libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2022-08-18

BrainstormUpdates for India: +9972 cases since 17 hours ago — Canada: +1433 cases since 23 hours ago00:00
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Study: Most People Infected With Omicron Didn’t Know It | 17AUG22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/wr1dl8/study_most_people_infected_with_omicron_didnt/00:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Important new data on the waning time of neutralization after BA.5 infection: allowing reinfection. Protection against severe disease remains. Potential implications for BA.1 or bivalent vaccinations this autumn. twitter.com/lgraca/status/… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156003287198062182400:40
BrainstormUpdates for Brazil: +21927 cases, +182 deaths since 23 hours ago — Trinidad and Tobago: +362 cases, +4 deaths, +2159 tests since 23 hours ago01:02
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: The majority of people who were likely infected with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, didn’t know they had the virus, according to a new study → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/wr2v77/the_majority_of_people_who_were_likely_infected/01:28
LjL<Brainstorm> New from r/WorldNews: worldnews: ‘We cannot live with 15,000 deaths a week’: WHO warns on rise in COVID fatalities → https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/wr2hg0/we_cannot_live_with_15000_deaths_a_week_who_warns/01:30
LjL"yawn"?01:30
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Covid-19: Increased risk of some neurological and psychiatric disorders remains two years after infection, study finds: Disorders such as psychosis, dementia, seizures, and “brain fog” remain more common for as much as two years after covid-19 infection than after other respiratory infections, a large [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj.o2048.short02:06
BrainstormUpdates for Guatemala: +3322 cases, +9 deaths, +16228 tests since a day ago — Canada: +2875 cases since 23 hours ago02:11
LjL%print https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156003125459820544102:23
BrainstormLjL, It says: Eric Topol on Twitter: "In 1.28 million people, up to 2 years after Covid, w/ matched controls: "The persisting increased risk of post-COVID cognitive deficit, dementia, psychotic disorders, and epilepsy or seizures" and "similar during the delta and omicron waves" #LongCovid https://t.co/FRyGDJ8pSd https://t.co/NuqJ5Fq0Kx" / Twitter02:23
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Impact of Lifting School Masking Requirements on Incidence of COVID-19 among Staff and Students in Greater-Boston Area School Districts: A Difference-in-Differences AnalysisYep... masks keep working! medrxiv.org/content/10.110… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156005855544073011302:25
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Your Kid's School Needs Better Ventilation to Curb COVID-19 → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/wr4x5t/your_kids_school_needs_better_ventilation_to_curb/02:34
LjLthis is important (and sad), the first study i'm aware of that compares long COVID symptoms (even if only neuropsychiatric ones, but it includes "brain fog") across variants, and concludes Omicron is no better than Delta :(02:39
LjLit's better survival-wise, but once you've survived, risks are similar02:39
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): The neutralizing breadth of antibodies targeting diverse conserved epitopes between SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2Over 30 epitopes are known, in Spike and other proteins, which offer immunity against all coronaviruses. Lest make use if these! pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156006419792447078402:43
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The new study with longer follow-up of nearly 1.3 million people with Covid adds to the concerns and replication of these 2 brain imaging studies pic.twitter.com/HJWtJWieWL → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156006566442074521702:53
BrainstormUpdates for Guyana: +142 cases, +1 deaths, +859 tests since 23 hours ago03:01
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Covid: Brain fog more common two years on, study suggests: Diagnoses of dementia rose after two years but other issues like depression fell away, research found. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6257746403:12
LjL"Paul Garner, emeritus professor in evidence synthesis in global health at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, said the Covid pandemic had changed people's lives in many different ways.03:30
LjLHe said the small increases in dementia and psychosis were "more likely to be related to the societal upheaval and dystopia we have been living through, rather than being a direct effect of the virus."03:30
LjL"03:30
LjLhow can someone with supposedly credentials say something like this?!03:30
LjLthe study is matched against controls who had another respiratory infection03:31
LjLthey also went through the upheavel and dystopia03:31
LjLthis is such an ignorant thing to suggest03:31
