libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2021-07-23

LjLhttps://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n1112 also00:00
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BrainstormLjL: From www.bmj.com: Covid-19: One dose of vaccine cuts risk of passing on infection by as much as 50%, research shows | The BMJ00:00
LjLso if the one you found now is actually recent, i guess there is no difference in this respect between delta and alpha00:00
BrainstormNew from Ars Technica: Science: “Get vaccinated! Take delta seriously!” US experts plead as cases skyrocket → https://is.gd/SDXlLm00:06
nixonixthis is older variants https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.13.21260393v1.full00:12
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Brainstormnixonix: From www.medrxiv.org: Vaccination with BNT162b2 reduces transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to household contacts in Israel | medRxiv00:12
LjLin the US it's all "only the unvaccinated get the disease!" because not enough people are getting vaccinated00:14
LjLin Europe (including the UK) the tune is quite different00:15
LjLis it really different data, or is it just whatever suits the PR purposes?00:15
LjLi'm thoroughly confused by all the numbers at this point, a year ago i probably thought i was understanding things more00:15
nixonixits different data. when vax coverage goes up, it shift towards most infected are vaccinated. but yanks dont get good data on many areas, so the main attention is on israel and uk00:22
nixonixshifts00:23
nixonixmaybe its more severe to <2yo kids or so because many of them havent been exposed to other human betacoronaviruses, that might offer partial protection00:23
BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Seminar] Community-acquired bacterial meningitis: Progress has been made in the prevention and treatment of community-acquired bacterial meningitis during the past three decades but the burden of the disease remains high globally. Conjugate vaccines against the three most common causative pathogens (Streptococcus [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/AvAQFm00:37
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Japan emperor tells Bach holding Olympics amid pandemic "far from easy" → https://is.gd/tYY2VA01:18
BrainstormUpdates for Guatemala: +9846 cases (now 344221), +102 deaths (now 10029) since 2 days ago01:59
BrainstormNew from Francois Balloux: @BallouxFrancois: R to @BallouxFrancois: I encourage everyone to get vaccinated, but also to try to be kind to those who make a different choice. Getting vaccinated for covid primarily protects you, and only very marginally others in society. Non-vaccinated people don't tend to be a direct threat to vaccinated you.8/ → https://is.gd/RAvfP602:20
BrainstormUpdates for France: +11000 cases (now 6.0 million), +6 deaths (now 111657) since 3 hours ago — Netherlands: +3139 cases (now 1.8 million), +2 deaths (now 17931) since 3 hours ago — United Kingdom: +42 deaths (now 129081) since 3 hours ago02:36
BrainstormUpdates for Isle of Man: +424 cases (now 3424) since a day ago03:38
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Among Fully Vaccinated, Breakthrough Covid-19 Infections Are More Common Than Previously Thought → https://is.gd/5Lo2CU03:44
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Italians Hit the Streets to Protest Mandatory Vaccine Passports → https://is.gd/zfbtn704:47
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: UK scientists back Covid boosters as study finds post-jab antibodies falling in cases by more than 50% over 10 weeks. → https://is.gd/9jjCZn04:58
BrainstormUpdates for Benin: +80 cases (now 8324) since 8 days ago04:59
BrainstormUpdates for Mexico: +16244 cases (now 2.7 million), +419 deaths (now 237626) since 6 hours ago — Thailand: +14575 cases (now 467707), +114 deaths (now 3811) since 6 hours ago — France: +16477 cases (now 6.0 million), +8 deaths (now 111659) since 6 hours ago — United Kingdom: +2032 cases (now 5.6 million), +63 deaths (now 129102) since 6 hours ago05:36
Raf[m]<LjL "in Europe (including the UK) the"> Agreed. I noticed this a week or so ago06:09
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Covid vaccine: Eight-week gap seen as sweet spot for Pfizer jab antibodies → https://is.gd/IZg98K06:30
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express: World: PM urges Israelis to get vaccinated as delta variant spreads → https://is.gd/by1HGs06:51
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express: World: Spacing Pfizer Covid shots boosts antibody levels after initial drop, says study → https://is.gd/Mva4Vt07:43
