libera/##covid-19/ Wednesday, 2022-08-31

LjLyou see, they're slowly coming back00:00
BrainstormUpdates for Serbia: +3810 cases, +15 deaths, +14379 tests since 23 hours ago00:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Volker Schulz (@portefeuillefun): Great presentation today from @VirusesImmunity at the @WHO. #PrimeandSpike #mucosalimmunity #vaccines #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #longCOVIDSince it's Akiko and the WHO (and my photos in the background) I hope this doesn't infringe any rights :)youtube.com/watch?v=OksGm5… → https://twitter.com/portefeuillefun/status/156471667798771302400:37
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Correction: BA2.12 is pretty close to BA2, as name suggests. So immunization by BA2 provides good protection for BA2.12Was going off drop in protection by 3x Wuhan vax for BA2.12 vs BA2 (as at left), but recent data shows vax + BA2 infection [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/156474499833924403200:47
AsakoLjL: only those with health insurance, and I guess succeeding in appointments for CV testing after Friday in the US, or they buy a rapid test , which doesn't get reported00:54
Asakoback to "if someone is coughing" and can't smell00:55
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Mini-thread on how BA.2.75 is also squarely within the BA.2 familytwitter.com/michaelzlin/st… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/156474634623793152000:56
BrainstormUpdates for India: +9587 cases since 23 hours ago — Mali: +28 cases, +761 tests since 23 hours ago01:06
LjL-MatrixAsako: I'm not entirely sure what you're replying to01:10
BrainstormUpdates for Brazil: +16806 cases, +133 deaths since 22 hours ago — Guatemala: +2110 cases, +12 deaths since a day ago — Azerbaijan: +568 cases since a day ago02:08
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: Court Strikes Down State Law That Gave Millions in Tax Breaks to Casinos: by Alison Burdo and Michelle Brunetti Post , The Press of Atlantic City This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Press of Atlantic City . Sign up [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/atlantic-city-casinos-tax-breaks-law#141007302:21
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Student Absences May Spike Due to Low Vaccination Rates, Weaker Immunity: kids can be the engine of COVID transmission in the community, because they bring it back to their households. So, I don’t think just [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/x1zoy3/student_absences_may_spike_due_to_low_vaccination/02:59
BrainstormUpdates for Norway: +143 cases, +27 deaths since 23 hours ago — Canada: +3963 cases since 23 hours ago03:10
LjLdamn, every single European country is reporting an excess of cases03:11
LjLeven Norway03:11
Juerdexcess?03:22
LjLJuerd, defined as "high enough compared to previous bulletins that it triggers Brainstorm's bold output" :P03:23
JuerdHeh03:24
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Understanding a Low Vitamin D State in the Context of COVID-19 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/x20b4z/understanding_a_low_vitamin_d_state_in_the/03:46
BrainstormUpdates for Australia: +13247 cases, +68 deaths since 23 hours ago — Iceland: +449 cases, +34 deaths since 7 days ago — Micronesia: +4 deaths since 6 days ago04:00
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: New Covid Variant BA.4.6 Outcompeting Dominant BA.5 In Swath Of U.S. → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/x218yl/new_covid_variant_ba46_outcompeting_dominant_ba5/04:33
BrainstormNew from Politico: The pandemic isn’t over for immunocompromised patients: Politico Studio spoke to health care professionals and patient advocacy groups about the continuing impact of COVID-19 on patients with compromised immune systems, and the actions they believe [... want %more?] → https://www.politico.eu/sponsored-content/the-pandemic-isnt-over-for-immunocompromised-patients/05:01
BrainstormUpdates for Thailand: +2240 cases, +28 deaths since 23 hours ago05:02
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +1 deaths since a day ago06:05
BrainstormNew from NPR Science: Life expectancy in the U.S. continues to drop, driven by COVID-19: Americans' life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row and is now the lowest it's been since the 1920s. COVID-19 is driving the downward trend, [... want %more?] → https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/08/31/1120192583/life-expectancy-in-the-u-s-continues-to-drop-driven-by-covid-1907:50
BrainstormUpdates for Osaka, Japan: +16363 cases, +30 deaths since a day ago — Aichi, Japan: +13785 cases, +14 deaths since a day ago — Mississippi, United States: +8144 cases, +28 deaths since 6 days ago — New South Wales, Australia: +5418 cases, +22 deaths since a day ago08:09
BrainstormUpdates for Laos: +114 cases since 23 hours ago08:59
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | August 31, 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/x26rrf/daily_discussion_thread_august_31_2022/09:06
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +34580 cases, +21 deaths, +67074 tests since 23 hours ago10:01
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Opinion: As hospitals raise their prices, U.S. workers and businesses suffer: Many of health care's corporate leaders have exploited the Covid-19 crisis to further consolidate, drive up costs, and collect billions in federal funds with few, if any, strings attached. → https://www.statnews.com/2022/08/31/hospital-rates-climb-us-workers-businesses-pay-the-price/10:49
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): The original pre-print with excellent nieuwe technologie van @victora_lab (Sorry Gabriel, the topic is in Holland) is here:Molecular fate-mapping of serum antibodies reveals the effects of antigenic imprinting on repeated immunizationbiorxiv.org/content/10.110… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156490563700333363211:27
