libera/##covid-19/ Saturday, 2022-04-09

BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): The monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 and detailed genetic analysis is critical to understanding its evolution and as a warning system to quickly detect and subsequently test new mutations and their biological characteristics. pic.twitter.com/xpSrtsbwsh → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151254965794315469500:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Florian Krammer (@florian_krammer): Yep, the BA.2 wave is starting in New York it seems. The main question is how strong it will be. I assume it will be attenuated by existing immunity and warmer weather. Nevertheless, we need to take it serious. twitter.com/BillHanage/sta… → https://twitter.com/florian_krammer/status/151255332132790272100:15
BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Articles] Estimating global, regional, and national daily and cumulative infections with SARS-CoV-2 through Nov 14, 2021: a statistical analysis: COVID-19 has already had a staggering impact on the world up to the beginning of the omicron (B.1.1.529) wave, [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00484-6/fulltext00:34
LjL%print https://twitter.com/BreezieLT/status/151254711597282099700:37
BrainstormLjL, It says: 🌿Bree🌿 (@BreezieLT): "10 March map vs 3 March map. New metrics. Amazing." | nitter00:37
LjLCDC seems ridiculous00:37
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Infectious viral load in unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals infected with ancestral, Delta or Omicron SARS-CoV-2 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tzf78v/infectious_viral_load_in_unvaccinated_and/00:43
BrainstormUpdates for Brazil: +28635 cases since 23 hours ago — Germany: +169454 cases, +336 deaths since 23 hours ago — Canada: +8051 cases, +42 deaths since 21 hours ago00:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Margaret Brennan (@margbrennan): COVID IN SHANGHAI: @StateDept authorizes voluntary departure of non-emergency US employees & family members from the Consulate General Shanghai due to a surge in #covid19 cases & "the impact of restrictions related to the PRC’s response." #ZeroCovid → https://twitter.com/margbrennan/status/151256201055850496001:31
BrainstormUpdates for Cook Is.: +296 cases, +355 tests since a day ago02:02
LjL%title https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tz62fh/rapid_characterization_of_a_deltaomicron_sarscov2/02:03
BrainstormLjL: From www.reddit.com: Rapid characterization of a Delta-Omicron SARS-CoV-2 recombinant detected in Europe : COVID1902:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol):   @TheLancet Before Omicron, 40% of the world's population had been infected with #SARSCoV2 thelancet.com/journals/lance… pic.twitter.com/ImDcwpW6Ey → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151258109676804096202:10
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): Shanghai officially reports 23,624 new coronavirus cases today, the city’s biggest one-day increase on record, while 26 million residents remain under strict lockdown- @BNONews → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/151258392217303040502:20
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): An important new paper @NstureMedicine today, which among many findings, demonstrates the effect of vaccination and boosters for reducing Omicron's *infectious* viral load. Great too   twitter.com/EckerleIsabell… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151258918189724877402:39
LjLthere's so little stuff in the end (that i can find) about aspirin use in COVID...03:02
LjLit all ends up pointing to the same few, low-quality studies03:03
LjLwell not necessarily low-quality, just far cries from randomized controlled trials03:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): How many ways can the CDC hurt us? Serious breaches on airborne transmission, masks, boosters, isolation guidelines.....And now this.@JReinerMD is spot on. This is what Americans should be alerted bytwitter.com/JReinerMD/stat… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151259638885236736103:08
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +14 cases since 2 hours ago03:11
LjL%title https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0036850422107457403:12
BrainstormLjL, the URL could not be loaded03:12
LjL"Use of N-Acetylcysteine at high doses as an oral treatment for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 "03:12
LjLtoo bad searching for NAC + COVID on Twitter just results in a thousand semi-identical posts from anti-vax people saying they took NAC and vitamin this and that (they pretty much all mention the same stuff) and they were fine after two days (big case report!)03:13
LjLthere are some things that i think deserve to be studied better by people who aren't idiots03:13
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: Use of N-Acetylcysteine at high doses as an oral treatment for patients hospitalized with COVID-19: Type Journal Article Author José Luis Izquierdo Author Joan B Soriano Author Yolanda González Author Sara Lumbreras Author Julio Ancochea Author Christian Echeverry Author José [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/P7KKNJ7X03:28
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial With N-acetylcysteine for Treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Caused by Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Type Journal Article Author Julio Cesar Garcia de Alencar Author Claudia de Lucena Moreira Author Alicia Dudy [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/5PX3VSJA03:57
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: N-acetylcysteine for the treatment of COVID-19 among hospitalized patients: Type Journal Article Author Sergey N. Avdeev Author Viliya V. Gaynitdinova Author Zamira M. Merzhoeva Author Zelimkhan G.-M. Berikkhanov URL [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/N8ERS9DE04:06
