware that not everything you think is by definition correct, and try to be nice 😛03:16
nixonixso i guess its better just look at south american experiences, instead of asia03:16
pwr22If you have no medical issues and aren't taking anything that on particular stresses the same things as paracetamol then it's perfectly safe03:17
pwr22If it wasn't I would be dead many times over03:17
pwr22And most my family and friends03:17
pwr22Anyway I'll shut up about paracetamol now as it's well off topic at this point03:18
nixonix"Even so, he said his findings suggest Sinovac is "still effective." "About 50% of the respondents were asymptomatic or [had] very minor symptoms," he said. "Also, less than 1% died."03:20
nixonixwith indonesian median age, this should convince somebody?03:20
nixonix.title https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/COVID-vaccines/Chinese-vaccines-Sinovac-needs-outweigh-doubts-in-Indonesia03:22
Brainstormnixonix: From asia.nikkei.com: Chinese vaccines: Sinovac needs outweigh doubts in Indonesia - Nikkei Asia03:22
Win7ineWas reading an excellent new scientific publications on a Corona Virus Epidemic which took place over 20000! years ago in east Asia. This is written in human DNA!03:23
Win7ineHere goes: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00794-603:25
nixonixCampaign with the immunizing agent was interrupted in the country after a 31-year-old man presented with thrombosis ... Men under 45 who received the first dose of AstraZeneca are expected to complete the vaccination schedule with Pfizer03:26
nixonixthats from chile. one type of reactive policing there...03:27
nixonix.title https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/human-tissue-preserved-world-war-i-yields-new-clues-about-1918-pandemic03:35
Brainstormnixonix: From www.sciencemag.org: Human tissue preserved since World War I yields new clues about 1918 pandemic | Science | AAAS03:35
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LjLlet's hope we're not still really in the "first wave" of COVID when you compare it to the 1918 influenza...04:23
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LjLwhy wouldn't it O.o04:34
LjL... "after the European Union did not initially recognise it."04:35
LjLsigh04:35
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de-factoWe crossed R=1 in Germany, so from now on incidence will rise due to Delta15:37
de-factoMy first fit predicted July 4th, so i was one day off with that15:38
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Two Men Have Been in Jail for 45 Days for Saying Cow Poop and Piss Can’t Cure COVID → https://is.gd/rpmzTD15:47
martini_man[m]https://noqreport.com/2021/07/02/as-adverse-reactions-to-covid-vaccines-reaches-400000-the-truth-must-be-spread-widely16:17
martini_man[m]https://rairfoundation.com/mit-scientist-covid-vaccines-may-cause-diseases-in-10-to-15-years-exclusive-video/16:23
de-factoUS got 6k COVID fatalities in peak times...16:25
de-facto...per day16:25
de-factojust in relation, many many of such can be prevented by the vaccinations16:25
de-factohence the so called benefit to risk ratio strongly votes in favor of vaccination, for almost all age groups, hence the very majority of people16:27
de-factobut yeah of course the benefit to risk ratio expectation value has to be evaluated for each individual16:28
BrainstormUpdates for Bangladesh: +6214 cases (now 936256), +134 deaths (now 14912) since a day ago16:32
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Japanese Study Finds Malaria Drug Mefloquine Effectively Blocks COVID-19; Reduces Viral Load In Synergy With HIV Drug → https://is.gd/PyesqN16:38
pwr22<Brainstorm "New from r/WorldNews: worldnews:"> You can't make this stuff up 🤦‍♂️17:08
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express: World: Iran at risk of fifth COVID-19 wave as Delta variant spreads: President Hassan Rouhani → https://is.gd/VLZ9f717:09
BrainstormUpdates for Guernsey: +6 cases (now 847) since a day ago17:34
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +45 cases (now 4.3 million) since 22 hours ago17:59
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Schoolchildren have discovered that applying orange juice to a Covid lateral flow test can generate a fake “positive” result. Science teacher claims students say ‘it’s a great way to get two weeks off’, as experts criticise practice. → https://is.gd/gsQjWq18:21
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: J&J Covid-19 vaccine lasts at least 8 months, protects against Delta variant, studies find → https://is.gd/wE6QHW19:02
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +24447 cases (now 4.9 million) since 16 hours ago19:08
