libera/##covid-19/ Monday, 2022-05-16

BrainstormUpdates for Israel: +1608 cases, +51 deaths since 12 hours ago00:01
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Potential Covid-19 spillover from a woman to her horse described in study - Horsetalk.co.nz → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/uqhkrz/potential_covid19_spillover_from_a_woman_to_her/00:55
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): When vaccination rates drop or dosages are not fully taken up, the "old" diseases will come back and make new victims, even amongst a few that were vaccinated. This is why medical disinformation is so dangerous; it affects the whole of society! m.jpost.com/health-and-wel… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/152597461826734489701:04
BrainstormUpdates for Argentina: +33989 cases, +47 deaths since 7 days ago — Germany: +44 cases, +2 deaths since 6 hours ago01:10
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BrainstormUpdates for Dominica: +431 cases, +1883 tests since 3 days ago — Bahamas: +63 cases since 23 hours ago — United Kingdom: +47 cases since 2 days ago03:59
BrainstormUpdates for Montserrat: +47 cases, +1 deaths since 3 days ago05:02
BrainstormUpdates for New York, United States: +17181 cases, +20 deaths since a day ago — Puerto Rico, United States: +7708 cases, +3 deaths since a day ago — South Australia, Australia: +7165 cases, +2 deaths since a day ago — Saitama, Japan: +1633 cases, +3 deaths since a day ago08:10
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): The article does a good job exploring the conundrum of getting 4th doses or not. It's disappointing that vaccine choices are so poor that we can no longer unequivocally say a 4th shot would provide more useful protection going forward than the [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/152609093182006476908:47
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | May 16, 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/uqpvht/daily_discussion_thread_may_16_2022/09:06
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: COVID-19 Variant Immunologic Landscape Trial (COVAIL Trial) - Recruitment Status : Recruiting First Posted : March 21, 2022 Last Update Posted : May 11, 2022 → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/uqqorw/covid19_variant_immunologic_landscape_trial/10:03
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +61714 cases, +29 deaths, +107330 tests since 23 hours ago10:03
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: ORF8 protein of SARS-CoV-2 reduces male fertility in mice → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/uqqufu/orf8_protein_of_sarscov2_reduces_male_fertility/10:13
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: NSAID use and clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients: a 38-center retrospective cohort study → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/uqqy2m/nsaid_use_and_clinical_outcomes_in_covid19/10:22
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Respiratory muscle dysfunction in long-COVID patients - Infection → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/uqr3ha/respiratory_muscle_dysfunction_in_longcovid/10:32
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Effectiveness of Toothpastes on SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Saliva → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/uqr5yc/effectiveness_of_toothpastes_on_sarscov2_viral/10:42
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Opinion: One million reasons to reimagine end-of-life care: Has proximity to so much Covid-related sickness and death made Americans more willing to engage in hard conversations about dying? Or are we more afraid of death — and talking… → https://www.statnews.com/2022/05/16/one-million-reasons-to-reimagine-end-of-life-care/11:02
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: The COVID Testing Company That Missed 96% of Cases: by Anjeanette Damon ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches , a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/covid-testing-nevada-false-negatives-northshore#133163111:31
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: North Korea: More than a million Covid cases feared: The military has been ordered to intervene as a wave of Covid cases sweeps the unvaccinated country. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-6143627011:50
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: The State Behind Roe’s Likely Demise Also Does the Least for New Parents in Need: by Sarah Smith ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches , a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-abortion-medicaid-roe-wade-scotus#133219912:19
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Government rejects MPs call for a broad health and care recovery plan: The UK government has rejected calls by MPs on the Commons health and social care committee for a broad national health and care recovery plan to tackle the backlog caused by the covid-19... → http://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1216.short12:28
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: California: Despite Losing Federal Money, State Is Still Testing Uninsured Residents for Covid — For Now → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/uqt5at/california_despite_losing_federal_money_state_is/12:57
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Why Can’t We Just Call BA.2 Omicron? → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/uqt9v2/why_cant_we_just_call_ba2_omicron/13:06
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 16MAY22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/uqtxf9/global_covid_cases_for_16may22/13:45
BrainstormUpdates for Brunei: +297 cases, +1 deaths since a day ago14:01
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: Weekly Scientific Discussion Thread - May 16, 2022: This weekly thread is for scientific discussion pertaining to COVID-19. Please post questions about the science of this virus and disease here to collect them for others and clear up post space for [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/uqua47/weekly_scientific_discussion_thread_may_16_2022/14:04
