libera/##covid-19/ Sunday, 2024-04-21

BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 1107: Uncoating some envelopes: It has been a long time since TWiV has released an all listener email episode, and if you have been waiting for one, then this episode is for you! (and everyone else of course). → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1107/06:09
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Man had rare Covid infection that lasted 613 days, showed extensive mutations → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1c99vr5/man_had_rare_covid_infection_that_lasted_613_days/07:15
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: N Korea tests ‘super-large warhead,’ state media say - Taipei Times → https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1c9b03g/n_korea_tests_superlarge_warhead_state_media_say/08:40
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Weekly Discussion Thread | Week of April 21, 2024: 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/1c9bnbl/weekly_discussion_thread_week_of_april_21_2024/09:08
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): We find that exposure to an infected individual in a store increases the infection rate by around 0.12 percentage points (P < 0.001) between day 3 and day 7 after exposure. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11230891058189157813:15
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: Why are we so ill? The working-age health crisis - BBC News → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/1c9ggrh/why_are_we_so_ill_the_workingage_health_crisis/14:21
de-facto%title https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/104169914:41
Brainstormde-facto: From www.eurekalert.org: Following longest known chronic SARS-CoV-2 in | EurekAlert!14:41
de-factohttps://www.escmid.org/fileadmin/escmid/media/pdf/press_releases/2024/2024-q2/Press_Release_20240418_P3994UniqueCovidVariantV6.pdf14:47
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Some panic accounts post messages about a "COVID-like" illness in Argentina. This happened in September 2022 and was no new pathogen. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11230942204546802215:28
LjLde-facto, is Paxlovid not used extensively in immunocompromised patients these days?! i don't see it mentioned anywhere in the paper20:50
LjLpaper or whatever it is20:50
de-factoi do not know that, but i would suspect them to have tried mostly every treatment available if that patient was infected for 613 days20:51
de-factoapparently without an immune system it seems to be impossible to clear out the virus from the body20:51
de-factoso what he was incubating there was a spectrum of virus mutations that survived all of this and even himself20:52
de-factonot sure but since he did not die from other opportunistic infections (when staying alive for 613 days) it seems he did have at least *some* immune system, just not strong enough to clear up all the SARS-CoV-2 virions fast enough20:54
de-factohence the variants he incubated most likely not only were selected for surviving all the treatments they gave him but also anything that his weakened immune system could mobilize against COVID20:55
LjLde-facto, https://drive.google.com/file/d/11pxDsxwtcqBgpvDGKSYA7LfWfYCVaA-R/view?pli=1 shows a graph showing viral load and antivirals they tried, and Paxlovid isn't among them :(21:01
de-factothey just mentioned some monoclonal antibodies, its pretty clear that those static targets wont work against a whole spectrum of evading mutations21:08
de-factoi dont think they give a full list of all treatments21:08
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (translated) (**news): **Vaccineren Stays #the most important method #hence #about #this #illness and their consequences to avoid. Unfortunately are as died already small children. Despite #all modern medical #worry, it highest number ever since 1963, and the year is first begun. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11231112379298139622:38

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