libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2020-12-04

BrainstormNew from EurekAlert!: Pediatric ER saw steep drop in asthma visits during spring COVID-19 lockdown: A new study published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society discusses a steep drop off from prior years in asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits at Boston Children's Hospital during the spring 2020 COVID-19 surge and lockdown. → https://is.gd/SObcbN06:29
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +23591 cases (now 1.1 million) since a day ago07:07
BrainstormUpdates for Saxony, Germany: +2616 cases (now 63535), +59 deaths (now 1142) since a day ago — Saxony-Anhalt, Germany: +2121 cases (now 15482), +13 deaths (now 203) since a day ago — Alaska, US: +1272 cases (now 34563), +1 deaths (now 130) since 10 hours ago — Moscow Oblast, Russia: +1193 cases (now 114471), +36 deaths (now 2160) since a day ago07:35
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Face masks considerably reduce COVID-19 cases in Germany - 20 days after becoming mandatory face masks have reduced the number of new infections by around 45%. Economic costs are close to zero compared to other public health measures. → https://is.gd/pvvQyn07:54
BrainstormUpdates for Georgia: +5068 cases (now 152704), +38 deaths (now 1425) since a day ago08:21
BrainstormNew preprint: Is Point-of-Care testing feasible and safe in care homes in England? An exploratory usability and accuracy evaluation of Point-of-Care Polymerase Chain Reaction test for SARS-COV-2 by Massimo Micocci et al, published on 2020-12-03 at https://medrxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.11.30.20240010 [... want %more?]08:25
BrainstormUpdates for Lithuania: +2516 cases (now 69582), +26 deaths (now 590) since 23 hours ago08:50
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: Durability of Responses after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccination (82 votes) | https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2032195 | https://redd.it/k6a6pq09:21
bolovanoshithere09:41
bolovanosI have few family members falling into the risk category. I would like to relay on hard data to help them understand. Are there any relevant (peer reviewed - preferably, meta studies, cohorts) statistical studies relating risk factors - comorbidities to age and following development of disease (seriousness)?09:43
BrainstormNew from EMA: Human medicine assessment reports: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): M-M-RVaxPro, measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (live), Rubella,Mumps,Immunization,Measles, Date of authorisation: 05/05/2006, Revision: 26, Status: Authorised → https://is.gd/wpcARH09:43
CoronaBot04/r/coronavirus: Fauci: 'I don't socialize. It's my wife and I and the federal agents' (10116 votes) | https://thehill.com/homenews/news/528659-fauci-i-dont-socialize-its-my-wife-and-i-and-the-federal-agents#.X8lxknuvK8g.twitter | https://redd.it/k68q1r10:04
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Study finds metformin reduced COVID-19 death risks in women: University of Minnesota Medical School and UnitedHealth Group researchers found that metformin was associated with significantly reduced COVID-19 death risks in women in one of the world's largest observational studies of COVID-19 patients. → https://is.gd/iqPj8W10:33
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: World War II vet beats COVID-19, marks 104th birthday: An Alabama man who spent World War II repairing bomb-damaged trains in France recovered from a fight with COVID-19 in time to mark his 104th birthday on Thursday. → https://is.gd/D2C7U310:45
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Data shows Americans couldn't resist Thanksgiving travel: Americans couldn't resist the urge to gather for Thanksgiving, driving only slightly less than a year ago and largely ignoring the pleas of public health experts, who begged them to forgo holiday travel to help contain the coronavirus pandemic, data from roadways and [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/DdhhpM10:57
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: UK drugs regulator defends fast pace of vaccine approval: Britain's medicines regulator insisted Friday its world-first approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine met all safety standards, after officials in Europe and the United States raised questions about the rapid process. → https://is.gd/4lOPcs11:10
