| Brainstorm | New from The Lancet (Online): [Correspondence] Ritonavir and COVID-19: pragmatic guidance is important: We thank Joseph Heskin and colleagues1 for highlighting the crucial issue of drug–drug interactions (DDIs) with ritonavir, the pharmacoenhancer or booster co-formulated with the novel [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00280-X/fulltext | 00:34 |
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| Brainstorm | Updates for Germany: +116890 cases, +126 deaths since 7 hours ago | 01:00 |
| LjL | https://www-punto--informatico-it.translate.goog/immuni-rimane-data-dismissione/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp | 01:20 |
| LjL | SOGEI also specifies that " The contact tracing functions are linked to the availability of the GAEN framework by Apple and Google ", a project that is currently being extended for the whole of 2022. | 01:21 |
| LjL | i must say that the extension of the framework's duration went pretty quiet compared to the flashiness of the initial dialog boxes that told you about how data would be handled | 01:21 |
| LjL | anyway de-facto this is true for CWA and all of these apps too, if they don't extend it further, it'll be over at the end of the 2022 | 01:22 |
| LjL | <Brainstorm> New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: NZ Government removes vaccine pass, most vaccine mandates, and outdoor gathering limit → https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/tkgdkw/nz_government_removes_vaccine_pass_most_vaccine/ | 01:50 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Very good to see: "There are no discernable differences in the effects of prior infection, vaccination, and hybrid immunity against BA.1 versus BA.2" New large study from Qatar. See Figure below for VE level of protection vs BA.2 hospitalization and death [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1506431178126942211 | 01:52 |
| LjL | <Brainstorm> New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: WHO blames rising Covid cases in Europe on curbs lifted too soon → https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/tkhm00/who_blames_rising_covid_cases_in_europe_on_curbs/ | 01:54 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Slovakia: +11338 cases since 13 hours ago — Channel Islands: +3337 cases, +2 deaths, +4617 tests since a day ago | 02:03 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/COVID19: COVID19: A spatiotemporal machine learning approach to forecasting COVID-19 incidence at the county level in the USA → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tkihbb/a_spatiotemporal_machine_learning_approach_to/ | 02:30 |
| Aarch64debian | what is usa civid poicy now | 02:47 |
| Aarch64debian | ? | 02:47 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD (@michaelzlin): Tip to @PressSec: Now that you're sick again, you will get a natural boost, but you are on schedule for your 3rd COVID19 infection from BA.2 around August. Try to get POTUS to schedule his next European trip for a different time. Unless you don't want [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1506448655527514112 | 02:58 |
| Aarch64debian | Oksanaa, ? | 03:18 |
| LjL | Aarch64debian, don't just highlight random people please | 03:25 |
| LjL | i assume your question is "What is the USA COVID policy now?" | 03:25 |
| LjL | unfortunately the USA has many different policies by state | 03:25 |
| LjL | so you'd have to be more specific, although i don't live in the USA anyway | 03:25 |
| LjL | %print https://twitter.com/EnemyInAState/status/1506374731276111887 | 03:32 |
| Brainstorm | LjL, It says: Chris Turnbull (@EnemyInAState): "It seems that the whole country is starting to go into a form of mini lockdown: schools closing, GPs closing, hospitals closing, no doubt many other things too: and we've only just started this wave–bear that in mind. THIS IS JUST THE START." | nitter | 03:32 |
| LjL | this guy sounds a bit mad, but i can understand feeling mad when every country seems to have tacitly agreed that BA.2 is "nothing" even though it clearly isn't | 03:32 |
| Justin[m]1 | This is crazy to me too. We have a chance to get this under control, and they lift all the mandates. It's stupid. | 03:34 |
| Aarch64debian | so why cant american make some effective medicines for this virus after 2 more years | 03:52 |
| Aarch64debian | Justin[m]1, what is your policy in there? is it censored for the infected | 03:53 |
