| Brainstorm | Updates for France: +2591 cases since 2 hours ago — S. Sudan: +16 cases since 3 days ago — United Kingdom: +23820 cases since 20 hours ago | 00:11 |
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| Brainstorm | New from The Lancet (Online): [Comment] Effective post-pandemic governance must focus on shared challenges: The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted profound weaknesses in the global governance of health; inadequate preparation, coordination, and accountability hampered the collective response [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00891-1/fulltext | 00:33 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): Indeed, in the US many more people died of Covid during the Onicron wave than during the spring 2020 wave. Quite sad really, given that the tools were available: vaccines. If people would get their shot, that is. twitter.com/wsbgnl/status/… → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/1526331763945005056 | 00:43 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): It's really striking how well trained scent dogs can detect Covid (and #LongCovid): a randomized controlled, triple-blinded validation trial and real life study at in airport. They need to get retrained for diff't variants globalhealth.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.… [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1526333374851260420 | 00:52 |
| Brainstorm | New from Ars Technica: Science: Omicron caused spike in breathing condition in babies and toddlers, study finds → https://arstechnica.com/?p=1854551 | 01:30 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Here's the one on #LongCovid researchgate.net/publication/35… pic.twitter.com/FIi94ULxao → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1526349578529697793 | 01:58 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Canada: +894 cases since 8 hours ago | 02:03 |
| Raf[m] | does this room have no chat anymore? | 02:09 |
| ublx | rare and sporadic | 02:10 |
| Raf[m] | ah ok. I was really asking if it even allowed regular chat anymore. didn't realize it was just quiet | 02:11 |
| Raf[m] | do you think it's because people are tired of COVID now? pandemic is nearing an end? | 02:11 |
| ublx | i think most nicks here are european or american? two places with their minds elsewhere at the moment. war in europe coinciding with many places seeking to quietly move on from covid | 02:13 |
| ublx | surely many people are tired of it, though | 02:13 |
| ublx | variant waves still happening but harder to get a read on them as testing and reporting becomes les rigorous | 02:14 |
| LjL | Raf[m], what i noticed was a striking coincidence between start of war, and stop of covid chat. but then it also roughly coincided with governments' "it's over" attitude, and with some of the regulars becoming less active maybe for their own reasons | 02:29 |
| Raf[m] | your assessment makes sense. For me, today I noticed that the group wasn't in my Element client anymore. I was wondering if I got kicked due to inactivity? Eitherway, this chat randomly popped up in my head today and I rejoined. I had completely forgotten about it | 02:35 |
| LjL | Raf[m], you may have been kicked for inactivity by the IRC bridge, who knows about all that sorcery | 02:44 |
| LjL | you shouldn't be since you're a mod though | 02:44 |
| Raf[m] | so anyways, I was wondering if you have any latest research on re-infection rate? I got interested in this because it appears that prior infections do not help as much as originally thought | 02:53 |
| agarr | I am also interested to know about the re-infection rate. I know a couple of people who had Delta also had a milder infection with omicron. I wonder what the risk of getting omicron twice is. | 03:08 |
| LjL | agarr, it's "high", but i can't put a number on it | 03:32 |
| LjL | also there are several sub-variants of Omicron | 03:33 |
| LjL | so the risk of being reinfected by the same one may well differ from that of being reinfected by another one | 03:33 |
| LjL | but most people are not lucky enough to have the air around them sequenced :P | 03:33 |
| Raf[m] | what about some people, has that experiment been performed in a controlled environment? | 03:37 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/COVID19: COVID19: Memorandum Explaining Basis for Declining Request for Emergency Use Authorization of Fluvoxamine Maleate → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/urbi7y/memorandum_explaining_basis_for_declining_request/ | 03:52 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Australia: +45083 cases, +39 deaths since 23 hours ago | 04:02 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD (@michaelzlin): “This is a very good vaccine, but the FDA has slow-walked it every step of the way,”latimes.com/science/story/… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1526389198587977728 | 04:40 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for United Kingdom: +360 cases since 9 hours ago | 05:05 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour): "The problem we have is this illusion or deception that the pandemic is over, when, in fact, these variants that we're seeing are coming at a much faster clip. There's an accelerated evolution of the virus," @EricTopol tells @WmBrangham. to.pbs.org/3Pqqokn → https://twitter.com/NewsHour/status/1526393318191550467 | 05:37 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for New Zealand: +9946 cases, +8 deaths since 23 hours ago | 06:01 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/COVID19: COVID19: Severe acute hepatitis in children: investigate SARS-CoV-2 superantigens → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/urcqtv/severe_acute_hepatitis_in_children_investigate/ | 06:05 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): Just a reminder to protect yourselves. The pandemic is