libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2022-04-08

BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +17383 cases, +83 deaths since 21 hours ago00:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): "Therefore, despite the strong immune escape potential of the Omicron variant, these results suggest that the MBC repertoire generated by mRNA vaccines still provide some protection against the Omicron variant in vaccinated individuals." → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151219251874983527000:20
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Blood clots; are a real risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, one that can occur 6 months later, and after mild disease.Risks of DVT, pulmonary embolism, and bleeding after covid-19: nationwide self-controlled cases series and matched cohort studybmj.com/content/377/bm… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151219360604774400100:29
BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Articles] Symptom prevalence, duration, and risk of hospital admission in individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 during periods of omicron and delta variant dominance: a prospective observational study from the ZOE COVID Study: The prevalence of symptoms that [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00327-0/fulltext00:39
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +61167 cases since 18 hours ago01:10
BrainstormUpdates for Samoa: +538 cases, +1 deaths since a day ago — United Kingdom: +48629 cases since 23 hours ago02:00
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Strategic Preparedness, Readiness and Response Plan to End the Global COVID-19 Emergency in 2022 → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/tyqu6e/strategic_preparedness_readiness_and_response/02:27
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Booster vaccinations to increase protection during Eid exodus: gov't | 07APR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/tyr2yd/booster_vaccinations_to_increase_protection/02:37
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Over Two-thirds Of Africans May Have Had Covid: WHO Study | 07APR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/tyre59/over_twothirds_of_africans_may_have_had_covid_who/02:56
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Shanghai's COVID-19 lockdown is so strict, people are now running out of food | 07APR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/tyrlpv/shanghais_covid19_lockdown_is_so_strict_people/03:06
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +71 deaths, +146062 tests since 6 hours ago03:09
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: BNO/Medriva Newsroom on Twitter: "Some U.S. states are changing the definition of a COVID patient, which is causing a large drop in the number of patients. One of those states is New Hampshire, where the health [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/tyrqbw/bnomedriva_newsroom_on_twitter_some_us_states_are/03:15
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: People who've had COVID appear more likely to develop diabetes – here's why that might be | links to studies referenced in Comments | 07APR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/tyryhu/people_whove_had_covid_appear_more_likely_to/03:25
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Exports of an Indian COVID-19 vaccine halted after WHO finds problems at manufacturing plant | 07APR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/tys5al/exports_of_an_indian_covid19_vaccine_halted_after/03:35
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): China_Flu: (F*#k) ADE In SARS-COV-2 Infection Causing Fiery Death of Monocytes (Dr. Syed) → https://old.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/tyscty/fk_ade_in_sarscov2_infection_causing_fiery_death/03:44
BrainstormUpdates for France: +159024 cases since 7 hours ago — United Kingdom: +40 cases since 7 hours ago04:06
BrainstormUpdates for Mexico: +32404 cases, +109 deaths, +13537 tests since 23 hours ago — Thailand: +25140 cases, +89 deaths since 23 hours ago05:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Let's decrease the tension @macroliter as I do not think @DrEricDing is calling for travel bans.1st- Travel bans are ineffective (e.g Delta, Omicron, original strain)2nd-  Spike L452R mutation that he is worried about is found in 4,729 Omicron genomes in the [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/151226484138536960005:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Talking about African collaboration, this is a great paper with #Ugandan colleagues - Rapid Replacement of SARS-CoV-2 Variants by Delta and Subsequent Arrival of Omicron, Uganda, 2021. europepmc.org/article/med/35… → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/151226989732112793705:30
BrainstormNew from NPR Science: Appeals court OKs Biden federal employee vaccine mandate: The ruling marks a rare win for the Biden administration at the New Orleans-based appellate court, where most of the active judges were nominated by Republican presidents. → https://www.npr.org/2022/04/07/1091558679/appeals-court-oks-biden-federal-employee-vaccine-mandate06:08
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +175263 cases since 23 hours ago06:12
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: ColinDotNet (@ColinDotNet): @JT_Grindrod @BernieDogs4 @justthefacts85 @micah_arsham @CovidDataReport @SenatorWarnock Did one for you. pic.twitter.com/WoIeFphMxb → https://twitter.com/ColinDotNet/status/151229233334105292907:26
BrainstormUpdates for Unknown, China: +24018 cases since a day ago — Tokyo, Japan: +8753 cases, +6 deaths since a day ago — Sao Paulo, Brazil: +7486 cases, +57 deaths since a day ago — Goias, Brazil: +4683 cases, +11 deaths since a day ago08:10
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | April 08, 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/tyxnks/daily_discussion_thread_april_08_2022/09:02
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Flashback to the beginning of the pandemic: February 27, 2020... Trump whines about the press not giving him enough credit for what a great job he has done handling coronavirus. → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/tyxw95/flashback_to_the_beginning_of_the_pandemic/09:50
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +507 cases, +73133 tests since a day ago10:03
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: Spain tells unvaccinated British tourists they are not welcome after rapid U-turn | World News → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/tyy2yj/spain_tells_unvaccinated_british_tourists_they/10:09
