libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2022-08-11

BrainstormUpdates for Sri Lanka: +227 cases, +9 deaths since a day ago00:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): As the authors note, this suggests something other than evasion of prior immunity is driving BA.2.75's risebiorxiv.org/content/10.110… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/155749007422838374400:15
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): I suggested that it would be better to do a BA.5/BA.2 mix for fall boosters, rather than all-BA.5 as FDA requested, since some people still haven't been exposed to BA.2, so it could come back. It turns out that BA.2.75 is the BA.2.x that is coming [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/155749234223959654400:24
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Similar point made below about BA.2.x potentially coming back after BA.5 is overThey use data for BA.2.75 but I had the general concern for any BA.2 derivative twitter.com/yunlong_cao/st… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/155749585992683929600:43
BrainstormUpdates for India: +13057 cases since 17 hours ago — Bahrain: +625 cases, +8318 tests since a day ago — Eswatini: +5 cases, +146 tests since a day ago01:08
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: EU eyes autumn approval of Pfizer jab for COVID-19 variants | 10AUG22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/wlcw7a/eu_eyes_autumn_approval_of_pfizer_jab_for_covid19/02:08
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +2976 cases since 23 hours ago02:10
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BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): What about BA.2.75?“I think people who have had BA.5 will not have a breakthrough infections with BA.2.75, and vice versa.”nature.com/articles/d4158… by @ewencallaway @nature w/ @yunlong_caoand twitter.com/yunlong_cao/st… pic.twitter.com/iqwpQvneFk → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155752653657140838402:46
BrainstormUpdates for Brazil: +30935 cases, +254 deaths since 23 hours ago03:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): There have now been >12.4 million sequences of #SARSCoV2, exquisitely tracking its evolution w/ detection of significant variants, equal to a movie 138 hrs long. But there's so much more we could do to get ahead of it nytimes.com/2022/08/10/opi… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155754757013354905604:11
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Dan Diamond (@ddiamond): “We do have some reservations … due to the very limited safety data available,” Bavarian Nordic’s CEO wrote to HHS officials in a letter obtained by The Post. “It would have been prudent” to do further studies before overhauling the US vaccine [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/155755304186740736004:30
BrainstormUpdates for Thailand: +2316 cases, +35 deaths since a day ago05:05
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +59888 cases, +153 deaths since 23 hours ago — Marshall Is.: +64 cases since a day ago06:07
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): I think this means a publication revealing a major finding on an outpatient COVID19 treatment will be released in 1 week. The thread suggests it's a repurposed drug. twitter.com/boulware_dr/st… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/155757861113299763306:13
BrainstormUpdates for California, United States: +37304 cases, +34 deaths since 23 hours ago — Tokyo, Japan: +34243 cases, +17 deaths since 23 hours ago — Pennsylvania, United States: +19078 cases, +113 deaths since a day ago — Aichi, Japan: +18860 cases, +23 deaths since 23 hours ago07:59
BrainstormNew from MedicineNet: (news): Pandemic Brought More Woes for Kids Prone to Headaches → http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp08:33
BrainstormUpdates for Peru: +11878 cases, +49 deaths, +112631 tests since 20 hours ago09:01
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | August 11, 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/wlkuh4/daily_discussion_thread_august_11_2022/09:01
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +22874 cases, +44 deaths, +52131 tests since a day ago — Laos: +97 cases since a day ago10:04
BrainstormNew from EMA: News and press releases: EMA business hours over Assumption Day, 15 August, , 11/08/2022: The European Medicines Agency's (EMA) office is closed on Monday 15 August 2022.Essential work related to the COVID-19 pandemic will continue on this day... → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ema-business-hours-over-assumption-day-15-august11:04
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: No Outsiders Need Apply: Why One City Settled for a Police Chief Accused of Harassment: by Shannon Dooling and Christine Willmsen , WBUR ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches , a newsletter that spotlights [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/police-toxic-culture-massachusetts-revere#139216611:14
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Patients with LC showed a very good, better than non-LC, response to SARS-CoV-2; after 2x vaccination. That is to say: the immune system reacts robustly and there is nothing wrong with that. pic.twitter.com/s02rJBycRZ → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/155765790320035430411:23
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): And there is also a new study of @yunlong_cao on BA.2.75... twitter.com/yunlong_cao/st… → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/155766076298178150511:32
