libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2022-06-16

de-factoa pandemic is defined by a worldwide outbreak, and COVID also occurs in Sweden00:00
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Infectious Disease Update: June 15, 2022: The FDA VRBPAC votes to recommend mRNA vaccines in youngest children; WHO moves to rename monkeypox; Anthony Fauci is diagnosed with COVID-19; and Pfizer stops recruiting for a Paxlovid trial. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/infectious-disease-update-june-15-202200:01
de-factoin fact Sweden looks pretty similar to other European countries e.g. Germany in terms of excess mortality (increase of all cause mortality over the expectation value extrapolated from pre-COVID years)00:04
de-factohttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01526-000:04
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Brainstormde-facto: From www.nature.com: COVID death tolls: scientists acknowledge errors in WHO estimates00:04
tortalwell of course. just meant that the government declassified it as a danger to society00:05
de-factoah yeah thats a problem because people will think the danger is not present anymore then00:06
de-factowhile we already see summer waves in some countries (e.g. Portugal, Germany, ...) and sure we will see new mutants in the fall and winter again00:06
BrainstormUpdates for Guatemala: +2138 cases, +15 deaths, +10370 tests since 23 hours ago — San Marino: +252 cases since 15 days ago — Cabo Verde: +202 cases since 23 hours ago — Monaco: +36 cases, +1812 tests since 23 hours ago00:07
de-factobut yeah here in Germany most measures are not mandatory anymore, hence people stopped wearing masks etc00:07
de-factothe problem may be that the governments still measure the danger to society in hospitalizations from accute SARS-CoV-2 infections resulting in severe COVID00:08
de-factoyet that ignores the danger emerging from mild to mediate severity COVID cases to the hosts health, e.g. above discussed long lasting neuro-inflammation issues that are of unknown prevalence (but expectation value would be quite high prevalence given how many people report "brain fog" issues)00:10
de-factomeaning the danger to health of a society also includes those cases with mild symptoms in accute infection because it could result in long lasting issues from long COVID and thereby not only impacting those individuals life but when being a widespread issue also the economic productivity of a society in a whole if productivity is in large parts dependent on mental capabilities of the working class00:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Today, I visited an amazing place! The Butantan Institute responsible for the production of millions of COVID-19 & Influenza vaccines in Brazil. The technology and knowhow is impressive. Proud to be Brazilian and to collaborate with a world class [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/153720137959645184000:39
BrainstormUpdates for Brazil: +68769 cases, +290 deaths since 22 hours ago01:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Moderna: Our 2-shot vax helps by maybe 54%, at least somewhere between 32 and 68%FDA: Dunno. Let's waitPfizer: Our 3-shot vax helps by maybe 76%, or somewhere between hurting you by 369% or helping by 100%!FDA: You're good to go(reposted with [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153722238361836748802:06
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +2317 cases, +42 deaths since 23 hours ago — Guyana: +120 cases, +2 deaths, +3133 tests since a day ago02:06
BrainstormNew from Ars Technica: Science: Moderna, Pfizer vaccines for under 5s overwhelmingly endorsed by FDA advisors → https://arstechnica.com/?p=186116202:35
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Dr. Fauci tests positive for COVID: submitted by /u/GrizzlyBearAttack to r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/vd9dzv/dr_fauci_tests_positive_for_covid/02:54
BrainstormUpdates for Rwanda: +30 cases, +3286 tests since a day ago03:02
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Effects of Previous Infection and Vaccination on Symptomatic Omicron Infections → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/vda6rj/effects_of_previous_infection_and_vaccination_on/03:52
BrainstormUpdates for Australia: +32052 cases, +64 deaths since 23 hours ago — Norway: +477 cases, +40 deaths since a day ago03:59
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Female leadership attributed to fewer COVID-19 deaths: Countries with female leaders recorded 40% fewer COVID-19 deaths than nations governed by men, according to University of Queensland research. → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/vdab25/female_leadership_attributed_to_fewer_covid19/04:11
BrainstormUpdates for India: +14090 cases since 22 hours ago — Morocco: +1632 cases, +2 deaths, +9933 tests since a day ago — Cayman Is.: +1007 cases since 16 days ago — Bahamas: +113 cases, +3 deaths since 2 days ago05:08
BrainstormUpdates for Mexico: +9452 cases, +29 deaths, +21621 tests since 23 hours ago — Bolivia: +512 cases since 23 hours ago06:04
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Effects of Previous Infection and Vaccination on Symptomatic Omicron Infections → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/vdb975/effects_of_previous_infection_and_vaccination_on/06:06
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Omicron wave: How big a covid-19 surge could the subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 cause? | Yet another covid-19 wave is beginning in Australia, the US & parts of Europe, with some evidence suggesting the BA.4 &BA.5 omicron [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/vddjmv/omicron_wave_how_big_a_covid19_surge_could_the/06:34
