libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2022-06-23

BrainstormUpdates for Brazil: +71906 cases, +140 deaths since 23 hours ago — India: +12940 cases since 23 hours ago — Montenegro: +145 cases, +765 tests since a day ago00:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): BTW when I suggested that SARS2 could in theory become SARS1 like in immunoevasion or pathogenicity, given the short distance, I was not treated kindly by a couple of virologists. Unfortunately sometimes studying the trees too closely can make experts [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153973280797859020800:17
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Don’t pump brakes: our COVID strategy must change to reflect reality | 23JUN22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/vih7kt/dont_pump_brakes_our_covid_strategy_must_change/00:27
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Largest study of #LongCovid in kids, a nationwide Denmark report with age-sex-matched controls @LancetChildAdol Higher odds of > 2 months symptom(s) by age:0-3 years 1.8X4-11 years 1.2X12-14 years 1.2Xthelancet.com/journals/lanch…Details of symptoms by age [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153973755062951116800:37
Klindais paracentamol better than ibrufen?00:48
BrainstormUpdates for Bahrain: +2079 cases since 21 hours ago01:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): The WHO technical advisory group on COVID-19 vaccination recently nicely summarized all the evidence that at Omicron-containing booster did better against the various Omicron strains than Wuhan-only booster. See the Annex linked to their summary page [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153974725650024857701:15
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +2966 cases, +17 deaths since 5 hours ago02:09
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: The battle for compensation → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6189869402:32
BrainstormUpdates for Kenya: +454 cases, +3534 tests since a day ago — Slovakia: +429 cases since 23 hours ago — Barbados: +147 cases, +670 tests since a day ago02:59
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Serial Intervals for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta Variants, Belgium, November 19–December 31, 2021 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/vikowj/serial_intervals_for_sarscov2_omicron_and_delta/04:01
BrainstormUpdates for Australia: +40070 cases, +71 deaths since 23 hours ago — Norway: +907 cases, +30 deaths since a day ago — Haiti: +111 cases since 2 days ago04:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): A few added mutations in the spike sequence (BA.4/5) are leading to even more immune evasiveness and a new Covid wave in many places around the world pic.twitter.com/xMlXAyb6VY → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/153980102026330931204:48
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Today is half glass full/empty day. You can take the same results of a BA1 immunization event creating antibodies with some reduced activity against BA4/5 and say it shows immune escape by BA4/5cnn.com/2022/06/22/hea… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153980228147374080004:58
BrainstormUpdates for Rwanda: +39 cases, +3839 tests since 23 hours ago — Togo: +19 cases, +719 tests since 2 days ago05:05
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): We see titers drop 6x from original (WA) to BA1, and another 3x from BA1 to BA4/5, in people with 3x RNA. Omicron BA1/2 infection + ≥2x RNA boosts all Abs so similar ratios are retained, but everything is higher. Explained by large pool of memory B [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153980588477098803205:07
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): There's no booster-booster comparison between original and BA1/2, so it doesn't speak directly to the specific utility of BA1/2 boosters for BA4/5. OTOH the Moderna announcement does explicitly claim a BA1 booster is better on BA4/5 than original booster. → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153980674847469158505:17
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): We are not at all certain if the same curve holds for BA4/5. Could be BA4/5 is better at entry or initial replication so 0.8x convalescent NAbs may no longer give 80% VE. My number-crunching also assumes the 3x Pfizer titers in both studies are [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/153981779785689908205:54
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +119360 cases, +98 deaths since 23 hours ago — Mexico: +15364 cases, +29 deaths, +28069 tests since a day ago — New Zealand: +5531 cases, +12 deaths since 23 hours ago — Thailand: +2299 cases, +18 deaths since 23 hours ago06:01
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +17160 cases, +18 deaths, +139201 tests since 23 hours ago — Peru: +2487 cases, +20 deaths, +38585 tests since a day ago — Bolivia: +906 cases since 22 hours ago — Pakistan: +262 cases, +12513 tests since 23 hours ago07:04
BrainstormUpdates for North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: +32972 cases, +19 deaths since 23 hours ago — Georgia, United States: +18425 cases, +87 deaths since 7 days ago — Lower Saxony, Germany: +16316 cases, +12 deaths since 23 hours ago — Scotland, United Kingdom: +15528 cases since 7 days ago08:06
BrainstormNew from MedicineNet: (news): Wearable Trackers Could Spot COVID Early → http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp08:36
BrainstormUpdates for Kazakhstan: +45 cases since a day ago09:03
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | June 23, 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/viqr87/daily_discussion_thread_june_23_2022/09:04
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +2976 cases since 12 hours ago09:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): Is there anything better than a block to get rid of these kinds of figures? If you're wondering why experts have become reluctant to comment on the Covid pandemic in the media, here's why. Now often arguing with both Covid minimalists and Zero [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/153987896613533286410:02