BrainstormUpdates for California, United States: +10340 cases (now 3.9 million), +72 deaths (now 64235) since 8 hours ago — Mexico City, Mexico: +5183 cases (now 747723), +58 deaths (now 35304) since 8 hours ago — Missouri, United States: +3278 cases (now 662692), +8 deaths (now 9954) since 8 hours ago — Washington, United States: +2562 cases (now 466099), +3 deaths (now 6066) since 8 hours ago08:06
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express: World: Australia’s drug regulator approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds → https://is.gd/jfgSOf08:24
BrainstormUpdates for India: +38671 cases (now 31.3 million), +341 deaths (now 419320) since 8 hours ago — Belgium: +3486 cases (now 1.1 million), +4 deaths (now 25217) since 2 days ago08:30
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: 'Predatory': Lorna Jane clothing brand fined $5m for false COVID-proof claims about its clothing → https://is.gd/QRO7od08:44
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: General: Data requirements for vaccine platform technology master files (PTMF) → https://is.gd/OuY8Hk08:55
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express (Health): Health: Suffering from post-Covid sleeplessness, insomnia? Here’s what to know → https://is.gd/M3jCmB09:05
BrainstormUpdates for Puerto Rico: +437 cases (now 124902), +1 deaths (now 2567) since 9 hours ago09:08
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express: World: The American pandemic day: more kids. More TV. More Z’s. More time alone → https://is.gd/SSKtSi09:16
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: 2 shots of Pfizer vaccine 88% effective against Delta variant: study → https://is.gd/6NoL8W09:26
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): China_Flu: Israel says Pfizer vaccine effectiveness down to 39% → https://is.gd/p4xd1c09:46
BrainstormUpdates for Uzbekistan: +738 cases (now 122786), +5 deaths (now 819) since 10 hours ago10:10
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Health: Why is Delta such a big deal? And other burning questions about the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic → https://is.gd/jOVd3L10:37
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: “Alyssa Kent, 40, developed blood clots and seizures after AstraZeneca vaccine. She barely survived her ordeal after being placed in an induced coma. She also added she still believes everyone should get vaccinated for Covid. She will be waiting for the Pfizer vaccine for her second dose” → https://is.gd/s4pXKY10:48
BrainstormNew from StatNews: How concerned should we be about breakthrough coronavirus infections? One expert weighs in: Breakthrough infections are causing a lot of anxiety about whether the Covid-19 vaccines hold up against the hyper-transmissible Delta variant. So STAT asked infectious disease expert @celinegounder, how concerning are… → https://is.gd/e2fb2a10:58
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: “Don’t You Work With Old People?”: Many Elder-Care Workers Still Refuse to Get COVID-19 Vaccine: by Jenny Deam , Ryan Gabrielson and Bianca Fortis ] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. They are two sisters in two states. [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/rS0fUl11:50
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express (Health): Destination of the week: Spanish holiday rental bookings in August exceed pre-pandemic levels → https://is.gd/6lMXqy12:11
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Should the UK vaccinate children and adolescents against covid-19?: The UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has now recommended covid-19 vaccination for select groups of adolescents. Those newly eligible comprise 12-15 year olds with underlying... → https://is.gd/PQlgY712:32
BrainstormUpdates for Malaysia: +15573 cases (now 980491), +144 deaths (now 7718) since 13 hours ago — Ghana: +635 cases (now 99795), +2 deaths (now 817) since 3 days ago — Germany: +30 cases (now 3.8 million) since 13 hours ago12:39
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: General: Data requirements for adjuvants in vaccines for veterinary use → https://is.gd/iVIuxB12:43
-RSSBot[LjLmatrix- Feed: Conversazione telefonica Draghi - Bennett ( https://www.governo.it/it/articolo/conversazione-telefonica-draghi-bennett/17517 )13:13
BrainstormNew from Politico: UK food workers given exemption from isolation rules: U-turn by the British government means daily testing will replace isolation for some key workers. → https://is.gd/WyAfrL13:14
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: COVID-19: German pharmacies stop giving COVID vaccination status after hackers create fake passes → https://is.gd/mLyLyw13:55
BrainstormNew from Scientific American: How the Delta Variant Spreads So Quickly: A health worker administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in New Delhi, India, July 2021. → https://is.gd/AWkyxH14:06
