libera/##covid-19/ Sunday, 2021-10-31

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BrainstormUpdates for Bahrain: +45 cases (now 276794), +15833 tests (now 6.9 million) since a day ago00:06
BrainstormUpdates for Netherlands: +7977 cases (now 2.2 million) since 20 hours ago β€” Namibia: +20 cases (now 128906), +1537 tests (now 749305) since a day ago00:30
BrainstormNew from COVID tweets: Dr. Ali Nouri (@AliNouriPhD): πŸ“ŒUK study: ~1 in 4 people who were infected & tested PCR positive for COVID19 did NOT go on to develop IgG antibodies. Particularly if they were asymptomatic & elderly.Want a sure way to develop antibodies against #SARSCoV2? Get vaccinatedπŸ’‰!Report: [... want %more?] β†’ https://twitter.com/AliNouriPhD/status/145456452094126899300:55
BrainstormUpdates for India: +12958 cases (now 34.3 million), +446 deaths (now 458219) since 22 hours ago01:08
BrainstormNew from COVID tweets: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The gift that keeps on giving.The more people who are vaccinated, including children age 5 to 11, the more people who are protected, well beyond the vaccinee. β†’ https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/145458982692200858201:26
BrainstormUpdates for Bolivia: +652 cases (now 513112), +9 deaths (now 18924), +7221 tests (now 2.5 million) since a day ago01:33
BrainstormNew from COVID tweets: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): 728,000 people with 3 vaccine dosages vs >728,000 matched controls with 2 dosages after 5 months: 93% reduction of Covid hospitalizations. 3rd dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine is very effective thelancet.com/journals/lance… β†’ https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/145459170696432025901:36
MerlinMp[m]<Brainstorm> "New from COVID tweets: Dr. Ali..." <- So if 25% infected has no antibodies why only 2% gets reinfected?01:54
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Science and Medicine: The JCVI Speaks:  β€œNatural Infection in Children Could Have Substantial Long-Term Benefits On COVID-19 in the UK” β†’ https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/jcvi/02:08
de-factohmm where do you read that only 2% get reinfected?02:15
de-facto.title https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.28.21265635v102:33
Brainstormde-facto: From www.medrxiv.org: Comparison of the immunogenicity of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac COVID-19 Vaccines in Hong Kong | medRxiv02:33
de-facto"One month after the second dose of vaccine, BNT162b2 elicited significantly higher PRNT50, PRNT90, sVNT, spike receptor binding, spike N terminal domain binding, spike S2 domain binding, spike FcR binding and antibody avidity levels than CoronaVac. The geometric mean PRNT50 titres in those vaccinated with BNT162b2 and CoronaVac vaccines were 251.6 and 69.45 while PRNT90 titres were 98.91 and 16.57, respectively."02:34
de-facto"Both vaccines induced SARS-CoV-2 specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses at 1-month post-vaccination but CoronaVac elicited significantly higher structural protein-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses."02:34
de-facto"Vaccination with BNT162b2 induces stronger humoral responses than CoronaVac. CoronaVac induce higher CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses to the structural protein than BNT162b2."02:34
BrainstormUpdates for Netherlands: +7992 cases (now 2.2 million) since 23 hours ago02:35
-RSSBot[LjLmatrix- Zotero / COVID links Group / Top-Level Items: Comparison of the immunogenicity of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac COVID-19 Vaccines in Hong Kong ( https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/T6WXU85N )02:37
BrainstormUpdates for Bulgaria: +2836 cases (now 601035), +46 deaths (now 23918), +32583 tests (now 5.6 million) since a day ago β€” Uruguay: +264 cases (now 393718), +10096 tests (now 3.8 million) since a day ago β€” Paraguay: +32 cases (now 461006), +1 deaths (now 16246), +1837 tests (now 1.9 million) since a day ago02:00
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Canada Vows To Donate 200 Million Covid Vaccine Doses To Poorer Countries β†’ https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/qjew6y/canada_vows_to_donate_200_million_covid_vaccine/02:30
BrainstormUpdates for Rwanda: +53 cases (now 99681), +19018 tests (now 3.1 million) since a day ago02:37
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: BBC News: Tonga records first coronavirus case since start of pandemic β†’ https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/qjf6vv/bbc_news_tonga_records_first_coronavirus_case/02:41
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Vaccinated people can also spread the Delta variant, a yearlong U.K. study shows β†’ https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/qjfj8i/vaccinated_people_can_also_spread_the_delta/03:02
