libera/##covid-19/ Sunday, 2022-03-13

BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +166 deaths since 23 hours ago00:03
LjLhmm "In this randomized controlled trial, AAT that had been purified from the blood of healthy donors was administered to patients with COVID-19-associated ARDS, with the aim of reducing inflammation."00:05
LjLi hope it can be produced in some other way too or i'm not sure getting it from blood scales00:05
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: SARS-CoV-2 spreads through cell-to-cell transmission → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/tcu1m9/sarscov2_spreads_through_celltocell_transmission/00:49
BrainstormUpdates for Hong Kong: +27747 cases, +285 deaths since 22 hours ago01:00
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: COVID-19 prevalence continues to decline across England but infection rates remain high → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/tcudd5/covid19_prevalence_continues_to_decline_across/01:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Theo Sanderson (@theosanderson): ONS data shows antibody levels as high as ever pic.twitter.com/zmLfE9EhsY → https://twitter.com/theosanderson/status/150280282967265280101:27
LjL%title https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150267547907713024001:52
BrainstormLjL: From twitter.com: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): "The next wave in Europe has begun" | 42l - nitter01:52
LjL%title https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150266515122429133001:53
BrainstormLjL: From twitter.com: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): "Omicron's lethality in Hong Kong, already at an unprecedented level for the pandemic, is still on the rise" | Hungary-based nitter instance by Hackerspace Szeged01:53
LjLthis is a symptom of long COVID i hadn't heard of before O.o01:58
LjL%print https://twitter.com/CeeteeSALV/status/150229990744888116201:58
BrainstormLjL, It says: Ceetee (@CeeteeSALV): "One of the bigger concerns for myself, is that my brain has straight up refused to recognize gender anymore. Which, as a trans girl, IS REALLY FUCKING UPSETTING. Covid has straight up changed my own view of my own gender because *I CAN'T STOP MISGENDERING MYSELF*" | 42l - nitter01:58
BrainstormUpdates for Cook Is.: +36 cases since a day ago02:02
de-factoits pretty clear by now that COVID damages the brain so why would we not expect cognitive losses associated with that?02:07
LjLi'm obviously too cognitively impaired to meaningfully answer that02:07
de-factoi think its part of the spectrum of symptoms of what is referred to as long-COVID02:10
de-factoand if SARS-CoV-2 is allowed to infect a large part of the working-age cohort of a population such symptoms like brain-fog and reduction of mental capabilities quite likely might affect economic growth compared to countries that would not tolerate a "burn through" their population02:13
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Long-haul Covid patients desperate for answers turn to a private company → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/tcvkun/longhaul_covid_patients_desperate_for_answers/02:14
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Researchers find that demographics alone don’t explain COVID-19 mortality rates; place matters too → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/tcvpn7/researchers_find_that_demographics_alone_dont/02:52
xxnot being able to recognize gender?03:00
xxbet you that person is making that stuff up just to feel special, there's no report of this being a symptom of (long)covid nor any other disease03:01
LjLxx, yeah i dunno obviously it sounds like a cognitive thing but i could have posted just about any other "cognitive thing" and he'd probably had said the same stuff03:01
xxthere are things like not being able to recognize objects, or faces03:01
LjLi... whatever03:02
xxyeah I think I must have long-covid and massive brain damage because I just no longer recognize sanity in this world03:03
xxas far as I care, I died december 201903:03
LjLxx, i think many of us are thinking that and yet we can't come together because we all recognize different types of insanity in other people03:04
xxwell, that thread made me realize that I can call myself trans girl03:05
LjLi dare not ask why03:09
xxtrans nistria03:10
LjL-.-03:10
xxthis is so cool, I never realized it03:10
LjLxx, you could use that to get it recognized, since not recognizing gender is perceived as a lot more unacceptable than not recognizing unrecognized states03:10
xxnext time I'm in EU-land, I'll attempt to make transnistria a gender03:11
xxanyway, back to covid, I briefly looked at novel psychological symptoms of (long)covid that I might have missed before, and didn't spot anything as wild as the claims above03:12
xxbut psychology stuff is hard to determine exactly03:13