BrainstormUpdates for Nepal: +1982 cases (now 676708), +18 deaths (now 9679) since 14 hours ago14:06
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Covid-19: Longer interval between Pfizer doses results in higher antibody levels, research finds: An interval of at least six weeks between the two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine increased concentrations of neutralising antibodies, research funded by the Department of Health and... → https://is.gd/tbn5re14:16
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BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: India's New Epidemic: ‘Black Fungus’ Patients Lose Eyes, Nose, Jaw To Infection → https://is.gd/02aAO714:37
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Israel says Pfizer vaccine efficacy in preventing infection drops to 39% → https://is.gd/4MlG8s14:47
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BrainstormNew from EMA: News and press releases: COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax approved for children aged 12 to 17 in EU, CHMP, 23/07/2021: EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has recommended granting an extension of indication for the COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax (previously COVID-19 Vaccine... → https://is.gd/6add6415:08
BrainstormUpdates for Bangladesh: +6364 cases (now 1.1 million), +166 deaths (now 18851) since 15 hours ago15:08
BrainstormNew from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Spikevax (previously COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna), COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine (nucleoside modified), COVID-19 virus infection, Date of authorisation: 06/01/2021, Revision: 10, Status: Authorised → https://is.gd/OpE38w15:18
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: News: COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax approved for children aged 12 to 17 in EU → https://is.gd/6add6415:29
BrainstormUpdates for Switzerland: +791 cases (now 712668) since 15 hours ago15:33
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: Medicine: Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Spikevax (previously COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna), COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine (nucleoside modified), COVID-19 virus infection, Date of authorisation: 06/01/2021, Revision: 10, Status: Authorised → https://is.gd/OpE38w15:39
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: General: COVID-19: latest updates → https://is.gd/ejWHzQ15:50
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Vaccines work, and are safe.:  They work really darn well , and are really darn safe . → https://is.gd/7sTfbj16:01
joerg>>the CDC said that a close contact was somebody that you’re indoors with unmasked for 15 minutes or more. The equivalent of that with the Delta variant is not 15 minutes, it’s one second<<  from  >>New from StatNews: How concerned should we be about breakthrough coronavirus infections? One expert weighs in: Breakthrough infections are causing a lot of anxiety about whether the Covid-19 vaccines hold up against the hyper-transmissible Delta variant. So16:14
joergSTAT asked infectious disease expert @celinegounder, how concerning are… → https://is.gd/e2fb2a <<16:14
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Why is Canada outpacing the U.S. in vaccinations? Fauci says we don't have their 'divisiveness' → https://is.gd/h9TSjr16:21
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Uganda, struggling to buy COVID-19 vaccines, splashes on new vehicles for lawmakers → https://is.gd/KX3H2016:42
specingOh, it's not just uganda16:49
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): China_Flu: CAUGHT ON TAPE: In 2018, Fauci talked about resuming funding for gain-of-function research to NIAID Advisory Council It's just as Rand Paul said. → https://is.gd/GZ7X5p17:03
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Friday 23 July 2021 Update: submitted by /u/HippolasCage to r/CoronavirusUK → https://is.gd/VtVcfH17:13
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fourmileseher.title https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1856.short?rss=117:36
Brainstormfourmileseher: From www.bmj.com: Covid-19: Two thirds in India carry antibodies, while research suggests country’s death toll is 10 times official figure | The BMJ17:36
BrainstormUpdates for Netherlands: +7817 cases (now 1.8 million) since 18 hours ago17:37
fourmileseherimmunity threshold reached, when considering restrictions, climate etc, possibly. although the results of ab studies can be whatever17:38
BrainstormNew from ScienceNews: What experts know so far about COVID-19 boosters for immunocompromised people: Some immunocompromised people remain at risk for severe COVID-19 despite being vaccinated. Studies hint that an additional vaccine dose might help. → https://is.gd/8eYx5S17:44