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): The production of IL-4 and IL-6 correlate with the finding of reactivation of VZV and EBV. An anti-viral response is normally accompanied by interferons (type-1): which protect cells from viral infections. Type-2 (IL-4 + 6) is observed during [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/155766191298432204911:42
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Thus, LC can be accurately assessed with immune cells and low cortisol levels.LC patients make good antibodies against SARS-CoV-2.Herpes viruses are awakened in LC patients.No indication of autoimmunity, which is increased immune cell activity./END → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/155766678087683686412:01
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +25815 cases, +52 deaths since 23 hours ago — Afghanistan: +304 cases, +2 deaths, +1511 tests since 18 hours ago12:02
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 11AUG22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/wlnv0r/global_covid_cases_for_11aug22/12:20
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: New Omicron Sub-Variant In Delhi 20-30% More Infectious: Covid Panel Head | 11AUG22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/wlojon/new_omicron_subvariant_in_delhi_2030_more/12:58
BrainstormUpdates for Philippines: +4528 cases, +27 deaths since 23 hours ago — Qatar: +754 cases since 23 hours ago14:00
de-facto%title https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01909-w14:03
Brainstormde-facto: From www.nature.com: Symptoms and risk factors for long COVID in non-hospitalized adults | Nature Medicine14:03
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: A Mom’s Campaign to Ban Library Books Divided a Texas Town — and Her Own Family: by Mike Hixenbaugh , NBC News ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-book-banning-libraries-lgbtq-hood-county#139209414:13
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Opinion: FDA needs to fully review ACAM2000 before allowing its widespread use as a monkeypox vaccine: Although swift and decisive action is imperative to contain the current monkeypox outbreak, the risks of an additional vaccine, ACAM2000, require a [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2022/08/11/acam2000-full-fda-review-before-widespread-use-against-monkeypox/14:50
BrainstormUpdates for Hong Kong: +4376 cases, +1 deaths since 23 hours ago — France: +27100 cases since 18 hours ago15:02
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Coronavirus: China builds 3000 hospital beds in a hurry in Tibet on 28 COVID cases | 11AUG22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/wlqzbn/coronavirus_china_builds_3000_hospital_beds_in_a/15:09
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: COVID-19-related deaths decreased by 9% in past week: WHO | 10AUG22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/wlr6kf/covid19related_deaths_decreased_by_9_in_past_week/15:18
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: Judge rules Walgreens helped fuel San Francisco opioid crisis; U.S. plan to bottle monkeypox vaccine could take months → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/08/11/covid19-monkeypox-vaccines-opioids-rotavirus-gsk-zantac/15:37
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: North Korea declares victory against pandemic, citing Covid ‘miracle’ | 11AUG22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/wlrqqr/north_korea_declares_victory_against_pandemic/15:46
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Early Detection of COVID-19 outbreaks using Textual Analysis of Electronic Medical Records → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/wlrzrl/early_detection_of_covid19_outbreaks_using/15:56
BrainstormUpdates for Iran: +7396 cases, +84 deaths since a day ago16:05
BrainstormNew from Politico: Coronavirus: Estonia stops issuing visas to Russian tourists → https://www.politico.eu/article/estonia-stop-issuing-visa-russian-tourist/16:06
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Will ‘Centaurus’ be the next global coronavirus variant? Indian cases offers clues → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/wltba7/will_centaurus_be_the_next_global_coronavirus/16:53
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Changes in Selected Function- and Participation-related Characteristics in Post-COVID Patients Following Pneumological Phase II Rehabilitation → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0549684217:03
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: Coagulation Disturbances in COVID-19 Septic Patients: Conditions :    Coagulation Disorder;   COVID 19 Associated Coagulopathy;   Sepsis;   Septic Shock → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0549681617:12
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): The Effect of Pilates on Biopsychosocial Characteristics in the Covid-19 Pandemic → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0549663417:31
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Temelimab as a Disease Modifying Therapy in Patients With Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Post-COVID 19 or PASC Syndrome → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0549708917:40
