libera/##covid-19/ Saturday, 2022-03-12

BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +242 deaths, +8455512 tests since 17 hours ago00:03
LjLuh 8 million tests sounds unlikely00:35
xxit's those 8M american soldiers getting tested on arrival to germany00:36
sn0wflakeno way would 8M soldiers get there at once00:41
rpifanlol00:48
rpifanwe invited 8 million americans?00:48
xxit's a secret special military operation00:51
dTalI heard it was just 8 million helmets, no soldiers00:54
dTalit's a secret millinery operation00:54
rpifanlol00:54
xxhttps://www.rtl.de/cms/muenchen-iatros-privatklinik-will-keine-russen-belarussen-behandeln-es-folgt-heftige-kritik-4932473.html00:57
xxyet when I say hospitals should not treat unvaccinated, I keep being told that's impossible00:57
BrainstormUpdates for Cook Is.: +33 cases since 23 hours ago01:00
LjLxx, it's not impossible, it would just have huge backlash, just like this is having...?01:01
LjL(and it would probably be unconstitutional at least in public hospital but of course i don't have a degree in law so)01:02
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: COVID’s true death toll: much higher than official records | Modelling suggests that by the end of 2021, some 18 million people had died because of the pandemic. → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/tc3545/covids_true_death_toll_much_higher_than_official/01:10
de-factoshush01:12
de-factoyou ruining the plans01:12
* de-facto slaps Brainstorm01:13
Brainstormde-facto: Do as you wish!01:13
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Marked vaccine protection vs Omicron hospitalizations  for children, age 5-11, but poor uptake covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra…And 35% of all US pandemic child deaths were in 2 months of the Omicron surge theguardian.com/world/2022/mar… by @m_scribe pic.twitter.com/mSd9yane5u → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150244463496591360101:48
BrainstormUpdates for Hong Kong: +29281 cases, +294 deaths since 19 hours ago — Canada: +8450 cases since 22 hours ago02:02
TuvixDaily update from CDC is out; the 7-day rolling average of death has been quite flat the last few days, currently sitting at 92% of the pandemic-long death rate average. Nothing about the situation is "over", and this is now 2 *months* after the case-peak from Omicron.02:41
BrainstormUpdates for South Korea: +383651 cases, +269 deaths since 23 hours ago03:05
LjLTuvix, at least you're not South Korea ;(03:07
oerheksor Southern Netherlands, outbreak 10 days after Carnaval03:18
oerhekshttps://twitter.com/bencoates1/status/150145876042600448103:19
BrainstormUpdates for Thailand: +24592 cases, +68 deaths since a day ago — Tonga: +131 cases, +131 cases since 16 hours ago — Canada: +6279 cases since 11 hours ago — United Kingdom: +73054 cases since 8 hours ago04:08
BrainstormUpdates for Vanuatu: +50 cases since 20 hours ago05:04
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: COVID-19's strain on Florida hospitals worse than most states, CDC says → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/tc7jol/covid19s_strain_on_florida_hospitals_worse_than/05:22
TuvixYea, I saw the Carnaval mess. not a suprise, but man that spread. It sure makes me more confident to avoid such packed venues as much as I miss a couple of my usual social joints.05:23
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +237089 cases since 23 hours ago06:00
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 874: COVID-19 clinical update #105 with Dr. Daniel Griffin: In COVID-19 clinical update #105, Daniel Griffin discusses changes in brain structure after infection, dementia in patients with pneumonia, Paxlovid in children, mask effectiveness in schools, host factors and severe disease, post-acute [... want %more?] → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-874/06:10
BrainstormNew from CDC (old): Laws and Regulations: To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and help our country cope during the pandemic, CDC has occasionally issued legally binding orders and regulations. They are listed here. → https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp06:29
BrainstormUpdates for Selangor, Malaysia: +9120 cases, +14 deaths since a day ago — Saxony-Anhalt, Germany: +8307 cases, +26 deaths since a day ago — Western Australia, Australia: +4976 cases since a day ago — Pulau Pinang, Malaysia: +2750 cases, +3 deaths since a day ago07:09
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Genome-wide analysis provides genetic evidence that ACE2 influences COVID-19 risk and yields risk scores associated with severe disease → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tca29e/genomewide_analysis_provides_genetic_evidence/07:17
BrainstormNew from MedicineNet: (news): COVID's Global Death Toll May Be 3 Times Official Numbers → http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp08:33
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | March 12, 2022: 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: → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/tcbkx2/daily_discussion_thread_march_12_2022/09:01
BrainstormUpdates for Liechtenstein: +236 cases since 21 hours ago11:01
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: A series of three studies examined the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on materialism, finding an overall decrease in the importance people place on money. → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/tcctcx/a_series_of_three_studies_examined_the_effect_of/11:14
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Omicron neutralising antibodies after third COVID-19 vaccine dose in patients with cancer → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tcf6r5/omicron_neutralising_antibodies_after_third/13:18