BrainstormNew from NPR Science: What to do if you test positive for COVID at this point in the pandemic: The coronavirus keeps evolving and so does the guidance for addressing it. As cases tick up in some parts of the country, here is the latest advice on everything from testing to treatment. → https://www.npr.org/2022/04/08/1091404279/covid-advice-testing-isolation-treatment-ba2-subvariant11:07
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: When scientists compared the early life histories of those who were vaccine-resistant to those who were not, they found many vaccine-resistant adults had histories of adverse experiences during childhood, including abuse, maltreatment, [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/tyzxgy/when_scientists_compared_the_early_life_histories/12:44
BrainstormNew from Il Sole 24 Ore: (translated) Vaccination "fatigue" is growing: fourth dose for those over 80 at risk of flop: Too many injections close together in the face of little information on the need to still protect those at risk of serious illness → https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/cresce-stanchezza-vaccinale-quarta-dose-gli-over-80-rischio-flop-AEwo7yPB12:54
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): "Fourth dose COVID-19 mRNA booster vaccines are well-tolerated and boost cellular and humoral immunity up to, and beyond peak levels achieved following third dose boosters"Antibodies levels increase. pic.twitter.com/0drVqSSTWR → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151239383368167014613:43
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Prof. Akiko Iwasaki (@VirusesImmunity): An important study by @thitran3 and colleagues on the disease course of #LongCovid by following the @PatientsComPaRe cohort.Great   below    twitter.com/thitran3/statu… → https://twitter.com/VirusesImmunity/status/151239685902485504013:52
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): The death toll in many counties was underreported; a heartwrenching example.Sustained high prevalence of COVID-19 deaths from a systematic post-mortem study in Lusaka, Zambia"deaths occurred in all age groups and was the leading cause of death"medrxiv.org/content/10.110… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151239759409756161214:02
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Covid infections show signs of plateauing in UK: Nearly 4.9 million people would test positive for coronavirus, according to the ONS. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6103875314:12
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC): "You've got to surmise that someone who has so far been able to protect themselves from infection is likely to be someone who is exercising caution," says @ScottGottliebMD on why the current surge will end soon. "They're likely to be someone who tests early." [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/151240669683614515714:41
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): One reason we may see a more pronounced decoupling between current cases and hospitalizations is, on margin, more people who get infected from B2 are those who were vigilant to date and avoided infection by getting vaccinated, testing early; [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/151241005821851238514:51
BrainstormNew from Novavax: (news): Novavax and Serum Institute of India Receive Emergency Use Authorization for Novavax' COVID-19 Vaccine in Thailand → https://ir.novavax.com/2022-04-08-Novavax-and-Serum-Institute-of-India-Receive-Emergency-Use-Authorization-for-Novavax-COVID-19-Vaccine-in-Thailand15:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Therefore I do predict that antigenic drift will be lower than in Influenza; This substack helps to explain this very well and is reassuring to read. The prognosis remains: endemic SARS-CoV-2, a 5th HCoV.nature.com/articles/s4157… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151241732136468889615:20
BrainstormNew from BioNTech: BioNTech Granted Pandemic Preparedness Contract by German Federal Ministry of Health: MAINZ, Germany , April 8 , 2022 — BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced that it is one of the companies in Germany to be granted a [... want %more?] → https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/biontech-granted-pandemic-preparedness-contract-german-federal15:30
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): Two new studies of the public health impact of the U.S. vaccination campaign:@AEI finds "sizable... effects of vaccination on deaths, hospitalizations, and cases" aei.org/research-produ…@commonwealthfnd finds 17M hospitalizations and 66M [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/151243224400207462716:19
`St0nerhttp://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=2022032200067216:36
`St0nerheadline: Doctor says those without COVID-19 have no friends. “The adults who have not yet been infected with COVID-19 are those who have interpersonal problems,” read a Facebook post uploaded by Ma Sang-hyuk, vice president of the Korean Vaccine Society on March 16.16:37
dTaldidn't he delete the post because of the backlash from all the people on the internet with no friends16:38
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Shanghai is tracking Hong Kongft.com/content/51fb76… @EleanorOlcott @imandylin2 and "Almost 200mn people and 23 cities are under full or partial lockdown" pic.twitter.com/DQIGfTycsA → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151244611546707149217:07
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Peacock (@PeacockFlu): ..and a brilliant preprint from @SimonLoriereLab and colleagues at the Pasteur characterising the Delta x BA.1 recombinant XD. Strikingly XD shows an intermediate pathogenicity phenotype between BA.1 and Delta in K18 mice:researchsquare.com/article/rs-150… [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/PeacockFlu/status/151245084481341030917:27
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The US BA.2 wave leading edge; the slope of ascent is substantially less than BA.1, without a material change in (very low) testing data pic.twitter.com/ajFJnr6AHa → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151245233293972685217:37
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The 3rd dose impact on memory B-cells that are reactive to Omicron. Evidence of "topping off" in some people "with high levels of circulating antibodies may limit the added protection afforded by repeat short interval boosting." cell.com/cell/fulltext/…  @CellCellPress → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151245611005302784217:47
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): A vaccine dose response (by number) for preventing Delta and Omicron infections cell.com/action/showPdf… @MedCellPress pic.twitter.com/DszrASO1Vl → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151245811896110695017:57
