libera/##covid-19/ Tuesday, 2022-03-29

BrainstormUpdates for Cyprus: +6494 cases, +3 deaths since a day ago — Germany: +214035 cases, +159 deaths since 22 hours ago00:03
LjLhave some divergence http://offloop.net/covid19/?default=Greece;Cyprus&byPopulation=yes&cumulative=no&smooth=yes&legacy=no00:10
BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Correspondence] A plea for reproductive health support amid crisis in Lebanon: For the past 2 years, Lebanon has been grappling with social anarchy, political turmoil, and one of the world's most crippling economic crises.1 The country was then pummelled by [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00368-3/fulltext00:38
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): We've been learning a lot about how Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 compare in recent weeks. Here's a summary table that I compiled and will update when more data become available pic.twitter.com/eSC8CnbebW → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150858223918909849601:16
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): That's all the more reason to get started on Omicron boosters now.If a ship doesn't move much in the first few seconds after rudder deflection, the conclusion isn't that ships can't turn. It's that you should try to turn ships as early as [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/150858520775396147201:26
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): "Our data indicate that the immune escape from BA.2 is not as severe as from BA.1, suggesting that otherviral or host factors are driving the rapid spread of BA.2."New report @LancetMicrobe, small  N thelancet.com/journals/lanmi…Some differences @NEJM [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150859228124634726601:55
BrainstormUpdates for Cook Is.: +181 cases, +572 tests since a day ago — Samoa: +125 cases since 23 hours ago02:02
BrainstormUpdates for Australia: +53007 cases, +17 deaths since 23 hours ago — Canada: +4633 cases, +70630 tests since 11 hours ago03:11
camelia[m]<LjL> "camelia, i don't know, there's..." <- Thanks! sorry for slow reply, my instance, perthchat.org was down03:18
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Chemical in broccoli slows COVID-19 virus replication in cells, mice: study → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/tqnre3/chemical_in_broccoli_slows_covid19_virus/03:22
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): Good summary of current data on BA.1 vs BA.2 from @EricTopol twitter.com/erictopol/stat… → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/150862080969004647403:51
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +215281 cases since 10 hours ago04:07
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): 3. China relied exclusively on Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines; there is a substantial gap of 1- and 2-dose protection vs Omicron deaths compared with an mRNA vaccine. This evens out with a booster shot pic.twitter.com/VfP93kW9IL → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150863042835730022404:29
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): China_Flu: Persistent MRI Findings in Children Post Pfizer Vaccine Myopericarditis (Dr. Syed) → https://old.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/tqq6pk/persistent_mri_findings_in_children_post_pfizer/05:07
LjL%title https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(22)00282-7/fulltext05:24
BrainstormLjL: From www.jpeds.com: Persistent Cardiac MRI Findings in a Cohort of Adolescents with post COVID-19 mRNA vaccine myopericarditis - The Journal of Pediatrics05:24
LjLgot this study from the above post which is from an extremely dubious-looking youtuber (just search for the study on twitter and only clearly anti-vax people are mentioning it)05:24
LjLbut still, the study claims are a bit unsettling05:25
LjLi don't judge them on their merits but the study itself seems not to concern itself so much with copyediting05:25
BrainstormUpdates for New Zealand: +17293 cases, +35 deaths since 17 hours ago — Canada: +5189 cases, +14 deaths since 13 hours ago06:00
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: China's biggest COVID-19 lockdown in 2 years prompts new supply chain concerns → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/tqql4t/chinas_biggest_covid19_lockdown_in_2_years/07:39
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BrainstormUpdates for Tasmania, Australia: +2272 cases, +1 deaths since a day ago — Australian Capital Territory, Australia: +1404 cases since a day ago — Perak, Malaysia: +1318 cases, +10 deaths since 2 days ago — Ibaraki, Japan: +1239 cases, +2 deaths since a day ago08:05
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: COVID-19 infection increases risk of developing diabetes, study finds: COVID patients were 40% more likely to be newly diagnosed with diabetes. → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/tqtz3m/covid19_infection_increases_risk_of_developing/09:04
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Access to medicines—an old problem needing new solutions: The Oxford/AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccines were approved in December 2020, followed by the Moderna vaccine in January 2021. The relief I felt after my first dose of the covid-19... → http://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o824.short09:32
BrainstormNew from StatNews: ‘A slow-moving glacier’: NIH’s sluggish and often opaque efforts to study long Covid draw patient, expert ire: Critics charge that, in addition to being slow to recruit patients, the NIH's long Covid initiative is looking at open-ended research questions rather than testing out [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2022/03/29/nih-long-covid-sluggish-study/10:39
BrainstormNew from Politico: British politics: Police to issue 20 fines over COVID rule-breaking parties in Downing Street → https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-partygate-scandal-police-issue-20-fine-covid-rule-break/11:08
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Offer patients genetic tests to see if medicines are safe and effective, says Royal College of Physicians: Patients should be tested for genetic variants that can affect how they will respond to common medicines such as opioids and antidepressants, the British Pharmacological Society and the Royal College... → http://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o821.short11:27