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Covid-19 vaccine: Jabs offered to 12-15-year-olds at 800 schools β†’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-5910725603:54
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Tonga records first coronavirus case since start of pandemic β†’ https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/qjgpge/tonga_records_first_coronavirus_case_since_start/04:15
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +41009 cases (now 9.1 million) since 23 hours ago β€” Panama: +136 cases (now 472534), +7412 tests (now 4.1 million) since a day ago04:29
Guest7810Singapore's pandemic is getting worse04:32
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: India Ready To Produce Over 5 Billion Covid Vaccine Doses By End Of 2022: PM Modi β†’ https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/qjh76p/india_ready_to_produce_over_5_billion_covid/04:46
BrainstormUpdates for Peru: +1032 cases (now 2.2 million), +20 deaths (now 200217), +44549 tests (now 19.0 million) since 22 hours ago05:06
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 824: Immunogoblins in the nose and lungs: TWiV explores the properties of the spike glycoproteins of an influenza B virus discovered in the Wuhan spiny eel, and protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection one year after mRNA-1273 vaccination of nonhuman primates. β†’ https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-824/05:17
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express: World: US: CDC says unvaccinated young foreign travelers do not need to quarantine β†’ https://indianexpress.com/article/world/us-cdc-says-unvaccinated-young-foreign-travelers-do-not-need-to-quarantine-7599855/05:49
BrainstormUpdates for India: +12830 cases (now 34.3 million), +2434146 tests (now 608.3 million) since 23 hours ago06:09
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express: World: Xi Jinping hasn’t left China in 21 months. Covid-19 may be only part of the reason β†’ https://indianexpress.com/article/world/xi-jinping-hasnt-left-china-in-21-months-covid-19-may-be-only-part-of-the-reason-7599918/06:20
BrainstormUpdates for Sumy Oblast, Ukraine: +1612 cases (now 105750), +20 deaths (now 1874) since 23 hours ago β€” Germany: +17248 cases (now 4.6 million) since 23 hours ago β€” Cayman Islands, United Kingdom: +154 cases (now 1650) since a day ago β€” Unknown, Netherlands: +76 cases (now 7178) since 23 hours ago06:33
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express: World: Covid shots are a go for children, but parents are reluctant to consent β†’ https://indianexpress.com/article/world/covid-shots-are-a-go-for-children-but-parents-are-reluctant-to-consent-7599983/07:32
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | October 31, 2021: Please refer to our Wiki for more information on COVID-19 and our sub. You can find answers to frequently asked questions in our FAQ , where there is valuable information such as our: β†’ https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/qjk3sm/daily_discussion_thread_october_31_2021/08:03
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +6 cases (now 16412), +26852 tests (now 7.5 million) since 19 hours ago08:38
BrainstormUpdates for Czechia: +5081 cases (now 1.8 million), +17 deaths (now 30753), +72975 tests (now 40.6 million) since 23 hours ago β€” Georgia: +3382 cases (now 719247), +42 deaths (now 10045), +36193 tests (now 10.2 million) since 23 hours ago β€” Armenia: +1587 cases (now 308326), +44 deaths (now 6328), +16578 tests (now 2.1 million) since 23 hours ago09:03
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: β€˜Road to recovery’: quarantine-free travel from New Zealand to Australia set to resume β†’ https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/qjkrid/road_to_recovery_quarantinefree_travel_from_new/09:15
BrainstormUpdates for Lithuania: +2620 cases (now 408715), +40 deaths (now 5873), +24635 tests (now 5.6 million) since 23 hours ago09:40
MerlinMp[m]<de-facto> "hmm where do you read that only..." <- Dennmark research last year. Is there anything more recent?10:01
BrainstormUpdates for Zimbabwe: +28 cases (now 132954), +2 deaths (now 4677), +6495 tests (now 1.5 million) since a day ago10:05
sdfgsdfgthese "effectiveness of third dose" of 90% .....10:05
* sdfgsdfg facepalms10:05
sdfgsdfgisn't it a bit misleading ? in the context of how immunity wanes over how long of a timeframe10:06
sdfgsdfgespecially after the third dose ? do we even know that10:06
de-factohow else would you measure it than comparing attack rates at a specific given time (e.g. peak immunity)10:21
de-factoof course it wanes with time, we will see if half life will be comparable to primary series where its half life was about 70 days or such10:22
de-factoMerlinMp[m], i guess its difficult to bring together numbers from totally different studies for different people, time, variants etc just because conditions did not match10:26
