libera/##covid-19/ Sunday, 2024-08-04

BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: US prepares for bird flu pandemic with $176M Moderna vaccine deal → https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1ejfgec/us_prepares_for_bird_flu_pandemic_with_176m/00:36
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Most scientists, particularly virologists, do not favour the lab leak as the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic,  but pundits, influencers and general public do. This schism threatens their legitimate and ultimately socially important work, → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11290053126644606000:56
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: Long COVID ties with heart disease for health outcomes: Vaccines reduce risk, study finds - "The burden of long COVID is actually on par with the DALY burden of heart disease," → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1ejh95y/long_covid_ties_with_heart_disease_for_health/02:06
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Berlin: Thousands march in COVID-19 pandemic skeptic protest. Participants also voiced opposition to Germany's push to rebuild its military → https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1ejl5ym/berlin_thousands_march_in_covid19_pandemic/05:51
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 1137: Dengue is not BANAL: TWiV discusses a twice-yearly antiviral for prevention of AIDS, the WHO pandemic plan, West Nile resurgence in the US, the BANAL SARS-CoV-2 related viruses reproduce in human cells but do not transmit among animal hosts, and an amino acid change in dengue virus that [... want %more?] → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1137/06:14
* enyc meows12:23
enychrrm still test T C positive on old LFT with just enough liquid ... definite sense of getting rid of lots of virussy-goo!12:24
enycProf Calder says. “Immune response involves lots of construction work.” Eating plenty of high-carb foods like oats, bread and pasta, plus energy-dense, high-protein foods like full-fat yoghurt, eggs and nuts will help recovery, even if your appetite is low.12:32
enychrrm but not sugar that virus multiplies on ?12:33
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: Nasal COVID-19 vaccine halts transmission: Study in hamsters indicates vaccines targeting nose, mouth may be key to controlling spread of respiratory infections → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1ejmsic/nasal_covid19_vaccine_halts_transmission_study_in/13:08
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): They show that in vitro, Omcron has become better in infecting human cardiomyocytes, with BA.2 better than BA.1. As you expect with a cytolytic virus, cells die, mitochondria fragment, etc. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11290344674317539213:18
de-factoLow carb anti inflammatory food and no inflammation inducing sugar as well as foods that have blood thinning properties to counter coagulation. Something that covers a broad divertity of nutrition. Loads of water to stay well hydrated all the time.13:20
xx"low carb" as if oats were bad13:57
xxor beans13:57
de-factohttps://medicine.wustl.edu/news/nasal-covid-19-vaccine-halts-transmission/15:22
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Although exercise is considered to be a first-line treatment for POTS, in a survey of long COVID patients 89.5 percent of patients reported relapses after exertion. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11290398101157542415:35
ublxmode/additional mode of transfer between farms for bird flu? https://scitechdaily.com/urgent-countermeasures-are-needed-researchers-find-blowflies-carrying-bird-flu-in-japan/15:41
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): "Pandemic flu is a virulent human flu that causes a global outbreak, or pandemic, of serious illness. Because there is little immunity, the DISEASE can spread easily from person-to-person." An epidemic is a regional outbreak of disease, not infection only. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11290426038930650616:45
LjLwhat's the point of the above post18:01
ublxidk, maybe "it's not a pandemic/epidemic unless infection leads to disease.. on the same scale as the infection" maybe18:20
LjLublx, sure, but i just don't know why he's saying that in a vacuum19:49
LjLmaybe it's not in a vacuum but i just can't figure out Mastodon19:50
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: 'Living Through My Worst Nightmare': What We Heard This Week: (MedPage Today) -- "We've just been living through my worst nightmare."  --  Anthony Fauci, MD, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, recounting the early days of the COVID pandemic."If [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/what-we-heard/11135922:32

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