libera/##covid-19/ Wednesday, 2022-06-22

BrainstormNew from WebMD: Is One COVID Vaccine for Kids Preferred Over the Other?: Shots are going in arms this week after the CDC endorsed vaccines for ages 6 months to 5 years. Now parents are facing choices. → https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20220621/is-one-covid-vaccine-for-kids-preferred-over-the-other00:01
BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Comment] From drug prohibition to regulation: a public health imperative: The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to contain it have exacerbated many of the pre-existing public health harms associated with drug prohibition. Health services for people [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01060-1/fulltext00:39
BrainstormNew from Ars Technica: Science: COVID rebounds: Immune responses may be reignited by cleanup of viral scraps → https://arstechnica.com/?p=186211300:58
BrainstormUpdates for Brazil: +62709 cases, +173 deaths since 21 hours ago — India: +13812 cases since 17 hours ago — Monaco: +56 cases, +1812 tests since 3 days ago — Malawi: +24 cases, +323 tests since a day ago01:01
BrainstormNew from Science Daily: Plant virus plus immune cell-activating antibody clear colon cancer in mice, prevent recurrence: A new combination therapy to combat cancer could one day consist of a plant virus and an antibody that activates the immune system's 'natural killer' cells, shows a new study. In mouse models [... want %more?] → https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220621184450.htm01:18
BrainstormUpdates for Nigeria: +138 cases, +60023 tests since 3 days ago02:04
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Israeli Researchers Find Some COVID-19 Patients Are ‘Incubators’ for New Variants | 21JUN22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/vhrzyq/israeli_researchers_find_some_covid19_patients/02:34
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: As Japan's verdict on Shionogi's COVID pill nears, questions persist over efficacy | 21JUN22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/vhs5gi/as_japans_verdict_on_shionogis_covid_pill_nears/02:44
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: No more masks: Health Minister Joe Phaahla recommends scrapping Covid-19 regulations as SA exits 5th wave | 21JUN22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/vhskj5/no_more_masks_health_minister_joe_phaahla/03:03
BrainstormUpdates for Bahrain: +2078 cases, +7201 tests since a day ago — Slovakia: +454 cases since 23 hours ago03:07
BrainstormUpdates for Panama: +2080 cases, +4 deaths, +10907 tests since 20 hours ago — Guinea-Bissau: +40 cases, +1367 tests since 6 days ago04:03
BrainstormUpdates for Mexico: +13752 cases, +41 deaths since a day ago — South Korea: +8968 cases since a day ago — Peru: +2134 cases, +10 deaths, +34491 tests since 21 hours ago — Rwanda: +38 cases, +5047 tests since a day ago05:06
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Pregnant women who reported being infected with COVID-19 in their first trimester were more likely to have an early miscarriage (n=3,041). However, the researchers say further studies are needed to evaluate any causal association between SARS-CoV-2 [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/vhviky/pregnant_women_who_reported_being_infected_with/06:05
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +119232 cases, +104 deaths since a day ago — Switzerland: +17724 cases since 12 hours ago — New Zealand: +5684 cases, +18 deaths since 4 hours ago — Thailand: +2387 cases, +19 deaths since a day ago06:09
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +13998 cases, +110724 tests since 23 hours ago — Pakistan: +198 cases, +13300 tests since 23 hours ago07:05
BrainstormUpdates for California, United States: +50702 cases, +59 deaths since a day ago — North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: +28094 cases, +17 deaths since a day ago — Texas, United States: +18018 cases, +16 deaths since a day ago — Lower Saxony, Germany: +16574 cases, +30 deaths since a day ago08:11
BrainstormNew from MedicineNet: (news): Pandemic Gave Clues to Cause of Rare Heart Condition in Kids → http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp08:37
BrainstormUpdates for Kazakhstan: +36 cases since a day ago09:01
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | June 22, 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/vhyxy5/daily_discussion_thread_june_22_2022/09:06
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Nucleocapsid mutations in SARS-CoV-2 augment replication and pathogenesis → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/vhzp2g/nucleocapsid_mutations_in_sarscov2_augment/09:54
BrainstormUpdates for Guatemala: +2950 cases, +12 deaths since a day ago10:04
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Assessing neurological symptoms present in long COVID patients → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/vi08zq/assessing_neurological_symptoms_present_in_long/10:33
BrainstormUpdates for Israel: +10768 cases since 23 hours ago11:00
BrainstormNew from NPR Science: COVID vaccines are finally here for young kids. But the logistics aren't easy: NPR talks to Claire Hannan, who has helped navigate vaccine rollouts in all 50 states, about some of the challenges involved in [... want %more?] → https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/06/22/1106448446/covid-vaccines-are-finally-here-for-young-kids-but-the-logistics-arent-easy11:03
