libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2021-02-11

ubLIX[m]%title https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n30300:20
BrainstormubLIX[m]: From www.bmj.com: What went wrong in the global governance of covid-19? | The BMJ00:20
ubLIX[m]^ editorial, "What went wrong in the global governance of covid-19?", relates to the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response00:21
LjL"everything"?01:08
BrainstormUpdates for Netherlands: +2921 cases (now 1.0 million), +88 deaths (now 14610) since 23 hours ago — Germany: +9246 cases (now 2.3 million), +708 deaths (now 63979) since 23 hours ago — Canada: +4035 cases (now 815083), +93 deaths (now 20998) since 23 hours ago01:45
CoronaBot/r/covid19: mRNA vaccine-elicited antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and circulating variants (80 votes) | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03324-6#article-info | https://redd.it/lgvaxv02:41
pigzuuchina hasn't had a covid death since last spring?02:52
BrainstormUpdates for St. Martin: +174 cases (now 1408) since 13 days ago — St. Barthelemy: +95 cases (now 455) since 13 days ago03:00
pigzuuhttps://shop.demetech.us/collections/n95-respirator-masks      $2 / mask03:28
pigzuuoh wait, $4/per nyt has article on them03:29
BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +9780 cases (now 4.0 million) since 20 hours ago03:43
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CoronaBot/r/coronavirus: Fully vaccinated people can skip Covid quarantines, CDC says (10063 votes) | https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/10/health/covid-vaccinated-quarantine-cdc-guidance/index.html | https://redd.it/lh6p2706:12
BrainstormNew preprint: Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in the Bronx enables clinical and epidemiological inference by J. Maximilian Fels et al, made available as preprint on 2021-02-10 at https://medrxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2021.02.08.21250641 [... want %more?]07:02
BrainstormUpdates for St Martin, France: +174 cases (now 1408) since 13 days ago — France: +12018 cases (now 3.4 million) since 10 hours ago — United Kingdom: +6290 cases (now 4.0 million), +370 deaths (now 114959) since 13 hours ago — Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada: +53 cases (now 510) since a day ago08:10
Arsaneritde-facto: by MPs do you mean Members of Parliament (Bundestagabgeordnete) or Minister-Präsidenten der Länder?11:18
ArsaneritI don't think Ministerpräsidenten are elected by people, rather by Landstag?11:19
ArsaneritThere was a viorologist in de ARD Extra last night who seemed to question the empirical evidence for the higher rate of infection for B117 with cases in Ireland going down.11:20
-RSSBot[LjLmatrix- WHO Disease Outbreak News: Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo ( http://www.who.int/entity/csr/don/10-february-2021-ebola-drc/en/index.html )11:56
zuttcorona has probably changed my thinking, but now ebola sounds much worse than it did back when it originally started spreading some years ago12:14
zutt:s12:14
BrainstormUpdates for Antigua and Barb.: +31 cases (now 381) since a day ago — Turks and Caicos: +2 deaths (now 12) since 9 hours ago12:25
DocScrutinizer05moin13:21
BrainstormUpdates for Timor-Leste: +14 cases (now 100) since 2 days ago13:27
DocScrutinizer05I was too optimistic, as usual :-(  [29 Jan 2021 14:58:36] <DocScrutinizer05> /nick nostradamus; /msg Germany will hit 50/100k7d in 3 weeks. Around that time shit will hit the fan regarding discussion about reverting of NPI like curfew and home office and SCHOOLS. If Germany acts like usual, this won't have effect until 2 more weeks later and in 6 weeks (with one week inertia) the incidences will reach 25/100k7d.       UNLESS - most13:46
DocScrutinizer05likely - the VOC beast eats us until then13:46
DocScrutinizer05should have known shit hits the fan much earlier13:47
DocScrutinizer05news: Bavaria lifts night curfew completely for zones <100/100k7d and modifies it from 20:00- to 22:00- for the rest14:05
DocScrutinizer05in effect from next monday14:05
DocScrutinizer05oops sorry, 21:00 was now, 22:00 from next monday14:06
DocScrutinizer05zutt: ebola is "a loser" virus, it kills too fast to be successful on large scale14:07
zuttDocScrutinizer05: yeah14:07
zuttmy boss said the same thing when we spoke about this for a minute14:07
zuttbut, its still scary thing14:07
DocScrutinizer05it sure is. But thing we learned: virus with long presymptiomatic transmission timespan is nasty, imagine ebola had that property, mankinf would be doomed14:09