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: WHO looks at e-certificates for COVID-19 vaccination: The World Health Organization said it was considering introducing electronic vaccination certificates, as hopes for an end to the pandemic were boosted after Britain became the first country to approve use of a COVID-19 vaccine. → https://is.gd/cLAT7i11:22
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: Dr. Gottlieb: ‘I'm hopeful’ for enough Covid vaccine supply next year after Pfizer rollout cut: The former FDA chief explains why he is "hopeful" there will be adequate vaccine supply in 2021 and why it is important that patients take both doses. → https://is.gd/bn0X4L11:35
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: Moderna Provides Updates on the Clinical Development and Production of Its COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate (80 votes) | https://investors.modernatx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/moderna-provides-updates-clinical-development-and-production-its | https://redd.it/k6cc1011:40
BrainstormNew from NPR: S. Korea Considers Tighter Coronavirus Restrictions As Cases Spike: Amid criticism of the government's recent handling of the pandemic, the country is seeing more cases than at any time  in the past nine months. → https://is.gd/ACM4aO11:59
BrainstormUpdates for Switzerland: +4382 cases (now 344497), +110 deaths (now 5221) since a day ago12:08
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: MIT study: Covid-19 vaccines may be less effective for Asian Americans (80 votes) | https://www.csail.mit.edu/news/mit-study-covid-19-vaccines-may-be-less-effective-asian-americans | https://redd.it/k6dgaj12:11
BrainstormNew from BMJ: The new normal: This year everyone has had to adjust to changes in every aspect of their lives. Medical students have not been immune. "Since the start of the pandemic, medical students have been hard hit by the... → https://is.gd/IFkl5W12:12
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: German firm's super-coolers to send vaccines around the world: At first sight, they look like regular containers. But the rectangular boxes made by German company Va-Q-Tec will in fact play a key role in keeping life-saving COVID-19 vaccines ultra cool as they are shipped across the world. → https://is.gd/GS56IJ12:25
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Covid-19: UK 'confident' of having 800,000 vaccine doses by next week → https://is.gd/UAUcKI12:37
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Download the daily number of new reported cases of COVID-19 by country worldwide: The downloadable data file is updated daily and contains the latest available public data on COVID-19. You may use the data in line with ECDC’s copyright policy. → https://is.gd/zYsz7d12:49
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Covid-19: UK 'confident' of having 800,000 vaccine doses by next week → https://is.gd/UAUcKI13:26
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +423 deaths (now 18303) since 23 hours ago13:36
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Cyprus hopes to roll out COVID vaccine by year-end: Cyprus expects its first deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines before the end of the year as part of the rollout across Europe once the drugs are approved, officials said Friday. → https://is.gd/vGZ05k13:51
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: CDC: The virus that causes COVID-19 may have been in the US as early as mid-December 2019, a month before the first confirmed case, based on antibodies found in donated blood. Widespread community transmission likely did not occur until February 2020. (83 votes) | https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1785/6012472 | https://redd.it/k6hzu413:53
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Covid-19: UK 'confident' of having 800,000 vaccine doses by next week → https://is.gd/UAUcKI14:03
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Yellow fever claims 172 lives in Nigeria: WHO: A yellow fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 172 people so far, the World Health Organization said Friday. → https://is.gd/CdbU8s14:16
BrainstormUpdates for Belarus: +1774 cases (now 143383), +9 deaths (now 1190) since a day ago — Netherlands: +5874 cases (now 543924), +58 deaths (now 9623) since a day ago — Switzerland: +101 deaths (now 5243) since a day ago14:36
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Getting fired during a pandemic could break your heart: The COVID-19 pandemic-induced recession and rising unemployment may increase the occurrence of heart disease in New Zealand, particularly in middle-aged men. → https://is.gd/ulgdvZ14:42
