libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2022-05-06

BrainstormUpdates for South Africa: +9757 cases, +64 deaths since a day ago — Eswatini: +131 cases, +1 deaths, +740 tests since a day ago — Mali: +14 cases since 23 hours ago00:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): The practical effect of today's FDA action is to remove J&J as a booster option for anyone still entertaining that.That will leave Novavax as the only RNA alternative for boosters in the US, if FDA approves. Wonder how work on the Omicron-adapted [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/152233455602769100800:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): It ain’t over ’til it’s overCOVID-19 "It absolutely ain’t over. And this is no time to drop the ball." science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/152233864995377971300:19
BrainstormUpdates for Brazil: +21682 cases, +137 deaths since 22 hours ago — India: +3155 cases since 17 hours ago — Germany: +73427 cases, +159 deaths since 19 hours ago01:03
de-facto%title https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-limits-use-janssen-covid-19-vaccine-certain-individuals01:10
Brainstormde-facto: From www.fda.gov: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Limits Use of Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine to Certain Individuals | FDA01:10
BrainstormNew from Johnson&Johnson: (news): Johnson & Johnson Updates U.S. COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet → https://www.jnj.com/johnson-johnson-updates-u-s-covid-19-vaccine-fact-sheet01:17
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: wsbgnl on Twitter: "Under previous guidance, the CDC would currently recommend universal indoor masking in 1,632 counties. But under the updated guidance, universal masking is recommended in only 56 counties..." → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/uja5vs/wsbgnl_on_twitter_under_previous_guidance_the_cdc/01:26
LjLde-facto, so basically, "if you really want it, whatever", which has been what they've unofficially doing anyway01:46
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Limits Use of Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine to Certain Individuals: Type Web Page Author Office of the Commissioner URL [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/R6IMNI7D01:55
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): 1 Out of Every 500 People, or 15 Million People Worldwide Killed by COVID – WHO medriva.com/1-out-of-500-k… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/152236464994925363302:04
BrainstormUpdates for Panama: +2117 cases, +15055 tests since 23 hours ago02:05
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +6955 cases since 10 hours ago03:08
BrainstormUpdates for Montserrat: +81 cases since a day ago — France: +106 cases since 7 hours ago05:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Some very encouraging new data on booster durability vs Omicron severe disease out to 7 months, for age 60+medrxiv.org/content/10.110… pic.twitter.com/807l7i6h0o → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152241366703946138005:16
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +22359 cases since 11 hours ago — United Kingdom: +240 cases since 9 hours ago06:04
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Pediatric Hepatitis, a Medical Rorschach Test: Because they are from an old, established cause, pediatric deaths from COVID have receded into the background, overshadowed by pediatric hepatitis. The post  first appeared on Science-Based Medicine . → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/pediatric-hepatitis-a-medical-rorschach-test/06:13
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Josiah 'So M̶i̶l̶d̶ Mysterious' Grindrod (@JT_Grindrod): But I'm a conspiracy theorist for thinking it's SARS, right y'all? twitter.com/MarieTattersal… → https://twitter.com/JT_Grindrod/status/152242952664234803206:23
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Josiah 'So M̶i̶l̶d̶ Mysterious' Grindrod (@JT_Grindrod): It's the same shitheads that pushed the deadly "it's droplet, not aerosol" crap. How did that not end their careers right then and there? → https://twitter.com/JT_Grindrod/status/152243298946393702506:32
BrainstormUpdates for New York, United States: +10324 cases, +25 deaths since 23 hours ago — Puerto Rico, United States: +5579 cases, +6 deaths since 23 hours ago — New Jersey, United States: +4339 cases, +7 deaths since 23 hours ago — Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil: +3569 cases, +26 deaths since 23 hours ago08:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Yes Taiwan has been a model in avoiding SARSCoV2 via quarantine, contact-tracing, testing, and isolation. It has been correctly praised alongside New Zealand and Korea for that.But the previous success hid a problem in vaccination. This matters now [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/152246173994138419208:26
BrainstormNew from MedicineNet: (news): Understanding How COVID Can Trigger Loss of Smell → http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp08:36
BrainstormUpdates for Zimbabwe: +100 cases, +1 deaths since a day ago08:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Taiwan is in trouble if vax rates in the elderly don't improve. Taiwan's unvaxxed rate in >75yo is 2x worse than the US's before Omicron (14%), and we all know how badly that turned out for the US (300 per million excess deaths). 2x that rate in [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/152247138991927705609:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Taiwan recently offered an incentive of 500NTD (about $17) for seniors to get vaccinated. That campaign ended in March. It would be a great time to revive it.taipeitimes.com/News/front/arc… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/152247380840942387209:14
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +36167 cases, +10 deaths, +62520 tests since a day ago10:08