BrainstormNew from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Gardasil 9, human papillomavirus 9-valent vaccine (recombinant, adsorbed), Condylomata Acuminata;Papillomavirus Infections;Immunization;Uterine Cervical Dysplasia, Date of authorisation: 10/06/2015, [... want %more?] → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/gardasil-914:34
de-facto%title https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-first-covid-19-diagnostic-test-using-breath-samples14:36
Brainstormde-facto: From www.fda.gov: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes First COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Using Breath Samples | FDA14:36
de-facto%title https://www.fda.gov/media/157723/download14:38
Brainstormde-facto: From www.fda.gov: InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer - Instructions for Use (John Redmond)14:38
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: The Underlying Threat of Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens in the COVID-19 Era: Over half of patients admitted with positive SARS-CoV-2 testing received antibiotics, but evidence of bacterial infection is uncovered in far fewer cases. We may [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/the-underlying-threat-of-multidrug-resistant-pathogens-in-the-covid-19-era14:43
BrainstormUpdates for Saudi Arabia: +630 cases, +2 deaths since a day ago15:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): And of course continue with your own fantasy world.pfizer.com/news/press-rel… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/152618639227081932915:13
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Rather than giving up, it is time to double down on innovations that have high likelihood of anticipating the further evolution of the virus and facilitating the end of the pandemic.We can do this. My @guardian piece todaytheguardian.com/commentisfree/… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152618991762103910415:22
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: “Coronaphobia”: How antivaxxers and pandemic minimizers pathologize fear of disease: Over the weekend, Dr. Lucy McBride, a concierge medicine doctor who has become famous as a pandemic minimizer and one of the drivers of [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/coronaphobia-how-antivaxxers-and-pandemic-minimizers-pathologize-fear-of-disease/15:32
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: About 11% of admitted COVID patients return to hospital or die within 30 days: study → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/uqvy51/about_11_of_admitted_covid_patients_return_to/16:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Thomas Finch, MD, MBA (@FinchTH): We need a big push for intranasal vaccines yesterday. They open up genuine containment and eradication strategies. Excellent piece by @VirusesImmunity nytimes.com/2022/05/16/opi… → https://twitter.com/FinchTH/status/152619611067880652816:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): We can and must do better with our vaccines and treatments, as we discussed last night twitter.com/rosemaryCNN/st… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152620522220842598416:20
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Long COVID symptoms: Researchers find virus hinders cells from generating energy in some people; Joanna Zieger is an Olympic triathlete and Ironman champion. After contracting COVID she now struggles when taking her dog for a walk or climbing a [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/uqx3y7/long_covid_symptoms_researchers_find_virus/16:40
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +108 cases since 17 hours ago17:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): To clarify, catching COVID when 3x vaxxed vs getting 4x vaxxed: COVID is obviously bad, gives you chance of long COVID (although reduced by vax) and you can spread to others. A no-go for the immunocompromised or living with IC. → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/152622213136050585617:28
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): But if getting COVID is bad enough that we should isolate to avoid giving it to others, then we can mask for the same effect, and to avoid getting it in the first place. → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/152622484905977856017:38
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): It's a good thing that our vaccine-induced memory T cells hold up well against Omicron  @NatureMicrobiol nature.com/articles/s4156… pic.twitter.com/46qzDMfBkF → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152622567105103872017:47
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Thus while the no-intervention default has shifted from high deaths to lower deaths and post-infection sequelae, for the conscientious, 2022 is a 2020 revival: Masking through spring and summer while awaiting a vaccine. → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/152622787712909721617:57
BrainstormUpdates for Netherlands: +3155 cases, +2 deaths since 2 days ago18:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): This graph by @dr_kkjetelina gets it right. We're at about 750,000 new cases a day in the US now (the real number in our BA.2/BA2.12.1 wave, way beyond any prior wave except Omicron). Nothing to worry aboutFrom yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/state-of-aff… [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152623437242410189018:17
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): “An infection with Omicron produces a weaker immune response, which seems to wane quickly, compared with infections with previous variants…infection with one doesn’t leave much protection against the others — and certainly not after three [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/152624268966194380918:56
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +13776 cases, +102 deaths, +104793 tests since a day ago — Germany: +11651 cases, +31 deaths since 17 hours ago19:10
BrainstormNew from StatNews: FDA rejects antidepressant seen as possible Covid-19 treatment: The FDA declined Monday to authorize a 30-year-old generic antidepressant as a treatment for Covid-19, dealing a major blow to a small group of doctors who have organized around the… → https://www.statnews.com/2022/05/16/fda-rejects-antidepressant-seen-as-possible-covid-19-treatment/19:15