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Miami-Dade COVID sites to stop offering free testing - The news comes as county-run sites are seeing a surge of summertime coronavirus cases. In Miami-Dade, the positivity rate had climbed to nearly 21% → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/vddu6o/miamidade_covid_sites_to_stop_offering_free/06:54
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +89142 cases since 23 hours ago — Japan: +16555 cases, +25 deaths, +143985 tests since 23 hours ago — Pakistan: +144 cases, +11759 tests since 23 hours ago07:00
BrainstormUpdates for North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: +23274 cases, +13 deaths since a day ago — Georgia, United States: +19315 cases, +66 deaths since 6 days ago — Scotland, United Kingdom: +11905 cases since 6 days ago — New South Wales, Australia: +9087 cases, +17 deaths since a day ago08:03
BrainstormNew from MedicineNet: (news): In Rare Cases, Your Cat Can Give You COVID → http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp08:20
Asakosomething is desparately needed, I really don't want to now get BA.4-1008:43
BrainstormUpdates for Uzbekistan: +57 cases since a day ago09:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Follow-up: Pfizer is stopping enrollment in their EPIC-SR trial because they couldn't prove a benefit in vaxxed people for hospitalization or symptom durationtwitter.com/michaelzlin/st… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153733021981136076809:08
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Covid care home restrictions in Scotland caused harm, says report → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-6181466209:18
BrainstormNew from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Spikevax (previously COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna), elasomeran,COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (nucleoside-modified), COVID-19 virus infection, Date of authorisation: 06/01/2021, Revision: 23, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/spikevax09:48
BrainstormUpdates for Maharashtra, India: +4024 cases, +2 deaths since a day ago — Kerala, India: +3488 cases, +3 deaths since a day ago — Delhi, India: +1375 cases since a day ago — Nuevo Leon, Mexico: +610 cases since a day ago11:05
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Long COVID Could Be a ‘Mass Deterioration Event’ → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/vdh2wg/long_covid_could_be_a_mass_deterioration_event/11:16
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +3326 cases, +67 deaths since 23 hours ago — Afghanistan: +229 cases, +3 deaths, +5428 tests since 11 hours ago12:01
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 909: Art of science: From ASM Microbe 2022 in Washington DC, Vincent and Michael speak with science artists Michele Banks and Jane Hartman about their work and their inspiration. → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-909/12:43
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: A Roche treatment fails to slow cognitive decline in patients with inherited form of Alzheimer’s disease: Roche reported negative results Thursday from a long-running clinical trial investigating an [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2022/06/16/a-roche-treatment-fails-to-slow-cognitive-decline-in-patients-with-inherited-form-of-alzheimers-disease/12:53
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Data on testing for COVID-19 by week and country: Data in multiple file formats with information about testing volume for COVID-19, sorted by week and country, and updated on a weekly basis. → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/covid-19-testing13:03
BrainstormUpdates for Brunei: +1141 cases since a day ago14:00
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: PIP: Opinion/decision on a Paediatric investigation plan (PIP): Humanized anti-CD19, Fc engineered, monoclonal antibody (XmAb5871), decision type: , therapeutic area: , PIP number: P/0274/2019 → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/paediatric-investigation-plans/emea-002414-pip01-1814:12
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Effects of Previous Infection and Vaccination on Symptomatic Omicron InfectionsNo discernable differences in protection against symptomatic BA.1 and BA.2 infection were seen with previous infection, vaccination, and hybrid immunity.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/153741725042829721915:02
BrainstormUpdates for UAE: +1435 cases, +1 deaths, +311742 tests since a day ago15:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): How months-long COVID infections could seed dangerous new variantsTracking SARS-CoV-2 evolution during persistent cases provides insight into the origins of Omicron and other global variants. What can scientists do with this knowledge?nature.com/articles/d4158… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/153742393218535424015:22
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Utility of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing for patient triage in the emergency department: A clinical implementation study in Melbourne, Australia → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/vdmdnb/utility_of_sarscov2_rapid_antigen_testing_for/16:02
BrainstormNew from Virological.org: Latest topics: A draft of the first genome sequence of Monkeypox virus associated with the multi-country outbreak in May 2022 from the Canary Islands, Spain: Authors Julia [... want %more?] → https://virological.org/t/a-draft-of-the-first-genome-sequence-of-monkeypox-virus-associated-with-the-multi-country-outbreak-in-may-2022-from-the-canary-islands-spain/86416:32
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Flu Shots Lag in States With Low COVID Vaccine Uptake: New research indicates adult flu shots have slumped in states with low COVID vaccination rates, suggesting that COVID vaccination behavior may have spilled over to flu-vaccine behavior. → https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20220616/flu-shots-lag-in-states-with-low-covid-vaccine-uptake16:52