BrainstormNew from StatNews: White House documents detail a looming squeeze on Covid-19 boosters: Read all 400 pages of the White House’s binder of Covid-19 funding documents, made public for the first time. → https://www.statnews.com/2022/05/06/white-house-documents-detail-a-looming-squeeze-on-covid-19-boosters/10:42
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Pets living in households with COVID-19 are high likely to seroconvert and become ill → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/ujizzb/pets_living_in_households_with_covid19_are_high/11:11
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Some hamsters are extremely susceptible to COVID-19 | Science News → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/ujjiwn/some_hamsters_are_extremely_susceptible_to/11:30
BrainstormNew from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Comirnaty, Tozinameran,COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine (nucleoside modified), COVID-19 virus infection, Date of authorisation: 21/12/2020, Revision: 25, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/comirnaty11:40
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Covid-19: True global death toll from pandemic is almost 15 million, says WHO: The global number of deaths caused by covid-19 has been severely under-reported, the World Health Organization has said. It estimates that 14.9 million direct and indirect deaths occurred from... → http://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1144.short12:18
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): Over 2 years of pandemic the has seen 13% more deaths than normally expected, according to @WHO. Of a total estimated death toll of 15 million, only 5.4 mill - about 1 in 3 - were reported."we have to hold policymakers accountable" - Dr Samira Asma, [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/152252398819446784012:38
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: FDA Limits Use of J&J COVID-19 Vaccine: The federal agency revised the vaccine’s Emergency Use Authorization after it made the determination based off analysis for the risk of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS). → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/fda-limits-use-of-j-j-covid-19-vaccine12:47
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Protection against omicron severe disease 0-7 months after BNT162b2 booster → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/ujkxv5/protection_against_omicron_severe_disease_07/13:27
BrainstormNew from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Xevudy, sotrovimab, COVID-19 virus infection, Date of authorisation: 17/12/2021, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/xevudy13:37
Trippy72894if china ended its zero covid policy, would hundreds of thousand of people die? and would there be increased risk of new variants due to more hosts?13:43
Trippy72894i questioned this zero covid policy decision, but now think its probably really worth it.13:44
Trippy72894thoughts?13:44
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): We've known about the potential of interferon therapy to prevent severe Covid, but finally a randomized trial of 1900 mostly vaccinated people showed a 50% reduction in need for hospitalization science.org/content/articl… @meredithwadman @NewsfromScience → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152254289110890496013:56
BrainstormNew from WHO Euro: Local solutions to local challenges: Regional Director witnesses progress on health reforms in Azerbaijan: Building on the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, strengthening access to [... want %more?] → https://www.euro.who.int/en/countries/azerbaijan/news/news/2022/5/local-solutions-to-local-challenges-regional-director-witnesses-progress-on-health-reforms-in-azerbaijan14:34
BrainstormUpdates for Tonga: +271 cases, +16038 tests since 2 days ago15:03
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA restricts access to J&J Covid-19 vaccine; Novartis halts production of two cancer drugs over quality issues → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/05/06/covid19-vaccine-jnj-novartis-pfizer-opioids-walgreens/15:04
BrainstormNew from Politico: Coronavirus: UK Labour’s Keir Starmer to be investigated over possible COVID breach → https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-labour-keir-starmer-to-be-investigated-over-possible-covid-breach/15:14
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Here is @sigallab's thread on this reportAnd a chance for me to again thank the South Africa scientists and biomedical community for lighting it up throughout the pandemic....we're so indebted twitter.com/sigallab/statu… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152256907938678784015:34
BrainstormUpdates for Belarus: +579 cases, +3 deaths, +11714 tests since a day ago15:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Are COVID surges becoming more predictable? New Omicron variants may offer a hint? Or false clue/red herring on how the virus will evolve? Interesting views from our team, @sigallab @jbloom_lab @TWenseleers & other great scientists at @Nature today.   [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/152257637569315635516:04
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +9255 cases, +160 deaths since 21 hours ago17:02
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: General: EMA’s governance during COVID-19 pandemic → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory/overview/public-health-threats/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/emas-governance-during-covid-19-pandemic17:03
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): 06 MAY 22 - ENGLAND HOSPITALISATION UPDATE: Hi guys. It looks like (but not confirmed) that HippolasCage has stopped their daily update. As I mentioned previously, I said I would continue with posting England’s hospitalisation data in a new post when [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/ujpoov/06_may_22_england_hospitalisation_update/17:52
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +72892 cases, +209 deaths since 17 hours ago — Italy: +44364 cases, +125 deaths since 23 hours ago18:11
