libera/##covid-19/ Monday, 2022-06-06

BrainstormUpdates for Togo: +15 cases, +771 tests since a day ago00:10
BrainstormUpdates for Bahrain: +731 cases, +5684 tests since 23 hours ago — Germany: +1010 cases since 23 hours ago01:00
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: COVID mRNA vaccines can be quickly updated for new variants. So, where's my Omicron booster? → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/v5o5mn/covid_mrna_vaccines_can_be_quickly_updated_for/01:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): There’s so little testing, especially in US which hasn’t deployed a test and requires samples be sent to CDC (like outset of covid) that we should assume large underestimate of cases, this has been circulating for while, and only became [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/153359631226386022501:50
BrainstormUpdates for Ghana: +314 cases, +2540 tests since 3 days ago — Bahamas: +88 cases since 23 hours ago02:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Jeremy Kamil    (@macroliter): @EricTopol @LizSzabo Yup. I’m quite concerned that 3x mRNA vaccinated folks like me who’ve thus far managed to avoid contracting COVID might fall to BA.4 or BA.5. Spike: F486V, among other changes, escapes a lot of broadly neutralizing antibodies. [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/macroliter/status/153361568597224243503:17
BrainstormUpdates for Kiribati: +63 cases since 18 days ago05:04
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Virological characteristics of the novel SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants including BA.2.12.1, BA.4 and BA.5 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/v5tzb4/virological_characteristics_of_the_novel_sarscov2/05:58
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +11706 cases, +3 deaths, +36450 tests since 11 hours ago07:03
BrainstormUpdates for South Australia, Australia: +4582 cases, +3 deaths since 2 days ago — Maharashtra, India: +1494 cases, +1 deaths since 23 hours ago — Biobio, Chile: +645 cases, +1 deaths since 23 hours ago — Unknown, China: +562 deaths since 3 days ago08:00
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | June 06, 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/v5wvh6/daily_discussion_thread_june_06_2022/09:08
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: “New school” COVID-19 antivaxxers are becoming less and less distinguishable from “old school” antivaxxers: Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, a new generation of antivaxxers has arisen. Most view [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/new-school-covid-19-antivaxxers-are-becoming-less-and-less-distinguishable-from-old-school-antivaxxers/09:27
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Next Covid-19 wave could emerge as people's antibodies wane: Singapore health minister → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/v5xick/next_covid19_wave_could_emerge_as_peoples/09:56
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Individuals with Diabetes are Up to Four Times More Likely to Develop Long COVID-19 → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/v5xq6r/individuals_with_diabetes_are_up_to_four_times/10:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Wellcome Sanger Institute (@sangerinstitute): We began sequencing #SARSCoV2 genomes in March 2020, as part of @CovidGenomicsUK  Last year, we began working with @UKHSA  Here's the current status of our work on #COVID19 sequencing ⤵ sangerinstitute.blog/2022/05/31/cov… → https://twitter.com/sangerinstitute/status/153372110218620928110:44
ZdrytchX.cases australia11:42
BrainstormZdrytchX: Australia has had 7.4 million confirmed cases (29.0% of all people) and 8771 deaths (0.1% of cases; 1 in 2925 people) as of 2 hours ago. 72.3 million tests were done (2.8 per capita, 10.3% positive). 20.5 million were vaccinated (79.8%). +21903 cases, +20 deaths since 23 hours ago. See https://offloop.net/covid19/?default=Australia&legacy=no11:43
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Spotlight (@SpotlightNSP): “Guys, I think that’s a new variant” – de Oliveira reflects on two years chasing the virus. #COVID19 @SECTION27news @krisp_news @Tuliodna @BienneHuisman @ceri_news @CAfGEN1 @WitsHealthFac @SUhealthsci @UCTHealthSci @LindaGailBekker @HealthZA [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/SpotlightNSP/status/153374341386201088111:51
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: The U.S. has discarded over 82 million Covid vaccine doses, led by CVS and Walmart → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/v5zrn7/the_us_has_discarded_over_82_million_covid/12:49
BrainstormUpdates for Brunei: +379 cases since 22 hours ago13:01
BrainstormUpdates for Saudi Arabia: +967 cases, +2 deaths since 23 hours ago14:03
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: Weekly Scientific Discussion Thread - June 06, 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/v61vqk/weekly_scientific_discussion_thread_june_06_2022/14:06
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Global COVID Cases For 06JUN22: Summary As Of: 06JUN @ 12:01 GMT Countries 228 + 2 Cases 535,513,910 Deaths 6,320,699 Recovered 506,539,287 Active Cases 22,653,924 Countries reporting new cases: 51 Countries reporting new deaths: 25 Countries reporting increased Active [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/v621f4/global_covid_cases_for_06jun22/14:16
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Coronavirus tally: COVID hospitalizations are stabilizing in Northeast but climbing in the South | 06JUN22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/v62bnn/coronavirus_tally_covid_hospitalizations_are/14:26
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Hong Kong bar cluster sends COVID cases to highest in six weeks | 06JUN22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/v62g2d/hong_kong_bar_cluster_sends_covid_cases_to/14:36
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Theo Sanderson (@theosanderson): In the case of SARS-CoV-2, daily mutation-annoted trees are built by the team at UCSC (twitter.com/RussCorbett/st…), and the public version of these trees powers Cov2Tree. → https://twitter.com/theosanderson/status/153379740755683328215:14