| Justin[m]1 | Most, maybe all, states have lifted mask requirements. Near me, most people do not wear them in public. | 03:59 |
| Aarch64debian | to get group immunities i think? | 04:01 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for United Kingdom: +1165 cases since 8 hours ago | 04:02 |
| LjL | Aarch64debian, Paxlovid is a very effective medicine reducing deaths by 90% if taken timely. | 04:04 |
| LjL | not sure why you'd expect only Americans to make medicines, though | 04:04 |
| LjL | https://twitter.com/paulatwal/status/1506455773278195713 wrecked | 04:06 |
| Aarch64debian | ah its five days 530$ in shanghai, and limited supply | 04:11 |
| LjL | yeah, production needs to be scaled up faster | 04:12 |
| LjL | but even more importantly it needs to be given *early*, but instead, we're makign testing more difficult | 04:12 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Multi-organ impairment and Long COVID: a 1-year prospective study. → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/tkm7st/multiorgan_impairment_and_long_covid_a_1year/ | 05:48 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Canada: +8244 cases since 14 hours ago | 06:01 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD (@michaelzlin): Here are actual data: Pfizer VE for Omicron = 66% at peaknejm.org/doi/full/10.10…… pic.twitter.com/C2VZH0q55E → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1506495226663165962 | 06:07 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Dangerous Myth: ‘We’ve Got All the COVID-19 Tools We Need’ → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/tkml5n/dangerous_myth_weve_got_all_the_covid19_tools_we/ | 06:17 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Bavaria, Germany: +90846 cases, +120 deaths since 2 days ago — Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany: +70235 cases, +56 deaths since a day ago — Hesse, Germany: +33907 cases, +34 deaths since 2 days ago — Berlin, Germany: +18493 cases, +12 deaths since 2 days ago | 07:04 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | March 23, 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/tko4os/daily_discussion_thread_march_23_2022/ | 08:02 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): CONCLUSION: There are no discernable differences in the effects of prior infection, vaccination, and hybrid immunity against BA.1 versus BA.2. Hybrid immunity resulting from prior infection and recent booster vaccination confers the strongest protection against [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/1506533447967428610 | 08:31 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Covid Fact Check UK (@fact_covid): We’re still dealing with huge numbers of cases today, but COVID’s threat has been significantly diminished (in the UK at least) thanks to vaccines and the number of people who have been infected over that time. → https://twitter.com/fact_covid/status/1506533822690729985 | 08:41 |
| Brainstorm | New from StatNews: New Covid trial results may point toward better ways to study medicines: The battle against Covid-19 has been marked by false hope, as too many people embraced would-be cures. But there have also been important lessons about how to develop effective treatments. → https://www.statnews.com/2022/03/23/new-covid-trial-results-may-point-toward-better-ways-study-medicines/ | 09:38 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Omicron remains lethal in the older and unvaccinated, former CDC chief warns → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/tkpid8/omicron_remains_lethal_in_the_older_and/ | 10:36 |
| Brainstorm | New from BMJ: David Oliver: Can the recovery plan for elective care in England deliver?: Even before the covid-19 pandemic hit the UK in 2020, waiting lists for elective outpatient appointments, investigations, and procedures were growing. Covid has rapidly increased already long waiting... → http://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o724.short | 11:15 |
| Brainstorm | New from BMJ: Good riddance to the face-to-face medical conference: Oliver asks if covid has killed the medical conference.1 I hope so. I struggle to recognise his description of them.The opportunity to network or socialise is usually limited to a select few, while... → http://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o749.short | 11:35 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/COVID19: COVID19: Vaccine effectiveness of two and three doses of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac against COVID-19 in Hong Kong → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tkr1v8/vaccine_effectiveness_of_two_and_three_doses_of/ | 11:45 |