LjLoh, you have more cases of dementia even 2 years after COVID in people who had COVID compared to people who had a cold, but, it's probably just, you know, the societal upheaval? not, like, the fact that something happened to their brain giving them dementia due to COVID?03:32
LjLwhat all hope should we have for someone to find a real solution to this horrific situation, when Emeritus Professors spew bollocks like this03:32
LjLublx ↑ de-facto03:33
de-facto%title https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(22)00260-7/fulltext03:41
Brainstormde-facto: From www.thelancet.com: Neurological and psychiatric risk trajectories after SARS-CoV-2 infection: an analysis of 2-year retrospective cohort studies including 1 284 437 patients - The Lancet Psychiatry03:42
de-facto"We identified 1 487 712 patients with a recorded diagnosis of COVID-19 during the study period [...] were adequately matched with an equal number of patients with another respiratory infection."03:43
de-facto"By contrast, risks of cognitive deficit (known as brain fog), dementia, psychotic disorders, and epilepsy or seizures were still increased at the end of the 2-year follow-up period. "03:44
de-factohmm thats not good :/03:44
de-factoafter two years still signatures of brain fog as well as signs for brain damage03:45
de-factoit would fit with the ongoing inflammation in the brains of moderate COVID "recoveries"03:47
de-facto%title https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.06.02.22275916v1.full-text03:47
Brainstormde-facto: From www.medrxiv.org: Long COVID is associated with extensive in-vivo neuroinflammation on [18F]DPA-714 PET | medRxiv03:47
de-facto(thats on a preprint server, so not peer reviewed yet)03:49
de-facto%title https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9160362/03:55
Brainstormde-facto: From www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov: Immune-Mediated Mechanisms of COVID-19 Neuropathology - PMC03:55
de-facto%title https://jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12974-021-02293-x03:55
Brainstormde-facto: From jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com: Molecular mimicry of NMDA receptors may contribute to neuropsychiatric symptoms in severe COVID-19 cases | Journal of Neuroinflammation | Full Text03:55
BrainstormUpdates for Australia: +20495 cases, +109 deaths since 23 hours ago04:03
de-factoMolecular mimicry means that a pathogen presents the immune system surface characteristics similar to surfaces already present in the hosts biology to increase the probability of immune system evasion and misdirected immune resources "wasted somewhere else"04:04
de-factoside effects would of course be "collateral damage" on the hosts biology if those antibodies would introduce destructive inflammatory reactions at the locations in the host where such epitopes (mimicked by the pathogen) are present04:06
de-factoif this means COVID induced neuro-inflammation its bad news because it would remain to be a problem as long as the immune system continues to produce auto-antibodies against the brain04:08
de-factoimho this *urgently* should receive more research, especially into how to achieve that the immune system stops producing such auto-antibodies, because neurons that died due to the ongoing neuro-inflammation are gone04:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Two reasons proposed for neg RATs when symptoms occur:1. Symptom is in throat, swab is in nose (this thread)2. Symptoms occur earlier with lower virus levelslatimes.com/california/sto… pic.twitter.com/EqXaaXyWrf → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/156008415117634764804:10
de-facto%title https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04569-504:13
Brainstormde-facto: From www.nature.com: SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank | Nature04:13
de-facto%title https://www.bbc.com/news/health-6059148704:15
Brainstormde-facto: From www.bbc.com: Scans reveal how Covid may change the brain - BBC News04:15
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de-factoLjL, i think its pretty clear from those studies that its NOT just a psychological or psychiatric effect due to the social impact of the pandemic or such, imho its pretty clear that there are even signs of physiological changes in the brain due to ongoing neuroinflammation with the cause of auto-immune related issues potentially due to antigenic mimicry of SARS-CoV-204:18
de-factoin fact it would be fatal to "brush it away" as psychological thing or such, we urgently need more research into the biological and immunological details of this for treatment approaches04:19
de-facto%title https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01214-4/fulltext04:21
Brainstormde-facto: From www.thelancet.com: Persistence of somatic symptoms after COVID-19 in the Netherlands: an observational cohort study - The Lancet04:21
de-facto"n 12·7% of patients, these symptoms could be attributed to COVID-19, as 381 (21·4%) of 1782 COVID-19-positive participants versus 361 (8·7%) of 4130 COVID-19-negative controls had at least one of these core symptoms substantially increased to at least moderate severity at 90–150 days after COVID-19 diagnosis or matched timepoint."04:22
de-factowhich would mean one each 8 cases04:22
de-factohaving at least some COVID related symptoms, not necessarily brain fog but it demonstrates that long COVID is everything but rare04:23
