| Brainstorm | Updates for Trinidad and Tobago: +458 cases, +3 deaths since 21 hours ago | 00:10 |
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| Brainstorm | Updates for Germany: +27084 cases, +171 deaths since 19 hours ago — Canada: +3516 cases since 8 hours ago | 01:06 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD (@michaelzlin): Lets just use 32k as a typical flu year. I chose that number because there are 320M people in the US, so that equates to 100 per million per year. Again since the 32k deaths per year are from flu directly or indirectly, the COVID19 measure we should [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1518749763352489984 | 02:36 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD (@michaelzlin): It's a bit confusing that NZ COVID19+ deaths counted is higher than that 60, at 119. This could be because COVID19+ deaths are in the count even if COVID19 didn't contribute to the death (so cases are being included that aren't actually causing excess [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1518754839043317760 | 02:56 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for United Kingdom: +149 cases since 6 hours ago | 02:59 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD (@michaelzlin): This is just counting deaths not long COVID or disruption from being sick, but that's of course all the more reason why it's essential that we emulate NZ and try to get >95% vaxxed with good vaccines each year. That will limit the size of waves and [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1518756702706839552 | 03:05 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): "We found that the choices made by people who forgo vaccination contribute disproportionately to risk among those who do get vaccinated."cmaj.ca/content/194/16…by @DFisman @AshTuite @AfiaAdofo @CMAJ → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1518759865224613888 | 03:15 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD (@michaelzlin): We don't have March or April excess death data for HK and SK, so we can only look at COVID+ death #'s. Here HK has 1250 per M during Omicron. That's 12.5x worse than typical flu in the US. Even if 50% would have died "anyway" (not likely with such a [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1518762471753850881 | 03:25 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD (@michaelzlin): As well known, HK had abysmal vax rates for the elderly (<25% over 70yo). SK was better at >88%. SK had ~350 deaths per M in the Omicron (counting from 2/2022). Applying the generous 50% discount gives 175 deaths per M, on the order of a very bad flu [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1518763784134819840 | 03:35 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD (@michaelzlin): So there you have it. Excess deaths in the Omicron wave ranged from comparable to a moderate flu season (NZ, 95% seniors vaxxed) to a harsh flu season (SK, 88% vax) to above flu (US, 86% vax, high rate of preexisting conditions doesn't help) to an [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1518766981935108096 | 03:45 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD (@michaelzlin): Again, the fact that NZ could achieve flu-like mortality in one wave with 95% vaccination using an obsolete vaccine is good news. If we can make vax with better VE against infection and death from the next variant, the next wave will be smaller and [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1518767819160121344 | 03:54 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Australia: +33455 cases, +38 deaths since 22 hours ago | 04:02 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD (@michaelzlin): This also suggests the only way for China out of its quandary, which also happens to be the easiest way: Emulate NZ: vaccinate everyone to 95%, elderly to 98%, and do it with vaccines that can provide >95% protection against death from existing [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1518772999062646784 | 04:14 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD (@michaelzlin): 2022.04.24: Analysis of Shionogi's S-217622/ensitrelvir SARSCoV2 protease inhibitortwitter.com/michaelzlin/st… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1518783145641799681 | 04:52 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for United Kingdom: +167 cases since 8 hours ago | 05:04 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/Science: science: Asthma drug can block crucial SARS-CoV-2 protein: A drug used to treat asthma and allergies can bind to and block a crucial protein produced by the virus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and reduce viral replication in human immune cells. → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/uc2wdn/asthma_drug_can_block_crucial_sarscov2_protein_a/ | 05:50 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Germany: +136798 cases since 23 hours ago — Montserrat: +24 cases, +16 tests since 2 days ago — Canada: +4673 cases since 12 hours ago — Marshall Is.: +2 cases since 6 days ago | 06:01 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Osteonecrosis must not be overlooked. - International Journal of Infectious Diseases → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/uc3zj0/postacute_sequelae_of_sarscov2_infection/ | 06:10 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: How Fox News inspired vaccine hesitancy → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/uc43rq/how_fox_news_inspired_vaccine_hesitancy/ | 06:19 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: CORONAVIRUS: Expert sounds alarm on fifth wave after Covid-19 curve turns upwards in SA → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/uc4bnz/coronavirus_expert_sounds_alarm_on_fifth_wave/ | 06:29 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Micronesia: +2 cases since 3 months ago | 07:10 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Australian Capital Territory, Australia: +1442 cases since a day ago — Maranhao, Brazil: +295 cases since 23 hours ago — Volgograd, Russia: +234 cases, +5 deaths since 23 hours ago — Tatarstan, Russia: +228 cases, +2 deaths since 23 hours ago | 08:00 |