| Brainstorm | New from Pfizer: Pfizer Announces Positive Top-Line Results for Phase 3 Trial of Etrasimod in Ulcerative Colitis Patients: Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 03/23/2022 - 06:45 Wednesday, March 23, 2022 - 06:45am - ELEVATE 12 study met primary and key [... want %more?] → https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-announces-positive-top-line-results-phase-3-trial | 11:55 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/COVID19: COVID19: Far-UVC (222 nm) efficiently inactivates an airborne pathogen in a room-sized chamber → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tkryfa/faruvc_222_nm_efficiently_inactivates_an_airborne/ | 12:52 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Vanuatu: +256 cases since 22 hours ago | 13:07 |
| Brainstorm | New from StatNews: Health: Moderna to ask FDA to authorize Covid-19 vaccine in children 6 months to 6 years → https://www.statnews.com/2022/03/23/moderna-to-ask-fda-to-authorize-covid-19-vaccine-in-children-6-months-to-6-years/ | 13:12 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Josiah 'So Mild' Grindrod (@JT_Grindrod): This outcome was obvious to anyone who read about what happened to SARS 2003 survivors. Letting SARS-CoV-2 spread is a crime against humanity.. twitter.com/Daltmann10/sta… → https://twitter.com/JT_Grindrod/status/1506608567540846601 | 13:32 |
| wakeup | 3 days with fever... is this normal? my eyes hurt | 13:40 |
| undefined_bob | wakeup: with covid-19? yeah sounds normal. do you drink enough water? How high is the fever? When in doubt you should ask your doctor | 13:49 |
| peetaur | stupid headlines....letting it spread when there is a clear effective other option should be a crime against humanity...but there isn't one | 13:54 |
| peetaur | and the way politics works is everything that looks clear is really just biased garbage, so if something actually valid came out, we will ignore it as we have been taught | 13:54 |
| Brainstorm | New from Contagion Live: Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mets Primary Endpoint in Phase 2/3 Trial in Children 6 Months to Under Six Years: Along with reporting positive data in the youngest pediatric population, the company is working [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/moderna-s-covid-19-vaccine-mets-primary-endpoint-in-phase-2-3-trial-in-children-6-months-to-under-six-years | 14:01 |
| undefined_bob | peetaur: which headline are you referring to? | 14:03 |
| peetaur | undefined_bob: the one saying "crime against humanity" | 14:03 |
| undefined_bob | I think I missed that one | 14:04 |
| undefined_bob | let me search | 14:04 |
| undefined_bob | ah that twitter one | 14:04 |
| undefined_bob | I mostly ignore the twitter lines here | 14:04 |
| peetaur | yeah most twitter related here is total garbage, but when they accuse you of crime against humanity, you can complain, right? | 14:05 |
| undefined_bob | I think its just a way of over exaggerate things to gain attention | 14:05 |
| peetaur | yep, pschological tricks replace science in media and politics | 14:06 |
| undefined_bob | and the long covid thing is still pretty unclear. But calling it 'crime against humanity' is a bit over the top for me. Russia is committing crimes against humanity, thats valid | 14:06 |
| peetaur | it seems every significantly large government or organization commits such crimes | 14:09 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Cook Is.: +113 cases, +1755 tests since a day ago | 14:10 |
| peetaur | eg. USA is corrupt and evil enough that propaganda like this is believable to many https://michaelsuede.substack.com/p/why-did-russia-invade-the-ukraine?s=r | 14:11 |
| undefined_bob | Germany stopped doing that like 77 years ago | 14:11 |
| peetaur | to sum up that article "ukraine is run by Nazis the CIA put in place because everyone's Nazis" | 14:12 |
| undefined_bob | no propaganda is propaganda and should not be spread | 14:12 |
| undefined_bob | but thats so much bullshit | 14:12 |
| undefined_bob | btw Nazis are such a yesterday thingy. No one cares anymore | 14:13 |
| peetaur | as long as the conclusion is that all sides you hear about are corrupt and liars, not that any of this propaganda is honest, it seems fine to share it | 14:13 |
| undefined_bob | no | 14:13 |
| undefined_bob | same as with covid fakenews. you just dont share it | 14:14 |