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Kids show mysteriously low levels of COVID antibodies → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tcfq8y/kids_show_mysteriously_low_levels_of_covid/14:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Florian Krammer (@florian_krammer): My day at MedUni Vienna Lecture from yesterday to listen to. From minute 38 it's also about Omicron, the current situation and how things might continue with SARS-CoV-2.  youtube.com/watch?v=czWnGP… → https://twitter.com/florian_krammer/status/150264009467466547714:44
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): China_Flu: A Local Cluster of Omicron Variant COVID-19 Likely Caused by Internationally Mailed Document → https://old.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/tcgri4/a_local_cluster_of_omicron_variant_covid19_likely/14:53
BrainstormUpdates for Bhutan: +484 cases, +484 cases since a day ago — Germany: +239988 cases since 23 hours ago15:11
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Global COVID Cases For 12MAR22: Summary As Of: 12MAR @ 14:29 GMT Countries 225 + 2 Cases 455,969,731 Deaths 6,059,991 Recovered 389,723,485 Active Cases 60,186,255 Countries reporting new cases: 80 Countries reporting new deaths: 52 Countries reporting increased Active [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/tchzaz/global_covid_cases_for_12mar22/16:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Omicron's lethality in Hong Kong, already at an unprecedented level for the pandemic, is still on the rise pic.twitter.com/crlAwAqEoa → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150266515122429133016:21
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): This does not bode well for China, relying fully on vaccines with low efficacy vs Omicron. Hong Kong's use of Sinovac is 40%. Both have low booster rates. pic.twitter.com/1tMOafuTXM → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150267134461328998416:49
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): @EricTopol , do you think that this is because BA.2 or related to complete relaxation of restriction??? I vote for the latter and hope Europe learned from the pandemic... twitter.com/EricTopol/stat… → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/150268231377947034217:37
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): @Tuliodna Great question, Tulio. You may well be right. Waning of vaccine immunity is in the differential, too. May represent all 3 factors at play. → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150268647387885158517:47
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Jerome Adams (@JeromeAdamsMD): The breakdowns by race and gender here are fascinating- and would’ve been completely missed by anyone subscribing to the theory that hesitancy is all about Trump/ Republicans… Racial and Ethnic, Gender Disparities Seen in LGBT COVID-19 Vaccination [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/JeromeAdamsMD/status/150269022134698803418:15
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): An assessment of the US pandemic's impact 2 years on: the multiplier effect of 1 million lives lost among families, #LongCovid, attrition of the healthcare workforce, and more theguardian.com/us-news/2022/m…, by @Edpilkington @guardian pic.twitter.com/TK7DsZely3 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150269669170250548118:35
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): If the world has sanity, it would set up pandemic & epidemic prevention institutes in the Global South instead of Seattle, DC, Berlin, London, etc... This would help the whole world to quickly react to epidemics and pandemics and it would build in proper experience... → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/150270483108093953019:04
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +54396 cases, +133 deaths, +133 deaths since 23 hours ago19:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): 4. No difference in vaccine effectiveness between Omicron lineages BA.1 and BA.2 vs symptomatic disease, but steady decline at 10+ weeks pic.twitter.com/MqA6G0R8F7 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150271093269838643219:23
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): A post-mortem of the pandemic's preventable mortalitynytimes.com/2022/03/11/opi… by @zeynep Including a large proportion of more than a million lost American lives pic.twitter.com/ZiOpMjbyh0 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150271486560491520019:43
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): I wrote this last week, not expecting the new wave to manifest this quicklyerictopol.substack.com/p/the-epidemic… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150272175810467430520:12
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Peacock (@PeacockFlu): Might do a thread some other time but thought this might be useful for people following the Delta x BA.1 recombinant stuff thats been in the news the last few weeks.Will try to keep an updated list as more get verified. Let me know if I've missed any! pic.twitter.com/lAvjoeFa4C → https://twitter.com/PeacockFlu/status/150272635909690982520:31
de-facto%title https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj9Fixm2uQs <-- briefing about COVID situation in Germany (in Germany language but with CC)20:45
Brainstormde-facto: From www.youtube.com: "Lage ist viel schlechter als die Stimmung": Gesundheitsminister Lauterbach zur Corona-Lage - YouTube20:45
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Clinical trial reveals new effective treatment option for critical COVID-19 → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/tcr0vo/clinical_trial_reveals_new_effective_treatment/23:04

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