libera/##covid-19/ Monday, 2024-06-24

BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): "How findings are presented ultimately influences how the public will understand the overall message. If a slight increase is referenced without the context that such a tiny risk is typical, you might think this vaccine is uniquely dangerous." → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11266842668317083101:11
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Have you guys been seeing way too many dead birds on the streets than usual as of late? Is this just a seasonal thing ? → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1dn2zzh/have_you_guys_been_seeing_way_too_many_dead_birds/04:42
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): What if most people where actually covid cautious like many of us?: So yea, for nearly 5 yrs, me and wifey have not eaten indoors, and have cut out a lot of "unnecessary" indoor activities we used to enjoy. I often wonder what things would [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1dn4tyf/what_if_most_people_where_actually_covid_cautious/06:38
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: “‘Panel stacking”: John Ioannidis versus a  Delphi consensus statement on COVID-19: My former science idol John Ioannidis has published a paper citing a Delphi consensus statement on COVID-19 as evidence that the scientific [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/panel-stacking-john-ioannidis-versus-a-delphi-consensus-statement-on-covid-19/09:13
BrainstormNew from Politico: 10 days to go: Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard with their guide to the election day ahead. This is day 33 of the campaign. With 10 days remaining until election day Jack and Sam discuss Sunak and Starmer’s battle in The Sun, the fallout from Farage’s [... want %more?] → https://www.politico.eu/podcast/10-days-to-go/09:33
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: How America’s “Most Powerful Lobby” Is Stifling Efforts to Reform Oil Well Cleanup in State After State: by Mark Olalde ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches , a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/oil-industry-lobbying-unplugged-wells11:33
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: 13, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/menquadfi12:27
BrainstormNew from BioNTech: BioNTech and DualityBio Receive FDA Fast Track Designation for Antibody-Drug Conjugate Candidate BNT324/DB-1311 in Prostate Cancer: Designation is based on pre-clinical data and data from an ongoing Phase 1/2 trial for [... want %more?] → https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/biontech-and-dualitybio-receive-fda-fast-track-designation12:46
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: The Risk Factors For Long COVID Have Finally Been Revealed → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1dnalby/the_risk_factors_for_long_covid_have_finally_been/12:56
BrainstormNew from Retraction Watch: Paper recommending vitamin D for COVID-19 retracted four years after expression of concern: A paper that purported to find vitamin D could reduce the severity of COVID-19 symptoms has been retracted from PLOS ONE, [... want %more?] → https://retractionwatch.com/2024/06/24/paper-recommending-vitamin-d-for-covid-19-retracted-four-years-after-expression-of-concern/14:06
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Sixty seconds on . . . space hairdryers: What the Buzz?A new device that researchers are calling a “space hairdryer” has been used to help mend broken hearts.Surely only time can heal a broken heart?Perhaps where emotions are concerned. But researchers in Austria have tried using shockwave therapy—sonic [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q1401.short14:57
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Association of institutional masking policies with healthcare-associated SARS-CoV-2 infections in Swiss acute care hospitals during the BA.4/5 wave (CH-SUR study): a retrospective observational study → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1dndz45/association_of_institutional_masking_policies/15:57
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Exploitation of supply chain monitoring loopholes fueled US opioid epidemic, study finds | Research explains how pharmaceutical companies were able to saturate the country with massive quantities of opioids, despite efforts by the DEA to [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1dnfnnm/exploitation_of_supply_chain_monitoring_loopholes/17:20
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: us: Reducing Vaccine Hesitancy: A Key is Trust Between Patient and Provider → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/reducing-vaccine-hesitancy-a-key-is-trust-between-patient-and-provider18:58
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: New estimates suggest COVID-19 was the third-largest cause of death in 2021 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1dnk38e/new_estimates_suggest_covid19_was_the/20:15
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Latest XBB COVID-19 vaccine offers protection against hospitalization, deaths: Compared to those who had not received an updated XBB vaccine, recipients had 62% protection against COVID-19 hospitalization. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/latest-xbb-covid-19-vaccine-offers-protection-against-hospitalization-deaths21:41
ublx^ "The median time between vaccination with a non-XBB vaccine and illness was 1 to 2 years, while the median time between vaccination with an XBB vaccine and illness was 34 days."21:49
ublxlol21:49
LjLO.o23:27
LjLhow can they possibly compare in those two scenarios23:28
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: A Systematic Review of Autopsy findings in deaths after covid-19 vaccination → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1dnpbx6/a_systematic_review_of_autopsy_findings_in_deaths/23:47
ublxLjL: in the conflicts of interest remarks, 'pfizer' appears a lot, including mention that several of the co-authors hold stock in pfizer23:51
ublxon the other hand, the Limitations section goes into quite some detail, in both directions23:52
ublxbut.. uh.. hard to see any reason why anyone should read beyond the conflicts of interest remarks, or why the thing was published in jama23:55
LjLublx, also my completely subjective and nonstatistical assessment is that when i see things in CIDRAP they often seem dubious23:58

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