libera/##covid-19/ Monday, 2024-12-23

BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): This concern us all. The US is the biggest WHO funder. US withdrawal will damaging the WHO's ability to respond to public health crises such as the coronavirus, mpox or potential influenza pandemics. Monitoring malaria, zika, Dengue, Marburg and Enola will suffer, causing [... want %more?] → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11369908561786280900:36
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: How many of you are buying the idea that Baseball    Star Ricky Henderson died of “Pneumonia?” → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1hkfpvv/how_many_of_you_are_buying_the_idea_that_baseball/05:20
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is NOT a “vaccine skeptic.” He is antivax. Period.: I wish I didn't have to write this post, but the press won't stop referring to RFK Jr. as a "vaccine skeptic." He is not. He is antivax. The post  first appeared [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/robert-f-kennedy-jr-is-not-a-vaccine-skeptic-he-is-antivax-period/09:02
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Business: STAT+: FDA designates Neuralink brain implant, infectious disease tests as ‘breakthroughs’ → https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/23/stat-fda-breakthrough-devices-tracker-update-neuralink-infectious-disease-tests/10:38
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: The Tribal Lending Industry Offers Quick Cash Online at Outrageous  Interest Rates. Here’s How It’s Survived.: by Joel Jacobs and Megan O’Matz ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-lending-industry-federal-oversight12:04
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Structural proteins of human coronaviruses: what makes them different?: Following COVID-19 outbreak with its unprecedented effect on the entire world, the interest to the coronaviruses increased. The causative agent of the COVID-19, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus - 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is one of seven [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39711780/12:20
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor: by Jesse Coburn and Andy Kroll ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. As Donald [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/scott-turner-hud-nominee-trump-public-housing-texas12:30
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Structural proteins of human coronaviruses: what makes them different?: Following COVID-19 outbreak with its unprecedented effect on the entire world, the interest to the coronaviruses increased. The causative agent of the COVID-19, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus - 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is one of seven [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39711780/12:40
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Plaques of protein or amyloids are a characteristic of several neurodegenerative diseases. It is very likely inflammation plays a role in at least speeding up the process. This counts for many infections and is why vaccines reduce this risk. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11370197891300384812:59
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): We have moved on because we have gained good immune memory. This makes SC2 from a new and dangerous virus to a known virus we deal with as we deal with many other pathogens. SC2 will keep infecting, like all other pathogens, such as influenza, RSV, and NL63. That is not the [... want %more?] → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11370221898174945213:56
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: New Data on Long COVID Prevalence and Impact: CDC Report and RECOVER Study Update: 6.4% of US adults experience Long COVID, with 19.8% reporting significant activity limitations, while the updated RECOVER study refines the [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/new-data-on-long-covid-prevalence-and-impact-cdc-report-and-recover-study-update15:04
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: How Tortillas Lost Their Magic: Photographs by Victor Llorente At about midnight each weekday, a group of five men and women arrives at the darkened restaurant doors of Sobre Masa in Brooklyn and performs a sacred art of transformation. Heirloom [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/12/tortilla-masa-heirloom-artisanal-revolution/681102/15:23
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Doc Suspected in Mass Killing; Vaccine Injury Claims Spike; Iowa Has First H5N1 Case: (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.A Saudi psychiatrist is suspected of deliberately bulldozing a car through a German Christmas market, killing five [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/generalpsychiatry/11351616:31
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: COVID-19 Mortality Risk, Treatments, and Hospitalized Patients: A recent study examined mortality outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients treated with remdesivir and dexamethasone vs dexamethasone alone, using data from the Omicron period. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/mortality-risk-treatments-and-hospitalized-patients17:10
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Anti-vaxxers: The vaccine damages the immune system! → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11370308372295213517:38
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Longitudinal data were collected for 95 individuals with primary SARS2 infection in 2020, before the availability of COVID-19 vaccines. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11370318702788308117:58
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Adding Daratumumab to VRd Boosts MRD Negativity in Transplant-Ineligible Myeloma: (MedPage Today) -- In an analysis of the phase III CEPHEUS trial presented at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting, adding daratumumab (Darzalex) to bortezomib (Velcade), lenalidomide [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/ashvideopearlsmm/11352018:36
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Is anybody familiar with antivaxxer researchers Peter Rhodes & Peter Parry? Do they have any credibility? → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1hktvju/is_anybody_familiar_with_antivaxxer_researchers/19:25
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Long COVID study shows high rates of cognitive change: 3 out of every 4 patients did not return to prior health within 60 weeks of initial infection. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/long-covid-study-shows-high-rates-cognitive-change20:14

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