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Action on patient safety can reduce health inequalities: Health inequalities are widening in many high income countries and have been thrown into focus by the covid-19 pandemic.1234 Not only have black, Hispanic, Asian, and other marginalised ethnic groups... → http://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021-067090.short11:36
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Josiah 'So Mild' Grindrod (@JT_Grindrod): Just came across this paper estimating early epidemic r0, which estimated an even higher r0 for wild type. Suffice to say, the r0 for sars-cov-2 was never 2.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33587929/ → https://twitter.com/JT_Grindrod/status/150874125700198809611:46
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Helen Salisbury: Are antivirals a covid-19 game changer?: We all know that covid-19 is on the rise again. In general practice our inboxes are full of positive results, and these represent only a small number of our infected patients now that many struggle... → http://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o810.short12:05
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Covid-19: Oxygen shortages two years into pandemic highlight pre-covid failures, says WHO: Two years into the covid-19 pandemic, access to oxygen is still a major problem in low and middle income countries, health leaders have warned.The shortages have highlighted the “abject failure” of... → http://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o829.short12:34
BrainstormNew from Pfizer: Anonymous: Pfizer Announces Positive Top-line Results from Yearlong Phase 3 Trial of Etrasimod in Ulcerative Colitis, Underscoring Best-in-Class Potential → https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-announces-positive-top-line-results-yearlong-phase-312:53
BrainstormUpdates for Niue: +2 cases since 5 days ago13:00
BrainstormUpdates for Tonga: +553 cases, +13591 tests since 2 days ago14:02
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Covid-19 pandemic isn’t over for Black Americans, report warns: In a searing new report, the Black Coalition Against COVID details the immense toll the pandemic continues to take on Black communities, and calls for continued vigilance and action to… → https://www.statnews.com/2022/03/29/covid-19-pandemic-isnt-over-for-black-americans-report-warns/14:40
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 29MAR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/tqyxl3/global_covid_cases_for_29mar22/14:51
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: Document: Biologics Working Party (BWP) Ad hoc Influenza Working Group - EU recommendations for the seasonal influenza vaccine composition for the season 2022/2023 → https://www.ema.europa.eu/documents/regulatory-procedural-guideline/biologics-working-party-bwp-ad-hoc-influenza-working-group-eu-recommendations-seasonal-influenza/2023_en.pdf15:10
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer employees balk at returning overpayments; Biogen stops work on another ALS drug → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/03/29/covid19-vaccines-biogen-als-insulin-pfizer-metformin/15:20
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): A new wave and a new booster?Thoughts on the BA.2 wave in the United States and whether the 2nd booster vaccine will helperictopol.substack.com/p/a-new-wave-a… pic.twitter.com/kzsULItz0R → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150880200502802433815:50
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Booster shot mortality reduction in 2 large Israel @ClalitHealth reportsLeft: Delta wave, age 50+, 90% reduction, 1st booster nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…Right: Omicron wave, age 60+, 78% reduction, 2nd boosterresearchsquare.com/article/rs-147…less divergence [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150880416852553320116:00
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +5007 cases, +14 deaths since 22 hours ago16:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The turnaround in South Korea begins after its severe Omicron wave  pic.twitter.com/S5pUjk4WSz → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150880612594000281616:10
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): A third study of neutralizing antibodies (nAb)  for BA.1 and BA.2 compared with the original strain. About 10% less for BA.2 vs BA.1.  We haven't seen significant spread of BA.3 but this looks unfavorable for nAb responsebiorxiv.org/content/10.110… pic.twitter.com/Zu0ScclSN8 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150881019503563572216:20
BrainstormNew from Pfizer: Anonymous: Pfizer and BioNTech Receive Expanded U.S. Emergency Use Authorization for an Additional COVID-19 Vaccine Booster in Individuals Aged 50 Years and Older → https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-and-biontech-receive-expanded-us-emergency-use16:39
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The BA.2 variant is now dominant (>50%) for the basis of new cases in the United States, overtaking BA.1 because of its enhanced infectiousnesscovid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra… pic.twitter.com/06zrHeTah1 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150881734591704678416:48
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The start of the BA.2 wave in the US (log plot)Let's hope it is turns out to be as small as the Alpha bump pic.twitter.com/yVFV3yXPso → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150881974939166720816:58
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Essential, Even If Previously Infected: Antibody levels decline in individuals with hybrid immunity similarly to vaccinated individuals, meaning all people need a booster vaccine to protect against future, potentially severe, infection. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/covid-19-booster-vaccine-essential-even-if-previously-infected17:18
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Tuesday 29 March 2022 Update: submitted by /u/HippolasCage to r/CoronavirusUK → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/tr41cw/tuesday_29_march_2022_update/17:27
BrainstormNew from LitCovid: (news): COVID-19 pneumonia concurrent with newly diagnosed chronic myelogenous leukemia. → https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/3534204417:37
BrainstormNew from LitCovid: (news): Viral Cardiomyopathies Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection. → https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/3534231917:47