BrainstormUpdates for Bangladesh: +357 cases, +6200 tests since a day ago — Serbia: +337 cases, +6547 tests since a day ago17:08
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Clinical Treatment Research of COVID-19-related Olfactory Dysfunction → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0542119518:01
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Improving Vaccination in Older Adults by Inducing Autophagy With Spermidine → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0542154618:10
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies and RNA on Autopsy Cases in the Pre-Pandemic Period in Milan (Italy) → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/vdpqxf/evidence_of_sarscov2_antibodies_and_rna_on/18:30
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The genetic distance (GD) of #SARSCoV2 variant's receptor binding domain predicts vaccine effectiveness vs symptomatic infections (from ~2 million sequences, 49 studies, > 30 regions) nature.com/articles/s4159…new @NatureMedicine (figure to illustrate GD) [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153747343541613363218:41
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Communicating doctors’ consensus persistently increases COVID-19 vaccinationsPublic misperceptions about the views of doctors on the COVID-19 vaccines are widespread, and correcting them increases vaccine uptake. nature.com/articles/s4158… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/153747690043153203218:51
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +37068 cases, +64 deaths, +194676 tests since 23 hours ago19:01
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: 2 Different COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibodies Effectively Neutralize Omicron: Out of 102 monoclonal antibodies tested, only Cv2.1169 and Cv2.3194 cross-neutralized all variants of concern, including Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 subvariants. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/2-different-covid-19-monoclonal-antibodies-effectively-neutralize-omicron19:11
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Romney accuses White House of ‘patently false’ information about Covid-19 funds: Mitt Romney, a prominent Republican senator who spearheaded failed Covid-19 response funding negotiations, accused the White House of misleading Congress [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2022/06/16/romney-accuses-white-house-of-patently-false-information-about-covid-19-funds/19:31
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: COVID vaccine hesitancy threatens flu vaccine uptake: Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Jun 16, 2022 Flu vaccination rates fell 4.5 percentage points (from 43.7% to 39.2%) in states with below-average COVID-19 vaccination. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/06/covid-vaccine-hesitancy-threatens-flu-vaccine-uptake19:41
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Rapid evaluation of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic infection with SARS-CoV-2 variants by analysis of genetic distanceGenetic distance of variant's receptor-binding domain can predict vaccine effectiveness + symptomatic infectionnature.com/articles/s4159… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/153749155646631526519:51
BrainstormUpdates for Chile: +12975 cases, +36 deaths since 23 hours ago — Canada: +3475 cases, +52 deaths since 23 hours ago20:03
LjL-Matrixhttps://twitter.com/LongCovidSOS/status/153719726895204761921:10
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LjL-MatrixMeanwhile Brainstorm is gone due to an outage21:10
LjL-MatrixI'm not at home so I can't do anything about that, only the power utility can, and hopefully people using less air conditioning :P21:11
BrainstormUpdates for Morocco: +1568 cases since 16 hours ago — Oman: +368 deaths since 8 days ago21:41
BrainstormNew from WebMD: (news): Past COVID-19 Infection Could Play Role In Child Hepatitis → https://www.webmd.com/hepatitis/news/20220616/past-covid-19-infection-could-play-role-in-child-hepatitis21:57
BrainstormUpdates for South Africa: +1936 cases, +8 deaths, +25369 tests since 21 hours ago — Dominican Rep.: +1640 cases, +10388 tests since a day ago — Montenegro: +94 cases, +731 tests since 19 hours ago22:05
BrainstormNew from WebMD: (news): Past COVID-19 Infection Could Play Role In Child Hepatitis → https://www.webmd.com/hepatitis/news/20220616/past-covid-19-infection-could-play-role-in-child-hepatitis22:32
xxdirty children getting hepatitis22:34
BrainstormNew from Politico: David Davis: Ireland’s Brexit scars could take a decade to heal: Former UK Brexit secretary admits many benefits of Britain's exit have yet to be realized, but blames the pandemic. → https://www.politico.eu/article/david-davis-irelands-brexit-scars-could-take-a-decade-to-heal/22:51
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: COVID vaccine hesitancy threatens flu vaccine uptake: Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Jun 16, 2022 Flu vaccination rates fell 4.5 percentage points (from 43.7% to 39.2%) in states with below-average COVID-19 vaccination. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/06/covid-vaccine-hesitancy-threatens-flu-vaccine-uptake23:01
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: CDC, WHO Answer Questions From the Press on Monkeypox: At separate press conferences, the CDC and WHO indicate that containing monkeypox will depend on testing, tracing, and currently available vaccines. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/cdc-who-answer-questions-from-the-press-on-monkeypox23:21

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