LjL-MatrixIf I had a penny for every time I heard you say "we urgently need"...04:43
de-facto%title https://jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12974-021-02339-004:46
Brainstormde-facto: From jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com: Cerebrospinal fluid findings in COVID-19: a multicenter study of 150 lumbar punctures in 127 patients | Journal of Neuroinflammation | Full Text04:46
de-factoLjL-Matrix, do you think it should not receive research priority given the potential number of affected?04:49
de-facto%title https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/7/141504:52
Brainstormde-facto: From www.mdpi.com: Viruses | Free Full-Text | Potential Autoimmunity Resulting from Molecular Mimicry between SARS-CoV-2 Spike and Human Proteins04:52
LjL-MatrixI think we're doomed04:56
LjL-Matrixand the right things won't be done, not by accident, but due to specific shortcomings of our species' behaviors04:56
de-factoif only that was a bias for natural selection...04:59
BrainstormUpdates for South Korea: +178480 cases, +61 deaths since a day ago05:05
BrainstormUpdates for New Zealand: +4697 cases since 23 hours ago — Germany: +58685 cases, +170 deaths since 23 hours ago06:08
BrainstormUpdates for Marshall Is.: +1138 cases, +3 deaths since a day ago — Pakistan: +578 cases, +2 deaths, +22679 tests since a day ago07:04
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: One for All? New antibody neutralizes all known SARS-CoV-2 variants in lab tests → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/wraecx/one_for_all_new_antibody_neutralizes_all_known/07:29
BrainstormUpdates for Tokyo, Japan: +29416 cases, +25 deaths since 23 hours ago — Georgia, United States: +25766 cases, +153 deaths since 7 days ago — Osaka, Japan: +22809 cases, +35 deaths since 23 hours ago — Pennsylvania, United States: +20285 cases, +120 deaths since a day ago08:06
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BrainstormNew from MedicineNet: (news): Blow Your Horn: Do Wind Instruments Spread COVID? → http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp08:45
Trippy72894hi. i see in the news stuff like this "4 asymptomatic cases and 5 confirmed cases..." is that a total of 9 or is that a total of 5, 4 of which are asymptomatic?08:55
Trippy72894this is the way china reports and it makes zero sense to me and nobody ever says what the definitions of those two are08:56
BrainstormUpdates for Peru: +8693 cases, +71 deaths, +61626 tests since a day ago09:02
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | August 18, 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/wrclhg/daily_discussion_thread_august_18_2022/09:05
Trippy72894well this channel isn't as quick with the answers as before :(09:15
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BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): More good timing: just a day after proposing it, a @latimes article also suggests swabbing the nose will not pick up early BA.5 cases in the throattwitter.com/michaelzlin/st… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/156018214382889369710:39
BrainstormNew from NPR Science: What's behind the FDA's controversial strategy for evaluating new COVID boosters: Some scientists are alarmed that the agency plans to evaluate the next generation of boosters by reviewing mouse studies alone. [... want %more?] → https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/08/18/1117778748/whats-behind-the-fdas-controversial-strategy-for-evaluating-new-covid-boosters11:07
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +35809 cases, +62 deaths since 23 hours ago12:03
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: Study: Most Infected With Omicron Didn't Know It → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/wrev4z/study_most_infected_with_omicron_didnt_know_it/12:04
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Monkeypox: UK to run out of vaccine doses by next week: The UK’s vaccination programme to protect against monkeypox is to be paused until new stocks arrive in late September, although a small number of doses are being reserved for post-exposure prophylaxis.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said its initial [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj.o2053.short12:33
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): The immune system recognizes which cells are infected by a virus/bacteria or vaccine; these do not make their own protein. Only these cells, the infected cells, are killed as they should during an infection. Nothing new or dangerous at all. → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156021687061931622512:52
BrainstormUpdates for Afghanistan: +300 cases, +1663 tests since a day ago12:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Last; no, neither RNA nor DNA vaccines change your cells: the DNA and especially RNA have a very short existence. The cells that make/still have viral protein on the surface are killed. This is like an infection or therefore a vaccination! → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156021687220896563213:01
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 18AUG22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/wrhk11/global_covid_cases_for_18aug22/13:59