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: Repurposed Antiviral Drugs for Covid-19 — Interim WHO Solidarity Trial Results (80 votes) | https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2023184 | https://redd.it/k62oh214:48
BrainstormUpdates for US: +219110 cases (now 14.5 million), +2939 deaths (now 282910) since 23 hours ago14:50
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Daily Discussion Post - December 04 | Questions, images, videos, comments, unconfirmed reports, theories, suggestions → https://is.gd/SpWXR214:54
BrainstormNew from Il Sole 24 Ore: Telemedicina meglio regolamentata in Francia e Germania: L’emergenza Covid ha indotto i governi a riconoscere il potenziale della telemedicina e a modificare leggi e regolamenti dall’oggi al domani → https://is.gd/yL1XDp15:06
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Covid-19: UK 'confident' of having 800,000 vaccine doses by next week → https://is.gd/UAUcKI15:19
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: Cyberattacks and criminal gangs target Covid-19 vaccines; whistleblower raps FDA oversight → https://is.gd/2w3mBi15:32
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Covid-19: UK 'confident' of having 800,000 vaccine doses by next week → https://is.gd/UAUcKI15:44
BrainstormNew preprint: A single intranasal or intramuscular immunization with chimpanzee adenovirus vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine protects against pneumonia in hamsters. by Traci Bricker et al, published on 2020-12-03 at https://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.12.02.408823 [... want %more?]16:08
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Covid: Care home testing paused over safety concerns: The rapid tests picked up five infections out of every 10 found by conventional lab tests. → https://is.gd/gwKX8o16:10
BrainstormUpdates for Maryland, US: +3792 cases (now 209191), +26 deaths (now 4790) since a day ago16:22
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Age, gender and COVID-19: A complex, hormone-driven interplay: Age is a well-known factor that influences the severity and fatality of COVID-19. In addition, male and female patients are known, at least anecdotally, to fare quite differently in the COVID-19 pandemic. Why might this be, and can these observations help guide [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/HwUEFJ16:22
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: (news): 15 days of 102 fever, a cracked tooth from chattering — ex-NYSE chief shares his Covid ordeal → https://is.gd/lfhAsR16:35
BrainstormNew from NPR: U.K. Will Start Immunizing People Against COVID-19 On Tuesday, Officials Say: Mass vaccinations will start less than a week after the U.K. approved the new drug. Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford says it could start "a long path back to normality." → https://is.gd/IGFOE817:01
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Clinical Outcome of Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia Treated With Corticosteroids and Colchicine → https://is.gd/pMCXlF17:14
BrainstormUpdates for Arizona, US: +5680 cases (now 352101), +64 deaths (now 6885) since a day ago17:22
BrainstormUpdates for Mississippi, US: +2480 cases (now 161516), +37 deaths (now 3916) since a day ago17:36
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +14156 cases (now 1.7 million), +455 deaths (now 60617) since 10 hours ago — Canada: +6009 cases (now 399396), +100 deaths (now 12460) since 23 hours ago17:50
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: (news): 15 days of 102 fever, a cracked tooth from chattering — ex-NYSE chief shares his Covid ordeal → https://is.gd/lfhAsR18:03
BrainstormUpdates for Italy: +24110 cases (now 1.7 million), +814 deaths (now 58852) since a day ago — Switzerland: +104 deaths (now 5285) since 17 hours ago18:08
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: (news): Heated on-air CNBC exchange between Sorkin and Santelli mirrors national debate over Covid lockdowns → https://is.gd/ZfKd7v18:28
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Researchers urge priority vaccination for individuals with diabetes: Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have discovered individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes infected with COVID-19 are three times more likely to have a severe illness or require hospitalization compared with people without diabetes. → https://is.gd/bUKl3l18:41