| peetaur | I think it's good to hear it and read about it before you hear it from some nutjob in person | 14:14 |
| undefined_bob | so that you can punch that person in the face when you hear it? | 14:15 |
| peetaur | no....the opposite | 14:16 |
| peetaur | you can see the people believe all kinds of crap they hear, and somehow people find the above article persuasive, so you might understand how their brain got broken and have some sympathy | 14:17 |
| undefined_bob | I run out of sympathy for such people a longer while ago | 14:18 |
| undefined_bob | I more and more believe and end solution would be favorable | 14:18 |
| undefined_bob | but thats no no | 14:18 |
| minth | sympathy doesn't require tolerance | 14:19 |
| peetaur | you need a bit of sympathy or you are helping the whole 'divide and rule/conquer' process to get more violent and rapid | 14:19 |
| undefined_bob | maybe thats needed | 14:20 |
| undefined_bob | thats true, minth | 14:20 |
| minth | fortunately there seems to be a strong correlation between wealthy countries and reasonable people in power (of course everything is relative...) | 14:20 |
| undefined_bob | but what really makes me sad is how china sides with russia. I really really thought better of them | 14:21 |
| Brainstorm | New from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: Moderna asks FDA to OK Covid shot for kids under 6; big generic maker to close U.S. plant → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/03/23/covid19-vaccine-covax-fda-aurobindo-novartis-insulin/ | 14:21 |
| minth | china sides with china, and I think they are smart enough to see where this is going and will stay out of it | 14:22 |
| undefined_bob | they are spreading russia disinforamtion in state media and recalling that its nato fault and all that. Its like they dont wanna understand | 14:23 |
| minth | they've always been ideologically opposed to democracy but they understand trade and respect power. That is enough. | 14:25 |
| peetaur | nothing wrong with being opposed to democracy... republic deprecates it; but it's because they want power...not for you, but against you; if they own you, they have more power | 14:37 |
| undefined_bob | thats annoying | 14:37 |
| undefined_bob | and a reason why the world cant be a nice place | 14:38 |
| peetaur | it can be a much nicer place... it just takes more work because breaking things is so much easier than fixing things | 14:38 |
| undefined_bob | how to fix ill minded people? | 14:39 |
| peetaur | it's very hard... they are ill minded because it suits the 'divide' part of 'divide and rule/conquer' | 14:39 |
| peetaur | if we are too busy fighting ourselves, how can we fight them? | 14:40 |
| undefined_bob | but without so many ill minded people the 'people in power' wouldn't be so powerful anymore | 14:40 |
| Brainstorm | New from BMJ: BMA expresses gratitude and grief for doctors who died from covid: bmj;376/mar23_12/o752/FAF1faSarah Turton/BMA NewsChaand Nagpaul (centre), BMA council chair, this week addressed the guests at a BMA memorial service for doctors who have lost their lives to... → http://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o752.short | 14:51 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Laos: +2625 cases, +1 deaths, +6021 tests since a day ago | 15:06 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): BA.2 and the debate about the need for a 4th dose."The UK, Germany, France and Sweden are among countries offering fourth doses to the elderly and vulnerable." ft.com/content/3963f1… by @hannahkuchler @JamieSmythF @FT pic.twitter.com/XyHmOFvhWj → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1506633378732261383 | 15:10 |
| dTal | peetaur: the credibility rating of your link degraded into "russian propaganda" when I read the line "Putin’s invasion has the full support of the Russian public." Seen too many videos of protestors being arrested and other dramatic protests | 15:17 |
| peetaur | those people arrested don't count in "russian public" ;) | 15:18 |
| peetaur | it's how Stalin did it....why should Putin change what works? | 15:19 |
| dTal | I just wonder how informationally sheltered someone would have to be to take an article like that at face value | 15:20 |
| dTal | social media is covered in direct evidence that contradicts it | 15:20 |