BrainstormUpdates for Germany: +9284 cases (now 2.3 million) since 23 hours ago — Switzerland: +1356 cases (now 539474), +17 deaths (now 9716) since 23 hours ago15:32
DocScrutinizer05.tr <de <DocScrutinizer> petschge: was kann man daraus schlussfolgern wenn trotz zwischenzeitlich eingefuehrter FFP2 maskenpflicht und trotz sich inzwischen vermutlich auf schon 15~20% steigernden mutantenanteils Rt seit 6 wochen wie festgenagelt twischen 0.85 und 0.9 schwankt?16:08
BrainstormDocScrutinizer05, German to English: petschge: what can be concluded from this if, despite the FFP2 mask requirement that has been introduced in the meantime and despite the mutant proportion Rt, which has now probably increased to 15 ~ 20%, has fluctuated between 0.85 and 0.9 for the last 6 weeks? (MyMemory, Google) [... want %more?]16:08
DocScrutinizer05.tr <de <petschge> dass Rt vorallem von der angst der bevölkerung nachgeregelt wird, unabhängig von den offiziellen regeln16:08
BrainstormDocScrutinizer05, German to English: that Rt is readjusted primarily by the fear of the population, regardless of the official rules (MyMemory) — that Rt is readjusted mainly by the fear of the population, regardless of the official rules (Google) — That *Rt *vorallem from this *angst this *bevölkerung *nachgeregelt will, independently from this official regulate (Apertium)16:08
DocScrutinizer05.tr <de <petschge> (das haben wir ja auch schon vorher gesehen. R fiel immer schon ne woche vor neuen massnahmen, weil die diskussion um "lage scheise, brauchen wir neue massnahmen?" die angst hochgetrieben hat)16:09
BrainstormDocScrutinizer05, German to English: (We have already seen that before. R always fell a week before new measures because the discussion about "situation shit, do we need new measures?" raised the fear) (MyMemory, Google) [... want %more?]16:09
DocScrutinizer05.tr <de <petschge> (deswegen retten fahrradhelme auch keine leben. weil das niedrigere verletzungsrisko dann durch schnelleres fahren, weniger abstand und andere risiken wieder kompensiert wird)16:09
BrainstormDocScrutinizer05, German to English: (That's why bike helmets don't save lives either. Because the lower risk of injury is then compensated for by riding faster, less distance and other risks) (MyMemory, Google) [... want %more?]16:10
CoronaBot/r/covid19: Does Prior Exposure to Coronaviruses Protect You? (80 votes) | https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2021/02/10/does-prior-exposure-to-coronaviruses-protect-you | https://redd.it/lh01v316:22
BrainstormUpdates for Netherlands: +4010 cases (now 1.0 million), +75 deaths (now 14678) since 22 hours ago16:52
ArsaneritIf closing stuff brings down R only due to indirect effects that doesn't mean closing isn't necessary.16:56
LjLArsanerit: I don't think the above is saying its because of indirect effects from the closure... It's saying it's just from changes in the way population naturally behaves when they're more fearful due to the  virus being more widespread or dangerous at a given time17:25
pwr22I seem to have a sore throat and a slight cough today17:54
pwr22Don't quite feel 100%17:54
pwr22Hopefully not covid 😀17:54
BrainstormUpdates for Saint Lucia: +110 cases (now 2137), +3 deaths (now 22) since 2 days ago — Canada: +63 deaths (now 21014) since 23 hours ago18:07
CoronaBot/r/covid19: Tocilizumab reduces deaths in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 (81 votes) | https://www.recoverytrial.net/files/recovery-press-release-tocilizumab_final.pdf | https://redd.it/lhml8f18:11
LjLpwr22, maybe it's just SARS18:23
kreyrenIs it sane to take a blood plasma from a covid-19 survivor with 8.57 IgG and inject it to myself when i have covid-19 early symptoms?18:24
kreyrenafaik that's how trump was treated no?18:25
pwr22LjL:  😀18:43
de-factoif they want to increase contact rates by opening schools they must restrict it somewhere else instead then18:57
de-factooverall we need to reduce contact rates to more than 1/1.44 = 0.69 of current contact rates18:58
de-factofrom observation and modeling we need to reduce to 69% of what we currently have, they instead may increase it to 124% with opening schools?18:59
de-facto(the paper about reopening schools increasing reproduction by 24%)18:59
de-factoand that paper was without the VOCs19:00
de-factoi dont even know anymore what to say about their "strategy"19:00
LjLkreyren, i thought Trump got the Regeneron antibody cocktail, not donor plasma19:02
de-facto.title https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30785-4/fulltext19:03
Brainstormde-facto: From www.thelancet.com: The Lancet | The best science for better lives19:03