BrainstormNew from StatNews: First Opinion: Opinion: Signals from monkeypox: Create an external advisory group to start preparing for the next pandemic → https://www.statnews.com/2022/06/23/signals-monkeypox-external-advisory-group-prepare-next-pandemic/10:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): A few days ago someone also suggested that immunocompromised people can now only be helped by low-threshold euthanasia or help with emigration. "The final solution" or "forced exile": voila, here's the solution for the Covid pandemic. → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/153990406827298406511:37
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +3166 cases, +68 deaths since a day ago12:05
BrainstormNew from BioNTech: BioNTech Starts Construction of First mRNA Vaccine Manufacturing Facility in Africa: Breaking of Ground for BioNTech’s initial African modular mRNA manufacturing facility in Kigali, Rwanda; delivery of first container modules [... want %more?] → https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/biontech-starts-construction-first-mrna-vaccine-manufacturing12:06
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Poliovirus is detected in sewage from north and east London: Vaccine derived poliovirus has been detected from several sewage samples in north and east London, and officials warn that the virus may be circulating in the community.The UK Health Security Agency... → http://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1546.short12:45
BrainstormUpdates for Lithuania: +310 cases, +1532 tests since 17 hours ago13:01
BrainstormNew from Novavax: (news): Novavax Files Supplement to a New Drug Submission in Canada for Nuvaxovid  COVID-19 Vaccine for Adolescents Aged 12 Through 17 → https://ir.novavax.com/Novavax-Files-Supplement-to-a-New-Drug-Submission-in-Canada-for-Nuvaxovid-TM-COVID-19-Vaccine-for-Adolescents-Aged-12-Through-1713:14
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC): "We have a lot of immunity in our population and this is becoming less impactful with each round of these new variants. That's certainly what we saw in South Africa," says @ScottGottliebMD on Covid. "These new versions of Omicron seem to be less pathogenic." [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/153992876709891276813:23
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: New COVID Drugs Face Delays as Trials Get Harder to Do - Scientific American → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/viupqf/new_covid_drugs_face_delays_as_trials_get_harder/13:33
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Japan's economy picks up speed in June as services revive, but manufacturing slows and prices surge | 23JUN22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/viv22w/japans_economy_picks_up_speed_in_june_as_services/13:52
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Long COVID symptoms in SARS-CoV-2-positive children aged 0–14 years and matched controls in Denmark (LongCOVIDKidsDK): a national, cross-sectional studyChildren aged 0–14 years who had a SARS-CoV-2 infection had more prevalent long-lasting [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/153994086607641395414:02
BrainstormUpdates for Slovenia: +763 cases since 17 hours ago — Qatar: +694 cases since 23 hours ago14:04
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Rensselaer Researchers Make Virus-Fighting Face Masks | 22JUN22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/vivb0c/rensselaer_researchers_make_virusfighting_face/14:11
BrainstormUpdates for Philippines: +716 cases, +11 deaths since a day ago15:07
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Omicron subvariants escape antibodies elicited by vaccination and BA.2.2 infection → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/viwit3/omicron_subvariants_escape_antibodies_elicited_by/15:10
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Association of cannabis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and COVID-19 infection → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/viwv0b/association_of_cannabis_with_chronic_obstructive/15:40
BrainstormUpdates for Indonesia: +1907 cases, +4 deaths, +77421 tests since a day ago — Hong Kong: +1650 cases, +1 deaths since a day ago — UAE: +1621 cases, +325016 tests since a day ago — Iran: +256 cases, +4 deaths since a day ago16:09
BrainstormNew from EMA: News and press releases: EMA recommends authorisation of Nuvaxovid for adolescents aged 12 to 17, CHMP, 23/06/2022: EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has recommended granting an extension of indication for the COVID-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid to include use in... → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ema-recommends-authorisation-nuvaxovid-adolescents-aged-12-1716:10
BrainstormNew from EMA: News and press releases: EMA recommends Valneva’s COVID-19 vaccine for authorisation in the EU, CHMP, 23/06/2022: EMA has recommended granting a marketing authorisation for COVID-19 Vaccine (inactivated, adjuvanted) Valneva for use in the primary vaccination of... → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ema-recommends-valnevas-covid-19-vaccine-authorisation-eu16:20
BrainstormUpdates for Singapore: +6606 cases since a day ago — Bangladesh: +1319 cases, +1 deaths, +9214 tests since a day ago — Iraq: +1061 cases since a day ago — Kenya: +559 cases since 14 hours ago17:28
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Priming of the NEonatal Immune System by Transfer of Maternal Immunity → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0542904717:42
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Evaluate Safety and Pharmacokinetics of HLX70 in Healthy Adult Volunteers → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0542938518:02
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +57432 cases, +75 deaths since 22 hours ago18:05
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Clinical Trial of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine(LVRNA009) as Heterologous Booster in Islamabad → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0542859218:12