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Covid surges in Australia: 'The numbers are extraordinary': How many of the 350,000-plus active cases in Australia right now will have chronic impacts? Overseas data suggests at least 10 percent of them. And that will [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/ur12ps/covid_surges_in_australia_the_numbers_are/19:54
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +23592 cases since 16 hours ago — Canada: +5 deaths since 20 hours ago20:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: UK Health Security Agency (@UKHSA): UKHSA has detected four new cases of monkeypox – three in London and one in the North East of England  Thread:These cases do not have known connections to the previous confirmed cases announced on May 7 and May 14. Read more: gov.uk/government/new… → https://twitter.com/UKHSA/status/152625517582812774620:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): If (B) you get Omicron with fever+fatigue before Omicron-specific boosters are available, the infection itself primes anti-Omicron B cells. A fall Omicron booster would then be a true booster: it will induce high levels of anti-Omicron Abs and help [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/152626390475348787220:13
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Confused by the options? You're not alone. I am too. There isn't one choice that is clearly best for everyone. We got into this situation because we didn't update our vaccines promptly, so that dose 4 doesn't seem as appealing than masking. → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/152626585504190873720:23
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): As for why we got into this situation, FDA's VRBPAC talked about using the WHO flu vaccine strain selection process at the last VRBPAC, but neither WHO nor FDA has announced any decisions yet. → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/152626844277644083220:32
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Meanwhile Pfizer+Moderna have done clinical trials, initiated and funded themselves. They expected a need so didn't wait for guidance. I expect FDA will approve based on their data.Essentially it's faster for big pharma to run a full phase 3 trial [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/152626879971590553620:42
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Our Brains Learn From Mistakes and Can Track Performance: Our ability to try new things and learn from successes and failures depends a lot on cells in the brain's frontal lobe behind the forehead, report researchers who learned more from new lab tests. → https://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20220516/brains-learn-from-mistakes-can-track-performance20:52
BrainstormUpdates for UAE: +319 cases since a day ago21:02
-Bridgestorm- 🏠 Gempa bumi! Earthquake! 5.9 Mb tremor, registered by EMSC,alomax, occurred 16 minutes ago (18:58:24 UTC), during a gibbous moon night, Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia (-5.41, 101.88) ± 11 km, ↓11 km likely felt 260 km away (in Bengkulu, Pagar Alam…) by 453000 people (www.seismicportal.eu)21:15
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): New @NatureIn-depth characterization of the BA.2 vs BA.1 variants from patient sera immune response and experimental model supports their similarities nature.com/articles/s4158… pic.twitter.com/xV3YooGmEK → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152628286609876992021:31
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Auto-antibodies to (type 1) interferon are a big deal:"their detection appears to have a much greater predictive value for death, and, by inference, hospitalization and critical COVID-19, than sex, comorbidities, and common genetic [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/152628682711559782421:50
BrainstormUpdates for Jamaica: +929 cases, +16 deaths, +9653 tests since 3 days ago — France: +5936 cases, +203 deaths, +594192 tests since 23 hours ago — Monaco: +29 cases since 22 hours ago21:59
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: News Scan for May 16, 2022: Awake prone positioning for COVID-19 More avian flu in 4 states New UK monkeypox cases → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/news-scan-may-16-202221:59
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Study: Readmission rate for COVID-19 is 11%: Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News May 16, 2022 The data come from the medical records of all adults hospitalized in Alberta and Ontario for COVID from Jan 1, 2020, to Sep 30, 2021. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/study-readmission-rate-covid-19-1122:19
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: COVID vaccines may cut hospital Omicron cases in youth: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News May 16, 2022 One study shows lower risks of infection and hospitalization in vaccinated kids 5 to 17 years old. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/covid-vaccines-may-cut-hospital-omicron-cases-youth22:28
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: (translated) valerie: AnGes: AG0301-COVID19 → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/3/22:38
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: valerie: AIM Vaccine: LVRNA009 → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/189/22:48
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: ECDC ups BA.4, BA.5 to variants of concern, warns of case rises: Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News May 16, 2022 In US news, key outbreak markers continue to rise, especially in the Northeast and Midwest. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/ecdc-ups-ba4-ba5-variants-concern-warns-case-rises22:57
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +29355 cases, +48 deaths since 21 hours ago23:02
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Elevated expression of RGS2 may underlie reduced olfaction in COVID-19 patients → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/ur5y13/elevated_expression_of_rgs2_may_underlie_reduced/23:07
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: us: FDA Authorizes COVID-19 Test That Also Detects Influenza, RSV → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/fda-authorizes-covid-19-test-that-also-detects-influenza-rsv23:16

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