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Comparison of Pulmonary Telerehabilitation and Physical Activity Recommendations in Patients With Post Covid Fibrosis → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0529933317:57
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +169500 cases, +254 deaths since 17 hours ago — Netherlands: +30687 cases, +16 deaths since 12 hours ago18:00
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Second Booster Dose of Two COVID-19 Vaccines for Older and Immunocompromised Individuals → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tr5fsf/coronavirus_covid19_update_fda_authorizes_second/18:06
BrainstormNew from WebMD: As FDA OKs Another COVID Booster, Some Experts Question Need: While many Americans have yet to get a first COVID booster vaccine, plans are underway already for a second booster. What do the experts think? → https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20220329/fda-oks-boosters-but-experts-question-need18:16
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Josiah 'So Mild' Grindrod (@JT_Grindrod): Looking forward to the people who said "it's not a booster, it's a 3 dose vaccine" to walk it back twitter.com/US_FDA/status/… → https://twitter.com/JT_Grindrod/status/150884576703679283418:44
BrainstormUpdates for Greece: +29072 cases, +51 deaths, +434502 tests since a day ago — Spain: +55450 cases, +209 deaths since 4 days ago — Canada: +6177 cases, +20 deaths since 22 hours ago19:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): And from Moderna's EUAfda.gov/media/144636/d… pic.twitter.com/xpEThEpssE → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/150885450596151705919:15
BrainstormNew from WebMD: FDA Authorizes Fourth COVID Doses for Many Americans: Adults over 50 and those 18 and older who are immunocompromised are eligible for fourth doses of either Pfizer or Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines. → https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20220329/fda-oks-fourth-covid-dose-for-many19:25
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +44365 cases, +81 deaths since 23 hours ago — United Kingdom: +81612 cases, +304 deaths, +2703424 tests since 23 hours ago20:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): New @CDCMMWR reportWhy it is important for people who had a J&J vaccine to get a mRNA boostercdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7… pic.twitter.com/OeBkGSXkSE → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150886774440960819720:13
BrainstormNew from Politico: Has Putin saved Boris Johnson?: A scandal over lockdown-breaching parties is taking a backseat to the Ukraine invasion — but that could still change. → https://www.politico.eu/article/has-putin-saved-boris-johnson/20:32
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +100296 cases, +177 deaths, +660708 tests since a day ago21:02
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: News Scan for Mar 29, 2022: Outcomes of long COVID Antibiotic resistance in food pathogens → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/03/news-scan-mar-29-202221:21
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Black cancer patients more likely than Whites to have severe COVID: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Mar 29, 2022 Black patients had higher rates of hospital or ICU stay, ventilation, and death. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/03/black-cancer-patients-more-likely-whites-have-severe-covid21:30
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Rules on free lateral flow and PCR Covid tests published: The list of who can get free test after 1 April in England is now out, although most people will have to pay. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6091177121:50
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Newcastle disease virus-based trivalent vaccine found to be effective across SARS-CoV-2 variants in mice → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/trgbfp/newcastle_disease_virusbased_trivalent_vaccine/22:00
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +7667 cases, +53 deaths since 23 hours ago — United Kingdom: +81609 cases, +305 deaths since 23 hours ago — France: +189 cases since 23 hours ago22:05
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Call for volunteers to sign up to COVID-19 Omicron variant trial as vaccine study launches in Portsmouth, UK → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/trh4q8/call_for_volunteers_to_sign_up_to_covid19_omicron/22:09
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: How Good Do Kids’ COVID Vaccines Need to Be?: Last Friday, Lakshmi Ganapathi’s son turned 5, and finally became eligible for his first Pfizer COVID shot. Ganapathi’s family had been anticipating that moment for more than a year, yet as of late, she [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/03/how-effective-are-kids-covid-vaccines/629419/22:29
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol):   @CellRepMed More support for the potency of 1 shot with infection-induced immunity"We observe that vaccination induces higher peak titers and improves durability in recovered [Prior Covid] as compared to naïve vaccinees."cell.com/cell-reports-m… pic.twitter.com/uKE4IiydxL → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150890352518656410122:38
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Persistent rise in hospital admissions in some countries in Europe indicate the BA.2 wave's continued impact@OurWorldInData And all with considerably higher vaxx and booster rates than the US pic.twitter.com/nFJMKbhWp2 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/150890831690663526522:49
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: U.S. Health Officials Clear Second Boosters for Those 50 and Older and Some Immunocompromised People → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/trjs3g/us_health_officials_clear_second_boosters_for/22:58
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +211155 cases since 23 hours ago23:07
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Biden Seeks $82 Billion for Pandemic Preparedness: President Joe Biden’s 2023 federal budget proposal, released Monday, calls for nearly $82 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services over five years to prepare for future pandemics. → https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220329/biden-seeks-eighty-two-billion-dollars-for-pandemic-preparedness23:18
LjLthat's a few billions23:30

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