CoronaBot04/r/coronavirus: Florida investigation finds governor misled public on Covid as cases rose (10312 votes) | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/04/florida-governor-rob-desantis-covid-investigation-misled-public | https://redd.it/k6kq6n18:49
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +25163 cases (now 1.1 million), +469 deaths (now 18492) since 23 hours ago18:50
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Spain to vaccinate third of population by June: PM: Spain plans to vaccinate at least a third of its 47 million residents by June, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday, with the COVID-19 immunisation campaign to start in January. → https://is.gd/yZaMPJ18:53
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: How COVID-19 vaccines will get from the factory to your local pharmacy: Bahar Aliakbarian is an expert in supply chain management in pharmaceuticals and a professor at the School of Packaging at Michigan State University. Below, she describes the vaccine supply chains of Pfizer and Moderna, which are expected to be the two [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/Pg58Nx19:06
BrainstormUpdates for Spain: +5554 cases (now 1.7 million), +214 deaths (now 46252) since 23 hours ago19:08
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Bahrain now 2nd nation to grant Pfizer shot emergency use: The island kingdom of Bahrain said Friday it has become the second nation in the world to grant an emergency-use authorization for the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. → https://is.gd/cQQZE319:18
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Mexico City hospitals are filling up, but so are the streets: Sometimes Latin American dance tunes on the radio—salsa, cumbia, ranchera—bring a little cheer into the emergency room of Mexico City's Ajusco Medio hospital, which is operating well over normal capacity because of COVID-19. → https://is.gd/JVR1iD19:30
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Intimate partner violence has increased during pandemic, emerging evidence suggests: As we face rising COVID infection rates, the possibility of additional quarantines rises. Although stay-at-home orders might protect individuals from the virus, home isn't safe for everyone. Studies show that domestic violence calls to police [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/isrQEn19:43
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: (news): CDC quietly adjusted Covid death data, shows higher relative toll on Black, Hispanic people → https://is.gd/ECZvph20:32
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: Metformin and risk of mortality in patients hospitalised with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort analysis (80 votes) | https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(20)30033-7/fulltext#%20 | https://redd.it/k6ojay20:32
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: WHO warns Covid reinfections may occur as data suggests antibodies wane: World Health Organization officials on Friday warned that recent data suggests people who were once infected with the coronavirus could be infected again. → https://is.gd/i2bomn20:45
BrainstormUpdates for France: +8270 cases (now 2.3 million) since 19 hours ago20:50
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: (news): Heated on-air CNBC exchange between Sorkin and Santelli mirrors national debate over Covid lockdowns → https://is.gd/ZfKd7v20:57
BrainstormUpdates for Delaware, US: +942 cases (now 38398), +3 deaths (now 782) since a day ago — Germany: +19946 cases (now 1.1 million), +342 deaths (now 18568) since 23 hours ago21:08
BrainstormNew from Scientific American: Health: Coronavirus News Roundup, November 28-December 4 → https://is.gd/1OCtM821:09
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: The Worst-Case Scenario Is Happening—Hospitals Are Overwhelmed: Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here . → https://is.gd/mH62bi21:22
BrainstormUpdates for South Carolina, US: +2950 cases (now 226013), +30 deaths (now 4496) since a day ago21:22
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: CDC advisor says kids could get Covid vaccine in the second half of 2021: Children and young teens could get a Covid-19 vaccine in the second half of next year, an advisor for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. → https://is.gd/YiF22J21:47
BrainstormUpdates for Eritrea: +38 cases (now 632) since a day ago21:50
