libera/##covid-19/ Saturday, 2024-08-10

BrainstormNew from StatNews: CDC slightly increases risk bird flu could cause a pandemic in latest assessment: The CDC's latest estimate slightly increased the risk the H5N1 bird flu virus could trigger a pandemic — but the agency still says the risk to the general public is… → https://www.statnews.com/2024/08/09/bird-flu-cdc-risk-assessment/01:20
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 1138: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin: In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the harms of perpetuating the lab leak hypothesis and the recent ACIP recommendations for the RSV vaccine for those individuals over 60, before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 [... want %more?] → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1138/06:16
BrainstormNew from NPR Science: What is an unfair advantage in sports?: We at Short Wave have been following all things Olympics, from the medals and new records to the ugly accusations that two women boxers aren't really women. Last year, the boxers failed gender tests, according to the International [... want %more?] → https://www.npr.org/2026/01/01/1198916197/tested-gender-testing-womens-sports09:05
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): 2.2M Covid-19 related deaths. Vaccines prevented another approximate1.6M. This is not counting secondary effects from infection withour acquired immunity. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11293702307678923411:34
BrainstormNew from Retraction Watch: Weekend reads: Publish or perish, the card game; revisiting fraud in anesthesiology; the Hindawi mass retraction timeline: Would you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and our [... want %more?] → https://retractionwatch.com/2024/08/10/weekend-reads-publish-or-perish-the-card-game-revisiting-fraud-in-anesthesiology-the-hindawi-mass-retraction-timeline/12:14
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: New research show that at least 1.6 million European lives have been directly saved by COVID-19 vaccinations, with 60% of those lives saved when Omicron became the dominant strain of the virus—and those numbers may be an undercount. → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1eoq31x/new_research_show_that_at_least_16_million/13:09
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Top 5 Infectious Disease News Stories: Week of August 2-August 9: Enhanced diagnostic and surveillance measures for hypervirulent pathogens, new CDC safety data on RSV vaccines showing rare risks, updated IDSA guidance for managing [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/top-5-infectious-disease-news-stories-week-of-august-2-august-915:12
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Long COVID science, research and policy → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1eosoyh/long_covid_science_research_and_policy/15:23
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: COVID-19 transmission in indoor settings. CFD study with varying HVAC parameters demonstrates that raising the Air Change per Hour (ACH) from 2 to 8 reduces risk of particle inhalation by nearly 70% → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1eoup9g/covid19_transmission_in_indoor_settings_cfd_study/17:02
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Estimated number of lives directly saved by COVID-19 vaccination programmes in the WHO European Region from December, 2020, to March, 2023: a retrospective surveillance study → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1eoz66p/estimated_number_of_lives_directly_saved_by/20:10
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: 2628. Prevalence of respiratory symptoms in children and staff in Pre-K—12th grade schools and subsequent results from respiratory virus testing | Open Forum Infectious Diseases → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1ep10xh/2628_prevalence_of_respiratory_symptoms_in/21:23
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Covid fell to 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. last year, down from 4th → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1ep15ho/covid_fell_to_10th_leading_cause_of_death_in_the/21:33
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: School knowledge of infectious diseases in schools: conducting surveillance and on-demand, symptomatic respiratory viral testing in a large pre-kindergarten–12th grade school district → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1ep2a8s/school_knowledge_of_infectious_diseases_in/22:17

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