libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2024-11-08

BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): The intriguing question is how this is regulated. Are local B cells temporarily escaping Tfr regulation against (only?) IFN-I? What is the sensor, IFN-I itself, on which cells? Is there a role for IFN-III, and what stops the local production of auto-antibodies? → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11344422949344245200:23
BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Articles] Disparities in wellbeing in the USA by race and ethnicity, age, sex, and location, 2008–21: an analysis using the Human Development Index: Substantial disparities in wellbeing exist within the USA and are heavily influenced by race and ethnicity [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01757-4/fulltext00:33
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Flu cases dropped by 95% during the start of the pandemic as COVID-19 restrictions changed the way flu spread around the globe, but flu continued to spread in places with fewer restrictions and its global spread restarted once international air [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1gm5qyq/flu_cases_dropped_by_95_during_the_start_of_the/01:50
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): The cumulative damage from repeat Covid infections. What's going to happen to us?: Curious about our current understanding of this. From what I can gather it seems that each repeat infection increases your odds of serious organ damage and long term [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1gm94lu/the_cumulative_damage_from_repeat_covid/04:55
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Late olfactory bulb involvement in COVID19 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1gmasdi/late_olfactory_bulb_involvement_in_covid19/06:02
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine therapies for the treatment of mild/moderate acute COVID-19: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis: Background Increasing evidence has emerged for traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) to treat COVID-19 [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/14/11/e08895907:49
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Protocol for an ambidirectional cohort study on long COVID and the healthcare needs, use and barriers to access health services in a large city in Southeast Brazil: Introduction Post-COVID-19 condition, or syndrome, also known as long COVID, is an infection-associated chronic condition that can [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/14/11/e08665607:59
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Long COVID facts and findings: a large-scale online survey in 74,075 Chinese participants → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1gmekee/long_covid_facts_and_findings_a_largescale_online/10:25
BrainstormNew from StatNews: What Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. might do to undermine vaccines — and what they likely can’t: RFK Jr. may push the FDA to gather more data, and could try to fill the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices with vaccine skeptics. → https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/08/trump-rfk-jr-vaccines-fda-cdc/10:35
BrainstormNew from EMA: News and press releases: First certification of a veterinary vaccine platform technology master file: EMA's Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products (CVMP) has issued the first certificate for a vaccine platform technology master file (vPTMF) which will [... want %more?] → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/first-certification-veterinary-vaccine-platform-technology-master-file13:33
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: Jammer on Twitter: "In September I shared this conversation after an encounter we had outside my apartment where after discussing COVID and LongCovid, I suggested she should mask up since she was going door to door amid a surge. [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1gmiq1x/jammer_on_twitter_in_september_i_shared_this/14:52
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Longhorn Vaccines Develops Sepsis Vaccine Targeting Key Toxins: This composite peptide vaccine targets key bacterial toxins to prevent sepsis, enhance antibiotic efficacy, reduce inflammation in diseases and cancer, with further data expected soon. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/longhorn-vaccines-develops-sepsis-vaccine-targeting-key-toxins15:01
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Escaped monkeys and who to know in the MAHA world: Today's health news includes what RFK Jr. can do on vaccines, escaped monkeys, and who know in the Make America Healthy Again movement. → https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/08/rfk-vaccines-maha-monkeys-escape-morning-rounds/15:22
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): NZ-804 potently inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Mpro (0.009 μM IC50) as well as SARS-CoV-2 replication in human lung cell lines (0.008 μM EC50) and primary human airway epithelial cell cultures. It also inhibits distantly related HCoVs, such as OC43, and viral selection to → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11344783801462983715:41
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Year in Review: RSV: (MedPage Today) -- This year's headlines on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) focused largely on the relatively new vaccines  --  including a new option, expanded FDA approvals, and updated CDC recommendations  --  plus a potential new monoclonal... → https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/11280116:12
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Vaccinations for all are key to preventing diseases and their impacts. Affordable healthcare is essential—treating issues later is costly for both people and resources. Programmes like Medicare and Medicaid in the U.S. play a crucial role in making health accessible for all. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11344802939973588416:32
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Communicable disease threats report, 2-8 November 2024, week 45: This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 2-8 November 2024 and includes updates on avian influenza, Middle East respiratory virus syndrome, [... want %more?] → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/communicable-disease-threats-report-2-8-november-2024-week-4516:52
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: What We Know But Still Have to Learn About Long COVID: Despite advances in understanding and treating Long COVID, many questions about its mechanisms, susceptibility, and varied recovery patterns remain unresolved, underscoring the need for continued research. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/what-we-know-but-still-have-to-learn-about-long-covid18:21
BrainstormNew from Eric Topol on Mastodon: (news): Fetal situs inversus, a congenital heart abnormality, is significantly increased with SARS-CoV-2 infection in early pregnancy → https://mstdn.social/@erictopol/11344849499787273318:31
* LjL got vaccinated today20:38
* ublx signs LjL up for the flubola challenge test20:39
LjLublx, only got flu and covid no ebola ;(20:39
ublxhow many flus does the flu vaccine cover?20:40
LjLlast year it was 4 iirc20:40
LjLlemme see if my e-file says what i had20:40
LjLnope not there yet. but indeed last year it was 420:42
ublxwe should have usb ports and reprogrammable immune systems20:44
ublxthe big pharmaceuticals could even do VAAS (vaccines as a service) subscriptions20:45
ublxexcuse me while i patent this idea and sell it to Big Evil Pharma Co20:45
LjLhowaboutnothanks20:45
ublxlol20:46
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Study finds no adverse brain development in kids exposed to COVID in utero: There was a modest increase in parent-reported infant self-regulatory behavior—a generally positive finding—at 6 months. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-finds-no-adverse-brain-development-kids-exposed-covid-utero21:08
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: CDC reports slight flu rise in children, first kid's flu death of season: Meanwhile, COVID activity remained low amid a shift in variant proportions and RSV levels rose in 3 US regions. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-general/cdc-reports-slight-flu-rise-children-first-kids-flu-death-season21:37
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: (news): MIS-C much more common in kids not vaccinated against COVID-19, data reveal → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mis-c-much-more-common-kids-not-vaccinated-against-covid-19-data-reveal22:08
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): If regional influenza evolved, there may be a vaccine mismatch. Furthermore, the absence of infections and vaccinations may have lowered population immunity and personal immune levels. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11344947194025371222:37

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