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): 1 in 1300 women had period irregularities post the vaccine, The Israeli health minister said the process for that is unknown and request women to report about any changes to their periods(Israel): Israeli broadcasting agency (KAN) run a story bringing several Medics to explain the phenomena how women who are post menopause age ( [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/juZlYM19:13
BrainstormUpdates for Morocco: +951 cases (now 533945), +8 deaths (now 9315) since 23 hours ago20:03
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: COVID-19 Delta variant detected in 98 countries, continues to evolve and mutate, warns WHO → https://is.gd/OgVUkO20:44
BrainstormUpdates for Cuba: +3475 cases (now 200728), +15 deaths (now 1337) since a day ago — Portugal: +2605 cases (now 887047), +4 deaths (now 17112) since a day ago20:59
BrainstormUpdates for South Africa: +26485 cases (now 2.0 million), +175 deaths (now 61507) since a day ago21:37
LjLhttp://offloop.net/covid19/?default=South%20Africa&cumulative=no&smooth=yes21:43
ArsaneritLjL: interesting how symmetric and of equal heights those waves are21:46
LjLhmm not quite equal height21:46
LjLthe height seems to be increasing with each one21:46
ArsaneritTrue, but only a bit.21:47
Arsaneritand it goes down sharply, do they have very strict lockdowns compared to the ones in Europe?21:47
LjLtrue about the symmetry, i've noticed it before (though it's not always symmetric, but i think particularly powerful waves tend to be symmetric, maybe because people react strongly)21:47
LjLi don't know, but look at India's latest bad wave, and it's similar21:48
ArsaneritIs there any data on how many people affected by delta waves are vaccinated, in those countries where many people are?21:49
picomiteAbout 70% of all new COVID-19 infections in Thailand are of the Delta (Indian) variant ... Currently, the dominant strain is the Alpha variant. (scratches head...)22:06
picomiteaus: Things run smoothly until the GP’s receptionist tells the patients that the inoculation they’ll be getting is the AstraZeneca vaccine. “No I don’t want that,” they’ll say. Some yell or scream.22:08
picomite.title https://www.smh.com.au/national/gps-receptionists-in-firing-line-face-anger-threats-and-ignorance-20210703-p586in.html22:08
Brainstormpicomite: From www.smh.com.au: Australia COVID: GP’s receptionists in firing line, face anger, ignorance and threats22:08
picomiteCuomo has killed more than 50,000 New Yorkers, including many essential workers.22:11
picomitesorry, i misread that. it was COVID-19. covid has killed them, not cuomo with his own hands22:12
de-factohttps://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/finland-to-remove-entry-restrictions-for-arrivals-from-several-eu-third-countries-from-july-1/22:14
de-factohttps://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/5-million-britons-with-indian-made-astrazeneca-vaccine-may-face-eu-travel-ban/22:14
picomitei wonder if EMA will give, hmm, emergency approval to chinese and russian vaccines, just so that they can get in eu area22:15
picomitemost cases in southwest finland have been recently from travellers coming from abroad. probably the same on many other areas22:18
picomiteremove bar and travelling restrictions, who knows if this time it goes better than last summer and early fall. you never know before you try, other variants and all22:19
picomitei dont think indian made az will matter. they cant say who got what version, at least vaccinated dont get that info22:21
de-factohere we would get a batch number in the yellow WHO vaccination booklet22:22
de-factoafaik ema approves not only vaccines but also production conditions to ensure its properly done22:23
de-factothey got production sites with licenses in their delivery contracts22:24
de-factoafaik the process has to be certified and constantly controlled22:24
picomitei read in uk they dont get that info. anyways, i think i got some blue card22:25
de-factobtw did you get your primer yet nixonix?22:25
picomitei got the first dose22:25
de-factoBNT?22:26
picomiteyeah22:26
de-factonice22:26
picomitei was planning maybe not to take az. before those thrombosis news, because of weaker efficacy. and wait until i get mrna, which i thought might take a few months more22:27
picomitebut depending on situation and assessing risks later22:28
de-factoi think soon we will have limitations for first doses by hesitance, and even some seem to think "one dose is enough" hence not get their second shot, which leaves them vulnerable for delta22:28
picomitewhat kind of limitations?22:29
de-factoat least that is what the news seem to indicate, we will see if it turns out to be a problem or not, yet unfortunately it sounds plausible22:29
de-factolimitations to vaccination rates at some point will not be delivery shortages but demand, not sure when the switching point will be22:29
