libera/##covid-19/ Tuesday, 2022-06-07

BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Health care worker groups push appeals court for a permanent standard on COVID-19 → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/v6f1fq/health_care_worker_groups_push_appeals_court_for/00:08
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Alabama man leaves hospital after 269-day COVID stay - " including more than 200 on a ventilator" → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/v6fwiv/alabama_man_leaves_hospital_after_269day_covid/00:56
BrainstormUpdates for Bahrain: +1008 cases, +4744 tests since a day ago01:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Indeed but Pfizer refused to apply for 2-dose authorization. One possibility is they expected Moderna 2 doses would beat theirs, so they wanted to count only their 3-dose data as worth discussing, which they expected would be better than Moderna's → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153394876443971174401:16
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): In Taiwan, cases/popn peaking at ~45% of HK and SK. Deaths per *case* are ~2x higher than SK and 4x lower than HK. In line with expectations from rates of vaccination in seniors.Seasonal factors or behavior could explain the lower cases. Earlier [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153396190423785881702:04
BrainstormUpdates for Brazil: +41353 cases since 23 hours ago — Bulgaria: +292 cases, +19 deaths, +5393 tests since a day ago — Canada: +566 cases since 6 hours ago02:11
BrainstormUpdates for Uganda: +1334 cases since 10 days ago03:01
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Long Covid patients face lottery over treatment: Nurse leaders are concerned about access to care and support for those with long-term problems. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6171191303:10
BrainstormNew from Politico: Coronavirus: Don’t give me truth: The pitfalls of fighting misinformation → https://www.politico.eu/article/pitfalls-of-fighting-misinformation/04:46
BrainstormUpdates for Jamaica: +919 cases, +5 deaths, +8878 tests since 3 days ago — Belize: +275 cases, +1919 tests since 3 days ago — Micronesia: +3 cases since a day ago05:00
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +11351 cases, +96825 tests since 23 hours ago06:59
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Adverse effects of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines: the spike hypothesis → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/v6n82p/adverse_effects_of_covid19_mrna_vaccines_the/07:18
BrainstormUpdates for England, United Kingdom: +29139 cases, +78 deaths since 4 days ago — Illinois, United States: +13798 cases, +34 deaths since 3 days ago — Minas Gerais, Brazil: +10977 cases since 3 days ago — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: +9392 cases since 3 days ago08:02
BrainstormNew from MedicineNet: (news): Diabetes Increases Long COVID Risk 4x → http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp08:16
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | June 07, 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/v6owpd/daily_discussion_thread_june_07_2022/09:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): This is a disgrace. In Norway, 200,000 people have diligently given info on their post Covid health status over time for the large Korona study. But the researchers have to give up their work on analyzing the data due to lack of funding vg.no/nyheter/innenr… → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/153408000968976793609:53
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +82990 cases, +124 deaths, +225377 tests since a day ago10:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): In this country where non-financial corruption in medical academia is rampant, seems there is a decision that the only to do research into #LongCovid are the minimizing NIPH/FHI, who from very early said that LC is mostly due to people being afraid. Cure: [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/153408213124014489610:02
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Relief, caution in Beijing as city lifts COVID dine-in curbs: After staying home for more than a month, Chen Chunmei joined a long line of customers at a popular Beijing restaurant where diners tucked into massive bowls of crayfish following an easing of COVID [... want %more?] → https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-06-relief-caution-beijing-city-covid.html10:42
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Three more points about Paxlovid for covid-19: I would add three points to Extance’s overview of the oral antiviral combination of nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir (Paxlovid).1Firstly, in the UK, Paxlovid is not currently authorised for use in... → http://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1397.short12:18
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: Orphan: Orphan designation: Anti-CD38 IgG4 human monoclonal antibody, Treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 12/11/2021, Positive → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/orphan-designations/eu-3-21-251412:28
BrainstormNew from BMJ: If you need more doctors, make the job worth it: It baffles me that NHS England want to bring consultants out of their well earned retirement1 instead of improving retention to tackle the care backlog resulting from the covid pandemic.Yes, it’s... → http://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1400.short13:16