| undefined_bob | ^^ | 15:26 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): China_Flu: HRSA COVID-19 Uninsured Program Claims Submission Deadline FAQs → https://old.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/tkupbu/hrsa_covid19_uninsured_program_claims_submission/ | 15:40 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD (@michaelzlin): The bad part is VE vs Omicron was only 44% in 2-5yo. The fact that the same Ab levels gave 70% VE in young adults adds to Pfizer's results of lower VE in young kids vs young adults at the same Ab levels. As I wrote above this suggests diffs in immune [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1506646176099094531 | 15:59 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Niue: +4 cases since 13 days ago | 16:03 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): New data from Hong Kong on Coronavac and Pfizer vaccines implicates lack of vaccination and boosters in people of advanced age, not type of vaccine, for extreme fatality rates.2 doses: Coronavac less protective than Pfizer3 doses: equivalent [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1506650442368909315 | 16:19 |
| Brainstorm | New from WebMD: Organs Donated by People Who Had COVID Are Safe: A study finds organs from deceased donors who had COVID did not cause infection in recipients and posed no risk to health care workers. → https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20220323/organs-donated-by-people-who-had-covid-are-safe-study | 16:38 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Germany: +301068 cases, +351 deaths since 23 hours ago | 17:05 |
| oerheks | where does Brainstorm get its numbers? | 17:08 |
| oerheks | germany +184,178 deaths +225 https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ | 17:08 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: (translated) SBI - Immunology (@sbi_imuno): The “Webinar Series Immunology Without Borders: Immune responses to SARS-CoV-2”, promoted by @iuis_online, with the participation of researcher Akiko Iwasaki, will take place next Monday (28/3), at 3 pm (CEST time zone). (@VirusesImmunity): [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/sbi_imuno/status/1506667095211360265 | 17:27 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): Wednesday 23 March 2022 Update: submitted by /u/HippolasCage to r/CoronavirusUK → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/tkz6r8/wednesday_23_march_2022_update/ | 17:37 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Netherlands: +42788 cases, +16 deaths since 13 hours ago | 18:02 |
| Brainstorm | New from WebMD: Subsidized COVID Testing, Treatments, and Vaccines May End Soon: Without congressional action, federal funding that subsidizes anti-COVID weapons will come to a halt, which could worsen the pandemic. → https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220323/subsidized-covid-testing-treatments-vaccines-ending | 18:06 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Thread on the BA.2 wave in England. This is not just about cases.—Hospital admissions increased 22% past week, may be decelerating—Need for mechanical ventilation up 10%—Deaths up 14% twitter.com/COVID19actuary… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1506687465989443585 | 18:45 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Italy: +78358 cases, +153 deaths, +513744 tests since 23 hours ago | 19:11 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: betsy ladyzhets (@betsyladyzhets): very excited to share this one: for @FiveThirtyEight, I looked back at the metrics that the U.S. has used to track COVID-19 over the last two years -- and how our fractured public health system doomed each one. (1/5) [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/betsyladyzhets/status/1506690998310776832 | 19:25 |
| Brainstorm | New from Contagion Live: us: Public Health Watch: Myocarditis Remains Rare Even After Multiple Doses of mRNA Vaccine → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/public-health-watch-myocarditis-remains-rare-even-after-multiple-doses-of-mrna-vaccine | 19:34 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for United Kingdom: +102513 cases, +194 deaths since 21 hours ago | 20:01 |
| Brainstorm | New from CIDRAP: COVID-19 Scan for Mar 23, 2022: COVID-19 vaccine against long COVID SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels in kids → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/03/covid-19-scan-mar-23-2022 | 20:13 |
| LjL | Of the participants, 47.2% experienced COVID-19 symptoms 1 year after infection, including 85 (30.6%) who reported the onset of new post-COVID-19 symptoms at 12 months. There were no significant differences in the worsening of post-COVID 19 symptoms (22.7% vs 15.8%, P = 0.209) among vaccinated (132) and unvaccinated (347) patients. | 20:43 |