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Kids get limited COVID protection from world’s most popular vaccines → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/ujq6vf/kids_get_limited_covid_protection_from_worlds/18:11
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against severe disease from SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 subvariants → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/ujqtoy/covid19_vaccine_effectiveness_against_severe/18:40
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Indeed @cptwei estimates Taiwan can see 200k Omicron cases daily at peak, similar per capita to other places. That's 6x today's rate. The peak is only 2-3 weeks away, so it's urgent to get the elderly vaccinated now.Any shot helps — 1st, 2nd, or [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/152261741284721459218:49
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Derek Lowe (@Dereklowe): Thread on claims about the Pfizer/BioNTech trials: twitter.com/jsm2334/status… → https://twitter.com/Dereklowe/status/152262122297410765018:59
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Why Are Some Lungs Protected Against COVID-19?: Investigators identify 11 crucial “protection-defining genes” that prevent a severe disease response to COVID-19 infection. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/why-are-some-lungs-protected-against-covid-19-19:09
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: "The James Webb Space Telescope is almost ready to start blowing our minds. Scientists are just weeks away from getting official scientific data from the space telescope as final equipment tests wrap up." From Popular Science. → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/ujsaez/the_james_webb_space_telescope_is_almost_ready_to/19:28
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): A very comprehensive overview of LongCOVID~200 studies, 120,000 persons, symptoms > 6 months, no direct correlation to the severity of acute COVID-19 symptoms.papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… pic.twitter.com/ioC4WLOKxI → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/152263100488367309019:38
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Omicron infection enhances Delta antibody immunity in vaccinated personsInfection does not provide sufficient protection, but with vaccination, it does.nature.com/articles/s4158… pic.twitter.com/6p0oKThbr9 → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/152263276477168435619:48
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): Does immunity from earlier SARS-CoV-2 infection protect children from severe clinical outcomes upon re-infection?From this study, it may be a myth. They find equivalent rates of hospitalizations in primary inf and re-infections.Vaccinate eligible kids! [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/152263777361790976220:07
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +11051 cases, +228 deaths, +313329 tests since 14 hours ago20:10
BrainstormNew from Ars Technica: Science: FDA puts the brakes on J&J vaccine after 9th clotting death reported → https://arstechnica.com/?p=185277520:27
BrainstormUpdates for France: +143 cases since 22 hours ago21:00
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: us: Public Health Watch: Many COVID-19 Patients Incorrectly Prescribed Corticosteroids → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/many-covid-19-patients-incorrectly-prescribed-corticosteroids21:15
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Limits Use of Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine to Certain Individuals | 'Easier to Understand' article link in comments | 05MAY22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/ujvn1l/coronavirus_covid19_update_fda_limits_use_of/21:54
BrainstormNew from Novavax: (news): Novavax’ COVID-19 Vaccine Nuvaxovid  Arrives in Singapore → https://ir.novavax.com/Novavax-COVID-19-Vaccine-Nuvaxovid-TM-Arrives-in-Singapore22:04
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Nearly 1 million COVID-19 deaths: A look at the US numbers | 06MAY22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/ujw17e/nearly_1_million_covid19_deaths_a_look_at_the_us/22:13
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Antivax organizations also use the same #pseudoscience arguments to make claims about vaccinations. None are substantiated by science.twitter.com/Marc_Veld/stat… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/152267254411704729622:23
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: 3 COVID vaccine doses appear to protect against Omicron subvariants: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News May 06, 2022 One study finds 3-dose protection against severe BA.1 and BA.2 disease remaining above 80%. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/3-covid-vaccine-doses-appear-protect-against-omicron-subvariants22:33
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Probe of unexplained hepatitis in kids expands to 24 states, Puerto Rico: Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News May 06, 2022 UK officials, meanwhile, tally more cases and add previous COVID-19 as a possible cause. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/probe-unexplained-hepatitis-kids-expands-24-states-puerto-rico22:42
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Self-reported #LongCovid in the UK, new @ONS reportLess with Omicron BA.1 than DeltaMay be more with BA.2 than BA.1ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati… pic.twitter.com/zDNFQqy6wh → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152268181555059916923:01
BrainstormUpdates for Chile: +3325 cases, +17 deaths since a day ago23:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Rick Berke (@rickberke): Newly relevant take by @matthewherper: The tragedy of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid vaccine statnews.com/2021/12/17/the… via @statnews → https://twitter.com/rickberke/status/152268543176201421423:50

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