CoronaBot04/r/covid19: Get Ready for False Side Effects (87 votes) | https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/12/04/get-ready-for-false-side-effects | https://redd.it/k6rs2r21:51
BrainstormNew from NPR: Survey Finds Asian Americans Are Racial Or Ethnic Group Most Willing To Get Vaccine: Pew Research Center found 83% of Asian Americans said they would get a vaccine compared to 42% of Blacks. White and Latinx respondents were about even with 63% and 61% respectively saying they would. → https://is.gd/43CfNC21:59
BrainstormUpdates for Arkansas, US: +2827 cases (now 167137), +31 deaths (now 2586) since a day ago22:08
BrainstormNew from PLOS ONE: Adipolin/C1q/Tnf-related protein 12 prevents adverse cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction: by Tomonobu Takikawa, Koji Ohashi, Hayato Ogawa, Naoya Otaka, Hiroshi Kawanishi, Lixin Fang, Yuta Ozaki, Shunsuke Eguchi, Minako Tatsumi, Mikito Takefuji, Toyoaki Murohara, Noriyuki Ouchi Background Myocardial infarction (MI) is a [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/4sGjxR22:12
BrainstormNew from PLOS ONE: The endothelial dysfunction blocker CU06-1004 ameliorates choline-deficient L-amino acid diet-induced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in mice: by Cho-Rong Bae, Haiying Zhang, Young-Guen Kwon Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a severe, advanced form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) that is associated with features of [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/elcj7t22:24
DocScrutinizer05gosh! it took a local hotspot incidence of 395/100k7d here in Germany https://i.imgur.com/iyCcU1v.png to *finally* switch to remote schooling at least locally. really nobody¡ would have expected that schools are a problem :-/22:26
DocScrutinizer05hmm, LjL is PLOS ONE really on topic?22:29
LjLno but it matched the regex22:30
BrainstormNew from PLOS ONE: Unsterile injection equipment associated with HIV outbreak and an extremely high prevalence of HCV—A case-control investigation from Unnao, India: by Sandip Patil, Amrita Rao, Preety Pathak, Swarali Kurle, Arati Mane, Amit Nirmalkar, A. K. Singhal, Vinita Verma, Mukesh Kumar Singh, D. C. S. Reddy, Ashwini Shete, Manjula Singh, [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/ISW3EP22:36
BrainstormNew from PLOS ONE: Perceived psychological stress and associated factors in the early stages of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic: Evidence from the general Chinese population: by Xiao Yang, Zhenzhen Xiong, Zhixiong Li, Xiao Li, Weiyi Xiang, Yiwen Yuan, Zhe Li Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute respiratory [... want %more?] → https://is.gd/Hikfob22:49
BrainstormUpdates for Mauritania: +176 cases (now 9181), +1 deaths (now 182) since 21 hours ago22:50
BrainstormNew from PLOS: The PLOS Medicine Staff: Correction: Impact of self-imposed prevention measures and short-term government-imposed social distancing on mitigating and delaying a COVID-19 epidemic: A modelling study → https://is.gd/AnaFO223:01
euod[m]DocScrutinizer05: people have an incentive to ignore schools being the problem.23:09
BrainstormUpdates for Oregon, US: +2144 cases (now 81437), +30 deaths (now 1003) since 23 hours ago — Canada: +6563 cases (now 401234) since 23 hours ago23:22
Jigsy%cases UK23:30
BrainstormJigsy: In United Kingdom, there have been 1.7 million confirmed cases (2.5% of the population) and 60617 deaths (3.6% of cases) as of 5 hours ago. 44.8 million tests were performed (3.8% positive). See https://offloop.net/covid19/?default=United%20Kingdom for time series data.23:30
euod[m].us 23:45
euod[m].cases us23:45
Brainstormeuod[m]: In US, there have been 14.7 million confirmed cases (4.5% of the population) and 285280 deaths (1.9% of cases) as of 12 minutes ago. 201.5 million tests were performed (7.3% positive). Fatality can be broadly expected to lie between 1.2% (assuming prevalence as in tests) and less than 3.2% (considering only deaths and recoveries). See https://offloop.net/covid19/?default=US for time series data.23:45
euod[m]need to start adding deaths as a portion of the population soon.23:46
euod[m]the US has reached 0.095% 23:47
BrainstormNew from CNBC Health: Paramedics under 'extreme stress' as toll of Covid pandemic climbs, ambulance company CEOs say: "This coronavirus has just been very difficult for us because we don't really know when it's going to end," Acadian Companies CEO Richard Zuschlag told CNBC. → https://is.gd/e39aNk23:55

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