libera/##covid-19/ Wednesday, 2022-09-07

BrainstormNew from NPR Science: Rob Stein: The new COVID booster could be the last you'll need for a year, federal officials say → https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/09/06/1121289835/the-new-covid-booster-could-be-the-last-youll-need-for-a-year-federal-officials-00:02
BrainstormUpdates for Bahrain: +223 cases since a day ago00:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): More good news on BA.2.75, replicating and extending the prior (attached) reportthelancet.com/journals/lanin…"antibody escape is an overall less pronounced characteristic of BA.2.75 compared with BA.4/5"@TheLancetInfDis pic.twitter.com/9SszCrYNkB → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156728125104393011200:49
BrainstormUpdates for Malaysia: +2067 cases, +6 deaths, +22123 tests since 23 hours ago — Trinidad and Tobago: +302 cases, +1 deaths, +825 tests since 23 hours ago00:59
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: How nasal-spray vaccines could change the pandemic → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/x7oe66/how_nasalspray_vaccines_could_change_the_pandemic/01:18
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Updated COVID-19 booster shots are now available. Here's what you need to know → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/x7pkhw/updated_covid19_booster_shots_are_now_available/02:43
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: Texas State Police Deflect Blame, Downplay Their Role in Uvalde Shooting Failures: by Lomi Kriel , ProPublica and The Texas Tribune , and Zach Despart , The Texas Tribune ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-shooting-dps-police-texas-rangers#141588503:02
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +2767 cases since 6 hours ago03:04
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): What is the prevalence of #LongCovid with the BA.5 variant?  A new report from US, June-July, w/o controls, is the first crack at the question: 21.5% had symptoms > 4 weeksmedrxiv.org/content/10.110… More data, w/controls, follow-up, comparison w/prior waves [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156733825414764953604:37
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +46495 cases, +120 deaths since 23 hours ago05:02
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and long COVID in US adults during the BA.5 surge, June-July 2022 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/x7tlig/the_prevalence_of_sarscov2_infection_and_long/05:06
BrainstormUpdates for New Zealand: +1904 cases since 23 hours ago — Thailand: +1605 cases, +20 deaths since a day ago06:04
BrainstormNew from Il Sole 24 Ore: (translated) Vaccines: the campaign starts, but there is a risk of chaos with the arrival of more anti-variant drugs: At the start of the administration of the bivalent vaccine on Omicron 1. But at the end of the month the updated [... want %more?] → https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/vaccini-parte-campagna-ma-e-rischio-caos-l-arrivo-piu-farmaci-anti-varianti-AE7aLDyB06:59
BrainstormUpdates for Switzerland: +14521 cases since 14 hours ago07:06
BrainstormUpdates for Unknown, Ukraine: +14918 cases since a month ago — Texas, United States: +22073 cases, +53 deaths since 23 hours ago — Osaka, Japan: +12089 cases, +28 deaths since 23 hours ago — Aichi, Japan: +10270 cases, +25 deaths since 23 hours ago08:02
BrainstormNew from BioNTech: BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin Visited Israel to Discuss Cooperation on Pandemic Preparedness and the Development of Innovative Medicines: JERUSALEM , Israel, and MAINZ, Germany, September 7, 2022 — BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) announced [... want %more?] → https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/biontech-ceo-ugur-sahin-visited-israel-discuss-cooperation08:05
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Thread | September 07, 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/x7y8ee/daily_discussion_thread_september_07_2022/09:01
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): And if you have a choice, get Moderna, because it has 25mcg of BA5 antigen vs 15mcg of Pfizer, whereas initial vaccines had 100mcg for Moderna or 30mcg for Pfizer. → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/156741526884202496509:40
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Dr Emma Hodcroft (@firefoxx66): Data for most viruses, including #EVD68, doesn't come through as fast as for #SARSCoV2, but as we continue to receive more samples, we'll gain additional insights into what's changed & what's the same pre- and post-pandemic restrictions.Thanks to everyone [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/156742030206537728009:59
BrainstormUpdates for Taiwan: +41249 cases, +26 deaths, +55849 tests since a day ago10:07