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: Don’t Wait to Get Your Kid Vaccinated: Karen Ocwieja delivered her twin sons last June, just weeks before Delta broke across the American Northeast. For months, she and her husband sheltered the boys, who’d been born premature, limiting their [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/06/kids-under-5-covid-vaccine-fda-authorization/661200/13:26
BrainstormUpdates for Saudi Arabia: +952 cases, +2 deaths since 23 hours ago — UAE: +572 cases, +256606 tests since 21 hours ago — Brunei: +380 cases since a day ago13:59
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 07JUN22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/v6tklv/global_covid_cases_for_07jun22/14:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): The U.S. Government Accountability Office report that an estimated 7.7–23 million Americans may be affected by long COVID, pushing 1 million out of work gao.gov/products/gao-2… → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/153414860934361907314:24
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Meningococcal Vaccine Uptake Low for New HIV Patients: People infected with HIV are at a 4.5- to 12.9-fold increased risk of meningococcal disease compared to an otherwise healthy population, the study authors said. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/meningococcal-vaccine-uptake-low-for-new-hiv-patients14:44
BrainstormUpdates for Spain: +33293 cases, +117 deaths since 3 days ago — Liechtenstein: +36 cases since 3 days ago15:02
BrainstormNew from NIH Director's blog: Using AI to Advance Understanding of Long COVID Syndrome: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to present considerable public health challenges in the U.S. and around the globe. One of the most puzzling is why many people who get [... want %more?] → https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2022/06/07/using-artificial-intelligence-to-advance-understanding-of-long-covid-syndrome/15:03
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA panel will scrutinize Novavax shot for Covid-19; J&J and Emergent accuse each other of breach → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/06/07/covid19-vaccine-novavax-jnj-emergent-lilly-purdue/15:33
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): I am not surprised. I  expect Omicron BA.4/5 to dominate global infections as Omicron BA.1 & BA.2 did. Important to study SA BA.4/5 wave that did not translate into many hospitalization & deaths due to high population immunity. Of course, we do not know the [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/153417296548251648516:01
BrainstormUpdates for Slovenia: +458 cases since 21 hours ago16:04
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: General: COVID-19 vaccines: key facts → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory/overview/public-health-threats/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/treatments-vaccines/vaccines-covid-19/covid-19-vaccines-key-facts16:21
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): As BA.4 and BA.5 start to outcompete BA.2.12.1, regional differences pic.twitter.com/7iNO5qxe0m → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153417808923986329816:31
BrainstormUpdates for Greece: +5638 cases, +24 deaths since a day ago — Singapore: +4477 cases since a day ago — Denmark: +1987 cases, +12 deaths since 3 days ago — Zambia: +355 cases since 3 days ago17:01
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): An Open Comprative Study of the Prophylactic Efficacy and a Non-comparative Study of the Immunogenicity and Safety of the Inactivated Whole-virion Concentrated Purified Coronavirus Vaccine (CoviVac) → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0540714217:10
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Post Covid-19 Quality of Life After Hospital Discharge in Patients Treated With NIV/C-PAP → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0540828617:19
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Intradermal Tozinameran for Patients With Immune-mediated Dermatologic Diseases → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0540690817:40
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Inhibition of Bradykinin in COVID-19 Infection With Icatibant → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0540759717:50
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +50472 cases, +21 deaths since a day ago — Netherlands: +5075 cases, +1 deaths since 13 hours ago18:10
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Comparative Study of Patterns of Immune Response to COVID 19 Vaccination → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0540829918:10
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Meaning barely different between 0.007% vaxxed vs 0.005% placebo. This appears similar to the risk with Pfizer (HR = 1.34x vs unvaccinated, mixed population) and lower than Moderna (HR = 3.9x). People still get to choose between these per their [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153421270523762688318:39