BrainstormUpdates for UAE: +703 cases, +1 deaths, +261318 tests since 20 hours ago14:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): 21 months of war, isolation of populations under inhumane conditions and genocide in Ethiopia! Multiple outbreaks and epidemics now happening. What is wrong with the world and why no action about this catastrophe??? twitter.com/kakape/status/… → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/156023770278776012814:18
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): We continue our genomics surveillance of COVID in South Africa. We also continually inform our government, Africa CDC and WHO and release public data weekly. It is important to continually track epidemics and pandemics so@one can act quickly if viruses evolve [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/156024126003160678414:28
BrainstormNew from Novavax: (news): Novavax Nuvaxovid  COVID-19 Vaccine Granted Expanded Provisional Approval in New Zealand for Adolescents Aged 12 Through 17 → https://ir.novavax.com/2022-08-18-Novavax-Nuvaxovid-TM-COVID-19-Vaccine-Granted-Expanded-Provisional-Approval-in-New-Zealand-for-Adolescents-Aged-12-Through-1714:58
BrainstormUpdates for Hong Kong: +6054 cases, +5 deaths since 23 hours ago — Philippines: +3765 cases, +48 deaths, +28452 tests since 23 hours ago — Croatia: +1874 cases, +17 deaths, +5030 tests since a day ago15:10
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Risk Factors for “Long COVID” in Children: More symptoms, older age, and longer hospitalization time increased the risk of post-COVID-19 conditions (long COVID) in children. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/risk-factors-for-long-covid-in-children15:17
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Brazil COVID: Jair Bolsonaro sought to be charged with pandemic crime | 18AUG22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/wrjg6t/brazil_covid_jair_bolsonaro_sought_to_be_charged/15:26
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: China not cod-ing about its zero Covid policy as it tests fish | 18AUG22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/wrjngp/china_not_coding_about_its_zero_covid_policy_as/15:36
BrainstormNew from EMA: News and press releases: (news): EMA starts review of conditional marketing authorisation application for Skycovion COVID-19 vaccine, CHMP, 18/08/2022 → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ema-starts-review-conditional-marketing-authorisation-application-skycovion-covid-19-vaccine16:05
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Prognostic value of von Willebrand factor and ADAMTS13 in patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/wrkipm/prognostic_value_of_von_willebrand_factor_and/16:15
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): It's not rocket science @CDCgov @FDACommissioner Symptoms in throat → swab the throatImmunity takes 2 days to develop + Pax is for preventing late disease → start Pax after 2 days of symptoms → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/156027814929584947816:53
LjLhttps://hms.harvard.edu/news/one-all "universal" antibody for supposedly all variants17:15
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on liver disease-related mortality rates in the United States → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/wrm5i4/impact_of_the_covid19_pandemic_on_liver/17:22
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Association Between Prolactin Levels in Pregnant Women to- 2 Gether With Rates of Breastfeeding and the Covid-19 Virus → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0550628017:32
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Performance Evaluation of LumiraDx COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Ag ULTRA Test (ASPIRE-2) → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0550661817:42
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): SARS-COV-2  going commercial.Biden administration will stop buying Covid-19 vaccines, treatments and tests as early as this fall, Jha says"2023, you're going to see the commercialization of almost all of these products."edition.cnn.com/2022/08/16/hea… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156029551687279411318:10
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Glycosylation is a key in SARS-CoV-2 infection → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/wrnwdg/glycosylation_is_a_key_in_sarscov2_infection/18:49
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +27291 cases, +147 deaths since 23 hours ago — Cuba: +103 cases since a day ago — Canada: +3571 cases since 19 hours ago19:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): ANYWHERE BUT HEREChina now insists the pandemic didn’t start within its borders. Its scientists are publishing a flurry of papers pointing the finger elsewhereVery damaging for science!science.org/content/articl… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156031152135967539719:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells in the changing landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic.Summary of evidence that supports the role of SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells induced by infection, by vaccination, or by their combination in disease protection. cell.com/immunity/fullt… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156031223321266586019:18