not over. Have a nice, safe day twitter.com/amandalhu/stat… → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/1526424105884561408 | 06:53 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Germany: +26484 cases since 11 hours ago | 07:04 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom): 1. Misinformation about science can cause massive harm, as we have seen all too well throughout the COVID pandemic. Over the past two years, I've collaborated with an extraordinary group of teachers and researchers to re-envision science education in [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1526440957129859072 | 08:00 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Austria: +38591 cases, +1524 deaths since 16 hours ago — Queensland, Australia: +21002 cases, +12 deaths since 23 hours ago — New York, United States: +17858 cases, +33 deaths since 23 hours ago — Illinois, United States: +16856 cases, +5 deaths since 3 days ago | 08:01 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Is "death" the only trade-off if you get SARS-COV-2 infected? Is staying in ICU fun? Or that 20%, yes after mild infection and among all ages, with long-term damage to tissues do we close our eyes? twitter.com/VaxxDoc/status… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/1526453872738324480 | 08:57 |
| Brainstorm | New from Science-Based Medicine: Signos Sells a Continuous Glucose Monitor, But Not to Diabetics: You may have seen the commercials for FreeStyle Libre devices. Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are intended to help improve management of diabetes in patients whose diabetes is [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/signos-sells-a-continuous-glucose-monitor-but-not-to-diabetics/ | 09:06 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD (@michaelzlin): 2022.04.25: On data from NZ showing near-universal 3x vaccination can make COVID19 about as fatal as a bad flu. (We need updated vaccines to make sure it stays that way.)twitter.com/michaelzlin/st… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1526467076365221888 | 09:44 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Let's remind that BA.4 & BA.5 can be tracked by qPCR. We suggest to use a mix of genomics & PCR testing. See paper on tracking Omicron BA.1 with molecular data, which is valid for BA.4/5, a collaboration with another great Portuguese scientist @nmrfaria [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/1526470894167678977 | 10:03 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Taiwan: +65802 cases, +38 deaths, +135437 tests since a day ago | 10:06 |
| Brainstorm | New from StatNews: What happens when the government stops buying Covid-19 vaccines?: The federal government has distributed Covid-19 vaccines and treatments for free so far, but most likely, the handouts won’t last forever. → https://www.statnews.com/2022/05/17/what-happens-when-the-government-stops-buying-covid-19-vaccines/ | 10:41 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Children get long Covid, too, and it can show up in unexpected ways: "Some are coming in with heart failure after asymptomatic Covid infections. What's striking to me is that it usually occurs about four weeks [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/uri2dh/children_get_long_covid_too_and_it_can_show_up_in/ | 10:51 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: How Often Can You Be Infected With the Coronavirus? - If reinfection turns out to be the norm, the coronavirus is “not going to simply be this wintertime once-a-year thing,” he said, “and it’s not going to be a mild [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/uri37m/how_often_can_you_be_infected_with_the/ | 11:01 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Eric Clapton, Lindsey Buckingham, Kelly Ripa, more stars reveal COVID-19 diagnoses → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/urib9m/eric_clapton_lindsey_buckingham_kelly_ripa_more/ | 11:10 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Sarah O'Connor (@sarahoconnor_): Interesting chart from @xiaoweixu_ - for all the talk of Brexit/pandemic labour shortages driving up wages for the lower-paid, it's actually bankers, IT professionals, etc, who've done well so far pic.twitter.com/iWnONg1YpR → https://twitter.com/sarahoconnor_/status/1526494325265375232 | 11:39 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): FYI: the case fatality rate of monkeypox is ca. 10%. But not highly contagious like SARS-CoV2. Smallpox vaccination also protects against monkeypox. Lucky me: I still got the smallpox vaccine as a mandatory vaccination in the 1970s... twitter.com/UKHSA/status/1… → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/1526497458360135680 | 11:49 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): Covid2019: COVID-19 Can Infect and Damage Human Kidney Cells | Duke Pratt School of Engineering → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/urj6wc/covid19_can_infect_and_damage_human_kidney_cells/ | 12:18 |
