libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2022-05-12

BrainstormUpdates for South Africa: +10017 cases, +50 deaths, +39613 tests since a day ago — Germany: +79380 cases, +227 deaths since 18 hours ago — Eswatini: +139 cases since a day ago00:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): 2 year follow-up for #LongCovid among hospitalized patients: Half ≥ 1 symptom, diminished exercise capacity & quality-of-life indices; those w/ initial respiratory support had reduced lung function vs controls; 89% returned to work@LancetRespirMed [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152451801614628454400:40
BrainstormUpdates for Brazil: +23398 cases, +126 deaths since 23 hours ago — Saint Lucia: +180 cases since 23 hours ago00:59
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: World complacent on Covid, warns former UK prime minister Gordon Brown: Wealthier countries must share the cost of global vaccinations, tests and treatments, the former PM says. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6141357601:57
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +8201 cases, +132 deaths since 22 hours ago02:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: BNO|Medriva Newsroom (@medriva): BREAKING: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un orders nationwide lockdown due to first COVID case → https://twitter.com/medriva/status/152454181469441638902:17
BrainstormUpdates for Australia: +57862 cases, +58 deaths since 23 hours ago — United Kingdom: +8717 cases since 22 hours ago04:01
BrainstormNew from Politico: Milan’s struggle to tame gentrification: Investments and renovations have made housing more expensive — pricing out poorer residents. → https://www.politico.eu/article/milan-struggle-tame-gentrification/04:04
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Long COVID clinics established to manage chronic symptoms weeks after infection → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/unq9su/long_covid_clinics_established_to_manage_chronic/04:24
BrainstormUpdates for Thailand: +8019 cases, +59 deaths since a day ago — Panama: +3324 cases, +5 deaths, +15473 tests since a day ago — Namibia: +192 cases, +1289 tests since a day ago05:04
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Half of Covid-hospitalised still symptomatic two years on, study finds → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/unr6ob/half_of_covidhospitalised_still_symptomatic_two/05:32
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Most Americans have now had Covid-19 -- but experts are predicting the next surge - Each of these surges are about four to six months apart. That tells me that natural immunity wanes enough in the general population after four to six months [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/uns80j/most_americans_have_now_had_covid19_but_experts/06:01
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Methodolatry and COVID: Doctors who call for an RCT for everything generally haven't run a single RCT on anything.  Why is this? The post  first appeared on Science-Based Medicine . → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/methodolatry-and-covid/06:11
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +30356 cases since 12 hours ago07:03
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: COVID-19 hospital admissions, deaths expected to keep climbing in the US amid resurgence: a large proportion — about a third of Americans — have not been fully vaccinated, while about half of eligible Americans [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/unte4e/covid19_hospital_admissions_deaths_expected_to/07:09
BrainstormNew from WHO Euro: New country examples highlight efforts to advance nursing and midwifery professions in the WHO European Region: As countries continue to rebuild [... want %more?] → https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/Health-systems/nursing-and-midwifery/news/news/2022/5/new-country-examples-highlight-efforts-to-advance-nursing-and-midwifery-professions-in-the-who-european-region207:38
de-facto%title https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01855-707:55
Brainstormde-facto: From www.nature.com: Modeling transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron in China | Nature Medicine07:55
BrainstormUpdates for Pennsylvania, United States: +20089 cases, +81 deaths since a day ago — Western Australia, Australia: +16645 cases, +3 deaths since 23 hours ago — Victoria, Australia: +14214 cases, +14 deaths since 23 hours ago — Queensland, Australia: +7248 cases, +3 deaths since 23 hours ago07:59
BrainstormNew from WHO Euro: (news): “What stays with me is the feeling of helplessness” – on International Nurses [... want %more?] → https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19/news/news/2022/5/what-stays-with-me-is-the-feeling-of-helplessness-on-international-nurses-day,-a-young-nurse-recalls-her-time-on-a-covid-19-ward-at-the-beginning-of-the-pandemic208:07
BrainstormNew from MedicineNet: (news): Today's Seasonal Flu May Descend From 1918 Pandemic Strain → http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp08:26
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | May 12, 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/unv4l1/daily_discussion_thread_may_12_2022/09:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Coronavirus ‘ghosts’ found lingering in the gutA potential cause of longcovid? nature.com/articles/d4158… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/152465044131691315209:25
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Health outcomes in people 2 years after surviving hospitalisation with COVID-19: a longitudinal cohort studyCOVID-19 survivors had a remarkably lower health status than the general population at 2 years.thelancet.com/journals/lanre… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/152465290054230425609:35
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Imprinted antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineagesantibodies derived from Omicron breakthrough after vaccination cross-react with Wuhan-Hu-1, BA.1 and BA.2 whereas Omicron primary infections elicit B cells of narrow specificity.biorxiv.org/content/10.110… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/152465403887631155509:45
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +65415 cases, +17 deaths, +236864 tests since a day ago10:05