de-facto"...although the increase was significant only for school reopening (R ratio 1·24, 95% CI 1·00–1·52) and lifting bans on public gatherings of more than ten people (1·25, 1·03–1·51)..."19:03
de-facto"Published:October 22, 2020"19:03
de-facto.title https://imgur.com/a/1qsiZOF https://i.imgur.com/LWdR8pW.png src: https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/coronavirus-mutante-b117-daten-1.519770019:07
Brainstormde-facto: From imgur.com: COVID-19 Denmark: Incidence of VOC B.1.1.7 vs Classic SARS-CoV-2 - Album on Imgur19:07
Arsaneritde-facto: difference between full school reopening and Wechselunterricht?19:09
de-factohence containing B.1.1.7 requires 144% of the efforts for reduction of reproduction hence the 1/1.44 = 0.69 of what we currently do to achieve R ~ 0.8 < 1 with the "classic" variant19:09
ArsaneritWho was this virologist in ARD Extra yesterday who said that empirical evidence from Ireland, UK, Switzerland did not seem to support the view that B117 is as infectious as modelling suggests?19:09
ArsaneritAnd France where schools and shops are apparently open?19:10
de-factowell they might say many things, i want to see the data, otherwise i dont believe them19:10
Arsanerit90% drop in new infections in Ireland?19:11
ArsaneritIreland had R=0.7 despite having B117?19:11
ArsaneritAlso big decrease in new cases in UK?19:12
de-factowell yeah in Portugal and Ireland they had B.1.1.7 outbreaks and had to drastically reduce contact rates i assume, how else would their incidence go down (assuming they do similar amount of testing)19:12
ArsaneritDid they reduce contact rates that much more than Germany?  Much stricter lockdowns?19:13
ArsaneritI'm just confused.19:13
de-factoif the portion of B.1.1.7 seems to consistently raise in many locations i would assume the most probable explanation would be that it does have more efficient reproduction under the same conditions relative to the "classic" variants19:13
de-factoi.e. if the reproduction of the "classic" variants measure how current contact rates (allowing their transmission) are, the increase relative to the "classic" incidence by the new variants should measure how much more efficient the replication of the new variant takes place under more or less the same conditions19:15
BrainstormUpdates for Kuwait: +1048 cases (now 175031), +5 deaths (now 985) since a day ago — Italy: +15137 cases (now 2.7 million), +391 deaths (now 92729) since a day ago19:15
de-factohence my fit fo the portion of B.1.1.7 relative to "classic" SARS-CoV-2 in Denmark from the data provided by sueddeutsche.de19:16
Arsaneritbut if total number is low enough for contact tracing?19:17
LjLthe more we learn the less we know19:19
de-factothat hopefully will help us with more efficient containment, yet it cant prevent the more efficient spread of the new variants19:19
de-factoif we are extremely lucky and the majority of contacts can be traced and isolated it might help a bit with the required 69% ~ 1/144% of current reproduction once the new variant took over19:21
de-factoits not a question if it will happen but when, with 144% in the first (exponential) takeover the portion of B.1.1.7 will double each 9.88 days = 5.2 days Ln(2) / Ln(1.44)19:23
de-factobut yeah as you said its good to know that Portugal and Ireland as well as UK managed to bring incidence down even with B.1.1.7 around19:26
de-factoit just requires appropriately more effort if its more contagious, but ofc its possible19:27
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BrainstormUpdates for United Kingdom: +10941 cases (now 4.0 million), +678 deaths (now 115529) since 16 hours ago20:05
BrainstormUpdates for Spain: +17853 cases (now 3.0 million), +513 deaths (now 64217) since 23 hours ago — France: +22601 cases (now 3.4 million), +338 deaths (now 80732) since 23 hours ago20:55
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: China bans BBC World News after criticizing pandemic and Xinjiang coverage → https://is.gd/dmxcuu20:58
LjLeveryone's banning everyone else20:58
LjLIndia's banning Twitter and sometimes the whole internet20:58
LjLbleh20:58
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LjL15% of cats likely infected in Wuhan https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1817796 - i really would like to know if cats can infect humans back... unlikely as it may be21:09
BrainstormNew from https://covid19.specops.network : ljl-covid: Add one more paper about D614G increasing infectiousness → https://is.gd/mDcQ8021:10
