libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2024-11-15

BrainstormNew from Politico: Trump to select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead health department: The choice will roil many public health experts after his years of touting debunked claims that vaccines cause autism. → https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/14/robert-f-kennedy-jr-trump-hhs-secretary-pick-0018861700:07
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): RFK Jr: "COVID-19 is ethnically targetted". → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11348406472754571101:17
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: This Is Me, Anyone Else → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1grke4l/this_is_me_anyone_else/02:08
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: Jacob Crosse: "#DSA101 1. Vote for Democrats 2. Spread Covid-19 The #DSA -a faction of the Democratic Party- has embraced #ForeverCOVID…" / Andre Damon: "Why is no one masking? Because the DSA, a faction of the Democratic [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1grmdwe/jacob_crosse_dsa101_1_vote_for_democrats_2_spread/03:58
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Measles surged across the world with 10.3 million cases in 2023, a 20% increase from 2022. A lack of immunisation is driving the surge. 57 countries experienced measles outbreaks in 2023, affecting all regions. Measles vaccine has saved more [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1grmxt1/measles_surged_across_the_world_with_103_million/04:28
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: In-hospital outcomes of healthcare-associated COVID-19 (Omicron) versus healthcare-associated influenza: a retrospective, nationwide cohort study in Switzerland → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1grqfvl/inhospital_outcomes_of_healthcareassociated/07:48
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: If You Sanewashed RFK Jr., Or If You Sanewashed Doctors Who Did, You Own the Next 4 Years: When RFK Jr. does to the U.S. what he did to Samoa, doctors will say they are horrified, that they love vaccines, blah blah blah. But it will be too late. The post  first appeared on Science-Based Medicine . → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/ownit/09:09
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Opinion: Congress must act now to protect the future of diagnostic tests: Lab-developed tests look likely to be removed from FDA oversight. That has to change, writes Walter G. Johnson. → https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/15/lab-developed-tests-ldts-fda-oversight-congress-valid-act/10:41
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Virion morphology and on-virus spike protein structures of diverse SARS-CoV-2 variants: The evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants with increased fitness has been accompanied by structural changes in the spike (S) proteins, which are the major target for the adaptive immune response. Single-particle cryo-EM analysis of [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39543395/11:12
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Skin Necrosis Due to Misuse of a COVID-19 Antigen Home Test Kit: A Case Report: Background: Many people are still infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and the use of home test kits for diagnosis is becoming common. The misuse of the kits may cause unexpected patient harm. Purpose: The purpose of this [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39545214/12:24
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Taking into account age and no immune memory, this doesn't suggest SC2 will cause heightened risk now, with immune memory present from infection or vaccination. When looking at severity such as heart block. There was no significant difference between Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11348679383669024912:54
BrainstormNew from Politico: (translated) *Coronavirus: *Von *der *Leyen’*s Commission *dodges public *responsibility *over *Pfizergate *texts → https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-eu-commission-shirks-public-responsibility-pfizergate-texts-albert-bourla-court-hearing-new-york-times/13:16
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Increased Adverse Events During High COVID-19 Burden in Hospitals: Medication errors and patient falls in COVID-19-positive and non-COVID-19 patients highlight the impact of hospital workload on patient safety. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/increased-adverse-events-during-high-covid-19-burden-in-hospitals14:50
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Weekly respiratory virus update, week 45, November 2024: In the EU/EEA countries, activity of influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial viruses and SARS-CoV-2 continue to remain at relatively low levels. → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/weekly-respiratory-virus-update-week-45-november-202415:00
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: Trump selects anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head Dept. of Health and Human Services → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1grwswf/trump_selects_antivaccine_conspiracy_theorist/15:30
peetaurhttps://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/168205289658898022515:33
peetaur"I spent 30 years trying to get mercury out of the fish in this country, and nobody ever called me anti-fish." RFK15:34
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): That is the reason why vaccines are strongly recommended; they prepare our immune system to be faster and better when those pathogens are encountered! Vaccines have very small amounts of antigens. What do they do? → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11348752675941065816:00
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Managing Primary Biliary Cholangitis Progression and Symptoms: (MedPage Today) -- Once clinical suspicion has been established for primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), the "serologic hallmark" of the autoimmune disease are anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMA), present in approximately 90% to 95% of [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/spotlight/aasld-pbc/11291916:31
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Surge in worldwide measles cases driven by lack of vaccine coverage, WHO says → https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1gryuav/surge_in_worldwide_measles_cases_driven_by_lack/16:50
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Nurse Suicides High During the Pandemic, but Feared Surge Never Materialized: (MedPage Today) -- Female nurses' suicide risk remained higher but didn't worsen through the COVID-19 pandemic compared with other women, according to a large retrospective cohort study.Female nurses had 21% and 41% [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nursing/11292917:30
LjLpeetaur, the great quotes from someone who said COVID is a racial targeted virus...18:30
peetaurI heard that claim but never a source...what did he actually say?18:37
peetaurit affects different people disproportionally..that's true...but did he say it was engineered specifically for that?18:37
peetaur(and some of that is based on diet... eg. Africans in Africa do fine... Africans in Europe eating the postagricultural nightmare of a diet get way sicker than Europeans in Europe eating the same)18:38
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: An Update on Therapeutics for COVID-19: (MedPage Today) -- Although the general population now has at least some immunity against COVID-19, the consequences of severe disease are frequently overlooked for certain patient populations, such as those with comorbidities or immune compromise... → https://www.medpagetoday.com/spotlight/covid/11293118:38
peetaur(just like the above link says...it's always about comorbidities ^ which is disproportionate for certain groups that are less adapted toxic western food)18:40
BrainstormNew from Science Daily: Zinc deficiency promotes Acinetobacter lung infection, study finds: Researchers discovered an unexpected link between zinc deficiency, the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-13 (IL-13), and Acinetobacter baumannii lung infection and demonstrated that blocking IL-13 prevented [... want %more?] → https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241115124834.htm20:43
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Two studies describe economic burden, sex differences of long COVID: Long COVID has been known to significantly diminish quality of life, increase disability, and result in economic loss in workdays lost to illness. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/two-studies-describe-economic-burden-sex-differences-long-covid21:41
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: US flu activity continues slight rise in children as COVID levels remain low: As flu test positivity crept upward, emergency department visits increased slightly among children and adolescents. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-general/us-flu-activity-continues-slight-rise-children-covid-levels-remain-low22:20
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Biotech: STAT+: How RFK Jr. could strip legal protections from vaccine makers as HHS Secretary → https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/15/rfk-jr-hhs-could-end-legal-liability-protection-vaccine-manufacturers/22:39

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