de-factoafaik US already is beyond that point22:30
picomitethere will be more mandates later, when all the doses they get wont get used. interesting to see which countries will implement them22:30
picomitewhat do you mean by limitations to vaccination rates?22:30
de-factoafaik in UK the participation is quite good, so maybe that is the one good thing about their delta problem, but i guess many EU countries will just follow their example22:31
de-factovaccinations achieved per unit time22:31
de-factoits always limited due to something, at the start it was delivery (and i guess it still is), but at some point supply will outperform demand22:31
picomiteyeah, but how? this city or state must jab N/day or else...?22:32
de-factohttps://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-vaccination-doses-per-capita22:32
de-factoidk how to achieve that22:33
de-factobut we need to reach something like 80%-90% fully vaccinated for the fall22:33
picomitei dont really understand how do you "limit" it, if it means like minimum limits for daily or weekly doses. exp by mandating for some type of workers etc22:34
picomiteor students. or vaccine passports to get in bars and events22:34
de-factoi think making the vaccinations mandatory is wrong, hence people must understand how important it is for both themselves and the society they benefit from22:35
picomitethey prob dont want to mandate it too early, because there would be counter reaction (fuck you, i wont do what you tell me to do)22:36
de-factoi dont want to limit anything, with limit i mean there is always some factor holding vaccination rates back, its not always the same, hence maximizing rates must take that into account22:36
picomitebut then later, depends eg how parents are taking their kids to vaccination, how these brain, telomere etc things will turn out for them22:37
de-factoobviously vaccination rates are time race against delta, UK already reached weekly incidence of 200/100k22:37
picomitewhat kind of breakthrough rates we will see among old ppl22:37
picomite.title https://www.bbc.com/news/health-5766798722:38
de-factothe variants will become more aggressive, so not being vaccinated will become more and more dangerous22:38
de-factoyeah they are talking about a booster for elderly before winter in Germany too22:39
de-factoits quite cynical because many parts of the world dont even have enough vaccines for protecting healthcare workers22:39
de-factofor example in Africa22:39
de-factothey depended on the vaccine production of State Serum Institude of India22:40
de-factobut that produces now for the own indian population, quite understandable, but that also means Africa got a severe vaccine shortage there22:40
de-factothey need to be supplied, even if it would be expensive, its of uttermost importance to do vaccinations at maximum possible rates globally synchronized22:41
de-factootherwise we will just have new breakthrough waves, because incidence will explode and bruteforce (natural) immunity22:41
de-factoit has to be contained in any place worldwide, we need to collaborate22:42
de-factotolerating any high incidence is a thread for vaccine protection at any other place in the world22:42
nixonixcordyceps for cancer? is it real medicine or some TCM?22:42
nixonix.title https://www.smh.com.au/national/united-in-confusion-it-s-tough-for-30-somethings-to-assess-vaccine-risk-20210702-p586c9.html22:43
Brainstormnixonix: From www.smh.com.au: COVID Australia: AstraZeneca or Pfizer? Young people are united in confusion22:43
nixonixi asked another day, if anyone knows whats the typical time from infection (or from positive test) for hospital admission22:45
de-facto.title https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/38174422:46
Brainstormde-facto: From www.karger.com: Ginkgo biloba Extract Inhibits Platelet Activation via Inhibition of Akt - FullText - Integrative Medicine International 2014, Vol. 1, No. 4 - Karger Publishers22:46
de-factoi wonder if that can help with the blood coagulation issues22:46
nixonixearly spring 2020 the rise in identified cases was followed by rise in deaths around 17-22 days. but in the fall, the delay between peaks was 4-8 weeks in europe22:46
de-facto(i dont know though)22:46
nixonixi just read, that in finland the rise in cases was followed by hospital admission peak after 29 days - but not sure if it was in the fall or winter 2021, hmm22:47
de-facto.title https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2716226/22:47
Brainstormde-facto: From www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov: Fibrinolytic effects of Ginkgo biloba extract22:47
nixonixnow with vaccines those hospital and death peaks will be dampened, but still interesting to see what kind of delays there will be22:47