fourmileseherwell they could just add some alum etc for those...17:46
fourmileseherWe may start seeing early results from some trials of Covid vaccine in immunocompromised people in July and August, and there is a vaccine specifically designed for people with cancer in early development. There is still very little data on non-mRNA vaccines for immunocompromised people17:52
fourmileseherthird dose, not sure if that was tried already on them, but i think it was17:53
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +35654 cases (now 5.6 million) since 18 hours ago18:02
fourmileseherhttps://twitter.com/JoePajak/status/141824972378231193618:06
fourmileseher.title https://unherd.com/2021/07/how-scientists-stifled-the-lab-leak-theory/18:07
Brainstormfourmileseher: From unherd.com: Did scientists stifle the lab-leak theory? - UnHerd18:07
fourmileseher.title https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/s19okqv0u18:13
Brainstormfourmileseher: From www.ynetnews.com: Israel says Pfizer vaccine efficacy in preventing infection drops to 39%18:13
fourmileseher.title https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-uk-data-offer-mixed-signals-on-vaccines-potency-against-delta-strain/18:14
Brainstormfourmileseher: From www.timesofisrael.com: Israeli, UK data offer mixed signals on vaccine's potency against Delta strain | The Times of Israel18:14
fourmileseherNew Health Ministry statistics indicated that, on average, the Pfizer shot — the vaccine given to nearly all Israelis — is now just 39% effective against infection, while being only 41% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID. Previously, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was well over 90% effective against infection18:14
fourmileseherMeanwhile, a new UK study published this week in The New England Journal of Medicine found the same vaccine to be 88% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID — more than twice the rate found in the Israeli data18:15
fourmileseherwhats going on18:15
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: "I was reborn aged 102," - Russian WW2 veteran beats COVID-19 after week in ICU → https://is.gd/Pjss0f18:16
fourmileseherby age groups its all over the place, but it seems that protection fom non-severe symptoms is waning rapidly in israel18:23
fourmileseherso there will be no even partial herd immunity protecting kids or other unvaccinated18:24
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: COVID-19 Delta Variant Can Evade Immune Responses Easily; Fully Resistant to Key Antibody Used for Treatment [Study] → https://is.gd/QJumTi18:26
nixonixso to the next question: long covid on kids, on vaccinated, how bad is it for permanent damages, does it accumulate with reinfections like we will eventually have no brain cells left at all...18:30
BrainstormUpdates for Cuba: +7784 cases (now 316383), +66 deaths (now 2203) since 19 hours ago — Azerbaijan: +371 cases (now 339645), +3 deaths (now 5002) since 19 hours ago18:39
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Sociodemographic inequality in COVID-19 vaccination coverage among elderly adults in England: a national linked data study: Objective To examine inequalities in COVID-19 vaccination rates among elderly adults in England. Design Cohort study. Setting People living in private households and communal establishments in England. [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/l0IjU118:46
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +5142 cases (now 4.3 million), +17 deaths (now 127937) since 19 hours ago19:04
BrainstormNew from Ars Technica: Policy: New bill strips Facebook, Twitter of Section 230 immunity for spreading vaccine falsehoods → https://is.gd/8U8VnS19:07
LjLugh19:16
LjLthis is starting to go a bit too far with web platforms and "falsehoods" imo19:17
LjL"The reduced immunity would only kick in during public health emergencies declared by the Department of Health and Human Services. That agency would also be responsible for defining which “health misinformation” platforms need to remove from algorithmic promotion."19:17
LjLcome on19:17
nixonixiceland, vietnam, singapore, france - cases increasing rapidly19:37
nixonixhttps://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/141826518074460569619:40
nixonix^ lots of P.1 in luxemburg19:41
nixonix.title https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00299-6/fulltext20:02
Brainstormnixonix: From www.thelancet.com: Characterizing long COVID in an international cohort: 7 months of symptoms and their impact - EClinicalMedicine20:02
BrainstormUpdates for India: +38871 cases (now 31.3 million), +513 deaths (now 419492) since 20 hours ago20:07
nixonix.title https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jul/15/long-covid-has-more-than-200-symptoms-study-finds20:10