de-factoideally one would compare that in the same dataset10:27
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +40993 cases (now 8.5 million), +1158 deaths (now 238538), +2800000 tests (now 209.1 million) since 22 hours ago β€” Germany: +17247 cases (now 4.6 million) since 23 hours ago10:30
de-factohttps://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/ukraine/ <-- that looks bad, big increase of both cases and deaths to all time high and still on steep increase10:40
de-factohttps://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations <-- one of the lowest vaccination rates for Ukraine, 1 of 6 fully and 1 of 4 partly vaccinated10:42
de-factoi hope they somehow can trace it down or such10:43
de-factohttps://moz.gov.ua/article/news/operativna-informacija-pro-poshirennja-koronavirusnoi-infekcii-2019-cov1910:47
de-factovaccination of 133k people per day for a population of 44M people is not fast enough10:49
BrainstormUpdates for Austria: +5684 cases (now 830981), +12 deaths (now 11357), +340861 tests (now 97.3 million) since 23 hours ago β€” Slovakia: +4036 cases (now 483773), +16 deaths (now 13034), +14382 tests (now 4.0 million) since a day ago β€” Estonia: +1877 cases (now 193969), +15 deaths (now 1531), +7521 tests (now 2.1 million) since 23 hours ago11:07
BrainstormUpdates for Brunei: +65 cases (now 13130), +1 deaths (now 88), +2933 vaccines (now 351715), +5159 tests (now 504954) since 23 hours ago11:32
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Ban Hock Tan: Oncology patients with pulmonary infiltrates in the COVID-19 era: a case series β†’ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34717295/12:01
BrainstormUpdates for Latvia: +1800 cases (now 219139), +16 deaths (now 3253), +16967 tests (now 5.0 million) since 22 hours ago β€” Nepal: +376 cases (now 812570), +8 deaths (now 11407), +5731 tests (now 4.4 million) since 20 hours ago12:09
BrainstormNew from COVID tweets: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): As the evidence for ivermectin helping with COVID-19 crumbles, prominent promoters double down. Why? mcgill.ca/oss/article/co… β†’ https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/145476882616852480312:21
BrainstormUpdates for Uganda: +96 cases (now 126171), +5090 tests (now 1.8 million) since 23 hours ago β€” Zambia: +12 cases (now 209734), +3458 tests (now 2.6 million) since 16 hours ago12:34
BrainstormNew from COVID tweets: Yoni Maisel (@Primary_Immune): @VirusesImmunity Hello, Professor Iwasaki.I have just read your newly-published article in 'The Journal of Infectious Diseases':     "Longitudinal immune profiling of a SARS-CoV-2        reinfection in a solid organ transplant recipient" πŸ‘Hope you [... want %more?] β†’ https://twitter.com/Primary_Immune/status/145477375566691533012:52
BrainstormUpdates for Belarus: +1985 cases (now 600168), +17 deaths (now 4631), +37694 tests (now 9.6 million) since 23 hours ago β€” Indonesia: +523 cases (now 4.2 million), +17 deaths (now 143405), +202073 tests (now 46.7 million) since 22 hours ago12:59
BrainstormNew from COVID tweets: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Science Brief: SARS-CoV-2 Infection-induced and Vaccine-induced Immunity.A nice summary.  cdc.gov/coronavirus/20… β†’ https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/145477900857130189213:03
BrainstormNew from COVID tweets: Brian Hjelle, virologist (@hjelle_brian): Reminder that your average vaccinee is very likely making the EXACT same monoclonals that Regeneron charges $1200 for. Along with a lot of other immune responses. β†’ https://twitter.com/hjelle_brian/status/145478497675963598113:24
BrainstormUpdates for Bangladesh: +211 cases (now 1.6 million), +6 deaths (now 27868), +17226 tests (now 10.3 million) since 22 hours ago13:36
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: COVID-19: Failure to tackle global vaccine inequality at G20 summit could prolong pandemic, groups warn | Politics News β†’ https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/qjoiwt/covid19_failure_to_tackle_global_vaccine/13:55
BrainstormNew from COVID tweets: Prof. Akiko Iwasaki (@VirusesImmunity): In a nutshell, this transplant patient had, prior to reinfection;β€’ Huge levels of circulating innate and adaptive cytokines (chronic inflammation)β€’ Very few naive lymphocytes & dominant exhausted T cellsβ€’ Elicited poor and transient [... want %more?] β†’ https://twitter.com/VirusesImmunity/status/145479544513021952014:06
BrainstormUpdates for Iran: +8427 cases (now 5.9 million), +177 deaths (now 126303), +2897171 tests (now 35.5 million) since a day ago β€” Qatar: +104 cases (now 239247), +4934 tests (now 2.8 million) since 23 hours ago14:14
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +17038 cases (now 4.6 million) since 21 hours ago β€” UAE: +81 cases (now 739905), +287876 tests (now 93.4 million) since 23 hours ago β€” Saudi Arabia: +46 cases (now 548617), +1 deaths (now 8794), +35972 tests (now 30.3 million) since 22 hours ago14:39