LjLalso, why does everybody seem so shy to post trial results on clinicaltrials.gov?04:11
LjLthey post the trial information, then when it's completed, there's just no results04:11
LjLpresumably the results are in a paper, but it would be, like, nice if said paper were linked, or a summary provided04:11
BrainstormNew from Politico: Coronavirus: How to watch the French presidential election like a pro → https://www.politico.eu/article/watch-french-presidential-election-2022-like-a-pro/04:16
BrainstormUpdates for Thailand: +25298 cases, +98 deaths since a day ago — Germany: +150675 cases since 23 hours ago06:00
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 886: COVID-19 clinical update #109 with Dr. Daniel Griffin: In COVID-19 clinical update #109, Daniel Griffin discusses cardiac complications after infection or vaccination, long COVID in children, fourth vaccine dose in Israel, no need for fourth vaccine does in EU, dexamethasone dosing, [... want %more?] → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-886/06:10
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Risk of Second Allergic Reaction to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tzmmm3/risk_of_second_allergic_reaction_to_sarscov2/07:46
BrainstormUpdates for Unknown, China: +23410 cases since 23 hours ago — Selangor, Malaysia: +9674 cases, +2 deaths since 23 hours ago — Goias, Brazil: +5897 cases, +12 deaths since 23 hours ago — Kanagawa, Japan: +3717 cases, +7 deaths since 23 hours ago07:59
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | April 09, 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/tznpkk/daily_discussion_thread_april_09_2022/09:02
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +573 cases, +1 deaths, +70377 tests since a day ago10:05
BrainstormUpdates for Aguascalientes, Mexico: +414 cases, +1 deaths since a day ago11:07
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): After booster, infectious viral load dropped 5 fold relative to unvaccinated or double vaccinated for Omicron. Yes, vaccination does reduce transmission to some extent, at least for a while... twitter.com/EckerleIsabell… → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/151272340098853683311:34
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: India logs first Omicron sub-variant XE case in Mumbai → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tzpzd3/india_logs_first_omicron_subvariant_xe_case_in/12:02
BrainstormNew from Ars Technica: Could high-flying kites power your home?: Companies are betting on computer-controlled, airborne wind energy for future power. → https://arstechnica.com/?p=184695013:18
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Use of face masks did not impact COVID-19 incidence among 10–12-year-olds in Finland → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tzr5na/use_of_face_masks_did_not_impact_covid19/13:28
dTalhigh powered kites, eh13:31
* dTal tries and fails to find a covid angle on that13:32
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 09APR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/tzrrjs/global_covid_cases_for_09apr22/14:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Florian Krammer (@florian_krammer): I've been giving lectures in German for the last few days about the current situation with SARS-CoV-2 and vaccines. Here are the slides if anyone is interested: mountsinai.box.com/s/809jlww7jtky... → https://twitter.com/florian_krammer/status/151276972652667289614:35
BrainstormUpdates for Vanuatu: +203 cases, +1 deaths since 16 hours ago14:59
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: After COVID-19, experts say watch for these potential heart and brain problems | American Heart Association → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/tzsoda/after_covid19_experts_say_watch_for_these/15:04
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: CDC Identifies Covid-19 Reinfections As Soon As 23 Days Apart → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/tzt2v9/cdc_identifies_covid19_reinfections_as_soon_as_23/15:23
BrainstormNew from Politico: EU should use pandemic recovery funds to combat high energy prices, Greek PM says: Bloc should be 'creative' with €230B in unused loans, or member states will have to act unilaterally, Kyriakos Mitostakis says. → https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-coronavirus-pandemic-recovery-fund-energy-prices-greece-prime-minister-kyriakos-mitsotakis/16:01
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: First Cannabinoid-Based COVID-19 Treatment Hits The Market → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/tzu79n/first_cannabinoidbased_covid19_treatment_hits_the/16:29
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: SARS-CoV-2 and its variants, but not Omicron, induces thymic atrophy and impaired T cell development → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tzul15/sarscov2_and_its_variants_but_not_omicron_induces/16:48
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +702 cases since 20 hours ago17:11
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Prevalence of ongoing symptoms following coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the UK → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tzvevk/prevalence_of_ongoing_symptoms_following/17:36
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +308 deaths since 23 hours ago18:01
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Cardiac Complications After SARS-CoV-2 Infection and mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination — PCORnet, United States, January 2021–January 2022 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tzweao/cardiac_complications_after_sarscov2_infection/18:15
