libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2022-05-13

ublixa note on steroids and long covid, "... showed that the elevated hazard of death from any cause associated with severe inflammation was lowered again by 51% if the patient was prescribed anti-inflammatory steroids after their hospitalization.", https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-05-common-steroids-covid-recovery-death.html00:02
BrainstormUpdates for India: +3739 cases since 23 hours ago — Mali: +18 cases since 23 hours ago00:05
ublix%title https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-doctors-masks-anthony-fauci-rochelle-walensky/00:32
Brainstormublix: From www.cbsnews.com: Why some of Biden's top doctors are wearing masks in "low" COVID areas - CBS News00:32
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Josiah 'So M̶i̶l̶d̶ Mysterious' Grindrod (@JT_Grindrod): Remember all the people that claimed there wouldn't be a BA.2 wave...and maybe stop listening to them. twitter.com/medriva/status… → https://twitter.com/JT_Grindrod/status/152488203516001488000:46
de-factoublix, would that hint towards auto-immune background of long lasting health issues after COVID?00:48
ublixsure seems to00:49
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Carol Ross Joynt (@caroljoynt): As the U.S. this week observes 1 mil #Covid deaths, please revisit @ScottGottliebMD’s first appearance on @FaceTheNation w/ @margbrennan. It captures the early days of what we did and DIDN’T know. The global #pandemic death toll is now 6.2 million plus.  [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/caroljoynt/status/152488635464721203401:14
BrainstormNew from Retraction Watch: ‘Conclusions related to vaccine safety are not validated’: COVID-19 spike protein paper retracted : It took about five months, but a virology journal has retracted a paper on the microbe that causes COVID-19 [... want %more?] → https://retractionwatch.com/2022/05/12/conclusions-related-to-vaccine-safety-are-not-validated-covid-19-spike-protein-paper-retracted/01:33
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Florian Krammer (@florian_krammer): I started to get antivax emails from 'Con Vid' and 'No C-Vax' a few weeks ago every evening. They get more and more interesting. Today's are about lockdowns that magically increase case numbers and 4 feet long blood clots. → https://twitter.com/florian_krammer/status/152489893299170919101:53
BrainstormUpdates for Zimbabwe: +301 cases, +4834 tests since a day ago02:04
BrainstormUpdates for Panama: +3514 cases, +16230 tests since 21 hours ago03:01
BrainstormUpdates for France: +101 cases since 6 hours ago04:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): USA new case 7-day average up to 90,000, hospitalizations over 20,000, as the BA.2.12.1 still getting legs, now starting to hit the MidwestThis week new cases, likely 1/5th to 1/10th of real NMay 12 106,954May 11  158,898May 10 112,446May 9    85,358 pic.twitter.com/MyBqlazn08 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152493291850983014504:07
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusEU: HELP: German Covid Vaccination Status/Testing Requirements for a Connecting Flight? → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusEU/comments/uoh7oy/help_german_covid_vaccination_statustesting/04:17
BrainstormUpdates for Thailand: +7779 cases, +56 deaths since 23 hours ago — Falkland Is.: +929 cases since 6 days ago — Montserrat: +94 cases, +395 tests since a day ago — United Kingdom: +15039 cases since 22 hours ago05:00
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Doctors reflect on exhaustion and trauma of one million Covid deaths → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/uojcun/doctors_reflect_on_exhaustion_and_trauma_of_one/06:11
BrainstormNew from Politico: British politics: UK Labour chiefs held meeting despite concern over COVID guidance → https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-labour-meeting-coronavirus-lockdown-restrictions/06:21
BrainstormNew from Il Sole 24 Ore: (translated) Coronavirus, over 3 thousand deaths a month among the over 80 but the fourth dose is flop: The protection drops after 4 months. The new booster has so far received less than 10% of the elderly who could do it → https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/coronavirus-oltre-3mila-morti-mese-gli-over-80-ma-quarta-dose-e-flop-AEQjjGYB07:19
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Masks should be required on planes, public transit, majority in US say | Pew Research Center → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/uokw14/masks_should_be_required_on_planes_public_transit/07:57
BrainstormUpdates for New York, United States: +13505 cases, +21 deaths since a day ago — Colorado, United States: +10318 cases, +9 deaths since a day ago — New Jersey, United States: +6167 cases, +12 deaths since a day ago — Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil: +4611 cases, +8 deaths since a day ago08:01