| Brainstorm | New from StatNews: STAT+: Thanks to Covid-19, pharma’s reputation improved among patient groups. But can it last?: Patient advocacy groups gave pharma companies higher marks last year, with the emergence of Covid-19 vaccines elevating their reputations, according to a new [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/04/26/covid19-vaccines-image-reputation-pharmaceutical/ | 08:15 |
| Brainstorm | New from WHO Euro: “But for the COVID-19 vaccine, I might not be here now” – the difference the jab has made to someone at high risk of severe disease: Les, [... want %more?] → https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-prevention/pages/news/news/2022/4/but-for-the-covid-19-vaccine,-i-might-not-be-here-now-the-difference-the-jab-has-made-to-someone-at-high-risk-of-severe-disease | 08:44 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | April 26, 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/uc6m0c/daily_discussion_thread_april_26_2022/ | 09:03 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Taiwan: +6336 cases, +81218 tests since 19 hours ago | 10:05 |
| Brainstorm | New from BMJ: Molnupiravir’s authorisation should be re-evaluated after the Panoramic trial is reported: Brophy’s editorial on Merck’s Move-Out trial of molnupiravir raises important concerns about the approval of molnupiravir to treat outpatients with covid-19 in the United Kingdom.1 Molnupiravir has... → http://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o973.short | 10:30 |
| Brainstorm | New from StatNews: Experts fear U.S. may default to annual Covid boosters without sufficient data: A number of vaccine experts are concerned the U.S. may be sleepwalking into a policy of recommending annual Covid-19 vaccine boosters — without having generated [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2022/04/26/experts-fear-us-may-default-to-annual-covid-boosters-without-sufficient-data/ | 10:50 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): This is of course how the BPOC2020 operates: they came up very quickly with 80 agents: and that vaccination report has been out for months, right?Of course that doesn't stop her, from account behind a block: really wonderfully open! pic.twitter.com/V2P0BJRwVD → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/1518877881044189184 | 11:10 |
| Brainstorm | New from Politico: ‘Critical juncture’: Global COVID fight is slowing: The world health community is at odds over how to handle the next phase of the pandemic battle. → https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/26/global-covid-fight-is-slowing-00027623 | 11:30 |
| Brainstorm | New from BMJ: The BMJ Interview: WHO chief scientist optimistic for a pan-coronavirus vaccine in two years: It’s a challenging time to be a scientist, let alone the first ever chief scientist at the World Health Organization, a relatively new role. Barely nine months into her tenure Soumya Swaminathan was... → http://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1003.short | 11:40 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Study suggests BCG vaccination might confer immunity to SARS-CoV-2 - mouse study → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/uc9rpa/study_suggests_bcg_vaccination_might_confer/ | 12:58 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Slovenia: +1579 cases, +3 deaths since 22 hours ago | 13:01 |
| Brainstorm | New from BioNTech: BioNTech to Report First Quarter 2022 Financial Results and Operational Update on May 9, 2022: Mainz, Germany, April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX, “BioNTech” or “the Company”) will announce its [... want %more?] → https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/biontech-report-first-quarter-2022-financial-results-and | 13:07 |
| Klinda | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34225251/ | 13:54 |
| Brainstorm | New from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): RoActemra, tocilizumab, Arthritis, Rheumatoid;Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid;Cytokine Release Syndrome;Giant Cell Arteritis;COVID-19 virus infection, Date of authorisation: 15/01/2009, Revision: 38, [... want %more?] → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/roactemra | 14:17 |
| Brainstorm | New from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Pandemic Influenza Vaccine H5N1 Baxter AG, pandemic influenza vaccine (H5N1) (whole virion, inactivated, prepared in cell culture), Influenza, [... want %more?] → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/pandemic-influenza-vaccine-h5n1-baxter-ag | 15:17 |