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +46321 cases, +92 deaths since 23 hours ago — Germany: +49303 cases, +181 deaths since a day ago12:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): @WHO @Folkehelseinst @jonasgahrstore @ingvildkjerkol @Helsedir After a COVID infection, people are more susceptible to a whole range of other disorders, many of them potentially serious conditions that often require long term follow-up in health care system [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/156492094537849651212:23
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Gunhild Alvik Nyborg (@GANyborg): @WHO @Folkehelseinst @jonasgahrstore @ingvildkjerkol @Helsedir Evidence has shown there's no conflict between economic interests and health (e.g. ref). But new knowledge of the detrimental effects of #LongCovid implies letting the virus rip likely means [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/GANyborg/status/156492748960824115712:51
BrainstormUpdates for Croatia: +1111 cases, +12 deaths, +4119 tests since 21 hours ago13:02
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 31AUG22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/x2c0qa/global_covid_cases_for_31aug22/14:17
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): The historic drop in US life expectancyBiggest two-year decline —2.7 years in total — in almost 100 yearsNow 76.1, the lowest in 25 years Levels at 1944 for AIANPandemic, accidents and overdoses were 1  [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156495870649993216114:55
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: An emerging star in biotech investment; U.S. government expected to stop paying for Covid shots next year → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/08/31/pfizer-verily-covid-vaccines-purchasing/15:25
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): That's one way to counter Covid mis/dis-information from doctorsnytimes.com/2022/08/29/tec… @stevenleemyers pic.twitter.com/0YSyJL1u2f → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156497087590800179315:44
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: SARS-CoV-2 variant spike and accessory gene mutations alter pathogenesis → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/x2e5sn/sarscov2_variant_spike_and_accessory_gene/15:53
BrainstormUpdates for China: +11194 cases since 23 hours ago — Hong Kong: +9495 cases, +9 deaths since 23 hours ago — UAE: +499 cases, +282974 tests since a day ago16:03
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Bloom Lab (@jbloom_lab): Finally, lots of recent discussion of narrow genetic bottlenecks in viral transmission (flu & #SARSCoV2). Genetic bottlenecks could be from the highly uneven progeny production in initially infected cells in addition to physical bottlenecks on how many virions [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/jbloom_lab/status/156497642706938676316:03
BrainstormNew from BioNTech: Pfizer and BioNTech Granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization of Omicron BA.4/BA.5-Adapted Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Booster for Ages 12 Years and Older: Authorization based on clinical, pre-clinical and manufacturing data for [... want %more?] → https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/pfizer-and-biontech-granted-fda-emergency-use-authorization16:22
LjLGood luck new vaccine test subjects!16:50
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Oral Nirmatrelvir and Ritonavir in Non-hospitalized Vaccinated Patients with Covid-19 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/x2ffk2/oral_nirmatrelvir_and_ritonavir_in/16:51
BrainstormNew from WebMD: FDA Authorizes Updated COVID Boosters to Target Newest Variants: The FDA on Wednesday granted emergency use authorization to Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. → https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20220831/fda-authorizes-updated-covid-boosters-variants17:10
pwr22<LjL> "Good luck new vaccine test..." <- You mean the population at large 😉 ?17:38
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): F.D.A. Authorizes Updated Covid Booster Shots, Targeting Omicron SubvariantsThe agency cleared two options targeting subvariants that are currently dominant, hoping to curtail a fall or winter surge.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/us/… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156499988024182784217:39
LjL-Matrixpwr22: Yus17:40
LjL-MatrixWithout any context this exchange sounds like antivaxers17:41
pwr22LjLLjL: You are crossing the streams 😛17:42
pwr22I would probably be happy to be a vaccine guinea pig 🤔17:42
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +21814 cases, +90 deaths since 22 hours ago18:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): Relevant to new BA.5 boosters for people with recent infection < 2 months"B-cell responses to booster vaccines are impeded by recent infection"medrxiv.org/content/10.110… pic.twitter.com/ukCiEzSIi2 → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156500731055180185618:08
pwr22> B-cell responses to booster vaccines are impeded by recent infection18:16
pwr22It's almost like.... they are already responding to the existing stimulus 🤦‍♂️18:16
pwr22Like, wtf Topol18:16
BrainstormNew from University of Washington: UW Medicine study to screen pets of people diagnosed with monkeypox: monkeypox_vaccine_and_pets.PNG Close Creator: Richard Vogel Credit: AP View image caption The screening is a part of astudy at the Center for One Health Research [... want %more?] → https://globalhealth.washington.edu/news/2022/08/31/uw-medicine-study-screen-pets-people-diagnosed-monkeypox18:18
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol):  @Nature On autoimmune features of #LongCovid "..autoreactivity persists in a subset of patients w/post-acute sequelae, raising important questions...emerging autoreactivity to ongoing symptomology upon recovery"nature.com/articles/s4158…Extrapolated via [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156501135800491622418:27
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Covid inquiry to examine Boris Johnson's pandemic decisions: Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock and Dominic Cummings are likely to appear in hearings next summer. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6274427219:33
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: ‘It totally changed my life the next day’: Pueblo man found relief from long COVID with new procedure → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/x2k7dn/it_totally_changed_my_life_the_next_day_pueblo/20:02