BrainstormNew from MedicineNet: (news): AHA News: College Athletes Rarely Develop Heart Problems One Year After Having COVID-19 → http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp08:45
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | May 13, 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/uolwv8/daily_discussion_thread_may_13_2022/09:06
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Tracking the reach of COVID-19 kin loss with a bereavement multiplier applied to the United States → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/uomain/tracking_the_reach_of_covid19_kin_loss_with_a/09:34
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +65000 cases, +41 deaths since 23 hours ago10:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): Covid has long term effects:“COVID-19 survivors had a remarkably lower health status than the general population at 2 years. The study findings indicate that there is an urgent need to explore the pathogenesis of long COVID and develop effective [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/152502733227629363210:23
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): A good summary of the effect of COVID 5th wave of infections in Gauteng,  South Africa. Again Omicron, this time BA.4 and BA.5 causing high infections, in spite of low testing, but lower hospitalization and deaths as compared to previous waves. A must-read [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/152503172964332749010:43
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): develops and standardizes immunology tests not yet available in the hospitals to provide to the clinical community to help in the diagnosis and follow-up of complex immunological cases.The candidate is expected to pursue top-level independent research in Human Immunology. → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/152507025378444083213:17
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, UK - Office for National Statistics - 13th May 2022 → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/uopbud/coronavirus_covid19_infection_survey_uk_office/13:46
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: UK Covid infections lowest since mid-December: Just over two people in every hundred are infected with the virus in the UK, according to the ONS. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6143645413:56
ublxVariolate for Victory?14:01
ublx%title https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2021.078114:01
Brainstormublx: From royalsocietypublishing.org: Face masking and COVID-19: potential effects of variolation on transmission dynamics | Journal of The Royal Society Interface14:01
ublxthe article concludes by admitting it takes only a qualitative view14:02
ublxstaying on the qualitative train, in the hand wavy carriage, i suppose one could ponder whether very permeable infection prevention strategies were what drove the evolution of hyper contagious strains like omicron14:04
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: COVID-19: Around 60,000 NHS workers living with PTSD after battling the pandemic → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/uopz27/covid19_around_60000_nhs_workers_living_with_ptsd/14:06
BrainstormNew from Novavax: (news): Novavax Files for Emergency Use Authorization of COVID-19 Vaccine in Taiwan → https://ir.novavax.com/Novavax-Files-for-Emergency-Use-Authorization-of-COVID-19-Vaccine-in-Taiwan14:16
BrainstormUpdates for UAE: +369 cases, +227280 tests since a day ago15:08
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: Aspen may close South Africa Covid vaccine plant due to lack of orders; Roche insists it can overcome latest setback → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/05/13/covid19-vaccines-patents-who-aspen-roche-pfizer-abortion/15:23
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Neuropsychiatric Ramifications of Severe COVID-19 and Other Severe Acute Respiratory Infections → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/uot2xc/neuropsychiatric_ramifications_of_severe_covid19/16:41
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): A new, remarkably comprehensive review of neutralizing antibodies to #SARSCoV2, and their role in prevention and treatment of Covid cell.com/action/showPdf… @ImmunityCP by @h_gruell @FKlein_Lab pic.twitter.com/VdDhLaRQSq → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152512358707344588916:51
BrainstormUpdates for Spain: +64729 cases, +319 deaths since 2 days ago — Brunei: +270 cases, +1 deaths since a day ago — Canada: +9168 cases, +185 deaths since 23 hours ago17:01
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Opinion: Turn off the spigot for hospitals’ Covid-19 relief funding: Many industries are facing labor shortages, supply chain issues, and inflationary costs. Hospitals no longer deserve special treatment with Covid-19 relief funding. → https://www.statnews.com/2022/05/13/turn-off-the-spigot-for-hospitals-covid-19-relief-funding/17:10
