libera/##covid-19/ Saturday, 2022-04-23

BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +17278 cases, +105 deaths since 22 hours ago00:08
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: SARS-CoV-2 productively infects primary human immune system cells in vitro and in COVID-19 patients → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/u9psph/sarscov2_productively_infects_primary_human/00:13
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Reduced Cell Surface Levels of C-C Chemokine Receptor 5 and Immunosuppression in Long Coronavirus Disease 2019 Syndrome → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/u9qfw2/reduced_cell_surface_levels_of_cc_chemokine/00:32
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Reduced Cell Surface Levels of C-C Chemokine Receptor 5 and Immunosuppression in Long Coronavirus Disease 2019 SyndromeAn unexpected mechanism of abnormal immune downmodulation in some persons with longCOVID that is normalized by antiCCR5?academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/151763250986504601600:42
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Previous studies had suggested 4 months, but this large @KPSCalResearch report suggests the decline in protection occurs earlier, from vaccine effectiveness after booster of 85% down to 55% after 3 months (vs Omicron hospitalization) pic.twitter.com/vmVvjLV3Kw → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151763893300942848001:02
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +13514 cases, +187 deaths since 19 hours ago01:10
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Why are these data different from previous reports that supported >4 months durability for booster vs Omicron?The @KPSCalResearch new report did not partition immunocompromised patients like this CDC report on Omicron (and others)cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/… pic.twitter.com/AsblUnV748 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151765759971743334502:18
BrainstormUpdates for Zimbabwe: +105 cases, +1 deaths, +4692 tests since a day ago — Canada: +12703 cases since 10 hours ago03:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The US BA.2/BA.2.12.1 wave is gaining steam. Over 73,000 new cases today and hospitalizations, while still low, have risen several days in a rownewsnodes.com/us pic.twitter.com/Pxm5CtOsMb → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151767793239467212803:37
BrainstormUpdates for Namibia: +141 cases, +1 deaths, +2955 tests since 6 hours ago — United Kingdom: +23926 cases since 22 hours ago04:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): The lab tried to share results with officials; but it was suppressed. I detailed the efforts of this lab in my book "Uncontrolled Spread"WashPost: "The episode serves to underscore once again why a serious investigation is needed to get to the [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/151769944542882201605:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): The sequencing work by the lab, Vision Medicals, uncovered the novel virusThe lab was one of first to identify SARS-CoV-2 and alert health authorities that a new and potentially dangerous pathogen was spreading in WuhanTheir warnings, [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/151770077968302489605:13
ZdrytchX.cases australia05:41
BrainstormZdrytchX: Australia has had 5.6 million confirmed cases (22.0% of all people) and 6977 deaths (0.1% of cases; 1 in 3678 people) as of 32 minutes ago. 68.7 million tests were done (2.7 per capita, 8.2% positive). 20.5 million were vaccinated (79.8%). +35760 cases, +39 deaths since 23 hours ago. See https://offloop.net/covid19/?default=Australia&legacy=no05:41
ZdrytchX.cases05:42
BrainstormZdrytchX: the world has had 513.2 million confirmed cases (6.7% of all people) and 6.3 million deaths (1.2% of cases; 1 in 1215 people) as of 21 hours ago. 6.0 billion tests were done (0.8 per capita, 8.5% positive). 3.4 billion were vaccinated (44.2%). +86 cases, +2 deaths since a day ago. See https://offloop.net/covid19/?default=the%20world&legacy=no05:42
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 892: COVID-19 clinical update #111 with Dr. Daniel Griffin: In COVID-19 clinical update #111, Dr. Griffin discusses vaccine coverage and mortality in Hong Kong, immune response to boosters in kids, hospitalization of kids, breath based diagnostic test, viral co-infections, bivalent mRNA vaccine, [... want %more?] → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-892/06:11
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +135079 cases since 12 hours ago06:11
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: COVID-19 vaccine protection against hospitalization wanes: Pfizer COVID-19 third dose vaccine protection against hospitalization from omicron wanes after 3 months. → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/u9xpyr/covid19_vaccine_protection_against/07:56
BrainstormUpdates for Nova Scotia, Canada: +7508 cases, +13 deaths since 8 days ago — Puerto Rico, United States: +4684 cases since a day ago — Fukuoka, Japan: +2464 cases, +2 deaths since a day ago — India: +1653 cases, +3 deaths, +455179 tests since 8 hours ago08:11
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: COVID-19 patients share common, corticosteroid-independent features of impaired host immunity to pathogenic molds → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/u9yxdf/covid19_patients_share_common/08:16
BrainstormNew from MedicineNet: (news): Childhood Vaccination Rates Slipped During Pandemic → http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp08:26
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | April 23, 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/u9zkm2/daily_discussion_thread_april_23_2022/09:04
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +4198 cases, +81193 tests since a day ago10:03
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: Opinion | As the pandemic exploded, a researcher saw the danger. China's leaders kept silent. → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/u9zqup/opinion_as_the_pandemic_exploded_a_researcher_saw/10:59