| Brainstorm | New from ScienceNews: Pressure to conform to social norms may explain risky COVID-19 decisions: As a science reporter covering COVID-19, I knew I should mask up at Disney World. Instead, I conformed, bared my face and got COVID-19. → https://www.sciencenews.org/article/social-norms-covid-masks-risk-conformity-normal | 13:07 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 wave in RSA appears to have peaked, with low hospitalizations experienced. These variants are spreading to other countries but, so far, don’t appear to be gaining a foothold in places that experience sizable BA.2 waves [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1526522827322626048 | 13:26 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): 17/05/22 - ZOE COVID-19 Study Update: 1,753,290 people are currently predicted to have symptomatic COVID-19 in the UK, down by 8,730. Yesterday was 1,762,020 (no change) and last Tuesday was 1,946,108 (-10%). → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/urktoo/170522_zoe_covid19_study_update/ | 14:24 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): @Tuliodna @chrischirp Reasonable hypothesis, but not sure yet it is supported by the data. Logistic growth rate advantage of BA.4 over BA.2 for the UK, Austria, Denmark, Belgium & Germany is 0.15 [0.13, 0.17], 0.09 [0.07, 0.11], 0.11 [0.08, 0.13], 0.10 [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/1526540450299056130 | 14:34 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): @Tuliodna @chrischirp ... according to cov-spectrum.org/explore/Belgiu…. And logistic growth rate advantage of BA.5 over BA.2 in Germany and the United Kingdom is 0.08 [0.07, 0.09] and 0.19 [0.16, 0.23] per day. In similar ballpark than advantage in SA. [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/1526541522614763520 | 14:44 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): @Tuliodna @chrischirp @alexselby1770 @CovidGenomicsUK If we should worry about this, given the low case hospitalisation ratio, is another thing - probably not. Although given this prospect, another round of vaccinations for the elderly & risk patients before [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/1526544975462338561 | 14:54 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Saudi Arabia: +621 cases, +3 deaths, +36519 tests since 23 hours ago | 15:01 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@AshishKJha46): With COVID infections risingA great way to slow the spread is by using rapid testsSo we are launching another round of free tests from the governmentGo to covidtests.govIt takes about a minute to fill outAnd you'll get 8 tests delivered [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/AshishKJha46/status/1526545127044534274 | 15:04 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): @Tuliodna @chrischirp @alexselby1770 @CovidGenomicsUK * For comparison: the advantage of BA.5 over BA.2 in Portugal based on the @GISAID data is 0.12 [0.10, 0.14] per day. cov-spectrum.org/explore/Portug… → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/1526550809470713856 | 15:13 |
| Brainstorm | New from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA declines to approve old antidepressant for Covid; U.S.-China trade fight may derail WTO Covid patent waiver → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/05/17/covid19-vaccines-patents-cerebral-340b-fda-novartis/ | 15:23 |
| Brainstorm | New from FDA Press Releases: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Expands Eligibility for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose to Children 5 through 11 Years: The FDA amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) for [... want %more?] → http://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-expands-eligibility-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-booster-dose | 16:22 |
| Brainstorm | New from WHO Euro: Losing the guiding light in your life – the story of a father taken too soon by COVID-19: “My father was my supporter, my friend and my role model. I remember when I was at [... want %more?] → https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/pages/news/news/2022/05/losing-the-guiding-light-in-your-life-the-story-of-a-father-taken-too-soon-by-covid-19 | 16:31 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Greece: +6286 cases, +23 deaths since 23 hours ago — Denmark: +803 cases, +3 deaths since 23 hours ago | 17:00 |
| Brainstorm | New from LitCovid: Petroleum jelly and COVID-19 prevention.: {'title': '', 'date': '2022-05-17T12:00:00Z', '_id': '35576549'} → https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/35576549 | 17:11 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Germany: +82595 cases, +231 deaths since 22 hours ago | 18:09 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): BNT162b2-induced memory T cells respond to the Omicron variant with preserved polyfunctionalityT cell memory holds up very well and contributes to the prevention of severe COVID-19nature.com/articles/s4156… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/1526594742930362372 | 18:09 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): @Tuliodna @GISAID Could be that R0 of BA.4/5 is slightly lower than that of BA.2 though (e.g. due to some tradeoff between immune escape & contagiousness, where virus now has to use less optimal RBD sequences to achieve immune escape). twitter.com/TWenseleers/st… → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/1526595399405948930 | 18:18 |
| gfdsgfds | I think I got covid | 18:20 |
| gfdsgfds | I've never been vaccinated | 18:20 |
| gfdsgfds | never , ever | 18:21 |
| gfdsgfds | but the test is negative | 18:21 |
| gfdsgfds | I don't believe these tests anymore | 18:21 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): @Tuliodna @GISAID In that case, BA.4/5 could only start spreading once BA.2 depleted most susceptibles... In both the US & the UK BA.4 seems to spread faster than BA.2.12.1, so I would think that that one will probably end up dominating. UK prob more [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/1526597517068193794 | 18:28 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): "Our results demonstrate that use of live-attenuated[nasal] vaccines may offer advantages over available COVID-19 vaccines, specifically when applied asbooster, and may provide a solution for containment of the COVID-19 [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1526600667040690176 | 18:37 |
| gfdsgfds | my child is having difficulty breathing | 18:40 |
| gfdsgfds | are we going to be ok | 18:40 |
| gfdsgfds | no ? | 18:41 |
| Raf[m] | Seek medical assistance | 18:44 |
| Raf[m] | Don't ask that kind of question here | 18:44 |
| LjL-Matrix | Quickly | 18:44 |