BrainstormNew from StatNews: As masks are shed, a routine visit to a medical office can pose Covid risks for some patients: “Even in clinics where the job is to provide care for people who are really high risk, you can’t even feel safe somewhere like that,” said one transplant patient. → https://www.statnews.com/2022/09/07/routine-visit-to-medical-office-can-pose-covid-risk/10:56
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: He Felt Isolated and Adrift After an Autism Diagnosis. Can He Make It as a Cybersleuth?: by Renee Dudley ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Thomas van [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/autistic-adults-train-for-cybersecurity-jobs#141405411:15
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): 07/09/22 - ZOE COVID-19 Study Update: 1,507,413 people are currently predicted to have symptomatic COVID-19 in the UK, up by 9,419. Yesterday was 1,497,994 (+1%) and last Wednesday was 1,510,748 (no change). → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/x812w0/070922_zoe_covid19_study_update/12:03
BrainstormUpdates for Russia: +47958 cases, +94 deaths since 22 hours ago — Afghanistan: +398 cases, +2 deaths, +1571 tests since 23 hours ago12:06
BrainstormNew from Politico: Asia: China’s Xi Jinping to meet Putin on first foreign trip since COVID pandemic → https://www.politico.eu/article/xi-jinping-china-meet-vladimir-putin-russia-first-trip-since-covid/12:12
BrainstormUpdates for Indonesia: +3513 cases, +21 deaths, +171149 tests since 22 hours ago — Qatar: +685 cases since 23 hours ago13:08
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Peacock (@PeacockFlu): At the moment my feeling is BA.2.75.2 is most likely to win out, but I definitley wouldnt rule out one of the other second gen BA.2s coming from behind... → https://twitter.com/PeacockFlu/status/156746808016229171613:09
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Peacock (@PeacockFlu): I have no idea how any of these will look in terms of causing future waves, etc - I think anything from a silent takeover to further waves (like earlier this year) is entirely possible. I also strongly suspect we will see further second gen BA.2s appear in the [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/PeacockFlu/status/156746808184011161613:18
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tom Peacock (@PeacockFlu): Full credit to the folks generating and sharing the sequences, as well as the folks trawling through looking for new lineages and variants - QTing @LongDesertTrain's (who spotted one of these 2nd gen BA.2s) great in-depth thread on BA.2.3.20 here twitter.com/LongDesertTrai… → https://twitter.com/PeacockFlu/status/156746808334167245113:28
BrainstormNew from Ars Technica: Science: With BA.5 boosters, Biden officials herald the start of annual COVID shots → https://arstechnica.com/?p=187868813:47
BrainstormNew from Il Sole 24 Ore: (translated) Agencies approve Covid-19 vaccines like flu shots: Paul Burton (Modern). "The preclinical data of a platform used by over 750 million people around the world will allow us to keep up with the evolution of this virus" → https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/le-agenzie-approvano-vaccini-covid-19-come-antinfluenzali-AEC2zPyB13:57
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: Global COVID Cases For 07SEP22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/x83cbr/global_covid_cases_for_07sep22/14:06
BrainstormUpdates for UAE: +427 cases, +1 deaths, +213994 tests since a day ago14:10
BrainstormUpdates for Hong Kong: +10194 cases, +16 deaths since 22 hours ago — Croatia: +934 cases, +5 deaths, +7439 tests since 23 hours ago15:00
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA holds rare second meeting over an ALS drug; U.S. to expand distribution for monkeypox vaccine → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/09/07/covid19-monkeypox-vaccine-als-fda-bayer-sarepta-bharat-medicare/15:24
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): A new report confirms BA.4.6's (now ~10% in US) immune escape, loss of Evusheld sensitivity"The loss of activity of tixagevimab and cilgavimab against BA.4.6 leaves us with bebtelovimab as the only therapeutic mAb that has retained potent [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156751061249808384015:53
BrainstormUpdates for China: +11826 cases since 23 hours ago — Azerbaijan: +574 cases, +13 deaths since 21 hours ago16:08
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: Seriously, Flu Could Be Bad This Year: Sometime in the spring of 2020, after centuries, perhaps millennia, of tumultuous coexistence with humans, influenza abruptly went dark . Around the globe, documented cases of the viral infection completely cratered [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/09/flu-season-winter-2022-covid-masking/671356/16:51
