libera/##covid-19/ Saturday, 2022-04-16

BrainstormUpdates for South Africa: +1846 cases, +4 deaths since a day ago00:00
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +88188 cases since 23 hours ago01:03
BrainstormUpdates for Slovakia: +5993 cases since 15 hours ago — Samoa: +701 cases, +1 deaths, +3629 tests since 3 days ago03:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Prolonged viral suppression with anti-HIV-1 antibody therapy nature.com/articles/s4158… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151513354623881625703:07
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 889: COVID-19 clinical update #110 with Dr. Daniel Griffin: In COVID-19 clinical update #110, Dr. Griffin covers hospital admissions during variant outbreaks, viral load in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals, predictive capacity of symptoms in children, comparison of antigen tests, incidence of [... want %more?] → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-889/06:10
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +14079 cases since 12 hours ago07:06
BrainstormUpdates for Unknown, China: +49439 cases since a day ago — Shanghai, China: +3200 cases since a day ago — Australian Capital Territory, Australia: +1763 cases since a day ago — Okinawa, Japan: +1530 cases since a day ago08:09
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | April 16, 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/u4s5m4/daily_discussion_thread_april_16_2022/09:03
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +1348 cases, +76940 tests since 23 hours ago10:02
Timvdede-facto: the new graphs continue to confuse me: https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2021/10/23/coronacijfers/10:31
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Immune cells infected with COVID trigger massive inflammatory response, according to new studies → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/u4tlde/immune_cells_infected_with_covid_trigger_massive/10:57
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): Not only in Norway did authorities deny #COVIDisAirborne  The hours&days I spent in ‘20, writing up results from new studies to send to our @Folkehelseinst to inform them of the latest proof of the matterThe shock when nothing changedWhen I knew they [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/151527732172862669012:42
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): "data indicated a shorter incubation period, serial interval, and generation time of infections with Omicron than other variants. Omicron BA.2.2 cases without a complete primary vaccination series appeared to face a similar fatality risk to those infected in [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151528263063540122013:01
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 16APR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/u4vnqo/global_covid_cases_for_16apr22/13:20
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: Vaccines are no match for long Covid. Treating it is science’s next great challenge → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/u4vrx9/vaccines_are_no_match_for_long_covid_treating_it/13:30
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Dr. Jeff Gilchrist (@jeffgilchrist): COVID-19: Immune cell features most predictive of deathA study looked at 54 million cells from 168 hospitalized patients to predict disease outcome and features most predictive of death ( nature.com/articles/s4158… ).  1/8 → https://twitter.com/jeffgilchrist/status/151529697302847898014:08
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Shanghai residents ‘beaten’ while begging police not to seize their apartments | 16APR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/u4w7zs/shanghai_residents_beaten_while_begging_police/15:04
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: What triggers severe COVID? Infected immune cells hold clues → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/u4yjnw/what_triggers_severe_covid_infected_immune_cells/16:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Similar point, by region, with Northeast as the leading edge of the BA.2 wave ft.com/content/49310d… by @caitlinsgilbert pic.twitter.com/5PLFZW94XX → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151533792451399270916:41
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The number of BA.2 cases is grossly underrepresented. A lot of people are sick. Some will develop #LongCovid, much more likely if they haven't been vaccinated. But the lack of a material rise of hospitalizations is reassuring, reflects vaccines & the big BA.1 wave cross-immunity → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151533954778091520316:50
BrainstormUpdates for Belarus: +840 cases, +5 deaths, +11162 tests since a day ago17:08
Asakodeja vu ?17:57
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +24918 cases, +17 deaths since 22 hours ago18:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Kristian G. Andersen (@K_G_Andersen): Despite it being all(ish) BA.2 by now, San Diego wastewater signals remain stable - across all three treatment plants (North, Central, South). searchcovid.info/dashboards/was… pic.twitter.com/4tV4nm4jY3 → https://twitter.com/K_G_Andersen/status/151535336078995865618:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Prof. Akiko Iwasaki (@VirusesImmunity): Lastly, loss of sense of smell & taste after SARS-CoV-2 infection is debilitating. If an early treatment can prevent this from happening, it is encouraging news. We also need a treatment to help those who already have it. (end)twitter.com/VirusesImmunit… → https://twitter.com/VirusesImmunity/status/151536785565049241718:36
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +64533 cases, +133 deaths, +424482 tests since a day ago19:07
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +44918 cases, +48 deaths since 12 hours ago20:03
xxanyone have an idea where this diagram comes from? https://0x0.st/ocvR.jpg20:25
oerheksreddit?20:27
oerheksanyone with libreoffice  :-D20:27
xxI pressume it's a screenshot from some chinese study20:28
xxbut you're right, it might just be random nonsense20:28
oerheksI do fear that flatulent infection is a real thing20:29
oerheksvirus in a gas20:29
xxoh I mean it's real for sure, I'm just wondering whether whatever study contains that picture would have interesting info on it20:37
oerhekscoughing spread parody20:38
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): The harsh Shanghai lockdown doesn’t appear part of a broader strategy to protect populationThe elderly population is very under vaccinated and there’s no larger effort to broaden coverageSo the lockdown isn’t a tool to buy time to widen [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/151539896888427725320:40
LjLxx, no direct link to the study but https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3174389/watch-your-back-chinese-study-finds-covid-19-could-be-your-tail20:41
LjLshows they're not talking about flatulence20:41
xxthanks, I'll try finding it, now I at least have the journal name20:42
xxonline news should at least put the doi in footnote somewhere...20:43
LjLthey do sometimes, but not often enough20:48
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): While B2 cases rise in northeast, mid Atlantic and are substantially underreported; hospitalizations (while lagging measure) aren’t rising much, perhaps because a larger amount of the current infection is in people who escaped prior Omicron [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/151540067695166669020:49
BrainstormUpdates for Malaysia: +9705 cases, +12 deaths since 16 hours ago21:00
BrainstormUpdates for France: +111583 cases, +61 deaths since a day ago22:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): WHO estimates that 4M, not 0.5M, have died in India from SARSCoV2, but India is trying to block the report's release.What is it about nationalist governments that they actually care little about the welfare of their people?nytimes.com/2022/04/16/hea… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/151542070906063257622:07
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Fluvoxamine Found to Be Effective as a COVID-19 Treatment: The Benefits and Limitations - "They also note that more studies need to be done on fluvoxamine’s effectiveness against the Omicron variant" → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/u568a9/fluvoxamine_found_to_be_effective_as_a_covid19/22:26
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +29497 cases, +27 deaths since 22 hours ago — Canada: +2538 cases, +19 deaths since a day ago23:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): With a lot of preclinical testing, from 2013 on humans, the founding of two companies (Moderna and BioNtech) a lot of investment, the end product of two mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 is now in use; with a lot of promise for the future. And a [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151543916952234803623:25

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