| Raf[m] | <gfdsgfds> "but the test is negative" <- There's a variety of respiratory infections it could be. Your healthcare provider can help you test for them. Flu, RSV, strep, there's so many other kinds of infections beyond covid | 18:50 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Confirmation of the 2nd booster protection from death in people age 80+ in Sweden, with a relative vaccine effectiveness 42% (compared w/ the 1st booster)papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… pic.twitter.com/fyXJPEcQzC → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1526606495252553729 | 18:56 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Italy: +44901 cases, +148 deaths, +335217 tests since 23 hours ago — Canada: +4209 cases, +23 deaths since 23 hours ago — Spain: +52112 cases, +198 deaths since 4 days ago | 19:05 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Ridhwaan Suliman (@rid1tweets): Peaked! The #5thWave of #COVID19 infections in South Africa , driven by BA.4 and BA.5 VOCs, has peaked with the test % positivity steadily decreasing again: 7-day avg at 23% Promisingly too, hospitalisations and deaths in SA over this wave, thus far, have [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/rid1tweets/status/1526607578171678724 | 19:16 |
| Brainstorm | New from Contagion Live: Estrogen Treatment Reduces Risk of COVID-19 Mortality: Women who were taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for at least 6 months before COVID-19 infection had a 22% reduced risk of mortality. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/estrogen-treatment-reduces-risk-of-covid-19-mortality | 19:55 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for United Kingdom: +1944561 cases, +1066 deaths since 19 hours ago — Japan: +28829 cases, +37 deaths since 12 hours ago | 20:01 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): And T cell vaccines that can be given nasally and achieve mucosal immunity across variantspnas.org/doi/suppl/10.1… @PNASNews pic.twitter.com/bSeBKNkcJw → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1526625602786144256 | 20:14 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): "mRNA vaccines appear superior to adenovirus vector-based vaccines in inducing neutralizing antibodies against VOCs four weeks after initial vaccinationand after booster vaccination"New @PLOSMedicine journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a… pic.twitter.com/F38nVnnynk → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1526626738804908032 | 20:24 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD (@michaelzlin): Meanwhile remaining issues are: - Omicron at peak protection by old vax is still more lethal than other viruses with such high prevalence (as suggested abobve)- Dose 4 of old vax is of only marginal temporary benefit- Current immunity is expected [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1526631350303764481 | 20:33 |
| Brainstorm | New from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD (@michaelzlin): In the meantime, there are masks, with N95 best. Too bad the thread triggered anti-mask reactions (with the degree of inaccuracy correlating with rudeness) even if it was more about vax than masks.But yes masks are effective. For those who won't [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1526631703933878273 | 20:43 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for Germany: +77565 cases since 22 hours ago — Iceland: +424 cases, +33 deaths since 4 days ago | 21:04 |
| Brainstorm | New from CIDRAP: Trained scent dogs detect airline travelers with COVID-19: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News May 17, 2022 Dogs can detect scents as low as one part per trillion, far beyond any technology and were 92% to 98% accurate for SARS-CoV-2. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/trained-scent-dogs-detect-airline-travelers-covid-19 | 21:12 |
| Brainstorm | New from WebMD: Pfizer COVID Vaccine Saved 110,000 American Lives, Study Says: Researchers report use of the Pfizer COVID vaccine prevented more than 110,000 deaths and 690,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. in 2021. → https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220516/pfizer-covid-vaccine-saved-110000-american-lives-study | 21:31 |
| Brainstorm | New from WebMD: U.S. COVID Deaths Hit 1 Million: 'History Should Judge Us': Case numbers are rising again, and the U.S. reaches a once unimaginable and grim milestone. → https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220517/us-covid-deaths-hit-1-million-history-should-judge-us | 22:00 |
| Asako | not my fault I'm just the POTUS | 22:53 |
| Brainstorm | New from CIDRAP: News Scan for May 17, 2022: Predicting long-COVID risk H5N1 avian flu risk to people Antibiotic-resistance progress in US More UK monkeypox cases HPV vaccine protection MERS in Oman → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/news-scan-may-17-2022 | 22:58 |
| Brainstorm | Updates for France: +41151 cases, +90 deaths since 22 hours ago | 23:03 |
| Brainstorm | New from CIDRAP: FDA OKs Pfizer boosters in kids; WHO weighs in on second boosters: Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News May 17, 2022 The FDA gives the thumbs-up to the emergency use of Pfizer COVID boosters in kids 5 through 11. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/fda-oks-pfizer-boosters-kids-who-weighs-second-boosters | 23:07 |
| Brainstorm | New from CIDRAP: Estrogen treatment linked to reduced COVID-19 mortality: Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News May 17, 2022 Researchers looked at women ages 18 and older who received prescriptions for hormone replacement therapy or combined oral [... want %more?] → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/estrogen-treatment-linked-reduced-covid-19-mortality | 23:36 |
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