xxit's easier to get covid that get friends18:01
zutti don't have friends and I haven't got COVID or been sick since COVID came out.. so the doctors claim checks out 😄18:04
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +184303 cases, +198 deaths since 23 hours ago18:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Nice vaccine dose-depend reduction in viral load; highlighting higher risk with infection for Omicron than Delta variant in vaccinated individuals. pic.twitter.com/BC9FPvSQp0 → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151247303756788941118:56
BrainstormUpdates for Israel: +6503 cases since 21 hours ago — Italy: +67641 cases, +442029 tests since a day ago19:02
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: COVID-19 Infection Increases Risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism, Bleeding: The risks of deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and bleeding events were increased at 3 or more months after COVID-19 infection. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/covid-19-infection-increases-risk-of-deep-vein-thrombosis-pulmonary-embolism-bleeding19:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Why was there such an alarming number of deaths during Hong Kong's Omicron wave? A new @CDCMMWR reportcdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…96% of deaths in age 60+ and, in this age group,  20X lower among those vaccinated → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151247789997409485719:15
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Less than half of people age 60+ were vaccinated with 2 shots pic.twitter.com/aOXWjBMoY7 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151247860891211776719:24
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): How #SARSCoV2 can infect cells of the male genital tract, as demonstrated in primates researchsquare.com/article/rs-147… pic.twitter.com/3K5EyNSnHa → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151248511876970087519:44
xx^ so it is sexually transmitted then?19:59
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +50299 cases, +69 deaths since 13 hours ago — United Kingdom: +41324 cases, +347 deaths since 18 hours ago20:11
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: (translated) valerie: AnGes: AG0301-COVID19 → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/3/20:23
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: valerie: Airlangga University: UNAIR Inactivated COVID-19 Vaccine → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/181/20:32
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: valerie: Arcturus Therapeutics Inc: ARCT-154 → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/140/20:42
BrainstormUpdates for Malaysia: +14909 cases, +25 deaths since 22 hours ago21:01
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: us: Fluvoxamine Prevents COVID-19 Hospitalizations in Outpatient Settings → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/fluvoxamine-prevents-covid-19-hospitalizations-in-outpatient-settings21:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Let me try again with corrections from followers:  #Omicon BA.2 in the U.K. Household surveillance with almost 1 in 13 people infected in recent weeks. Daily deaths were 350 and 100s flights canceled. Please living with the virus is not letting the virus spread [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/151250960561155686521:21
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Healthcare workers report high job turnover amid pandemic: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Apr 08, 2022 Those hit hardest: doctors, long-term care workers, aides, marginalized groups, and women with young kids. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/04/healthcare-workers-report-high-job-turnover-amid-pandemic21:41
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Global analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance and data sharing shows lags in tracking new variants → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/tzbp53/global_analysis_of_sarscov2_genomic_surveillance/21:50
BrainstormNew from WebMD: HHS and WHO Call for Renewed International COVID-19 Aid: Congress adjourned without renewing $5 billion in international COVID-19 funding, which has some officials worried about a resurgence. → https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220408/hhs-who-call-for-renewed-international-covid-aid22:00
BrainstormUpdates for France: +149239 cases, +139 deaths, +448165 tests since 23 hours ago22:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): These data for Omicron BA.1 vs BA.2 have held up over the past couple of weeks twitter.com/EricTopol/stat… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151252243074438758422:10
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: VBI Vaccines Announces New Data and Progress of VBI-2900, VBI’s eVLP Coronavirus Program; "VBI-2901: A trivalent, pan-coronavirus candidate targeting SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), SARS-CoV (SARS), and MERS-CoV (MERS)" → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/tzchti/vbi_vaccines_announces_new_data_and_progress_of/22:29
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Yesterday @cuttingforstone and I discussed the current US BA.2 wave and related matters medscape.com/viewarticle/96…@Medscape → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151253094309693849622:48
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Omicron Symptoms 2 Days Shorter Than Delta: The COVID-19 symptoms caused by the Omicron variant tend to last about two days shorter than symptoms from the Delta variant, according to a new study published in The Lancet. → https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220408/omicron-symptoms-two-days-shorter-than-delta22:57
BrainstormUpdates for Spain: +48834 cases, +357 deaths since 2 days ago23:06
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Study sheds light on death spike in Hong Kong COVID-19 surge: Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Apr 08, 2022 An Omicron spike in Hong Kong with high mortality may be due to low vaccine uptake in older people. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/04/study-sheds-light-death-spike-hong-kong-covid-19-surge23:36
BrainstormNew from Virology.ws: Trial By Error: More on the REGAIN Trial for Long Covid Patients: By David Tuller, DrPH *April is crowdfunding month at UC Berkeley. If you like my work, consider making a tax-deductible donation to Berkeley’s School of Public Health to support the [... want %more?] → https://www.virology.ws/2022/04/08/trial-by-error-more-on-the-regain-trial-for-long-covid-patients/23:46

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