libera/##covid-19/ Monday, 2022-04-04

BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Philly-area health systems took a big financial hit from COVID surge last year → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/tvmfnl/phillyarea_health_systems_took_a_big_financial/01:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): Inside the Shanghai Covid lockdown. h/t @ATabarrok twitter.com/Jaredtnelson/s… → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/151077056730117734602:10
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): ‘Chinese army sending more than 2,000 medical personnel to Shanghai as COVID outbreak continues to worsen’ - via CCTV h/t from @BNODesk → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/151077457692561817802:29
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: T cell reactivity to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is preserved in most but not all individuals → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tvoeem/t_cell_reactivity_to_the_sarscov2_omicron_variant/02:39
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BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Gynaecology waits soar by 60% during pandemic: Waiting lists for gynaecological conditions have risen more sharply than any other specialty. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6094195004:24
BrainstormNew from Politico: A critical moment for safe chemicals — without animal tests: Tests on animals will not help the EU’s Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability achieve its aim of a ‘toxic-free’ environment. → https://www.politico.eu/sponsored-content/a-critical-moment-for-safe-chemicals-without-animal-tests/05:02
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Omicron ‘less severe’ than Delta for children ages 4 and younger, study suggests → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/tvrvs3/omicron_less_severe_than_delta_for_children_ages/05:21
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +41129 cases since 18 hours ago07:03
BrainstormUpdates for Chiba, Japan: +3298 cases, +3 deaths since 23 hours ago — Kagoshima, Japan: +753 cases since 23 hours ago — Niigata, Japan: +666 cases since 23 hours ago — Mie, Japan: +629 cases, +1 deaths since 23 hours ago07:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Andy Lin 林佳賢 (@imandylin2): Latest stats shows China’s lockdown measures can’t stop outbreaks in Shanghai and Jilin as swiftly as they did in Guangdong earlier in March. Shanghai’s numbers of case reached a record high of 9,014 today, and Jilin reported 4,455 cases yesterday [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/imandylin2/status/151084675248384819408:30
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Science-based medicine isn’t just for CAM. The case of ivermectin shows that it never was.: Another large randomized controlled trial for ivermectin showed no efficacy for the early treatment of COVID-19. This is not a [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/science-based-medicine-isnt-just-for-cam-the-case-of-ivermectin-shows-that-it-never-was/09:09
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: UK Covid symptoms list expanded with nine more signs of illness → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/tvwt55/uk_covid_symptoms_list_expanded_with_nine_more/10:46
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Opinion: Equal treatment for equal risk: Should race be included in allocation algorithms for Covid-19 therapies?: Leaving race out of Covid risk calculations does not treat Black and white people equally — it systematically ignores those causes of [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2022/04/04/should-race-be-included-allocation-algorithms-covid-19-therapies/10:55
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): Important ‼   explains why air cleaners + ventilation are effective in protecting kids in classrooms/people in work spaces from infection by SARS-CoV-2/other airborne pathogensW this in place where you/your kids/employees spend your days, you stay [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/151090966796208128011:24
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: More Americans weighed in as obese during the first year of the pandemic than in the previous year. Researchers found statistically significant changes among US adults in four obesity-related risk factors during the pandemic: exercise participation, [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/tvxvs5/more_americans_weighed_in_as_obese_during_the/11:43
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Tuberculosis Infection May Protect Against COVID-19: Mice previously infected by tuberculosis mysteriously dodged COVID-19, for reasons we’re still trying to figure ou → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/tvypd3/tuberculosis_infection_may_protect_against/12:32
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Covid: Nine new symptoms added to official list: Sore throats, headaches and loss of appetite are now all officially recognised as signs of infection. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6098207012:41
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Boston-area coronavirus wastewater jump shows ‘a new wave has begun’ → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/tvz2ae/bostonarea_coronavirus_wastewater_jump_shows_a/13:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): For Delta & Omicron, past infection gave some protection against death both in vaccinated (hazard ratio 0·47) and unvaccinated (HR 0·18) cases, but in vaccinated cases, past infection offered no additional protection against hospital admission beyond that [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/151094048427290215313:30
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): "They were also more likely to abandon Covid safety precautions such as masks and social distancing." → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151094343495313817713:39
BrainstormUpdates for Cook Is.: +178 cases, +1369 tests since 2 days ago14:02
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: China Covid variants and Omicron XE put fresh focus on virus mutations. "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is holding a hearing this week to discuss what booster shots will be needed and how to select which [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/tw0d05/china_covid_variants_and_omicron_xe_put_fresh/14:09
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy Doesn’t Increase Peripartum Risks: A pair of new studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association add to growing evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are safe during pregnancy, showing no increased [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/covid-19-vaccination-during-pregnancy-doesn-t-increase-peripartum-risks14:57
BrainstormNew from ScienceNews: We can do better than what was ‘normal’ before the pandemic: With all that people have endured, it would be a missed opportunity to toss aside what we’ve learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. → https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pandemic-covid-normal-air-quality-clean-indoor15:07
BrainstormNew from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Aflunov, zoonotic influenza vaccine (H5N1) (surface antigen, inactivated, adjuvanted), Influenza, Human;Immunization;Disease Outbreaks, Date of authorisation: 28/11/2010, Revision: 14, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/aflunov15:56
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Bloom Lab (@jbloom_lab): There has been discussion, including by me, of risk-benefit of research on novel animal SARS-like CoVs. These vaccines, which use knowledge about such viruses w/o creating actual replicating versions of all of them, fall on benefit side. I'll post more on this [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/jbloom_lab/status/151098023826772787216:06
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +475 cases, +6 deaths since 18 hours ago17:04
BrainstormNew from LitCovid: (news): Clinical Profile and Outcome of COVID-19 Cases Admitted at a Tertiary Health Facility In South-West Nigeria. → https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/3536666817:36
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +54262 cases, +88 deaths since 19 hours ago18:07
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): 2/2 ...He stood up a rigorous process that helped validate the reliability of the diagnostic tests that we used for Covid, and shaped the way that the cancer research community has embraced the new field of immunotherapy, among his many historic contributions. → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/151101737267248333118:35
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Safety, tolerability and viral kinetics during SARS-CoV-2 human challenge in young adultsEighteen (~53%) participants became infected, with wild-type virus, viral load (VL) rising steeply and peaking at ~5 days after inoculation.nature.com/articles/s4159… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151102486628736205019:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): South Africa has one of most advanced genomics surveillance program in the world. At present, we are alerted about evolution of omicron (we described BA.1, BA.2 & BA.3), @DrEricDing please get a look on infections, hospitalization& deaths in SA, there is no [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/151103233503000576119:33
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +142807 cases, +210 deaths since 2 days ago — Italy: +31329 cases, +125 deaths, +1383218 tests since 23 hours ago — Samoa: +1 deaths since 6 hours ago — Canada: +13 deaths since 21 hours ago20:06
BrainstormUpdates for France: +27648 cases, +149 deaths since a day ago — Canada: +1258 cases since 23 hours ago22:11

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