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: SARS-CoV-2 spike protein disrupts lipid metabolism resulting in liver, heart & kidney damage → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/ua1qng/sarscov2_spike_protein_disrupts_lipid_metabolism/11:38
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Philadelphia to end mask mandate, days after reinstating it | 22APR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/ua1vtg/philadelphia_to_end_mask_mandate_days_after/11:47
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Longer interval between COVID-19 vaccines generates up to nine times as many antibodies | 21APR22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/ua1yl8/longer_interval_between_covid19_vaccines/11:57
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BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): There was a time people were very desperate to get vaccinated, but the vaccines were not available in Africa but abundant elsewhere. Not surprising that vaccination rates are loosing steam. There is the perception that the world do not want our well-being. [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/151781724639502336012:54
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Global COVID Cases For 23APR22: Summary As Of: 23APR @ 12:10 GMT Countries 226 + 2 Cases 508,735,210 Deaths 6,241,018 Recovered 461,176,197 Active Cases 41,317,995 Countries reporting new cases: 71 Countries reporting new deaths: 40 Countries reporting increased Active [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/ua49cj/global_covid_cases_for_23apr22/14:32
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Derek Lowe (@Dereklowe): The rise in Boston wastewater mRNA counts seems to have stalled! Who knows where it goes from here, but there’s no exponential takeoff yet. Still far, far below Omicron wave levels. pic.twitter.com/tvWS5fz6MP → https://twitter.com/Dereklowe/status/151784497790834278414:42
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Efficacy and Safety of Vitamin D Supplementation to Prevent COVID-19 in Frontline Healthcare Workers. A Randomized Clinical Trial → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/ua4pc1/efficacy_and_safety_of_vitamin_d_supplementation/15:24
BrainstormNew from Retraction Watch: Weekend reads: Should ‘peer reviewers be paid?’; Kim Kardashian and conflicts of interest; scandal costs millions in grants: Would you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and [... want %more?] → https://retractionwatch.com/2022/04/23/weekend-reads-should-peer-reviewers-be-paid-kim-kardashian-and-conflicts-of-interest-scandal-costs-millions-in-grants/16:03
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Afraid to fly with unmasked passengers? Call your airline → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/ua611x/afraid_to_fly_with_unmasked_passengers_call_your/16:24
xx^ some passengers require gags in addition to masks16:25
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Efficacy and Safety of Vitamin D Supplementation to Prevent COVID-19 in Frontline Healthcare Workers. A Randomized Clinical Trial → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/ua6jnm/efficacy_and_safety_of_vitamin_d_supplementation/16:45
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The hardest hit region for the US BA.2 wave so far isn't the Northeast. It's Puerto Rico pic.twitter.com/ZYgsxPfFE5 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151787922075132723517:05
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Shionogi’s Oral Antiviral S-217622 Rapidly Clears COVID-19 Virus: Today at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Shionogi presented late-breaking data from their phase 2/3 clinical trial for S-217622, an [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/shionogi-s-oral-antiviral-s-217622-rapidly-clears-covid-19-virus17:26
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): When drugs work really well to avoid Covid hospitalizations and deaths, but patients can't get themnytimes.com/2022/04/22/opi… by @zeynep ft.com/content/07d624… by @kiranstacey pic.twitter.com/wu7C9M7QiM → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/151788898378242048217:36
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Driver Of Covid Cases In New York - BA.2.12 & BA.2.12.1- Detected In 7 Indian States → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/ua90fn/driver_of_covid_cases_in_new_york_ba212_amp/18:26
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Delta Sparks Backlash For Calling COVID 'Ordinary Seasonal Virus': Ordinary' viruses don't cause 1 million deaths in one country in just 2 years." → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/ua97ka/delta_sparks_backlash_for_calling_covid_ordinary/18:35
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: I learned how to use Past Regrets to make better decisions for my future → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/ua9l03/i_learned_how_to_use_past_regrets_to_make_better/18:55
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +161 deaths since 20 hours ago19:02
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +40266 cases, +33 deaths since 13 hours ago — Italy: +71028 cases, +143 deaths, +421533 tests since a day ago — Canada: +5864 cases, +32 deaths since 23 hours ago20:11
BrainstormNew from CDC (old): Cases in the U.S.: CDC COVID Data Tracker - Cases and Deaths by State → https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp20:52
BrainstormNew from Virology.ws: Trial By Error: Now a Scottish Long Covid Study Fails to Mention the Risk of Post-Exertional Malaise: By David Tuller, DrPH *April is crowdfunding month at UC Berkeley. If you like my work, consider making a [... want %more?] → https://www.virology.ws/2022/04/23/trial-by-error-now-a-scottish-long-covid-study-fails-to-mention-the-risk-of-post-exertional-malaise/21:50
BrainstormUpdates for France: +80571 cases, +75 deaths since a day ago22:10
BrainstormUpdates for Israel: +6642 cases since 2 days ago — Canada: +4776 cases, +52 deaths since 22 hours ago23:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): 2022.04.22: Lamenting we didn't approach SARSCoV2 like fighting a war. (1M dead Americans not enough?)twitter.com/michaelzlin/st… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/151797548770797568123:27

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