libera/##covid-19/ Sunday, 2025-01-05

BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Impact of tiered restrictions in December 2020 on COVID-19 hospitalisations in England: a synthetic control study: Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of localised Tier 3 restrictions, implemented in England in December 2020, on reducing COVID-19 hospitalisations compared with less stringent Tier [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/15/1/e08680204:02
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 1181: Seek and ye shall find, coronaviruses and phage: TWiV discusses an outbreak of influenza H5N1 that killed over half of the great cats at a Washington sanctuary, origin and cross-species transmission of bat coronaviruses in China, and the diverse and abundant phages that enter cells via [... want %more?] → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1181/06:17
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: COVID-19-like "HMPV virus" causes panic in China → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1hu0a47/covid19like_hmpv_virus_causes_panic_in_china/08:16
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: What is China's HMPV virus and will it be a new outbreak? → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1hu5p7e/what_is_chinas_hmpv_virus_and_will_it_be_a_new/13:14
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): What is clear is that there is an age effect. The subjects respond in part age-depend. This figure deals with sepsis, which seems to suggest that a more robust antibody presence against past infection/vaccination has a positive effect on sepsis outcomes. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11377578835540175213:43
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): In line with earlier studies, the authors show that these ECs cannot be productively infected by SARS-CoV-2. Of course, they do detect the virus and start their defence response. Spike protein also resulted in a defence response, including expression of adhesion molecules [... want %more?] → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11377592709079072514:21
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: What is HMPV? China steps up emergency measures amid new virus outbreak → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1hu72qi/what_is_hmpv_china_steps_up_emergency_measures/14:31
LjLare the up/downvotes in this subthread justified? https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1hu72qi/what_is_hmpv_china_steps_up_emergency_measures/m5irybc/16:40
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: This could be nothing as there are no other sources, however, “WHO declares new COVID outbreak in China global health emergency” → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1huavx8/this_could_be_nothing_as_there_are_no_other/17:42
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Simplifying Vaccine Access Translates to Better Uptake: Investigators evaluated strategies to simplify the vaccination process to yield higher rates of adult immunization, similar to that of the COVID-19 pandemic. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/simplifying-vaccine-access-translates-to-better-uptake18:21
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Fascinating article about Russian social media bots & COVID news → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1huceqe/fascinating_article_about_russian_social_media/18:50
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: COVID-19 Masking: Hundreds of Thousands of Russian Social Media Bots Have Tricked the Public → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1hucrnx/covid19_masking_hundreds_of_thousands_of_russian/19:00
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Personality and Brain Function: A Grim Reality or a Wake-Up Call? → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1hucwcm/understanding_the_impact_of_covid19_on/19:09
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): "The FDA would not allow any vaccine trials to proceed unless they deemed placebos to be true placebos. A lawyer argued that the only true placebos were water or saltwater, which isn’t true. A wide range of placebos have been used in vaccine trials. These placebos might [... want %more?] → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11377748962449909021:00
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Origin and cross-species transmission of bat coronaviruses in China → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11377793873170378022:55
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Remember the responses by anti-vaxxers? You will suffer from vaccines in 3 months, no, 6, no, 1 year, 3, 5, 10 years? → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11377802866932196323:15

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