libera/##covid-19/ Tuesday, 2024-10-29

BrainstormNew from StatNews: Biotech: STAT+: Dreams of cancer vaccines are becoming more real. Here are 9 scientists making it happen → https://www.statnews.com/2024/10/29/who-to-know-series-key-figures-cancer-vaccine-development/09:33
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Increased flu and COVID-19 vaccination coverage recommended for risk groups in EU/EEA ahead of winter season: Seasonal influenza and COVID-19 vaccination uptake for risk groups such as the elderly were sub-optimal in several EU/EEA [... want %more?] → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/increased-flu-and-covid-19-vaccination-coverage-recommended-risk-groups-eueea-ahead09:54
BrainstormNew from BMJ: David Norman Phear: bmj;387/oct29_2/q2360/FAF1faDavid was born in Grantchester, Cambridge, in 1925. His parents had moved to the UK from South Africa in 1911. His father was a lecturer in electrical engineering at Cambridge University and his mother was a teacher. He had a happy childhood with his older brother [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q2360.short10:34
BrainstormNew from PubMed: AML-VAC-XS15-01: protocol of a first-in-human clinical trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy of a multi-peptide vaccine based on leukemia stem cell antigens in acute myeloid leukemia patients: INTRODUCTION: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has a dismal prognosis, mostly due to minimal [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39469638/11:25
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pfizer beats earnings expectations in first report after criticism by activist investor → https://www.statnews.com/2024/10/29/pfizer-third-quarter-earnings-starboard-value/12:16
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: A recent study suggests that individuals who had COVID-19 may experience lingering cognitive difficulties, especially in areas like working memory and planning. → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1gestjp/a_recent_study_suggests_that_individuals_who_had/13:16
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): First of all, be very mindful of the cohorts in the papers and whether they were preselected to represent a particular population, such as hospitalised patients, veterans, or longCovid patients. Don´t use prevalence or incidence data from those for the general population. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11339068452510176613:26
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: Actor Matt McGorry on Instagram: “…I’ve had COVID twice… and I’ve never fully recovered… I think I was partly in denial because I knew that if I really had Long COVID, then that would mean that I probably couldn’t [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1getdwx/actor_matt_mcgorry_on_instagram_ive_had_covid/13:36
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): "New Covid XEC symptom 'severely impacts daily functioning' warns doctor" → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11339081488385502013:57
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): To recap: XEC is a subvariant of SARS-CoV-2. No variant will change the identity of the virus. Although some symptoms may change a bit, they are all similar to most respiratory viruses. Important: vaccination and build-up immunity will help against all variants! → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11339081794513376414:07
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Ebola-Like Virus Death in the U.S.; Pill Cuts COVID Spread; What Are Healthy Diets?: (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.An Iowa resident who recently traveled to West Africa died after testing positive for Lassa fever, a rare [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/11262315:29
peetaurwhat are healthy diets... gonna read for a laugh; it's gonna say lots of processed carbs probably15:33
peetauryep it's WHO propaganda saying you should have 45-75% cargs :D and "sugars 10% or less" oh yah cuz that's somehow different, and they say high fat is "unhealthy weight gain" the exact opposite of what modern research tells us15:37
peetaurand they throw in a completely unsupportable made up bs that low carbs causes vitamin and mineral deficiency :D15:38
peetaur(page 4 of the pdf)15:38
peetaurpage 13 "WHO recommends that carbohydrate intake should come primarily from whole grains"   whole grains have near top of antinutrients that deprive you of minerals ...doing the opposite of what they claim15:45
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: A study analyzed the destinations of 385,930 COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped to Pennsylvania in the first phase of vaccine distribution (Dec. 14, 2020, to April 12, 2021) and found that white people had 81.4% more doses shipped to their neighborhoods [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1gewjho/a_study_analyzed_the_destinations_of_385930/16:12
BrainstormNew from ScienceNews: A race to save Indigenous trails may change the face of archaeology: As construction of a pipeline nears, an effort to preserve an Indigenous trail in Canada tests whether heritage management can keep up with advances in archaeology. → https://www.sciencenews.org/article/indigenous-trails-change-archaeology16:53
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: us: Antiviral Prevents Symptomatic COVID-19 in Post-Exposure Prophylactic Study → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/antiviral-prevents-symptomatic-covid-19-in-post-exposure-prophylactic-study17:43
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: (news): Paxlovid tied to fewer COVID-19 hospitalizations, reduced risk of long COVID → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/paxlovid-tied-fewer-covid-19-hospitalizations-reduced-risk-long-covid20:23
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: Why Covid hospitalisations among infants remain high → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/1gf3m8s/why_covid_hospitalisations_among_infants_remain/20:52
LjLPaxlovid is one of those things that there's basically one study saying it helps and another that it doesn't20:59
LjL(at least with long COVID or other specific endpoints)20:59
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Invivyd Reports 76% Risk Reduction in Symptomatic COVID-19 from CANOPY Trial of PEMGARDA: The CANOPY Phase 3 clinical trial demonstrated a reduced risk of symptomatic COVID-19, including a 64% reduction during the off-drug [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/invivyd-reports-76-risk-reduction-in-symptomatic-covid-19-from-canopy-trial-of-pemgarda21:41
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Novel Drug for Chronic Inducible Urticaria  Delivers in Mid-Stage Trial: (MedPage Today) -- BOSTON  --  Treatment with an investigational anti-KIT monoclonal antibody induced clinically meaningful responses in the two most common forms of chronic inducible urticaria, a dose-ranging phase II [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/acaai/11264123:19
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: LongCovid: The study highlights the differences in symptom incidence across geographies, healthcare settings, and socio-demographics. This makes it very hard to understand the true incidence of # LongCovid symptoms as a consequence of SARS-CoV-2 infection. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11339309638920126523:38

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