libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2024-04-18

BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Vaccination programmes save health systems billions, says new modelling. Report from the Office of Health Economics reveals adult immunisation returns up to 19 times the initial investment. → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1c6mfnm/vaccination_programmes_save_health_systems/00:09
BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Seminar] Systemic lupus erythematosus: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystemic autoimmune disease characterised by the presence of autoantibodies towards nuclear antigens, immune complex deposition, and chronic inflammation at classic target [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00398-2/fulltext00:41
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: UC Riverside demonstrates RNAi vaccine that works against multiple strains and in the immunocompromised → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1c6qhk1/uc_riverside_demonstrates_rnai_vaccine_that_works/03:53
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Long COVID immune abnormalities largely resolved at 24 months, providing optimism that long COVID symptoms resolve over time → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1c6sfq9/long_covid_immune_abnormalities_largely_resolved/04:41
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Computer simulation predicts Australia's COVID-19 vaccine campaign prevented thousands of deaths before Omicron spread → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1c6w1it/computer_simulation_predicts_australias_covid19/08:04
BrainstormNew from BMJ: A large oronasal defect: A man in his late 50s with a history of regular cocaine use reported dysphagia, weight loss, and sticking chewing gum to his hard palate to stop food entering his nose (fig 1). On examination he had a nasal voice and a large oronasal defect. Computed tomography showed extensive [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj-2024-079667.short11:50
BrainstormNew from PubMed: SARS-CoV-2 variant typing using real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction-based assays in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: CONCLUSIONS: The study data demonstrated that reverse transcription-PCR-based variant typing can provide additional screening opportunities where sequencing opportunity is inaccessible. [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38634071/12:49
BrainstormNew from Virology.ws: Trial By Error: Guardian Columnist George Monbiot Discusses His Scathing Critique of the “Biopsychosocial” Approach to ME/CFS and Long Covid: By David Tuller, DrPH Earlier today I [... want %more?] → https://virology.ws/2024/04/18/trial-by-error-guardian-columnist-george-monbiot-discusses-his-scathing-critique-of-the-biopsychosocial-approach-to-me-cfs-and-long-covid/12:59
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: Cancer vaccine startup launches with $54 million, Spark veteran as CEO: A new startup focused on creating vaccines for cancers, influenza, and potentially even HIV launched Thursday with $54 million in funding. → https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/18/cancer-vaccine-startup-launches-with-54-million-spark-veteran-as-ceo/13:09
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Psychiatrist who claimed {pound}1000s for shifts he didn’t work is struck off: A psychiatrist who forged a colleague’s signature on his timesheets and claimed tens of thousands of pounds in NHS pay when he was actually on leave or out of the country has been struck off the UK medical register.A medical [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q895.short13:48
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): MenQuadfi, meningococcal group A, C, W-135 and Y conjugate vaccine, Date of authorisation: 18/11/2020, Revision: 11, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/menquadfi13:58
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: Increased Age-Adjusted Cancer Mortality After the Third mRNA-Lipid Nanoparticle Vaccine Dose During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/1c71pkk/increased_ageadjusted_cancer_mortality_after_the/14:18
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: us: Nigeria is the First Country to Implement the Men5CV Vaccine Recommended by WHO → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/nigeria-is-the-first-country-to-implement-the-men5cv-vaccine-recommended-by-who-14:28
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Evidence from Whole Genome Sequencing of Aerosol Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 almost Five Hours after Hospital Room Turnover → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1c73za3/evidence_from_whole_genome_sequencing_of_aerosol/16:07
BrainstormNew from Politico: Mike Pence warns Putin will wage war on NATO if Ukraine loses: Former U.S. vice president calls on Congress to approve funding for Ukraine aid, saying that "isolation is never the answer." → https://www.politico.eu/article/mike-pence-vladimir-putin-russia-united-states-nato-donald-trump-ukraine/17:26
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Rotavirus: Then and Now: (MedPage Today) -- Since the widespread introduction of vaccination programs in 2006, the burden of disease from rotavirus in both the U.S. and abroad has decreased substantially.In fact, vaccination proved so successful in the U.S. that rotavirus... → https://www.medpagetoday.com/spotlight/rotavirus/10972718:16
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Changing Entrenched Health Beliefs Is Not Impossible: Some people with deep-rooted beliefs on a wide range of health topics – from COVID vaccination to mental health stigma to foods including genetically modified organisms – could be persuaded to rethink their positions. → https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/news/20240418/changing-entrenched-health-beliefs-not-impossible18:26
BrainstormNew from Eric Topol on Substack: Eric Topol: Are We FLiRTing With A New Covid Wave? → https://erictopol.substack.com/p/are-we-flirting-with-a-new-covid21:12
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: (news): COVID vaccination in kids protects against serious outcomes, but it wanes over time, new data show → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-vaccination-kids-protects-against-serious-outcomes-it-wanes-over-time-new-data-show22:51
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Improvement of immune dysregulation in individuals with long COVID at 24-months following SARS-CoV-2 infection → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1c7ehub/improvement_of_immune_dysregulation_in/23:11
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Global health groups propose new terminology for pathogens that spread through the air: Also, the group steered away from defined cutoff points such as "droplets" and "aerosols" that scientists have used to distinguish larger particles from smaller particles. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/global-health-groups-propose-new-terminology-pathogens-spread-through-air23:30
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Health: Covid ignited a global controversy over what is an airborne disease. The WHO just expanded its definition → https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/18/covid-airborne-transmission-disease-who-expanded-definition/23:40

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