BrainstormNew from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Hexyon, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (acellular, component), hepatitis B (rDNA), poliomyelitis (inactivated) and Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine (adsorbed), Hepatitis [... want %more?] → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/hexyon10:24
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Opinion: Covid-19 deaths in the United States: Reinforcing the notion of ‘two Americas’: After two years, everyone is tired of Covid-19. It is tempting to decide that control measures should be abandoned. But temporary and targeted mitigation will be needed to help shorten… → https://www.statnews.com/2022/05/12/covid-19-deaths-us-reinforcing-two-americas/10:53
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Ann Robinson’s research reviews —12 May 2022: Self-monitoring of blood pressure—better or notDuring the pandemic, awareness has increased that self-monitoring is both possible and preferable in many scenarios. But does it improve outcomes? This... → http://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1164.short11:33
BrainstormNew from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Vaxzevria (previously COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca), COVID-19 Vaccine (ChAdOx1-S [recombinant]), COVID-19 virus infection, Date of authorisation: 29/01/2021, [... want %more?] → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/vaxzevria-previously-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca12:12
BrainstormNew from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Nuvaxovid, COVID-19 Vaccine (recombinant, adjuvanted), COVID-19 virus infection, Date of authorisation: 20/12/2021, Revision: 2, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/nuvaxovid12:23
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Does US really have world's highest Covid death toll?: A new report suggests other countries had more excess deaths than US during the pandemic. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/6133384712:33
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): Here, the authors describe a pediatric case of isolated acute liver failure in a previously healthy 3 y o child due to autoimmune hepatitis after mild Covid 3 wks earlierThe patient had excellent response to high-dose steroids and avoided transplantation [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/152469934794179379212:43
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: North Korea: 'First' Covid cases prompt strict national lockdown: North Korea has rejected any kind of vaccine, with Kim Jong-un now ordering "maximum emergency" controls. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-6141676012:53
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): Not assessing previous or ongoing SARS-CoV-2 infection in the children presenting with non-A-E hepatitis would be malpractice. It's inconceivable that public health authorities around the world fail to mention this in their guidelines. These are little [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/152470818033656218013:13
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Covid: Superhero images unhelpful, says nurse chief: Wales' chief nurse says expectations are unrealistic for an exhausted workforce. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-6141203213:52
BrainstormUpdates for Saudi Arabia: +611 cases, +2 deaths since a day ago14:03
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Covid inquiry broadens scope to include children: The impact on their health, wellbeing and education will now be considered after originally being omitted. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6142350014:33
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: North Korea announces first covid case of the pandemic..... → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/unzxst/north_korea_announces_first_covid_case_of_the/14:44
BrainstormUpdates for UAE: +364 cases, +268888 tests since a day ago — Brunei: +250 cases since 23 hours ago15:00
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): 12/05/22 - ZOE COVID-19 Study Update: 1,856,291 people are currently predicted to have symptomatic COVID-19 in the UK, down by 39,790. Yesterday was 1,896,081 (-2%) and last Thursday was 2,288,242 (-19%). → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/unzyav/120522_zoe_covid19_study_update/15:35
BrainstormNew from WHO Euro: Two million confirmed deaths from COVID-19 in the European Region: A grim milestone has passed as reported confirmed COVID-19 deaths from countries in the WHO European Region have exceeded [... want %more?] → https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19/news/news/2022/5/two-million-confirmed-deaths-from-covid-19-in-the-european-region316:15
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): ICER: Merck's Covid-19 pill doesn't show 'net health benefit'  endpts.com/icer-mercks-co… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/152475779011952640116:35
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +7015 cases, +126 deaths since 23 hours ago17:05
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Effect of PPE on Children's Fear in Dental Office → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0537156117:05
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Endothelial Protection in Post COVID-19 Patients With Sulodexide → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0537192517:16
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Phase 3 Boosting Study for the SARS-CoV-2 rS Vaccine → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0537258817:26
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Postoperative Outcomes of Covid-19 Patients Who Were Hospitalized in a Training and Research Hospital, Who Were Operated on Electively → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0537234117:47
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Phase II Safety Single-arm Study of CDK4/6 Inhibition With Palbociclib in Hospitalized, Moderate COVID-19 Cases to Prevent Thromboinflammation → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0537127517:57
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +91227 cases, +187 deaths since 23 hours ago18:01
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Neuro-inflammation and Post-infectious Fatigue in Individuals With and Without COVID-19 → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0537152218:07