xxfor the most wild claims, (long)covid might have been just a correlation03:13
xxlike I wonder if there's any legitimate claim that "covid made me gay" for example03:13
LjLdamn i hope covid doesn't make me straight03:26
xxwell, I've already heard "covid made me cheat" from someone03:29
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: S. Korea: New COVID-19 cases above 350,000 for 2nd day amid omicron wave → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/tcw52a/s_korea_new_covid19_cases_above_350000_for_2nd/03:59
BrainstormUpdates for Thailand: +23584 cases, +66 deaths since 23 hours ago — Australia: +26705 cases, +12 deaths, +12 deaths since 23 hours ago — New Zealand: +14531 cases, +8 deaths, +8 deaths since 23 hours ago04:01
BrainstormUpdates for Vietnam: +454212 cases, +62 deaths since a day ago — Tonga: +195 cases since a day ago05:04
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +140862 cases since 14 hours ago — Canada: +1089 cases since a day ago06:06
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 875: Animal house: TWiV discusses the virome of game animals in China, and the finding that binding of sarbecoviruses to ACE2 is an ancestral and evolvable trait. → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-875/06:17
BrainstormUpdates for Western Australia, Australia: +7760 cases, +1 deaths since a day ago — Irkutsk, Russia: +1809 cases, +14 deaths since a day ago — Ibaraki, Japan: +1748 cases since a day ago — Perak, Malaysia: +1555 cases, +7 deaths since a day ago07:09
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Adapting for Variants: Early Results or Trials Underway for 38 Versions of 17 Covid Vaccines → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/td0voy/adapting_for_variants_early_results_or_trials/07:34
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | March 13, 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/td19zk/daily_discussion_thread_march_13_2022/08:03
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Loss of Faith and Decrease in Trust in a Higher Source During COVID-19 in Germany: 22% reported loss of faith, trust in higher source fell 31% pts. (n = 1,333) → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/td1l7k/loss_of_faith_and_decrease_in_trust_in_a_higher/08:31
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD  (@michaelzlin): For more proof that HK's low vaccination rate of elderly is 100% to blame, we can compare to SK which has a similar population age structure and also high density (for those suggesting NZ's lower age and low density are driving the difference — it's [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/150291189007833088208:41
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): The pandemic after the pandemic? theatlantic.com/health/archive… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/150293690562901606510:25
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Evidence for SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron co-infections and recombination → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/td3nk2/evidence_for_sarscov2_delta_and_omicron/10:54
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Mayors sacked, millions locked down amid China's worst COVID outbreak since 2020 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/td48m9/mayors_sacked_millions_locked_down_amid_chinas/11:51
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): 13/03/22 - ZOE COVID-19 Study Update: 2,409,078 people are currently predicted to have symptomatic COVID-19 in the UK, up by 73,177. Yesterday was 2,335,901 (+3%) and last Sunday was 2,162,705 (+11%). → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/td5muc/130322_zoe_covid19_study_update/13:16
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Jeffrey Barrett (@jcbarret): Interesting visualisation. Seems plausible that the coincident timing is driven by BA.2 and widespread relaxation of restrictions. Compare case rates from @OurWorldInData, and BA.2 proportion from @covSpectrum of these countries plus Denmark: [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/jcbarret/status/150299483899583693014:14
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 13MAR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/td79ip/global_covid_cases_for_13mar22/14:53
BrainstormUpdates for Bhutan: +470 cases, +470 cases since 23 hours ago — Germany: +145253 cases since 23 hours ago15:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Jeffrey Barrett (@jcbarret): Once gone it will be nearly impossible to re-boot the system at scale. It's not just a matter of PCR machines: 100s of skilled people are now looking for new jobs, and the emergency response mindset that helped in the beginning can't be magicked up again.  [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/jcbarret/status/150301226473931981815:21