| Brainstorm | New from New Scientist: Covid-19 news: People hospitalised with omicron still face severe risk: A regular round-up of the latest coronavirus news, plus insight, features and interviews from New Scientist about the covid-19 pandemic → https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237475-covid-19-news-people-hospitalised-with-omicron-still-face-severe-risk/ | 15:47 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Canada: +14494 cases since 23 hours ago | 16:09 |
| Brainstorm | New from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Cervarix, human papillomavirus vaccine [types 16, 18] (recombinant, adjuvanted, adsorbed), Papillomavirus Infections;Uterine Cervical Dysplasia;Immunization, Date of authorisation: 20/09/2007, [... want %more?] → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/cervarix | 16:26 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): We're now moving to the BA.2.12.1 wave as it has increased to 29% of new cases and will quickly out-compete BA.2 with its heightened infectiousnesscovid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra… today's @CDCgov weekly genomic surveillance update pic.twitter.com/qA1QNJzpZR → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1518962688411402240 | 16:46 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): BA.2.12.1 differs significantly from BA.2 by sequence and has ~20-30% transmission advantage, as does BA.4 and BA.5 which are associated with a new wave of cases in South Africa pic.twitter.com/D5FnQJRO0C → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1518964424823820288 | 16:56 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): Tuesday 26 April 2022 Update: submitted by /u/HippolasCage to r/CoronavirusUK → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/ucerjm/tuesday_26_april_2022_update/ | 17:26 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Where are the excess all-cause deaths during the Covid pandemic in the Unites States?medrxiv.org/content/10.110… A county-by-county analysis indicates the Southeast and Southwest are the outliers for both 2020 and 2021 pic.twitter.com/EkYtkgtcKM → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1518977441947025408 | 17:46 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Germany: +244 deaths since 16 hours ago | 18:01 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): BA.2.12.1 is already dominant in New York, the only region with >50% to date pic.twitter.com/lraDhw5evS → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1518983282301440001 | 18:06 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Steve Miller (@SteveMillerOC): Or more likely, the couple hundred followers I gained when doing deep dives into South African Omicron data just don’t really care about the politics of Twitter’s owner. → https://twitter.com/SteveMillerOC/status/1518988216795164673 | 18:25 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/COVID19: COVID19: The White House Announces that a Covid Antiviral Pill Will Soon Be More Readily Available → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/ucgv0o/the_white_house_announces_that_a_covid_antiviral/ | 18:54 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Canada: +14461 cases, +41 deaths since 22 hours ago | 19:04 |
| Brainstorm | New from StatNews: With Omicron, nearly 60% in U.S. have been infected during pandemic: Nearly 60% of people in the United States, including three in four children, have now been infected with Omicron or another coronavirus variant, data released Tuesday show. → https://www.statnews.com/2022/04/26/with-omicron-nearly-60-percent-in-us-infected-covid/ | 19:04 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Nearly 60% of Americans and ~75% of children have been infected by Omicron, as indicated by antibody testingcdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7… @CDCMMWR pic.twitter.com/Solrrgalm0 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1519000635194052608 | 19:14 |
| Brainstorm | New from WebMD: Breaking News: Kamala Harris Has COVID-19: The vice president has no symptoms and will isolate and work from the vice president’s residence at the Naval Observatory. → https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220426/breaking-news-kamala-harris-has-covid-19 | 19:25 |
| Descartes | I know that a SARS-CoV-2 virus can remain infectious on glass for 4 days, plastic for 3 days, and mirrors and windows for 5 days, but how long can it do so on vinyl? | 19:31 |
| Descartes | I am assuming you're dealing with an average room temp of about 20 celsius with about 45% humidity | 19:32 |
| Descartes | Also, if you lower the temp and humidity, do those infection time periods get reduced? | 19:33 |
| ublx | s/infectious/theoretically viable/ | 19:34 |
| ublx | actually i haven't kept up to date with lab studies of viral viability on various surfaces, so i'm just assuming those time spans correspond to culturing viability rather than proven infectiousness | 19:36 |
| Descartes | I assume that any virus that can remain alive, could also be infectious. | 19:50 |
| Descartes | Live viruses are almost always actively seeking a host | 19:51 |
| Descartes | The viruses don't like living on inanimate objects. They prefer a warmer and moist host, which is heaven to them. | 19:52 |
| ublx | seek? | 19:58 |