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): The Role of Glutathione Deficiency and MSIDS Variables in Long COVID-19 → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0537128818:26
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Maybe we are at top of a wave of infections? SA may teach the world that with early identification of variants, and sub-variants one should follow the right metrics of hospitalization and deaths without the need to increase restrictions one can move forward in [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/152479158291815629218:46
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +39483 cases, +130 deaths, +268654 tests since a day ago19:04
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Early at-home abortions will continue in Scotland: The practice - which began as a temporary measure during the pandemic - will become standard treatment. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-6142602719:06
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: (translated) COVID19: Antigenic drift: Understanding COVID-19 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/uo6ajl/antigenic_drift_understanding_covid19/19:35
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): A diabetic milieu increases ACE2 expression and cellular susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infections in human kidney organoids and patient cells-ACE2 is upregulated in hyperglycemia-Metabolic changes and increased ACE2 boost cellular infection by [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/152480667851595776119:44
de-facto%title https://www.ft.com/content/41dec58c-3860-4ae3-86c4-716ffe85dbdd19:57
Brainstormde-facto: From www.ft.com: Subscribe to read | Financial Times19:57
de-facto"Kim Jong Un orders lockdowns as North Korea confirms first Covid cases"19:57
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +37981 cases, +32 deaths since 13 hours ago — Chile: +4575 cases, +13 deaths since a day ago — Malaysia: +3410 cases, +4 deaths, +63927 tests since 21 hours ago — United Kingdom: +16250 cases since 23 hours ago20:07
de-facto%title https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/11/asia/north-korea-covid-omicron-coronavirus-intl-hnk/index.html20:09
Brainstormde-facto: From edition.cnn.com: North Korea identifies its first case of Covid-19, state media reports - CNN20:09
de-factoand they are not vaccinated... with the base reproduction number of Omicron this could be very fast :/20:10
BrainstormNew from Il Sole 24 Ore: (translated) Skipped treatments and more discrimination: Covid was a tsunami for cancer patients: 2.8 million cancer screenings were skipped in the first 17 months of the pandemic. Missing a recovery program for skipped treatments [... want %more?] → https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/cure-saltate-e-ancora-discriminazioni-per-malati-tumore-covid-e-stato-tsunami-AExrALYB20:14
BrainstormNew from NPR Science: How COVID vaccines have boosted the development of an HIV vaccine: During the pandemic scientists launched a vaccine in record-breaking time. Their successful use of mRNA technology could lead to progress in the decades-long effort for an HIV inoculation. → https://www.npr.org/how-covid-vaccines-have-boosted-the-development-of-an-hiv-vaccine21:13
BrainstormUpdates for France: +36047 cases, +84 deaths since 22 hours ago22:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Amandla! Awethu!  Viva South Africa moving from pandemics, looting, and floods to the celebration of graduating the next generation that will move this country forward. twitter.com/UKZN/status/15… → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/152484133965267353622:01
ublxLjL: on your response to Trippyxxx's question some days ago: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01855-7?error=cookies_not_supported&code=ee481b64-b3b9-49d1-8971-7b017627ce3f22:02
LjLublx: testing on 'puter whether it'll still work?22:11
ublxhm?22:12
LjLmodelling omicron22:14
ublxi just noted their complex model arrived at figure of 1.55 million while your back-of-envelope model arrived at similar 1.6 million22:16
LjL"nice"22:20
dTalnice, the complex model is only out by 0.05 million22:22
BrainstormNew from Virology.ws: Trial By Error: Interview With Mt Sinai’s David Putrino: By David Tuller, DrPH David Putrino is a neuroscientist and physical therapist at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. He runs a research lab and a rehabilitation center that quickly became a magnet for [... want %more?] → https://www.virology.ws/2022/05/12/trial-by-error-interview-with-mt-sinais-david-putrino/22:31
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): "Based on its immunological profile, it [Omicron & its subvariants] should be called SARS-3"science.org/content/articl…@gretchenvogel @NewsfromScience w/ @K_G_Andersen @Tuliodna @linfa_wang pic.twitter.com/ToKDqNGH74 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152485112724571340822:41
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +79455 cases, +177 deaths since 22 hours ago23:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): There's so much room for improvement of the lipid nanoparticles that deliver mRNA for vaccines and for gene therapy/editingscience.org/content/articl… by @ElieDolgin @ScienceMagazine statnews.com/2022/05/09/lip… by @MeganMolteni @statnews pic.twitter.com/Ea8JcYKAab → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152486036112749772823:19
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: US COVID-19 deaths pass 1 million as concerns raised about projections: Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News May 12, 2022 A projection that 100 million cases could occur late this year is raising scientific skepticism. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/us-covid-19-deaths-pass-1-million-concerns-raised-about-projections23:29
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Better fat bubbles could power a new generation of mRNA vaccinesNew lipid delivery systems aim to improve potency and reduce any side effects of the new generation of RNA vaccines.science.org/content/articl… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/152486649865697690323:48

Generated by irclog2html.py 2.17.0 by Marius Gedminas - find it at https://mg.pov.lt/irclog2html/!