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Only 30% of American children age 5 to 11 have thus far been vaccinated. A new @CDCMMWR of >650,000 vaccinations in this age group shows remarkable safety, not a single case of myocarditiscdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7… → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156031614188441190419:27
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): And a very good editorial today @nytopinion on this issue in younger children (<5% vaccinated) nytimes.com/2022/08/18/opi… by @aaronecarroll → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156031614360833638419:37
LjL%title https://t.co/ZITGcy7WD619:47
BrainstormLjL: From t.co: https://www.science.org/content/article/pandemic-start-anywhere-but-here-argue-papers-chinese-scientists-echoing-party-line19:47
LjLsomehow my current connection can't get to t.co19:48
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +255427 cases, +287 deaths since 22 hours ago — Chile: +10465 cases, +7 deaths, +71056 tests since a day ago — Malaysia: +4071 cases, +7 deaths since 23 hours ago20:02
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): A super summary on the pivotal role of T cell immunity in response to Covid vaccines @ScienceMagazine w/ @ScienceVisualsby @EJohnWherry and @BarouchLab science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… pic.twitter.com/1CUt9KJUjl → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156032601395908198520:05
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Countries With Universal Health Care Had Better Child Vaccination Rates During Pandemic: A new study reveals countries that are closer to achieving universal health coverage saw smaller declines in routine childhood [... want %more?] → https://www.webmd.com/children/vaccines/news/20220818/countries-with-universal-health-care-had-better-child-vaccination-rates-during-pandemic20:24
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Not only South American scientists provid excellent science but the world is using a nomenclature (e.g. B.1.6) produced by African scientists! Are we finally waking up to the fact that Global South scientists more experienced with epidemics can help the world [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/156033683044840243220:59
BrainstormUpdates for Georgia: +12338 cases since 6 days ago21:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Seriously? Did he ever spread misinformation that killed over 600,000 people? Police call for Bolsonaro to be charged for spreading Covid misinformation theguardian.com/world/2022/aug… → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/156035179196707635821:48
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Full text here. One point I'm a bit at adds with:There has been some reduction of vaccine/booster protection from severe disease with variants, although it's still high (75-80%). Prior to Omicron and subvariants it was >90% (4-6 months out). pic.twitter.com/CfobilGuC8 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156035466685616537621:57
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): I recently went back to  Brazil and was so proud the amazing infrastructure of @butantanoficial , not only Butantan produced the great majority of genomes, but they also produce 100s of millions of vaccines to Brazil. I could not be more proud to visit them. @dimastadeucovas → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/156035544109541376122:07
BrainstormUpdates for France: +23605 cases, +92 deaths since a day ago — Eswatini: +6 cases, +82 tests since 22 hours ago22:10
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Serious adverse events rare after COVID-19 boosters in young kids: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Aug 18, 2022 A related study in South Korea shows waning vaccine effectiveness in teens. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/08/serious-adverse-events-rare-after-covid-19-boosters-young-kids22:16
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Monkeypox Outbreak: White House Announces New Response Actions: Acknowledging the seriousness of the monkeypox outbreak in the United States, the White House announced today that 1.8 million more vaccine doses will be available  next week. → https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20220818/white-house-announces-new-monkeypox-response22:25
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Trial: Metformin, ivermectin, fluvoxamine don't prevent severe COVID: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Aug 18, 2022 A secondary analysis finds that metformin may hold some promise. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/08/trial-metformin-ivermectin-fluvoxamine-dont-prevent-severe-covid23:32
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Correction: I didn't realize the fluvoxamine in this COVID-out trial was half the dose of the TOGETHER trial that did find a benefit. So the TOGETHER result could still be valid. COVID-out cut the dose to avoid side effects. Unfortunate that we now [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/156038048555707187223:42

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