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Just one piece of useful data: A Venn diagram showing:• BA2/4/5 are closely related (BA4 and BA5 have the same spike protein)• BA1 is more different• 2020-2021 strains in previous vaccines are distinctbiorxiv.org/content/10.110… pic.twitter.com/hd7ZVG8Nfu → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/156752571904310067817:01
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Messaging Strategies to Increase Peer Education on COVID-19 Vaccination and Climate Change → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0553004417:11
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Tele-rehabilitation in Women With Breast Cancer During COVID-19 Pandemic. → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0553087617:20
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +17570 cases, +57 deaths, +163107 tests since 23 hours ago18:07
BrainstormNew from COVID19 Vaccine Tracker: valerie: Anhui Zhifei Longcom: Zifivax → https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/27/19:44
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Valneva Publishes Trial Results for Inactivated, Whole-Virus COVID-19 Vaccine: Valneva’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, VLA2001, demonstrated superior virus-neutralizing antibodies compared to the AstraZeneca vaccine. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/valneva-publishes-trial-results-for-inactivated-whole-virus-covid-19-vaccine20:13
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna): Here we are again, global south protecting the world without support. Newvaccines with our discoveries for Moderna & Pfizer (Omicron and BA.5). After they made billions they did not support ANY science or vaccination in Global South but fund tennis events with [... want %more?] → https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/156758411157699379920:51
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: News Scan for Sep 07, 2022: In-person events and COVID-19 Avian flu in Ohio poultry → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/09/news-scan-sep-07-202221:01
BrainstormUpdates for Japan: +129737 cases, +247 deaths since a day ago — Canada: +3691 cases, +21 deaths since 23 hours ago21:01
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: The number of children estimated to have experienced the death of a parent or caregiver as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has climbed to more than 10.5 million globally as of May 1, 2022. → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/x8d9jj/the_number_of_children_estimated_to_have/21:29
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Michael Lin, MD PhD   (@michaelzlin): Want a handy cheat-cheat of SARSCoV2 strains?Just say Venn pic.twitter.com/Leb6QorzMq → https://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/156759769319489536021:39
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Global COVID-19 cases continue to fall: Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Sep 07, 2022 Next week the WHO will publish 6 policy briefs that outline steps governments can take to reduce transmission and save lives. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/09/global-covid-19-cases-continue-fall22:08
BrainstormUpdates for France: +20142 cases, +46 deaths since 23 hours ago22:10
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Jim Wappes: Sustained psychological distress may be tied to long COVID → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/09/sustained-psychological-distress-may-be-tied-long-covid22:37
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BrainstormLjL, It says: Ted Brautigan on Twitter: "BA.2.75(.x) in the UK The gift that keeps on giving. I don't think any previous variant has ever picked up additional antigenic mutations as fast as this baby https://t.co/K6IWR0E49Y" / Twitter22:43
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BrainstormUpdates for Mali: +131 cases, +862 tests since 23 hours ago — Zimbabwe: +43 cases since 20 hours ago22:59
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): A small, in-depth study of Paxlovid rebound demonstrates high viral load with symptoms or positive antigen tests—which supports infectiousness— along with occurrence in 5 of 13 families, suggesting it is not uncommonnejm.org/doi/full/10.10… @NEJM pic.twitter.com/ot8yVTTu3G → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156762171568095232023:16
BrainstormNew from COVID on Twitter: Eric Topol (@EricTopol): How well does an original (ancestral strain) mRNA booster hold up vs BA.5 over time for neutralizing antibodies?nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… @NEJMNot well, especially in people without breakthrough or prior infections pic.twitter.com/S08OQzpRSJ → https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/156762368899195289623:25

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