libera/##covid-19/ Monday, 2022-10-17

BrainstormUpdates for India: +1509 cases since 15 hours ago00:03
BrainstormUpdates for Barbados: +405 cases, +4399 tests since 4 days ago01:08
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): nCoV: China reports 1,026 new COVID cases for Oct 15 vs 1,364 a day earlier | 15OCT22 → https://old.reddit.com/r/nCoV/comments/y5wfcu/china_reports_1026_new_covid_cases_for_oct_15_vs/02:31
BrainstormUpdates for Qatar: +1010 cases, +1 deaths since 2 days ago04:11
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Nearly One in Five American Adults Who Have Had COVID-19 Still Have "Long COVID" → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/y5yrri/nearly_one_in_five_american_adults_who_have_had/04:50
BrainstormUpdates for New Zealand: +14288 cases since 4 days ago05:01
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: As COVID surges in Germany, studies show more risks from infections for children → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/y60mon/as_covid_surges_in_germany_studies_show_more/06:04
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: European Prosecutor’s Office confirms it’s investigating European Union Covid vaccine contracts: In an unusual step, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office confirmed it has opened an investigation into the Covid-19 contracts the European [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/10/17/european-prosecutor-investigating-pfizer-covid19-contract/07:08
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Low-field MRI showed persistent pulmonary dysfunction in both children and adolescents recovered from COVID-19 and with long COVID → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/y6225n/lowfield_mri_showed_persistent_pulmonary/07:45
BrainstormUpdates for Puerto Rico, United States: +1936 cases, +1 deaths since 23 hours ago — Sverdlovsk, Russia: +1109 cases since 23 hours ago — Maharashtra, India: +440 cases, +1 deaths since 23 hours ago — Irkutsk, Russia: +280 cases, +2 deaths since 23 hours ago08:01
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doesn’t prevent transmission: Antivax disinformation goes viral again: Last week, antivaxxers were all over social media after Tucker Carlson touted a "revelation" that the phase 3 [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-doesnt-prevent-transmission-antivax-disinformation-goes-viral-again/09:09
BrainstormNew from StatNews: CDC: Signs point to an early start for flu season, with cases already ticking up in parts of the U.S.: Before the Covid-19 pandemic, influenza trackers would begin reading tea leaves around this time of the year. After a couple years of low #flu transmission, they are starting [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2022/10/17/cdc-signs-point-to-early-start-flu-season/10:42
BrainstormNew from BMJ: More than a third of US counties lack obstetric care as services are deemed unprofitable: More than a third of the 3143 counties in the US are maternity “deserts” without a hospital or birth centre that offers obstetric care and without any obstetric providers—and the situation is getting worse, says a [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj.o2487.short12:25
BrainstormNew from ScienceNews: A swarm of sneaky omicron variants could cause a COVID-19 surge this fall: Scientists are tracking similar mutations showing up in many variants that help the coronavirus evade some of our immune defenses and treatments. → https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-omicron-variants-fall-surge13:04
BrainstormUpdates for China: +6367 cases, +5 deaths since 22 hours ago13:06
BrainstormNew from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Xevudy, sotrovimab, COVID-19 virus infection, Date of authorisation: 17/12/2021, Revision: 4, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/xevudy13:23
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: Weekly Scientific Discussion Thread - October 17, 2022: This weekly thread is for scientific discussion pertaining to COVID-19. Please post questions about the science of this virus and disease here to collect them for others and clear up post space for [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/y69b7x/weekly_scientific_discussion_thread_october_17/14:01
BrainstormUpdates for Saudi Arabia: +246 cases, +2 deaths since 13 hours ago14:08
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Expect cancer vaccine by 2030, say Covid pioneers → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/y69n1m/expect_cancer_vaccine_by_2030_say_covid_pioneers/14:29
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Deep RNA sequencing of intensive care unit patients with COVID-19 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/y6argq/deep_rna_sequencing_of_intensive_care_unit/15:07
BrainstormUpdates for Hong Kong: +5361 cases, +5 deaths since a day ago15:11
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: BioNTech eyes cancer vaccine before decade’s end; Pfizer asks Supreme Court to review copay programs → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2022/10/17/covid19-vaccines-biontech-cancer-pfizer-medicare-antibiotics-als-biogen-moderna-teva-labcorp/15:17
BrainstormUpdates for UAE: +314 cases, +1 deaths, +110000 tests since a day ago16:07
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Dr Anthony Fauci: long Covid is an ‘insidious’ public health emergency → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/y6cbmy/dr_anthony_fauci_long_covid_is_an_insidious/16:23
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Materials analysis and image-based modelling of transmissibility and strain behaviour in approved face mask microstructures → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/y6cwb5/materials_analysis_and_imagebased_modelling_of/17:01
BrainstormUpdates for Denmark: +3387 cases, +22 deaths since 2 days ago — Bangladesh: +389 cases, +1 deaths, +5625 tests since a day ago17:03
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): The Effect of Newspaper Reporting on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: a Randomised Controlled Trial → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0558256417:11
BrainstormNew from LitCovid: (news): COVID-19 Aftermath: Direction Towards Universal Health Coverage in Low-Income Countries Comment on "Health Coverage and Financial Protection in Uganda: A Political Economy Perspective". → https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/3624394517:20