LjLthis is a FAQ from an italian paper, Google translated... i found it pretty interesting, it answers questions without skirting and trying to say everything's fine, and links to studies (preprints too) for its assertions https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&u=https://lab24.ilsole24ore.com/covid-19-scienza/21:15
LjLde-facto, DocScrutinizer05 ubLIX[m] ↑ lots of questions (at least tentatively, but with studies) answered here21:16
LjLobviously the "updated" date is wrong21:16
LjLone thing i found on it that i didn't know is they found a *wild* mink in Utah with the virus21:17
LjLalso the stuff above about cats is from there21:17
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: COVID deaths in Africa jump 40% in one month: WHO: Deaths from COVID-19 in Africa surged by 40 percent over the last month, the World Health Organisation said Thursday, as the continent's toll approaches 100,000. → https://is.gd/JGZm2W21:23
LjLknown* deaths21:28
LjLwho knows what the hell is actually going on in all corners of africa21:28
LjLwe barely know it here21:28
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Covid: Disabled people account for six in 10 deaths in England last year - ONS → https://is.gd/n1p4fX21:47
ArsaneritThe WHO page on COVID-19 vaccines has not been updated since 12 December :-/  https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/coronavirus-disease-(covid-19)-vaccines22:05
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Covid in Wales: Vaccine supply to fall as four centres temporarily close → https://is.gd/XLHKjB22:12
LjLArsanerit, maybe we'll do like with the contact tracing apps, just stop talking about them and hope everyone forgets they were even attempted22:28
ArsaneritLjL: The German one was improved recently.22:29
rpifanwwas it?22:29
BrainstormNew from Virological.org: Latest posts: @tvinar Tomas Vinar: B.1.258∆, a SARS-CoV-2 variant with ∆H69/∆V70 in the Spike protein circulating in the Czech Republic and Slovakia → https://is.gd/jDHea022:37
de-factos-gene dropout eye brow raiser?22:42
LjLbtw the bot was offline (my mistake) earlier today and last night, so it didn't post anything it usually does22:44
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: Los Angeles forced to suspend vaccine centers over dire shortage: Facing a severe vaccine shortage, Los Angeles moved to temporarily close five major inoculation centers including its giant Dodger Stadium site Thursday, even as California this week topped the nation's pandemic death toll. → https://is.gd/0NBUEv23:03
Arsaneritrpifan: yes, it now has some extra features showing current stats, as well as a logbook people can use to do their own logging of who they had contact with, plus it apparetly works on older iphones23:05
DocScrutinizer05LjL: thanks23:09
LjLArsanerit, they may have gotten ideas from other open source software maybe: microG's implementation of exposure notifications has statistics, and then someone made a "Corona-Warn-App Companion" that gets the database and shows even more statistics, and F-Droid contains an app or two to keep a manual log of contacts23:19
LjLIOW open source is good23:19
LjLbut still, here, even TV has stopped showing the periodic PSAs about installing the app23:19
LjLdownloads have stopped at around 10 million and don't seem to be going up much23:19
LjL%fdroid corona23:20
BrainstormLjL, Corona-Info v1.3 (com.corona_info) in https://f-droid.org/repo: show current number of Corona cases in local district (Germany) - updated 2020-04-01, see https://github.com/devasworski/Corona-Info/releases23:20
LjL%fdroid corona contact tracing23:20
BrainstormLjL: no application with that name was found!23:20
LjLliar23:20
LjLactually this is in F-Droid and is a fully free fork of Germany's CWA23:21
LjL%fdroid contact diary23:22
BrainstormLjL, Contact Diary 1.4.1 (com.apozas.contactdiary) in https://f-droid.org/repo: Keep track of the people you have recently been with - updated 2021-01-09, see https://github.com/apozas/contactdiary/releases23:22
LjLthis is the "manual" one i had in mind23:22
ArsaneritLjL: probably, I think the hope is that by adding such features more people will use the corona-warn-app23:27
CoronaBot/r/coronavirus: Fauci: Vaccines for Kids as Young as First Graders Could Be Authorized by September (10020 votes) | https://link.propublica.org/click/22912653.255948/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucHJvcHVibGljYS5vcmcvYXJ0aWNsZS9mYXVjaS12YWNjaW5lcy1raWRzP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9c2FpbHRocnUmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bWFqb3JpbnZlc3RpZ2F0aW9ucyZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1mZWF0dXJl/5f636d21d242e74796151f5bBaf23a9eb | https://redd.it/lhkggb23:31

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