BrainstormNew from COVID tweets: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Our covid times :-)Happy #halloween2021 pic.twitter.com/3EjWydJcTG β†’ https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/145480517268152729814:47
BrainstormUpdates for Israel: +304 cases (now 1.3 million), +6 deaths (now 8091), +120221 tests (now 29.5 million) since 18 hours ago15:04
BrainstormUpdates for Gibraltar: +18 cases (now 5992), +348 tests (now 385833) since a day ago15:41
BrainstormUpdates for India: +14605 cases (now 34.3 million), +461 deaths (now 458248) since 23 hours ago16:06
BrainstormUpdates for Chile: +2171 cases (now 1.7 million), +2 deaths (now 37757), +68794 tests (now 23.6 million) since 23 hours ago β€” Canada: +1067 cases (now 1.7 million), +10 deaths (now 29018) since 23 hours ago β€” United Kingdom: +286 cases (now 9.1 million) since 20 hours ago16:31
BrainstormNew from COVID tweets: Matthew Herper (@matthewherper): β€œOn Friday evening, the FDA informed Moderna that the agency requires additional time to evaluate recent international analyses of the risk of myocarditis after vaccination.” investors.modernatx.com/news-releases/… β†’ https://twitter.com/matthewherper/status/145482708260589568616:32
BrainstormNew from COVID tweets: Prof Francois Balloux (@BallouxFrancois): The 'significant benefit' bit is particularly important in the context of vaccines. Non-negligible rates of adverse vaccine effects in children would likely fuel far more vaccine hesitancy (covid19 and otherwise) than the most ideological [... want %more?] β†’ https://twitter.com/BallouxFrancois/status/145484549024424346117:24
BrainstormUpdates for Netherlands: +8214 cases (now 2.2 million), +14 deaths (now 18850) since 23 hours ago17:33
BrainstormNew from COVID tweets: Prof Francois Balloux (@BallouxFrancois): There may be room for reasonable disagreement over the JCVI's previous recommendations. Though, if anything, they may have been overly (pro-vaccine) cautious rather than (anti-vaccine) reckless.4/ β†’ https://twitter.com/BallouxFrancois/status/145484549271888281717:34
BrainstormNew from The Indian Express: World: COVID: China urges US to β€˜stop attacking’ Beijing over virus origins β†’ https://indianexpress.com/article/world/covid-china-urges-us-to-stop-attacking-beijing-over-virus-origins-7600922/17:45
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +4524 cases (now 4.8 million), +26 deaths (now 132100), +350170 tests (now 104.3 million) since 23 hours ago18:10
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: BioNTech founders: COVID is going to become more manageable β†’ https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/qjtrd9/biontech_founders_covid_is_going_to_become_more/18:16
BrainstormUpdates for Greece: +2722 cases (now 742170), +44 deaths (now 15938), +158262 tests (now 26.0 million) since a day ago β€” Jordan: +1723 cases (now 862541), +10 deaths (now 11038), +30035 tests (now 11.0 million) since a day ago β€” Dominican Rep.: +693 cases (now 381667), +1 deaths (now 4130), +5826 tests (now 2.2 million) since 23 hours ago [... want %more?]18:35
BrainstormUpdates for Mali: +35 cases (now 16073), +1016 tests (now 454574) since 22 hours ago19:00
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +37943 cases (now 9.1 million), +74 deaths (now 141055) since 23 hours ago β€” India: +12595 cases (now 34.3 million), +249 deaths (now 458468) since 18 hours ago β€” Germany: +18 deaths (now 96243) since 22 hours ago19:37
LjLi need to reboot my server and probably will do it a few times so Brainstorm will leave, it should be okay, be patient19:45
BrainstormUpdates for Kuwait: +25 cases (now 412678), +21057 tests (now 4.8 million) since a day ago β€” Canada: +1093 cases (now 1.7 million) since 22 hours ago20:36
BrainstormUpdates for Namibia: +21 cases (now 128927), +2 deaths (now 3554), +1463 tests (now 750768) since 20 hours ago21:01
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: 2020 COVID-19 lockdown and the impacts on air quality with emphasis on urban, suburban and rural zones β†’ https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/qjx39a/2020_covid19_lockdown_and_the_impacts_on_air/21:09
lastshell%cases mex21:17
BrainstormNew from COVID tweets: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): A new prospective study of K-12 school students and staff that demonstrates the very low frequency of asymptomatic Covid in a US public school system, pre-vaccination, with multi-mitigation measurescell.com/cell-reports-m… @CellRepMed @CellPressNews pic.twitter.com/bq1gfASHu8 β†’ https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/145491042657193575121:48
BrainstormUpdates for Bahrain: +35 cases (now 276829), +17783 tests (now 6.9 million) since 22 hours ago23:05

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