libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2024-10-04

BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (translated) (**news): It is the autumn, and the yearly flu and also **COVID-19  inoculations be very #at to guess for #a ##all in a group from #lake **gevoeligen (more slight #immune system), and it has advantage also against infection #near #everyone. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11324763488526154708:06
BrainstormNew from BMJ: How covid, flu, and other seasonal vaccine programmes are changing: As summer fades this September, staff at a general practice in Hampshire, England, will activate a computer program—as they do every year. It will scour the medical records of patients and send those who are eligible for a seasonal flu or [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q1819.short13:24
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Evaluating Safety and Efficacy of Vaxart's Oral Vaccine's Impact on COVID-19 Variants: Part 2 with James F Cummings, MD, as he discusses the need for a stronger response to emerging variants, the importance of protecting [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/evaluating-safety-and-efficacy-of-vaxart-s-oral-vaccine-s-impact-on-covid-19-variants14:24
BrainstormNew from Politico: Slovak health minister quits over government ‘support’ for anti-vaxxer’s Covid report: Prime Minister Robert Fico backed plans to investigate Slovakia's pandemic management. A prominent anti-vaxxer was given the key role. → https://www.politico.eu/article/slovakia-health-minister-zuzana-dolinkova-quits-government-support-anti-vaccine-covid/14:34
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): What that means is that the first waves of SC2 infection will likely increase the incidence of many inflammation-sensitive disorders (diabetes, AD, heart disease, etc). This also happened after the influenza pandemic, and at lower amplitude, after an epidemic. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11324945045726033315:55
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Opinion/decision on a Paediatric investigation plan (PIP): Spikevax (previously COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna), elasomeran,imelsomeram,davesomeran, decision type: PM: decision on the application for modification of an agreed PIP, therapeutic [... want %more?] → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/paediatric-investigation-plans/emea-002893-pip01-20-m0417:06
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Communicable disease threats report, 28 September - 4 October 2024, week 40: This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 28 September - 4 October 2024 and includes updates on Marburg virus disease, [... want %more?] → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/communicable-disease-threats-report-28-september-4-october-2024-week-4017:16
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): This, leaving B cells /antibodies aside) shows that CD4 and CD8 T cells recognise different parts of the virus. Escape from our immune system is really, and fortunately, very difficult. SARS-CoV-2 does not achieve immune escape. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11324996602496586918:06
BrainstormNew from Politico: Boris Johnson: I’m sorry I said sorry for Partygate scandal: Johnson said his “blanket apology” for rule-breaking pandemic parties had been a mistake. → https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-boris-johnson-sorry-apology-partygate-scandal-downing-street/18:45
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): New NIAID Director Scared of Masks: "Trauma is not what has been and continues to be inflicted on those most harmed by COVID, it is what is experienced when a doctor sees a mask and, for just a second, remembers what it felt like to be scared, to feel [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1fw4k2e/new_niaid_director_scared_of_masks/19:25
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: us: GigaGen's New Contract with BARDA for Polyclonal Antibody Development → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/gigagen-s-new-contract-with-barda-for-polyclonal-antibody-development19:54
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: COVID-19 hospitalization remains higher among older adults: CDC researchers found that adults 65 and older continue to hospitalized for COVID at much higher rates than other age groups, yet antivirals in this age group remain underused. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-19-hospitalization-remains-higher-among-older-adults20:04
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: US markers show more COVID decline, with RSV rise in the southeast: Though KP.3.1.1 variant levels continue to rise, the proportion of XEC viruses is also trending upward. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/us-markers-show-more-covid-decline-rsv-rise-southeast22:04
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Rwanda to receive experimental vaccines, therapeutics to combat Marburg outbreak: There are currently no licensed vaccines or drugs to prevent or treat Marburg, but experimental versions are heading to Rwanda. → https://www.statnews.com/2024/10/04/marburg-virus-rwanda-outbreak-vaccines-therapeutics/23:42

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