| ublx | you mean when you stroll past the petri dish, the virions strive in your general direction yearningly? | 19:59 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Japan: +40432 cases, +65 deaths since 23 hours ago — Singapore: +3688 cases since 19 hours ago — Italy: +29984 cases, +146 deaths, +182675 tests since a day ago — United Kingdom: +16778 cases, +451 deaths since 23 hours ago | 20:01 |
| peetaur | they have no feet or eyes, but 'seek' by producing proteins that end up causing them to move... hitching a ride in the blood, or sending them through a cell wall | 20:05 |
| Brainstorm | New from CIDRAP: CIDRAP to develop vaccine roadmap for future coronavirus threats: Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Apr 26, 2022 The roadmap "will provide a framework for the development of broadly protective coronavirus vaccines to ensure that we are [... want %more?] → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/04/cidrap-develop-vaccine-roadmap-future-coronavirus-threats | 20:23 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/COVID19: COVID19: Ongoing Exercise Intolerance Following COVID‐19: A Magnetic Resonance–Augmented Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Study → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/ucj9i3/ongoing_exercise_intolerance_following_covid19_a/ | 20:52 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Spain: +47421 cases, +308 deaths since 23 hours ago | 21:09 |
| Brainstorm | New from CIDRAP: 'Do you want us to pull the plug?' PTSD in families of COVID ICU patients: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Apr 26, 2022 Two thirds of family members restricted from visiting loved ones in the ICU had symptoms of PTSD 3 months later. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/04/do-you-want-us-pull-plug-ptsd-families-covid-icu-patients | 21:22 |
| Brainstorm | New from Medical Xpress: Study finds COVID-19 misinformation linked to vaccination hesitancy, refusal: Misinformation posted online about the COVID-19 vaccine was associated with hesitancy toward inoculation and lower vaccination rates in some geographical areas of the United [... want %more?] → https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-04-covid-misinformation-linked-vaccination-hesitancy.html | 21:41 |
| LjL | %print https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1518962688411402240 | 21:45 |
| Brainstorm | LjL, It says: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): "We're now moving to the BA.2.12.1 wave as it has increased to 29% of new cases and will quickly out-compete BA.2 with its heightened infectiousness https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions today's @CDCgov weekly genomic surveillance update" | nitter | 21:45 |
| LjL | not even trying to follow variants anymore | 21:46 |
| Brainstorm | New from WebMD: FDA Approves First COVID Treatment for Use in Kids: The FDA approved the antiviral remdesivir as the first COVID-19 treatment for young children. → https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220426/fda-approves-first-covid-treatment-for-use-in-kids | 21:50 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for France: +97498 cases, +170 deaths since 23 hours ago | 22:00 |
| Brainstorm | New from BioNTech: Pfizer and BioNTech Submit Application for U.S. Emergency Use Authorization for a COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose in Children 5 Through 11 Years of Age: NEW YORK and MAINZ, Germany, April 26, 2022 — Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech [... want %more?] → https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/pfizer-and-biontech-submit-application-us-emergency-use | 22:40 |
| Brainstorm | New from WebMD: As Teens Struggle With Pandemic Emotions, Recovery Is Uncertain: It’s unclear whether the disruption of the pandemic is a blip on the radar or the early signs of a generation permanently stunted in its social and mental health development. → https://teens.webmd.com/news/20220426/teens-struggle-with-pandemic-emotions-recovery-uncertain | 22:50 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Monaco: +45 cases since 23 hours ago | 23:02 |
| Brainstorm | New from CIDRAP: CDC: 58% of Americans have had COVID-19: Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Apr 26, 2022 Also, federal officials are taking steps to make sure Pfizer's COVID-19 pill, Paxlovid, will be widely available across the US. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/04/cdc-58-americans-have-had-covid-19 | 23:30 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Entertainment Industry Accounts For 20% Of Recorded Covid Workplace Outbreaks in Los Angeles County: Film and TV productions test rigorously, whereas many other businesses do not, so many cases in those sectors likely go unreported. → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/ucne4z/entertainment_industry_accounts_for_20_of/ | 23:40 |
| Descartes | Have researchers found a correlation between the recent spike in hepatitis infections in the UK and USA and the corona virus? | 23:45 |
| Descartes | I heard on the CBC that at least some of the young people getting hepatitis were also infected with two common cold viruses, including the Adeno virus | 23:45 |
| Descartes | Could it be that their exposure to so many viruses at the same time is making them vulnerable to the hepatitis virus? | 23:46 |
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