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Further reductions in US life expectancy  washingtonpost.com/health/2022/04…"because of the coronavirus pandemic, more than in any of the 19 peer countries analyzed. U.S. life expectancy then declined again in 2021 while it improved in most of the peer [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151282919225723699718:34
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): How Putin's Ukraine invasion sabotaged the Sputnik vaccine washingtonpost.com/health/2022/04… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151283594574518681819:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The US pandemic: We know what a country-wide surge looks like (wave 5). It's clear now that wave 6 (BA.2), yet still in the works, will not resemble that pic.twitter.com/o8Km9A4qVj → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151284104506252083319:22
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): What happens when the most infectious #SARSCoV2 variant (BA.2) confronts the largest population in the world with no infection-acquired immunity and low efficacy vaccines w/ poor coverage of the elderly? pic.twitter.com/5Ow7c2cDn4 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151284739535205580919:41
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): End of 2021, I highlighted that the most infectious variant needed a different approach. Zero Covid did worked very well at the beginning (best response in the world) but now was time to boost before Omicron hit. My heart goes to the health care workers and [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/151285196527704883820:00
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +52629 cases, +49 deaths since 23 hours ago — Italy: +64421 cases, +438449 tests since a day ago20:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The BA.2 structure defined by cryo-EM, how it substantially differs from BA.1, which accounts for change in monoclonal antibody responsiveness biorxiv.org/content/10.110… pic.twitter.com/ALyciSL9qC → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151285345352504524920:10
LjL<Brainstorm> New from r/Science: science: More intelligent individuals became less happy after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, less intelligent individuals became happier → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/tzygtr/more_intelligent_individuals_became_less_happy/20:36
LjLthis article looks like utter trash20:37
LjLi don't know much about psychology but i see red flags that don't require that20:37
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Researchers find humans have given wild animals their diseases nearly 100 times. Study described nearly 100 different cases where diseases have undergone "spillback" from humans to wild animals, much like how SARS-CoV-2 has spread in mink farms, [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/tzz4qq/researchers_find_humans_have_given_wild_animals/20:38
oerheksLjL, lonely people feel less lonely since covid19, i believe that is true20:44
LjLwhy20:44
oerheksBeing more at home, alone, people with a lots of contacts have more problems with it than lonely people20:45
oerheksNo people visiting, for example20:46
LjLso that explains *less* lonely people feeling *more* lonely20:49
LjLit doesn't explain *more* lonely people feeling *less* lonely20:49
oerheksi think they feel more confident, that they are not alone and have more experience to deal with it?20:50
LjLi still don't understand why they would feel *less lonely* than before COVID-1920:52
LjLthey may feel the impact comparatively less20:52
oerheksyes, i think so20:52
LjLso much aggressiveness against anyone not decrying any study that doesn't find masks efficacious... https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/tzr5na/use_of_face_masks_did_not_impact_covid19/21:47
LjLwell actually nevermind as most of the comments have been removed since i looked at it (only minutes ago)21:48
LjLbut still, -41 points just for quoting the abstract21:48
BrainstormUpdates for France: +141690 cases, +87 deaths since 23 hours ago21:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Yeah, PCR testing levels are low, but there were ~2 million tests reported yesterday, with a positivity rate of 3.6% /5 pic.twitter.com/71ZpeWko52 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151288559505963008122:14
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Jeremy Farrar (@JeremyFarrar): @EricTopol @UKHSA Lot of discussion now on “pathogen surveillance” & need to act quickly to stop epidemics becoming pandemics at the start & responsibilities of countries & IHR.  But what are a country’s responsibilities later in a pandemic to reduce [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/JeremyFarrar/status/151288630414460928122:23
-Bridgestorm- ⭕ Earthquake? Séisme? M6+ estimated tremor, registered by HKOEARTHQUAKE5E,alomax, possibly occurred 7 minutes ago (20:52:34 UTC), during daytime, South Pacific (-16.29, 166.95) ± 17 km, ↓15 km likely felt 370 km away (in Luganville…) by 13200 people (Twitter)23:00
-Bridgestorm- ⭕ Earthquake! Séisme! 6.5 Mb tremor, registered by HKOEARTHQUAKE5E,scevent, occurred 8 minutes ago (20:52:41 UTC), during daytime, Vanuatu Islands (-16.1, 166.95) ± 14 km, ↓24 km likely felt 360 km away (in Luganville, Port Vila…) by 57200 people (service.geonet.org.nz)23:00
BrainstormUpdates for Israel: +5688 cases since 22 hours ago — Canada: +3811 cases, +11 deaths since 22 hours ago23:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): At the current doubling time cases per day could go times ten and reach Hong Kong's peak figures in less than 2 weeks in Shanghai, despite a stringent lockdown. Not looking good. twitter.com/imandylin2/sta… → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/151290886485703476223:49

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