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Increase in BA.4 and BA.5 genomes:- Around 50% outside Africa (3 days ago = 38%) - 24 countries outside Africa (highest genomes in Germany, the highest prevalence in Portugal).- Fuelling infections in southern Africa & Portugal, both had a large BA.1 wave [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/152513283474633933017:20
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Most of the data from Germany from RKI, from U.K. from @sangerinstitute and other partners, and from the U.S.A from dozes of labs. From Austria, Lifebrain Covid Labor GmbH, Portugal Ricardo Jorge (INSA) @borges__vitor . → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/152513283736353997017:30
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +56539 cases, +152 deaths since 18 hours ago18:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): It's tragic when anointed "experts" with credentials espouse deadly misinformation, as it destroys trust in knowledge in general. This was already bad pre-pandemic but has only gotten worse, because the press continues to hold up as "experts" people [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/152514923070417305618:27
BrainstormUpdates for Singapore: +4291 cases since 21 hours ago — Italy: +39029 cases, +115 deaths, +265647 tests since 23 hours ago19:00
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19-Infected Mothers and Their Newborns: A study of pregnant women positive for COVID-19 at delivery found no evidence of vertical transmission, but increased gastrointestinal problems in their newborn infants. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/clinical-outcomes-of-covid-19-infected-mothers-and-their-newborns19:16
BrainstormUpdates for Chile: +4871 cases, +17 deaths, +56695 tests since 23 hours ago — United Kingdom: +7654 cases since 23 hours ago20:03
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Hospitals stayed financially viable in pandemic—some even did better: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News May 13, 2022 Government, rural, and smaller hospitals even outperformed previous years. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/hospitals-stayed-financially-viable-pandemic-some-even-did-better20:23
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: COVID-19 Scan for May 13, 2022: Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 shedding Omicron and croup in kids → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/covid-19-scan-may-13-202220:42
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): A simpler and accurate way to diagnose a prior Covid infection from urine, not blood  (antibody to #SARSCoV2 nucleocapsid protein)science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… @ScienceAdvances pic.twitter.com/ZdMw96YNF6 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152518550841382092820:52
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +35173 cases, +32 deaths since 13 hours ago20:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): Very interesting comment from someone who knows what he's talking about.  SARS-CoV-2 super-antigen mediated activation as cause of hepatitis - can't quite see what doesn't fit that theory - including the analysis above twitter.com/BrodinPetter/s… → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/152518835198014668821:01
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Presence and stability of SARS-CoV-2 on environmental currency and money cards in Utah reveals a lack of live virus → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/uoyyoj/presence_and_stability_of_sarscov2_on/21:21
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: Senate FDA legislation will include dietary supplement, cosmetic reforms: Senate lawmakers are set to unveil draft legislation that will reform the FDA’s regulation of dietary supplements, cosmetic products, and certain lab-based tests, [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2022/05/13/senate-fda-legislation-will-include-dietary-supplement-cosmetic-reforms/22:01
BrainstormUpdates for France: +32808 cases, +99 deaths since 18 hours ago22:09
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: North Korea reports first COVID deaths, explosive outbreak spread: Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News May 13, 2022 The nation has reported 6 COVID-19 deaths and about 350,000 people being treated for fevers. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/north-korea-reports-first-covid-deaths-explosive-outbreak-spread22:21
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Calling time on the use of war metaphors in covid-19: In 2020, as cases rose, health systems scrambled to adapt, and the economy was shut down—our entire world changed to flatten the curve. During these early days, the language used to describe the... → http://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1214.short23:29

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