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Covid vaccine misinformation still fuels fears surrounding pregnancy, a new study finds. → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/v638fs/covid_vaccine_misinformation_still_fuels_fears/15:44
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): "The coronavirus pandemic has created a mass-disabling event" #LongCovid    washingtonpost.com/health/2022/06…by @FrancesSSellers → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153381627363251814416:31
BrainstormUpdates for UAE: +579 cases, +175759 tests since a day ago — North Macedonia: +135 cases since 2 days ago16:59
BrainstormNew from Pfizer: Pfizer to Invest $120 Million to Produce COVID-19 Oral Treatment in the U.S.:  Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 06/06/2022 - 11:00 Monday, June 06, 2022 - 11:00am Expansion will create more than 250 additional high-skilled manufacturing [... want %more?] → https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-invest-120-million-produce-covid-19-oral-treatment17:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Hiroshi Yasuda (保田浩志) (@Yash25571056): In Taiwan, 35 severe cases & 15 deaths of children infected with COVID-19 have been reported as of June 5.Those children "suffered from severe neurological diseases, especially severe encephalopathy, acute encephalitis, and explosive [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Yash25571056/status/153383014028716032017:30
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): 'The latest coronavirus wave that has affected most of the U.S. is showing signs of improvement in the Northeast... Hospitalizations have been declining. In VT, numbers have dropped by 40% over the past 2 weeks, 20% in MA and 10 percent in MN, [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/153383969067943117118:00
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +2408 cases since 17 hours ago18:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The graph at the left is weeks behind. On the right, from Minnesota's twin cities, is where we are headed. BA.4/BA.5 has more immune evasiveness than BA.1.12.1, more transmissibility, and more pathogenic in the lab and experimental model [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153384442807425843218:19
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Typo: BA.4/BA.5 more immune evasiveness than BA.2.12.1..... → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153384538010578944018:28
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Previous COVID-19 Infection Does Not Protect Children Against Omicron: Children and adolescents previously infected with COVID-19 or MIS-C demonstrated insufficient antibody titers and neutralization capability against the Omicron variant. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/previous-covid-19-infection-does-not-protect-children-against-omicron19:07
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Tests show parts of Archie Battersbee's brain is dead, court told → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-6170770919:36
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +8616 cases, +70 deaths since a day ago — Canada: +326 cases, +1 deaths since 21 hours ago20:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): BA.4 and BA.5 have different mutations than BA.2.12.1 in the spike protein and other parts of the virus (nucleocapsid, ORFs) as shown hereoutbreak.info/compare-lineag… pic.twitter.com/cKewJ8ADrw → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153387135067837644820:06
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: valerie: AMMS: Ad5-nCoV → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/42/20:35
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: valerie: ACM Biolabs: ACM-001 → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/207/20:45
BrainstormUpdates for Vanuatu: +616 cases since 2 days ago21:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Bloom Lab (@jbloom_lab): In raccoon dogs they found alpha-CoV but no beta-CoV. They found SARS-related beta-CoV in bats, with RBDs in what @tylernstarr calls "clade 2," which is clade that does not bind ACE2 (see below). Spike amino-acid identities to SARS-CoV-1 & SARS-CoV-2 from ~77 to [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/jbloom_lab/status/153388894945778073621:14
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: The impact of COVID-19 on essential health service provision for noncommunicable diseases in the South-East Asia region: A systematic review → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/v6bla5/the_impact_of_covid19_on_essential_health_service/21:42
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: US, other nations track shifts in COVID-19 activity: Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Jun 06, 2022 Meanwhile, FDA advisers will meet tomorrow to discuss emergency use of the Novavax COVID vaccine. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/06/us-other-nations-track-shifts-covid-19-activity21:53
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): A look at who is getting hospitalized in the US during the BA.2/BA.2.12.1 wave.>80% are age 50+>50% are age 70+.Many of these have had 3, not 4 shots (but, of course, CDC can't provide the data)nytimes.com/interactive/20… pic.twitter.com/M7rM16ikXW → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153390795859303219222:32
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Republican US counties saw more COVID-19 deaths: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Jun 06, 2022 Voting behavior seemed to be a proxy for compliance with and support for public health measures. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/06/republican-us-counties-saw-more-covid-19-deaths23:01
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +538 cases, +2 deaths since 3 hours ago23:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Josiah Grindrod is usually self limiting (@JT_Grindrod): Get ill so you won't get ill. Just a little immunity top up with some SARS, no big deal.  You weren't using your lungs or liver anyway, right? Taste and smell? Shit's overrated.This is the level of stupid we're dealing with. [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/JT_Grindrod/status/153392753902177894423:49

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