BrainstormNew from Il Sole 24 Ore: (translated) Long Covid less likely with Omicron than Delta: The probability of developing Long Covid with Omicron is lower than with the Delta variant: from 24 to 50% less. This is what emerges from a new British analysis published ... → https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/long-covid-meno-probabile-omicron-rispetto-delta-AEnTPchB11:12
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): And this one... twitter.com/OmicronData/st… → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/153953701131232051211:22
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Each SARS-CoV-2 reinfection causes more severe disease → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/vi1ezv/each_sarscov2_reinfection_causes_more_severe/11:51
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +3058 cases, +66 deaths since 23 hours ago12:03
spydacyfathis is my disease, you guys know that? A Judge and myself did this disease, started in Australia12:22
spydacyfaNCYP.TV is linked to it.12:25
dTal:doubt:12:31
dTalwhat do you mean you "did" it12:32
spydacyfawell, I was representing myself - i had magic and knowledge with me, judge went to stage something and rip me off of honour and magic, and it was created12:37
spydacyfaThey can't get rid of it unless I do potions12:37
spydacyfaI could12:37
spydacyfaI told a pharmceutical compnay but they didnt want to listen12:38
spydacyfait's linked to the courts, other worlds, holy/nature, magic, honour12:39
spydacyfathe crowns I have12:39
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Covid-19: How has the pandemic differed across the four UK nations?: We examined trends over the first two years of the pandemic in terms of the proportion of the population with covid-19 (from the Office for National Statistics’ infection survey), people in hospital... → http://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1482.short12:39
spydacyfacheck my website if you want to find out what happened - NCYP.TV12:40
spydacyfait's not wuhan - it is woo (for the crown) nathan12:41
spydacyfaand I would be the only way to stop it12:41
spydacyfaanyays I am the virus that is Covid. stands for Co-Operative Video 18/4 - with the spies12:53
dTalplease seek medical attention from your nearest psychiatrist12:54
spydacyfalol12:54
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Some good news about the Omicron BA.1-specific (bivalent w/ ancestral) booster vaccine @moderna_tx today: induced a 5.4-fold increase in neutralizing antibodies vs BA.4/5 (albeit 3-fold lower than vs. BA.1)Why is this important?erictopol.substack.com/p/a-reinfectio… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153956386351911321813:08
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Moderna Announces Bivalent Booster mRNA-1273.214 Demonstrates Potent Neutralizing Antibody Response Against Omicron Subvariants BA.4 And BA.5 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/vi35xd/moderna_announces_bivalent_booster_mrna1273214/13:57
BrainstormNew from Politico: Financing new global health emergency framework is within reach: G20 health and finance ministers and G7 heads of government asked to align agendas as they gather to discuss global pandemic preparedness and response → https://www.politico.eu/sponsored-content/financing-new-global-health-emergency-framework-is-within-reach/14:07
BrainstormUpdates for Indonesia: +1985 cases, +2 deaths, +173944 tests since a day ago — UAE: +1592 cases, +318906 tests since 22 hours ago — Qatar: +671 cases since 23 hours ago — Malta: +523 cases, +1 deaths, +1892 tests since a day ago14:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): And also agree with point made below. Omicron BA.1&2 infected ca. 60% of the population in most countries & that was mostly reinfections. This % was unseen - yet, at a population level, hospitalisations & mortality were less than during Delta wave. [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/153958097351971635214:16
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Moderna booster candidate shows strong response against Omicron subvariants → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/vi3u7b/moderna_booster_candidate_shows_strong_response/14:36
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: SARS News Network (SNN)     (@COVIDnewsfast): Polio has entered the arena : twitter.com/bnnuk/status/1… → https://twitter.com/COVIDnewsfast/status/153958918020792729714:46
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: SARS News Network (SNN)     (@COVIDnewsfast): Not to mention the hepatitis outbreak we saw occurring in young children. And the craziest part is no matter what ends up popping back up again we're all clinically immune to any news regarding any sort of public health threat that could [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/COVIDnewsfast/status/153959187565225164914:56
BrainstormUpdates for Philippines: +593 cases, +8 deaths since 23 hours ago15:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: SARS News Network (SNN)     (@COVIDnewsfast): No folks this is not Groundhog Day. This is just good ol Denmark yet again showing the entire world how to really "let it rip". They're honestly the pioneers of this mantra. At least they're consistent! twitter.com/mildanalyst/st… → https://twitter.com/COVIDnewsfast/status/153959409813009612915:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: BNN Newsroom (@BNNBreaking): BREAKING: Following the discovery of a number of virus samples in London sewage, parents are being advised to ensure that their children's Polio vaccinations are up to date. twitter.com/BNNUK/status/1… → https://twitter.com/BNNBreaking/status/153959514522546176215:15