| LjL | :( | 20:43 |
| LjL | this sounds awful | 20:45 |
| LjL | it's about hospitalized (or "seen at hospital") patients, though | 20:45 |
| LjL | uhm actually, looking at the actual study https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(22)00155-0/fulltext it seems to be saying that the vaccination didn't worsen post-COVID symptoms, not that vaccinated people had the same amount of long COVID | 20:49 |
| LjL | (then again it didn't improve it either...) | 20:49 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/COVID19: COVID19: Sulforaphane exhibits antiviral activity against pandemic SARS-CoV-2 and seasonal HCoV-OC43 coronaviruses in vitro and in mice → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tl9dmx/sulforaphane_exhibits_antiviral_activity_against/ | 20:51 |
| Brainstorm | New from ##covid-19 Zotero group: COVID-19 Scan for Mar 23, 2022: Type Web Page URL https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/03/covid-19-scan-mar-23-2022 Accessed 2022-03-23 19:53:28 Language en Website Title CIDRAP → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/P8RUAT9C | 21:01 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Japan: +35766 cases, +122 deaths since 13 hours ago — Canada: +3937 cases since 23 hours ago | 21:03 |
| LjL | %cases japan | 21:13 |
| Brainstorm | LjL: Japan has had 6.2 million confirmed cases (4.9% of all people) and 27373 deaths (0.4% of cases; 1 in 4601 people) as of 10 minutes ago. 42.2 million tests were done (0.3 per capita, 14.7% positive). 101.2 million were vaccinated (80.3%). +35766 cases, +122 deaths since 13 hours ago. See https://covid19japan.com/ | 21:14 |
| LjL | how on earth can we have 10x the amount of deaths from COVID as Japan, when okay, there may be a culture of obedience, but they never had any actual lockdowns, they only ever had *recommendations* | 21:15 |
| de-facto | its the behavior of majorities of people determining infection dynamics by transmission pathways, the pathogen does not care if people behave in a sane way due to being forced by law or due to having a reasonable nature by themselves | 21:19 |
| Brainstorm | New from WebMD: Metabolic Syndrome Ups Odds of ARDS, Death in COVID-19: Researchers found that people with metabolic syndrome were associated with an increased risk for intensive care unit (ICU) admission with COVID. → https://www.webmd.com/heart/metabolic-syndrome/news/20220103/metabolic-syndrome-ups-odds-of-ards-death-in-covid19 | 21:20 |
| LjL | i don't buy it | 21:20 |
| LjL | i don't think japanese people are magical | 21:20 |
| LjL | Tokyo is crammed with people, they haven't all stopped going shopping | 21:21 |
| de-facto | honestly i think a lot of people in western countries, including Germany, are exceptionally dumb | 21:21 |
| de-facto | extrapolating from movements like Querdenker or QAnon, i never heard of such things from e.g. Japan | 21:22 |
| LjL | how much exposure to Japan's movements do you have | 21:22 |
| de-facto | i just doubt something like that could exist in their country, yet i cant prove that | 21:25 |
| de-facto | i know absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, hence i am only speculating | 21:26 |
| LjL | fair enough | 21:27 |
| Arsanerit | Tokyo has had its subway sarin terrorist attack | 21:29 |
| Arsanerit | Dumb people exist everywhere. | 21:29 |
| de-facto | yes of course, but i am assuming about their distributions in majorities of inhabitants of a location, the thing determining epidemiological dynamics | 21:32 |
| de-facto | id guess there is some sort of critical mass in terms of ratio of dumb to sane people in majorities of a population that determines (depending on a pathogens base reproduction number R0) if the time varying pathogen reproduction Rt can be kept below a value of 1 where exponential growth of daily new infections dominates | 21:37 |
| Arsanerit | R>1 → zombie apocalypse | 21:38 |
| de-facto | *Rt can be kept below a value of 1 where exponential growth of daily new infections dominating infection dynamics can be avoided | 21:41 |
| LjL | anyway, i hope Japan doesn't assume they're invulnerable, because http://offloop.net/covid19/?default=South%20Korea;Japan&byPopulation=yes&cumulative=no&legacy=no | 21:57 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for France: +145560 cases, +101 deaths since a day ago — Germany: +301404 cases, +331 deaths since 21 hours ago | 22:06 |