nixonixsuggesting that Ginkgo extract dissolves the clot via a mechanism different than that of SK and plasminogen). Further studies are required to understand this mechanism22:51
nixonixhmm, find out the possible mechanism, isolate the molecule, and real RCT's22:51
nixonix.title https://www.thailandnews.co/2021/07/innovation-in-cancer-prevention-bio-robots-transporting-cordyceps-extract/22:52
Brainstormnixonix: From www.thailandnews.co: Innovation in Cancer Prevention: Bio-robots Transporting Cordyceps Extract - Thailand News22:52
BrainstormUpdates for Mozambique: +1139 cases (now 79213), +12 deaths (now 897) since a day ago — Malawi: +247 cases (now 36820), +3 deaths (now 1205) since a day ago23:04
nixonixprob mostly TCM stuff, wiki says so, studies have chinese and japanese names, published in japanese journal with JIF around 323:06
nixonixthose nanomites are cool, tho23:07
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Missouri patient in his 40s ‘so sorry’ he didn’t get the COVID vaccine. Then he died → https://is.gd/6giFGF23:07
de-facto.title https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0367326X21000848 <-- hmm it really seems to contain some interesting molecules23:09
Brainstormde-facto: From www.sciencedirect.com: Discovery of naturally occurring inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro from Ginkgo biloba leaves via large-scale screening - ScienceDirect23:09
nixonixi wish we had gingseng here. i used to watch a tv series where they collected them in usa and made huge money, selling them to old and rich koreans and chinese23:12
de-factoits sold here in every drugstore23:13
nixonixmore roots and older, the more expensive. they were supposed to have more those potent magic ingredients. they were selling cheaper stuff on road side booths, then special appointments for the really expensive stuff23:13
nixonixsmall plastic box could cost tens of thousands23:14
de-factoi dont think it could be a direct treatment, but i think it *potentially* may contain some molecules with interesting anti-coagulative and anti-reproductive properties, hence may be a good entry point for anti-covid research23:16
nixonixwhole roots, not pills with a little extract you cant know if they have any or very little in them. it was like selling gold, carried guns for robbery attempts23:17
nixonixthere are millions of molecules in molecule libraries. but sure if something new is found from nature, its worth checking out23:17
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets Saturday to protest against President Jair Bolsonaro, who faces an investigation over an allegedly corrupt Covid vaccine deal. It was the third day of demonstrations against the government → https://is.gd/GQyQwy23:17
de-factoi wish i could link beyond their paywall there, its a very interesting paper23:20
nixonixsci-hub23:20
de-factois broken23:21
nixonix.title https://torrentfreak.com/uk-police-warn-students-not-to-use-sci-hub-publishers-promote-it-210322/23:21
Brainstormnixonix: From torrentfreak.com: UK Police Warn Students Not to Use Sci-Hub But Publishers 'Promote' It * TorrentFreak23:21
Brainstormnixonix: From torrentfreak.com: UK Police Warn Students Not to Use Sci-Hub But Publishers 'Promote' It * TorrentFreak23:21
de-factosince months23:21
LjLUK police can go where all the rest of them can go23:21
nixonixit worked for me23:23
nixonixjust not for that link above23:23
nixonixthis worked https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/j.meegid.2020.10435123:23
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Iranian president warns of 5th wave as delta spreads: President Hassan Rouhani thinks the highly infectious variant will spark a fresh surge in coronavirus infections. US sanctions are hampering Iran's vaccination drive as it develops several homegrown alternatives → https://is.gd/uwNElY23:28
de-facto.title https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8061081/23:34
Brainstormde-facto: From www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov: Discovery of naturally occurring inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro from Ginkgo biloba leaves via large-scale screening23:34
de-factothere found the open version23:34
de-factonixonix, yeah the old papers work, they just dont add new ones it seems23:35
nixonix.title https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science23:56
Brainstormnixonix: From www.theguardian.com: Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science? | Science | The Guardian23:56
Arsaneritopen access is on the rise thankfully23:57
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: COVID-19 origins: 'It looked like it was designed to infect humans' → https://is.gd/DLAhoK23:58

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