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Well: prove it; but not with dates!! Because Sam from Amsterdam doesn't read. He can't. But Sam has been asked to name a vaccine or infection that prevents infections....I wait, he only needs to name 1. pic.twitter.com/mDwLdaqF1L → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/155776000808703590418:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Persistent circulating spike protein in #LongCovid (PASC)papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…Adds to finding of antibodies to #SARSCoV2 nucleocapsid (N) in unvaccinated people with Long Covidmedrxiv.org/content/10.110… pic.twitter.com/OZdrDPEb3y → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155776147281334272218:18
BrainstormUpdates for Chile: +13494 cases, +51 deaths, +90270 tests since a day ago — Italy: +28423 cases, +130 deaths, +189141 tests since a day ago — Cuba: +116 cases since a day ago — Canada: +5161 cases since 20 hours ago19:05
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 Can’t Be Neutralized by Prior Infection: Neutralization of BA.4 and BA.5 dropped significantly for individuals who were infected with a previous strain of Omicron, even if they were also vaccinated. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/omicron-ba-4-and-ba-5-can-t-be-neutralized-by-prior-infection19:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The positivity rate of self rapid antigen tests tracked well with PCR throughout the United States Omicron and subvariant waves cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7… pic.twitter.com/cOzT3bbDpc → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155777732304629350519:25
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Long COVID recovery is finally getting more attention: he US government plans to invest in new research that investigates the variability in recovery. | Popular Science → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/wlx3s0/long_covid_recovery_is_finally_getting_more/19:34
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Striking Drop in Stress Hormone Predicts Long Covid in Study → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/wlxdzz/striking_drop_in_stress_hormone_predicts_long/19:44
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +240109 cases, +206 deaths since 21 hours ago — Malaysia: +4831 cases, +10 deaths since 23 hours ago20:01
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Letter of concern on evaluating the consistency between two clinical COVID-19 diagnostic methods → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/wlxup6/letter_of_concern_on_evaluating_the_consistency/20:02
BrainstormUpdates for Georgia: +12729 cases since 7 days ago21:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The @CDCgov doubles down on its flawed, not evidence based Covid recommendations with a new guidance document1. Leaves fully vaccinated = 2 shots, stay "up to date"2. Leaves isolation at 5 days w/o rapid tests3. Pushes "community levels" when real info is [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155780560695778918521:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The 4th shot in Americans age 50+ 10% age 50-6425% age 65+The US now ranks 80th in the world for booster vaccines at 32% of populationig.ft.com/coronavirus-va… pic.twitter.com/SOtBwq1zCZ → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155780844438347366421:27
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: A strategy to assess spillover risk of bat SARS-related coronaviruses in Southeast Asia → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/wlzy7r/a_strategy_to_assess_spillover_risk_of_bat/21:37
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Covid and the brainpnas.org/doi/full/10.10…Just published @PNASNews —cortical atrophy and cognitive dysfunction in 81 people with mild Covid vs matched controls (as seen in @uk_biobank study)—astrocyte infection in severe Covid, recapitulated by iPSCs [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/155781414438385254421:47
BrainstormUpdates for France: +24331 cases, +80 deaths since 23 hours ago22:00
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Monkeypox: Lack of vaccines pauses rollout in Brighton: Stocks of the vaccine run low in the UK, with a new batch not due to arrive until next month. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-6251321622:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers): @Tuliodna @ewencallaway @vinodscaria I would rather just hope that scientists all over the world would just collaborate to defeat this pandemic rather than frame everything in some grand battle between researchers from the Global North vs the Global South... → https://twitter.com/TWenseleers/status/155782014764107776122:15
BrainstormUpdates for Mozambique: +59 cases, +2 deaths since a day ago23:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Nussenzweig_LAB (@NussenzweigL): Our newest manuscript shows the feedback effects that pre-existing antibodies exert on the development of B cell memory in humans using our own phase-1 clinical trial cohort:medrxiv.org/content/10.110… twitter.com/Doctor_DSB/sta… → https://twitter.com/NussenzweigL/status/155783637486628864023:12
BrainstormNew from WebMD: CDC Ends Some COVID Safety Rules, Emphasizes Personal Risk: CDC recommendations on social distancing, quarantining and testing children for COVID-19 while allowing them to stay in school may no longer be necessary for most Americans. → https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220811/cdc-ends-some-covid-safety-rules-emphasizes-personal-risk23:31

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