| `St0ner | what's the latest on boosters? wait for omicron specific? ba.1 or ba.2 specific? boost every 4 months and make pfizer/moderna rich? | 22:08 |
| LjL | the variant-specific ones don't seem to make a lot of difference, according to Pfizer and Moderna | 22:12 |
| LjL | i think they may make a difference on future variants, but obviously that's just speculation | 22:12 |
| LjL | Pfizer and Moderna have both applied to the FDA for a 4th booster for everyone, despite evidence of only modestly improving immunity | 22:13 |
| LjL | i don't think either has been granted, the FDA is in the process of evaluating them | 22:13 |
| LjL | “A fourth dose is marginal in protecting people from getting infected with Omicron and moderate in protecting them from symptomatic disease,” Gili Regev-Yochay, MD, coauthor of the NEJM study and a researcher at Sheba Medical Centre in Israel, told MSN recently. “But these were relatively healthy people as they were all healthcare workers. I recommend people at high risk to get the extra protection, even if it’s small. For vulnerable populatio | 22:15 |
| LjL | ns, any additional protection is important. For others, it probably does not make sense to push on a fourth dose, at least not when there is no immediate threat from a new, more pathogenic variant.” | 22:15 |
| LjL | https://www.contagionlive.com/view/public-health-watch-myocarditis-remains-rare-even-after-multiple-doses-of-mrna-vaccine | 22:15 |
| Brainstorm | New from CIDRAP: Simple home oxygen monitors signal when to seek COVID care: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Mar 23, 2022 Experts review 13 studies and advise on how to use pulse oximeters to signal when medical care is needed. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/03/simple-home-oxygen-monitors-signal-when-seek-covid-care | 22:19 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Neutralizing antibodies (nAb) to Omicron BA.1 in people who only had this infection, no prior Covid or vaxx, are specific to BA.1, without cross-reactivity to other variants. Breakthrough Omicron infections among vaccinated had a good nAb response [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1506744154356781058 | 22:29 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Annika Rössler (@AnnikaRoessler): Happy to see our next omicron study on cross-neutralization of other VOCs after Omicron Infection published @NEJM @JanineKimpel @knabl_l @DorotheeLaer #imed_tweets #GetVaccinatedNow #omicron #SARSCoV2 nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… pic.twitter.com/g1o4DhUXPs → https://twitter.com/AnnikaRoessler/status/1506744732306886656 | 22:39 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Norway: +170 deaths since 20 hours ago — United Kingdom: +103185 cases, +196 deaths since 19 hours ago | 23:02 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Tatiana Prowell, MD (@tmprowell): Translation: If you are counting on a past #Omicron infection to keep you safe from other or future #COVIDvariants, that’s not a good strategy. You need to #GetVaccinated. #MedTwitter twitter.com/erictopol/stat… → https://twitter.com/tmprowell/status/1506749025743220741 | 23:08 |
| LjL | %print https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1506737552144973829 | 23:51 |
| Brainstorm | LjL, It says: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): "New @NEJM The only Phase 3 randomized trial of a booster, in >10,000 people, age 16+ –2 shots plus placebo vs 3 shots –95% efficacy for preventing breakthrough infections –Median follow-up 2.5 months, during Delta wave http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2200674" | Hungary-based nitter instance by Hackerspace Szeged | 23:51 |
| LjL | wut | 23:51 |
| LjL | even if it's delta... wut | 23:51 |
| LjL | how does it manage to be 95% | 23:51 |
| LjL | "The median interval between dose 2 and dose 3 was 10.8 months in the vaccine group and 10.7 months in the placebo group; the median follow-up was 2.5 months." | 23:52 |
| LjL | and it's taking people who did *not* (ever) get COVID | 23:52 |
| LjL | so isn't it kind of cherrypicking people who are somehow (for behavioral or genetic or other reasons) less prone not to get covid? | 23:53 |
| LjL | 11 months is a long time | 23:53 |
| LjL | most people got a third dose earlier than that | 23:53 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Brazil: +47376 cases since 23 hours ago | 23:59 |
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