libera/##covid-19/ Saturday, 2025-03-15

BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 1200: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin: In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello bemoan the continued outbreak of Sudan virus and growing number of paralytic polio cases before discussing growing measles outbreak in the US and Europe, the vaccine, an interview with a [... want %more?] → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1200/05:15
BrainstormNew from Retraction Watch: Weekend reads: Frustration over unpaid peer review; NIH axes research grants; publishers sue Meta: Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up past 500. There are more than 57,000 retractions in The [... want %more?] → https://retractionwatch.com/2025/03/15/weekend-reads-frustration-over-unpaid-peer-review-nih-axes-research-grants-publishers-sue-meta/11:07
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: The Democrats’ Enabling Act: Senate votes to fund Trump’s dictatorship [“…It is impossible to explain the actions of the Democratic Party purely in terms of cowardice. The Democrats are not an opposition party. They [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1jbupf7/the_democrats_enabling_act_senate_votes_to_fund/14:25
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: New research found individuals with lower levels of cognitive flexibility were more likely to report personal barriers to vaccination—that is, they tended to state that vaccination conflicted with their personal beliefs → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1jbwe0m/new_research_found_individuals_with_lower_levels/15:41
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Older adults might be more resistant to bird flu infections than children, Penn research finds - Those who were exposed to seasonal flu viruses that circulated prior to 1968 were found to be more likely to have antibodies that bind to the H5N1 [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1jbxkp2/older_adults_might_be_more_resistant_to_bird_flu/16:48
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: Trump Is Ceding Ground to a Deadly Enemy: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a near-perfect predator. In 1882, Robert Koch, the physician who discovered the microbe, told a room full of scientists that it caused one in seven of all deaths. In 2023, after a brief [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/tuberculosis-death-usaid-trump/682062/16:58
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): "Negative correlation between vaccination rates & mortality" That is laughable and cannot be taken seriously in any way. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11416821535823192421:05
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: A Pill to Prevent COVID-19 Shows Promise → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1jc4mbd/a_pill_to_prevent_covid19_shows_promise/21:44
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Cancer patients would be more vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2, which could contribute to a break in a decline observed in Japan. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11416887214158046323:51

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