Brainstormnixonix: From www.theguardian.com: Long Covid has more than 200 symptoms, study finds | Long Covid | The Guardian20:10
BrainstormNew from New Scientist: Covid-19 news: Longer gap between Pfizer shots may boost antibodies: 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/rEsaI220:18
nixonixits been 11-12 weeks here for all the vaccines in use, since february or something, but now they changed it to 8 weeks, although not sure if its automatic or you have to ask it or rebook it for shorter interval20:28
BrainstormUpdates for Spain: +31171 cases (now 4.3 million) since 20 hours ago20:31
nixonixhow do you count those case total numbers in case of reinfections?20:33
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Drug Makers Reach $26 Billion Deal on Opioid Lawsuits: The money from the companies would be used by communities for addiction treatment, prevention services and other significant costs associated with the epidemic. → https://is.gd/WGegOY20:39
BrainstormUpdates for Turkey: +20202 cases (now 5.6 million), +114 deaths (now 50821) since 21 hours ago — France: +25245 cases (now 6.0 million) since 21 hours ago21:33
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 783: COVID-19 clinical update #72 with Dr. Daniel Griffin: In COVID-19 clinical update #72, Daniel Griffin covers long term symptoms in children, outcomes for MIS-C, recent guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, a large well traced outbreak of delta variant, low dose mRNA vaccination generates durable T [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/jmh6HG21:41
LjLnixonix, i was reading it here https://www.bbc.com/news/health-5792995321:41
LjLmy head has been too confused the past few days to make sense of much tbh21:41
LjLbut if the study this article (and presumably the New Scientist one) talk about says what they say it says, it looks at a lot of things that were hard to look at before21:42
LjLnamely T-cells and the subset of helper T-cells21:42
LjLso apart from "supporting the 8 week schedule" which is kinda clearly a government-set goal21:42
LjLthey may provide some actual data that was hazy before21:42
LjLbut i dunno, too much stuff for me, i can't keep up, i probably never could, but at some point i had at least the feeling i was kinda up to speed with the important news21:43
LjLnow everything just seems to confusingly contradict everything else21:43
nixonixbut how about killer t-cells, and immunity vs escape variants21:46
nixonix"This second-generation hAd5 viral-vector vaccine is unique in targeting both S and N SARS-CoV-2 proteins to generate B and T cell memory to these antigens and, potentially, long-term immunity to the virus21:48
nixonix.title https://immunitybio.com/immunitybio-announces-authorization-to-proceed-with-phase-1-2-3-randomized-trial-in-south-africa-of-their-dual-antigen-t-cell-vaccine-as-a-universal-boost-in-previously-vaccinated-participants-against/21:48
Brainstormnixonix: From immunitybio.com: ImmunityBio Announces Authorization to Proceed with Phase 1/2/3 Randomized Trial in South Africa of Their Dual-Antigen T-Cell Vaccine as a Universal Boost in Previously Vaccinated Participants Against [...]21:49
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: COVID-19 Scan for Jul 23, 2021: Side effects after COVID vaccine Malnutrition and COVID-19 → https://is.gd/vyJNFy21:51
nixonixanother one, that has also synthetic peptides for regions of S2, M and N. and i think this was the one including some general t-cell activating epitope21:55
nixonix"UB-612 consists of eight components rationally designed for induction of high neutralizing antibodies and broad T cell responses against SARS-CoV-2: the S1-RBD-sFc fusion protein, six synthetic peptides (one universal peptide and five SARS-CoV-2-derived peptides), a proprietary CpG TLR-9 agonist, and aluminum phosphate adjuvant21:55
nixonix.title https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.30.399154v1.full21:56
Brainstormnixonix: From www.biorxiv.org: A Novel SARS-CoV-2 Multitope Protein/Peptide Vaccine Candidate is Highly Immunogenic and Prevents Lung Infection in an Adeno Associated Virus Human Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (AAV hACE2) Mouse [...]21:56
nixonixand the prince of blackwater is now behind it21:57
nixonix.title https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/exclusive-blackwater-founder-prince-takes-role-covid-vaccine-venture-2021-06-04/21:57
Brainstormnixonix: From www.reuters.com: EXCLUSIVE Blackwater founder Prince takes role in COVID vaccine venture | Reuters21:57
nixonixbut those are late players. unless they appear to be miraculous, like for preventing breakthroughs, they wont probably be seen on western markets21:59
nixonixinteresting approaches, nonetheless21:59