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +28547 cases, +70 deaths since 23 hours ago — Canada: +875 cases, +6 deaths since 23 hours ago19:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): "Ventilation is a key strategy recommended to reduce COVID-19 spread in school settings" —new @CDCMMWR reportSo why aren't we doing that everywhere?cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7… #COVIDisAirborne pic.twitter.com/vA150WKy0n → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153421904461356646419:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: AnKo (@anko_979): @Dereklowe @ENirenberg @StephMeisner2 @HelenBranswell Recently though, one of the largest and most trustworthy studies in the UK, detected myocarditis risk for adenovirus vaccines as well. Perhaps this observation was delayed due to their limited use in young people, due to [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/anko_979/status/153422802949231411619:57
BrainstormNew from Ars Technica: Science: With BA.2.12.1 now dominant in US, experts eye new subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 [Updated] → https://arstechnica.com/?p=185929120:16
BrainstormUpdates for Uruguay: +9184 cases, +24 deaths since 6 days ago — Morocco: +607 cases, +2 deaths, +10735 tests since 23 hours ago20:59
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Breakthrough COVID-19 Infection More Likely in Adults with HIV: Adults living with HIV were more likely to have a breakthrough COVID-19 infection after vaccination, suggesting a need for additional vaccine doses in this population. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/breakthrough-covid-19-infection-more-likely-in-adults-with-hiv21:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): This thread is a live summary of the #VRBPAC meeting evaluating Novavax twitter.com/HelenBranswell… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153425425760756940921:24
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): #VRBPAC voted: 21 yes on the question of Novavax benefits outweighing risks. 0 no.Pretty obvious and should have had that in December. twitter.com/anitamulero/st… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153425831090323456121:43
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): RNA vax will finally have competition in the US where eventually the flu+sarscov2 mixed shot sounds very useful. Outside US, Novavax only requires refrigeration like AZ but doesn't cause VITT unlike AZ. Now they have to show they can make and test [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153426058262219161621:53
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): As predicted, FDA Advisory Committee votes 21-0 today to recommend @Novavax EUA → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153426206512832102422:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): It seems manufacturing issues caused both the 6-mo delay in Novavax filing (12/2021 rather than 6/2021) and the 6-mo FDA review. FDA said it was a complex app. As clinical and immunological datasets were smaller than for other vaxxes, the complexity [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153426442081719910522:12
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Novavax refused to answer who would supply US doses, but it was only after their FDA application on 12/31/2021, delayed 6 months, that they revealed SII to be the supplier again. It's still not clear to me why they couldn't have applied in 7/2021 with [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153426749133722009622:22
BrainstormNew from StatNews: FDA advisers recommend authorization of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine: Experts who advise the Food and Drug Administration voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to recommend the agency issue an emergency use authorization for Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine. → https://www.statnews.com/2022/06/07/fda-advisers-recommend-authorization-of-novavaxs-covid-19-vaccine/22:32
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Postvaccination breakthrough COVID-19 infections among us adults with HIV | 07JUN22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/v76z5z/postvaccination_breakthrough_covid19_infections/22:42
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): Globally, the Omicron BA.1+2+4+5 waves so far still led to 3.4 million excess deaths, according to the analysis of @TheEconomist, economist.com/graphic-detail…. That's about 9x the yearly estimated worldwide death toll of seasonal influenza. → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/153427595516590899322:51
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: FDA advisers recommend Novavax COVID vaccine for emergency use: Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Jun 07, 2022 Novavax would give the US a fourth vaccine against COVID. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/06/fda-advisers-recommend-novavax-covid-vaccine-emergency-use23:01
BrainstormNew from Novavax: (news): FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Emergency Use Authorization of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine for People Aged 18 Years and Older → https://ir.novavax.com/2022-06-07-FDA-Advisory-Committee-Recommends-Emergency-Use-Authorization-of-Novavax-COVID-19-Vaccine-for-People-Aged-18-Years-and-Older23:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Covid in Florida pic.twitter.com/bVTQ2CQmW6 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153428566952622899223:30

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