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Dr Emma Hodcroft (@firefoxx66): Brilliant talk from @AineToole this morn all about @PangoNetwork & designating lineages for #SARSCoV2. One of my favourite examples of collaborative & impactful community science, which has played a huge role in helping to clearly communicate [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/154000521026480947218:21
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Florian Krammer (@florian_krammer): Important for the MS community: "Evaluation of immunological responses to third COVID-19 vaccine among people treated with sphingosine receptor-1 modulators and anti-CD20 therapy" medrxiv.org/content/10.110… → https://twitter.com/florian_krammer/status/154000877114510950518:31
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: “We’re at a Crisis Point”: NY Attorney General Hearing Spotlights Child Mental Health Care Failures: by Abigail Kramer and Gabriel Poblete ,  THE CITY This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with THE CITY . Sign up for [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-psychiatric-hospitals-hearing#135700018:41
BrainstormUpdates for Serbia: +566 cases, +1 deaths since 23 hours ago — Albania: +271 cases since 20 hours ago19:07
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Dr Emma Hodcroft (@firefoxx66): Looking into estimating #SARSCoV2 introductions & their spread, Martina Reichmuth gives a great talk on Alpha & Delta introductions in Switzerland, how they came to dominate, & whether it could have been delayed (difficult!).#UCSDdynamics #HumanViruses [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/154002194363353088119:29
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Dr Emma Hodcroft (@firefoxx66): Continuing on introductions, @TanyaVasylyeva investigates how Gamma #SARSCoV2 came to NYC in 2021. One main take away: despite travel restrictions to Brazil, Gamma arrived anyway! Connections to other US states also very interesting.#UCSDdynamics [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/154002397626874675219:39
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Long-COVID in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysesA current view on longcovid in youngsters, those with a long life ahead of them. nature.com/articles/s4159… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/154002708192860570119:49
BrainstormUpdates for Morocco: +3086 cases, +2 deaths, +12420 tests since 23 hours ago — Malaysia: +2796 cases, +1 deaths since a day ago — Canada: +3176 cases, +33 deaths since 23 hours ago20:04
BrainstormNew from Ars Technica: Policy: How hiring the wrong medical “expert” derailed US pandemic response → https://arstechnica.com/?p=186256520:18
BrainstormNew from Novavax: (news): Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Nuvaxovid  Recommended for Expanded Conditional Marketing Authorization in the European Union by CHMP for Adolescents Aged 12 [... want %more?] → https://ir.novavax.com/2022-06-23-Novavax-COVID-19-Vaccine-Nuvaxovid-TM-Recommended-for-Expanded-Conditional-Marketing-Authorization-in-the-European-Union-by-CHMP-for-Adolescents-Aged-12-Through-1720:47
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Just out @ScienceMagazine "Our findings highlight the urgent need to find next-generation COVID-19 vaccines and broad-spectrum therapeutics, as well as to tighten non-pharmaceutical measures to reduce acute and chronic disease burden (#LongCovid)..."science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/154004974471770521621:16
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Kids do get long COVID, but it seems uncommon, data reveal: Jim Wappes | Editorial Director | CIDRAP News Jun 23, 2022 The absolute risk appears to be only slightly higher than in uninfected peers. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/06/kids-do-get-long-covid-it-seems-uncommon-data-reveal21:45
BrainstormNew from Novavax: (news): Novavax' Nuvaxovid  COVID-19 Vaccine Receives Emergency Use Authorization in Taiwan for Use in Individuals Aged 18 and Over → https://ir.novavax.com/2022-06-23-Novavax-Nuvaxovid-TM-COVID-19-Vaccine-Receives-Emergency-Use-Authorization-in-Taiwan-for-Use-in-Individuals-Aged-18-and-Over22:04
BrainstormUpdates for France: +78551 cases since 22 hours ago22:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): And tricky field to work in: “Limitations of the studies analyzed include lack of standardized definitions, recall, selection, misclassification, nonresponse and/or loss of follow-up, and a high level of heterogeneity.” We urgently need more research [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/154006294519505305622:14
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Looks like long COVID (post-acute sequelae of COVID19 = PASC) is very real, as PASC diagnosis, based mostly on symptom self-report, is associated with persistence of SARSCoV2 proteins in the blood.Hard to conjure up proteins by imagination [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/154006559240043315222:24
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): 2022.06.22: On how essentially the same results in two studies can be spun into opposite conclusions (BA4/5 does/doesn't escape from antibodies generated by BA1 exposure) depending on who is writing the paper title and headlines.twitter.com/michaelzlin/st… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/154006928448267059222:33
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: News Scan for Jun 23, 2022: Maternal COVID vaccine protection Long COVID in US adults Flu vaccine in elderly → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/06/news-scan-jun-23-202222:53
BrainstormUpdates for Rwanda: +38 cases since 17 hours ago22:59
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Covid2019: Gut microbiota from patients with mild COVID-19 cause alterations in mice that resemble post-COVID syndrome → https://old.reddit.com/r/Covid2019/comments/vj82eo/gut_microbiota_from_patients_with_mild_covid19/23:53

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