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): These cells are also called memory cells. After vaccination or infection you make memory cells. After a 2nd and 3rd vaccination you make more, and the quality is also better. You keep these cells; often for the rest of your life. → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/150302356073395404916:09
enychrrm /join #videogames16:32
enycoops16:32
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: ACE2-independent infection of T lymphocytes by SARS-CoV-2 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/td983e/ace2independent_infection_of_t_lymphocytes_by/16:38
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: China records nearly 3,400 daily virus cases, highest in two years | 13MAR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/tdatnc/china_records_nearly_3400_daily_virus_cases/17:45
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: NYC restaurants and bars rebounding 2 years after COVID shutdowns | 12MAR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/tdbbqf/nyc_restaurants_and_bars_rebounding_2_years_after/18:14
de-facto%title https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/council-of-eu-approves-extension-of-eu-digital-covid-certificate-until-mid-2023/18:45
Brainstormde-facto: From www.schengenvisainfo.com: Council of EU Approves Extension of EU Digital COVID Certificate Until Mid-2023 - SchengenVisaInfo.com18:45
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +50028 cases, +86 deaths, +86 deaths since 23 hours ago19:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): China's Covid predicament is manifesting in 2 of its most populous cities, Shanghai and Shenzhentheguardian.com/world/2022/mar…reuters.com/business/healt… pic.twitter.com/zI8UELCycb → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150307241604974592519:21
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Tracking new variants, a primer. Yes, there's been a "Deltacron" (fusion of Delta/Omicron components) detected since January but no sign of it having transmission or pathogenicity worriesft.com/content/bdb5e0… @donatopmancini @clivecookson w/@Tuliodna [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150307912980079411619:50
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): What we've learned so far about genetic susceptibility to Covid nytimes.com/2022/03/08/opi…, by @danielalamasmd @nytopinion @Mayanazatz @dalygene @casanova_lab pic.twitter.com/aMLutAck9Z → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150309183947312742620:38
LjL%title https://twitter.com/PaulMainwood/status/150150616097276723620:41
BrainstormLjL: From twitter.com: Paul Mainwood (@PaulMainwood): "Antibodies at the higher threshold, England from ONS [...]20:41
LjLantibodies aren't waning and yet we *know* that antibodies wane even after the booster, don't we?20:41
LjLso is the booster magically "sticking" this time, or rather, are people getting infected on repeat?20:42
xxpeople have always been getting infected on repeat, it just wasn't admitted for a long time20:54
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD  (@michaelzlin): Example below. No second opinions presented, just a straight repeat of what the Pfizer CEO says. Because what a CEO says about what CDC and FDA should do is news in itself, even if he isn't a MD, a PhD, or a MPH. thehill.com/policy/healthc… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/150310430711725670821:25
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD  (@michaelzlin): That pharma CEOs are calling the shots also makes JnJers being left behind easier to understand. Since J&J has no effective boosters to sell, and Pfizer hasn't trialed their shots as 2nd or 3rd boosters for J&J, that call gets left to CDC and they [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/150310655148926156921:35
dTalalmost everyone I know has had covid at least once and some of the less careful people are now on round 221:53
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +866 cases, +3 deaths since 15 hours ago22:04
oerheksde-facto ...23:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): More on T cell depletion post Covid: "SARS-CoV-2 infects T lymphocytes, preferably activated CD4+ T cells in vitro... we show that the infection is spike-ACE2/TMPRSS2-independent.. viral antigen-positive T cells from patient undergone pronounced apoptosis" [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/150313185818336870723:19
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): Note: A study with similar results to this one was published early during the pandemic and later retracted. There may be issues with methodology here (but then we also see the same results reproduced) - → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/150313780243899187623:38

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