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: US COVID-19 hospitalization rates surge: Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Jul 23, 2021 All but 5 states have seen an increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations. → https://is.gd/WX2fpk22:01
specingnixonix: I've heard that as soon as one vaccine gets regular authorisation, all the emergency use ones will expire22:03
specingAnd that pfizer already applied for this in the USA22:03
nixonixso has moderna, but "FDA has not formally accepted Moderna’s application, possibly because the company has not yet submitted all the required materials22:09
nixonix.title https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/07/when-will-covid-19-vaccines-be-fully-approved-and-does-it-matter-if-they-are22:09
Brainstormnixonix: From www.sciencemag.org: When will COVID-19 vaccines be fully approved—and does it matter whether they are? | Science | AAAS22:09
BrainstormNew from FDA Press Releases: FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: July 23, 2021 → https://is.gd/4o9ffc22:22
fourmileseher.title https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24622-722:34
Brainstormfourmileseher: From www.nature.com: SARS-CoV-2 antibody dynamics and transmission from community-wide serological testing in the Italian municipality of Vo’ | Nature Communications22:34
BrainstormUpdates for India: +39585 cases (now 31.3 million), +519 deaths (now 419498) since 22 hours ago22:36
nixonixft: "Myanmar’s military junta is encouraging citizens to eat beans, milk, meat, fish and other foods to “prevent Covid-19”, in an apparent bid to halt panic buying of eggs.22:37
binwhy are people panic-buying eggs anyway22:38
nixonixft didnt tell, but i did some googling22:39
nixonix.title https://www.vice.com/en/article/epnmwe/egg-crisis-coronavirus-myanmar22:39
Brainstormnixonix: From www.vice.com: Egg Crisis Adds to Coronavirus Misery in Myanmar22:39
binah interesting22:39
nixonixft: "The Philippines has reported its first local transmissions of the more contagious Delta variant of coronavirus, which is being blamed for an upsurge in new infections across south-east Asia22:42
nixonixstrange how low the cases are in eastern europe currently22:42
BrainstormNew from Gazzetta Ufficiale italiana: DECRETO-LEGGE 23 luglio 2021, n.105: Misure  urgenti  per  fronteggiare  l'emergenza   epidemiologica   daCOVID-19 e per l'esercizio  in  sicurezza  di  attivita'  sociali  edeconomiche. (21G00117) → https://is.gd/e8tQxb22:42
binnixonix: could be less testing22:43
nixonixi have to check owid for testing and shares of positives in eastern europe later. in baltia it seems to be picking up, but generally not much. maybe still less indian variant, and when summer and gained immunity helps22:45
nixonixit needs to take around 50% share to really affect. restrictions are reduced in almost everywhere in europe, exp in germany and italy seems to have reinstated some stuff22:46
nixonixthen when theres news in media that cases are increasing in many countries, vaccine breakthroughs and stuff, many people are again starting to be more careful. it looks like that in finland currently, and our trajectory has flattened a bit lately22:48
-Bridgestorm- ⭕ Lindol! Earthquake! 6.1 Mb tremor, registered by EMSC, with 34 reports, 11 early, occurred 9 minutes ago (20:49:03 UTC), with a full moon, Calaca, Philippines (13.93, 120.82) ± 24 km likely felt 140 km away (in Mataasnakahoy, Manila, Mandaluyong, Pasay, Cabuyao…) by 24.0 million people (www.seismicportal.eu)22:58
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: US COVID-19 hospital cases surge: Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Jul 23, 2021 All but 5 states have seen a rise in COVID hospitalizations due largely to unvaccinated patients, with Nevada, Arkansas, and Missouri hit especially hard. → https://is.gd/YdIOQ423:03
-Bridgestorm- ⭕ Lindol! Earthquake! 6.7 Mww tremor, registered by PT, occurred 32 minutes ago (20:48:57 UTC), with a full moon, Hukay, Philippines (13.7, 120.71), ↓112 km likely felt 430 km away (in Batangas City, Calatagan, Balayan, Calaca, Lemery…) by 14.4 million people (service.iris.edu)23:22
BrainstormNew from WebMD: CDC Monitors Potential Monkeypox Exposure in U.S.: The CDC is watching for a potential outbreak of monkeypox in the U.S.  in addition to monitoring for the Delta variant of COVID-19. → https://is.gd/bZbVRr23:34
BrainstormUpdates for North Macedonia: +36 cases (now 156017) since 22 hours ago23:38
-Bridgestorm- ⭕ Lindol? Earthquake? M7- estimated tremor, registered by swifteqinfo, possibly occurred 57 minutes ago (20:47:00 UTC), with a full moon, Hukay, Philippines (13.7, 120.7), ↓120 km likely felt 400 km away (in Batangas City, Calatagan, Balayan, Calaca, Lemery…) by 14.4 million people (Twitter)23:45

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