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +591 deaths since 14 hours ago20:06
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): 2) In case you're looking for it, the provider sheets have no data on neutralization of BA.5 by the booster in mice. Guess only human data go in the clinical evidence section of those sheets, so then we get old data on original vax and Wuhan+BA.1 [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/156504008193669120020:21
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): The sufficiency of animal efficacy data was first reported in some financial articles about Pfizer. I think this change is a bigger deal than what was discussed at VRBPAC. It suggests VRBPAC (and the upcoming ACIP rubber-stamp) aren't for formulating [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/156504272565253734420:31
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Based on how FDA has gone to full-influenza mode for these updated RNA boosters, then I think FDA should be allowing Novavax to create a booster that is only tested for antigen level and purity before approval, just like for flu boosters. → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/156504523616159744120:40
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: COVID vaccine: how the new 'bivalent' booster will target omicron → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/x2laco/covid_vaccine_how_the_new_bivalent_booster_will/20:50
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Forgot the link to the Pfizer provider sheet, which confirms it's 15+15 mcgfda.gov/emergency-prep… → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/156505022766859468821:00
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +169491 cases, +338 deaths since a day ago — Malaysia: +2340 cases, +39304 tests since 22 hours ago21:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): If you recently got an Omicron infection, should you get the bivalent Wuhan+BA.5 booster that was approved today?I would recommend it, for an unexpected reason: It will improve your protection not only against BA.5 but also against upcoming BA.2.x [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/156505591637800960121:18
BrainstormNew from WebMD: What To Know About Fall Booster Shots Of Coronavirus Vaccine: The updated boosters have generated some controversy and confusion. Here's what you need to know. → https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20220831/what-to-know-about-fall-booster-shots-of-coronavirus-vaccine21:28
BrainstormUpdates for Serbia: +3710 cases, +12 deaths since 22 hours ago — Azerbaijan: +621 cases since 20 hours ago — Niger: +602 cases since a day ago — France: +19564 cases, +54 deaths since 23 hours ago22:10
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): mRNA lipid nanoparticle phase transitionCrucial for mRNA-based vaccines are the composition, structure and properties of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) as their delivery vehicle.cell.com/biophysj/full… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156506883617235763222:16
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: (translated) Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): Authors found that severe COVID-19 correlated with progressive, broad, clinically relevant autoreactivity, particularly directed against nuclear antigens and other proteins. She also identified the contraction after recovery, and return of tolerance [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156507253427765657722:26
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Marc Veldhoen (@Marc_Veld): California Approves Bill to Punish Doctors Who Spread False InformationWeighing into the fierce national debate over Covid-19 prevention and treatments, the state would be the first to try a legal remedy for vaccine disinformation.nytimes.com/2022/08/29/tec… → https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/156507351286750003322:35
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: FDA authorizes updated COVID boosters from Moderna and Pfizer: Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Aug 31, 2022 The CDC advisory group discussions begin tomorrow, as the top WHO official urged countries to prepare for rising cases in the [... want %more?] → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/08/fda-authorizes-updated-covid-boosters-moderna-and-pfizer22:45
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: E. John Wherry (@EJohnWherry): Totally agree with this interpretation.  4-6 months between exposures (vaccine dose or infection) is likely a good rule of thumb.  If it's been 4-6 months or more, worth getting a boost.  And also agree about a great study - Congrats @PatWilsonLab [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EJohnWherry/status/156507670784903987222:55
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +2663 cases, +27 deaths since 23 hours ago23:00
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): A Portugal nationwide study shows prior infections with BA.1 and BA.2 protects better vs BA.5 than earlier major variants, in a highly vaccinated population nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…That's good since previous data was unclear for BA.1/2 and there were a lot of [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156508235931721728123:05
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: valerie: AMMS: Ad5-nCoV → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/42/23:15
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: valerie: ACM Biolabs: ACM-001 → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/207/23:25
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): A new, very good Covid vaccine review article @NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… by @BarouchLab "Current Covid-19 vaccines are less effective at blocking infection with the omicron variant than ... prior variants, but protection against severe disease remains [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156508892411175321723:35

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