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: U.K. inks $1.2 billion deal with Moderna for vaccine center; Top Biocon exec arrested in bribery scandal → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/06/22/covid19-vaccines-moderna-uk-pfizer-paxlovid-patents-fda-biocon-novartis-enanta-bribe/15:25
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Very good item from @Nieuwsuur @rudybouma and team about disinformation spreading about monkeypox/monkeypox. Very similar claims from many of the same propagators as misinformation about COVID-19. This is and remains dangerous!youtu.be/QcGvyPKPO8A → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/153960188127360614415:35
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: us: FDA Approves Expanded Indication for Merck’s Pneumococcal Vaccine for Infants and Children → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/fda-approves-expanded-indication-for-merck-s-pneumococcal-vaccine-for-infants-and-children15:54
BrainstormUpdates for Hong Kong: +1447 cases, +1 deaths since 23 hours ago — Croatia: +834 cases, +4 deaths, +3092 tests since a day ago — North Macedonia: +110 cases since 22 hours ago16:01
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Opinion: Congress: Fund PrEP to end the HIV epidemic: The end of the HIV epidemic, which began 40 years ago, is within sight. New funding to promote and distribute PrEP is the next essential step for reaching that goal. → https://www.statnews.com/2022/06/22/congress-fund-prep-to-end-the-hiv-epidemic/16:04
BrainstormUpdates for Bangladesh: +1135 cases, +1 deaths, +8536 tests since a day ago — Iraq: +932 cases since 23 hours ago17:04
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Monkeypox: Gay and bisexual men with high exposure risk will be offered vaccine in England: Gay and bisexual men at high risk of exposure to monkeypox will be offered the smallpox vaccine (Imvanex) to help control the recent monkeypox outbreak, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has... → http://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1542.short17:12
BrainstormNew from LitCovid: (news): mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Booster After Inactivated Vaccine Primary Series. → https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/3572727017:22
BrainstormUpdates for Kosovo: +43 cases since 23 hours ago18:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The association of the rise on hospital admissions and Omicron subvariants in the UKGenomic data covariants.org thru June 11Hospital data via @chrischirp @IndependentSage pic.twitter.com/KBIlOR6ISM → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153964023753773465718:10
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Some @LongCovid is tied to dysautonomia, which brings up the potential of stimulation of the vagus nerve. A small, novel, randomized pilot study addressed this hypothesis researchsquare.com/article/rs-171… pic.twitter.com/rfAOcgfQoa → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153964291750494617618:20
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Dr Emma Hodcroft (@firefoxx66): Tying up the 1st session beautifully, @SheriHarari speaks on her work on adaptive evo of #SARSCoV2. Viral load rebound can be a red flag for resistance, & key mutations missing between chronically infected & VoC defining are of [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/153964726194835865718:39
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): And that Moderna Omicron-Wuhan bivalent vaccine does provide some protection against BA.4 and BA.5twitter.com/moderna_tx/sta… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153965525675730944019:09
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +54873 cases, +50 deaths, +246512 tests since 23 hours ago19:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): The need was obvious back in December but the news media was pressed into service to reassure people that existing boosters were good enough: twitter.com/michaelzlin/st…I anticipated a shift in coverage. How federal agencies and the media deal [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153965665641329049619:18
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Dr Emma Hodcroft (@firefoxx66): To open the next #UCSDdynamics session, @viralverity gives a great breakdown of the origin of #SARSCoV2 Variant of Concern Alpha, & what this may mean for other & future VoCs. It seems most likely that Alpha came from a chronic infection.#HumanViruses [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/153966098917964595219:37
BrainstormUpdates for Malaysia: +2425 cases, +4 deaths since 20 hours ago19:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD): UK Health Security Agency: Poliovirus detected in sewage from North and East London“Investigation underway to protect public who are urged to ensure polio vaccines are up to date, especially parents of young children who may have missed an [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/153966947075438182420:07