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Measure of Vaccine Effectiveness to Prevent Hospitalizations for Viral Respiratory Infections in Adults → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0558223917:30
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +14030 cases, +93 deaths, +84220 tests since 23 hours ago18:05
BrainstormNew from LitCovid: (news): COVID-19 Pandemic Effects on the Well-Being of Professional Pilots. → https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/3624391918:07
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Safety and Dosage of a Computerized Cognitive Training Program for Cognitive Dysfunction After COVID-19 → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0558260318:16
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Exploratory Clinical Study to Evaluation of the Safety and Immunogencity of Bivalent Vaccine V-01D-351 → https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0558335718:26
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Covid: Life expectancy still down in many countries: Life expectancy improved last year in some European countries but not in others, researchers say. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6327579918:35
BrainstormNew from New Scientist: Covid jab rates vary in England in children of different ethnicities: In England, 15.8 per cent of children aged 12 to 15 from Gypsy or Roma ethnic groups have received at least one vaccine dose, compared with 83.5 per cent of their [... want %more?] → https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342749-covid-jab-rates-vary-in-england-in-children-of-different-ethnicities/19:04
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: The pandemic is not over: We ignore it at our risk → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/y6haml/the_pandemic_is_not_over_we_ignore_it_at_our_risk/19:41
BrainstormUpdates for Canada: +1 deaths since 20 hours ago20:03
BrainstormUpdates for Israel: +680 cases, +5 deaths since 16 hours ago20:59
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Healthcare | Free Full-Text | Orthostatic Intolerance in Long-Haul COVID after SARS-CoV-2: A Case-Control Comparison with Post-EBV and Insidious-Onset Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/y6iw7p/healthcare_free_fulltext_orthostatic_intolerance/21:06
de-facto%title https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/10/228421:16
Brainstormde-facto: From www.mdpi.com: Viruses | Free Full-Text | Comparative Study of Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Hospitalised Patients: A Retrospective Population Study of 500 Hospitalised Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Spanish [...]21:16
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: How to Make Sense of This Fall’s Messy COVID Data: It is a truth universally acknowledged among health experts that official COVID-19 data are a mess right now. Since the Omicron surge last winter, case counts from public-health agencies have [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/10/fall-winter-covid-cases-wave-data-predictions/671768/21:34
BrainstormUpdates for France: +106788 cases, +164 deaths since 2 days ago — Ukraine: +79215 cases, +410 deaths since 8 hours ago — Senegal: +75 cases since 4 days ago — Papua New Guinea: +65 cases since 2 days ago21:59
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: News Scan for Oct 17, 2022: Protection against Omicron reinfection Trauma patients and COVID-19 Avian flu in 6 states → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/10/news-scan-oct-17-202222:03
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Study highlights burden of long COVID on health systems: Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Oct 17, 2022 Women who survived COVID had double the healthcare visits later on compared with uninfected women. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/10/study-highlights-burden-long-covid-health-systems22:12
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Historical Perspective:  Lessons from SARS-CoV-1: Not long ago this virus was the global concern, before the emergence of COVID-19. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/historical-perspective-lessons-from-sars-cov-123:00
BrainstormUpdates for Bahrain: +367 cases, +2603 tests since 22 hours ago — Canada: +639 cases since 23 hours ago23:02
Raf[m]you guys see this -23:04
Raf[m]https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.13.512134v123:04
Raf[m]seems to be a bit controversial. trying to get down to the facts here23:04
Raf[m]Omicron-S carrying chimera has a 80% mortality rate23:04
Raf[m]question is, what is the mortality rate of the ancestral SARS-CoV-2 in that particular mouse strain?23:05
LjLRaf[m], saw it just yesterday, was already too worried by the reinfection news to give it my attention'23:15
LjL%title https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01450-323:15
BrainstormLjL: From www.nature.com: Life expectancy changes since COVID-19 | Nature Human Behaviour23:15
LjL(not this, this is just something I've found now from Topol)23:15
Raf[m]but aren't life expectancy affected by large portions of the population dying from covid and bringing the averages down23:17
Raf[m]so if you survive an infection, there's really no way to know how that would affect your personal life expectancy23:17
LjLno but it tells you things about the various countries' trajectories in this life expectancy loss23:18
LjLthis is the Topol tweet https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/158202652408077516823:18
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 Zotero group: LjL: Life expectancy changes during the Covid pandemic among 29 countries: the US among the most pronounced reduction. Several countries had bounce back improvement in 2021 (black arrows below). Vaccination uptake was correlated w/ less deficit [... want %more?] → https://www.zotero.org/groups/covid_links/items/UGUYC83823:28
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV: Could New COVID Variants Spark Wave Similar to Omicron Last Winter? – NBC Chicago → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirus_2019_nCoV/comments/y6nkbx/could_new_covid_variants_spark_wave_similar_to/23:47

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