BrainstormNew from University of Washington: Why America Doesn't Trust the CDC: Rochelle Walensky and Anthony Fauci Close Rochelle Walensky, Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, [... want %more?] → https://globalhealth.washington.edu/news/2022/06/22/why-america-doesnt-trust-cdc20:26
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Dr Emma Hodcroft (@firefoxx66): For polio, this can give an early warning to ensure spread doesn't go further & vaccines are up to date. For other enteric viruses, this could help us track seasonal patterns & do targeted testing to get full sequences & additional data.An investment [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/153967727978925260820:35
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Moderna Announces Bivalent Booster mRNA-1273.214 Demonstrates Potent Neutralizing Antibody Response Against Omicron Subvariants BA.4 And BA.5 → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/vic5dj/moderna_announces_bivalent_booster_mrna1273214/20:45
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Trevor Bedford (@trvrb): @michaelzlin In previous press release we learned that GMT of bivalent vaccine against BA.1 was 2372 vs GMT of original vaccine of 1473 for 1.6-fold improvement. This press release lists GMT of bivalent vaccine against BA.4/BA.5 of 941, but I don't see GMT of original [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/153968203792943104020:55
BrainstormUpdates for Morocco: +3141 cases, +5 deaths, +12812 tests since a day ago — Canada: +8 deaths since 21 hours ago21:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Mask mandates ending in South Africa.  Despite all our difficulties, we managed well the 4th wave (Omicron BA.1) & 5th wave (Omicron BA.4/5). Time to have a break from mask-wearing. Hope we are not the ones to identify the new variant & get this pandemic behind [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/153968754864943923221:14
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Paxlovid shown effective against visits for severe COVID-19: Jim Wappes | Editorial Director | CIDRAP News Jun 22, 2022 Only 0.74% of patients visited an emergency department and only 0.11% a hospital. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/06/paxlovid-shown-effective-against-visits-severe-covid-1921:53
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first trimester and the risk of early miscarriage: a UK population-based prospective cohort study of 3041 pregnancies conceived during the pandemic → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/vidol4/sarscov2_infection_in_the_first_trimester_and_the/22:03
BrainstormUpdates for France: +77967 cases since 23 hours ago22:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Linsey Marr (@linseymarr): Important paper for our understanding of virus transmission by speech. There may be a lot more volume in coarse aerosols than reported in recent studies, due to methodological artifacts. twitter.com/EricTopol/stat… → https://twitter.com/linseymarr/status/153970256092318924922:22
BrainstormNew from University of Washington: Sweltering streets: Hundreds of homeless die in extreme heat: uw_media_1.jpeg Close "Cueball", left, talks about his dog Lindsay with neighbor Terry Reed, right, at their tents Friday, May 20, 2022, in Phoenix. Hundreds of homeless [... want %more?] → https://globalhealth.washington.edu/news/2022/06/22/sweltering-streets-hundreds-homeless-die-extreme-heat22:42
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Moderna Asks FDA to Authorize Variant-Specific COVID Vaccine: The vaccine maker released data on its combination vaccine in development designed to protect against Omicron coronavirus strains. → https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20220622/moderna-asks-fda-to-authorize-variant-specific-covid-vaccine22:51
BrainstormUpdates for Guatemala: +3082 cases, +9 deaths since 12 hours ago — Ethiopia: +727 cases, +1 deaths since 21 hours ago — Cabo Verde: +303 cases, +1 deaths since 23 hours ago — Albania: +277 cases, +957 tests since 23 hours ago23:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): The table in the top tweet is for Omicron BA.1. Things get worse for BA.4 and BA.5, which is why we want some Omicron booster soonVE of original vax (2 or 3 doses) to different variants can be related to relative neutralizing activity, such as at [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153972111048835072023:30
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Reposting this table on relative VE against detected disease or infection of the original RNA vaccine son original vs Omicron (originally posted April 5)The Omicron here is BA.1. Things get worse for BA.4 and BA.5, which is why we want some Omicron [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153972320019972505623:39
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): The paper the chart comes from actually also provides evidence that vaccine imprinting ("original antigenic sin") is not destiny. They (and other papers) show BA1 infection in Wuhan-vaxxed raises strong responses against BA1 and BA2. So we're not [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153972601206105702523:49
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): How vaccinating 1 person protects 2Expectant mothers and their newbornsnejm.org/doi/full/10.10… pic.twitter.com/BH0VOBuBDT → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153972723655040614423:58

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