Last night's update: Nearly 200,000 new cases https://t.co/Bf6oeUf8F6
— BNO News (@BNOFeed) November 28, 2023
Nationwide, COVID hospital admissions increased by 10%, with nearly 14,000 people currently in hospital, the highest in nearly 2 months.
Deaths remain elevated from the wave in September with more than 1,000 deaths for 11 weeks in a row, or nearly 16,000 during the same period.
— BNO News (@BNOFeed) November 28, 2023
US: Covid hospitalizaton data right down to county level too.
Some counties seeing increases of 100% – 200% in the past week. https://t.co/gPJuFDAUsj https://t.co/h5krJtqW1X pic.twitter.com/P9Uv4LdUYJ
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 29, 2023
CDC ww trends show us back to fall peak highs already. pic.twitter.com/RFa9kZ2Laq
— JWeiland (@JPWeiland) November 29, 2023
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WHO: Last year's highest peak for global Covid cases was on 19th December 2022https://t.co/b8GH8NAiQO pic.twitter.com/BeiBD9AZli
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 29, 2023
.@WHO's @mvankerkhove understands why the combination of undiagnosed + clusters + kids with pneumonia + in China equalled "Oh God, not again." But what's happening in China isn't the next #Covid, she told STAT in an interview today. https://t.co/rupXRUBLiI
— Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 (@HelenBranswell) November 24, 2023
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New Zealand: Highest number of Covid cases since January 2023
Covid-19 still NZ's 'biggest infectious disease problem'.https://t.co/9mCNOvhHLr report:https://t.co/w2PJf1Vnfa
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 28, 2023
I haven’t seen anything about Russia on my usual tweet-trawls for many weeks, but suddenly:
Russia: Almost 40% increase in COVID-19 in one week.
The incidence of COVID-19 increased by more than 38% in a week. The number of hospitalizations increased by almost 17%. About 30% of cases occur in St. Petersburg and Moscow regions.
Izvestia report:https://t.co/aT49YWRKYp
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 27, 2023
Russia: Whooping cough outbreak in several regions
"In combination with COVID-19, ARVI and influenza, the disease is more severe than usual."
Izvestia report:https://t.co/8RSCPw9Jss pic.twitter.com/0Y5YCMpMqv
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 26, 2023
Russia: The Covid-19 incidence rate in the Trans-Baikal Territory was 131.7 per 100,000 population over the last week.
❗️The highest incidence rates are in the age group of children under one year.
Variants circulating are Arcturus, Kraken and Eris.https://t.co/6OjNUX1rAL
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 28, 2023
Finland: Air purifier use at daycare centres cut kids' sick days by a third
"It would be a big savings if we could get rid of 30 percent of sick days spread by children, as well as the illnesses that go home to parents,"https://t.co/oD6qsfUy6Z
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 28, 2023
Italy: Covid infections up by 31% in one week.
The weekly incidence is 76 per 100,000.
The reproduction rate has risen from 1 to 1.12
Hospital bed occupancy rises from 6.7% to 7.7%, equivalent to 4,811 Covid hospitalized patients.
La Stampa report:https://t.co/GSA9A1HzNy
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 25, 2023
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How inquiry is exposing deep flaws in Covid decision-making https://t.co/n7ArQOmTyd
— BBC Health News (@bbchealth) November 26, 2023
Canada, Ontario: Covid in wastewater at one-year high
‘Your chance of being exposed is very high’
The Star report:https://t.co/8JV6JVzv9K
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 26, 2023
Canadian COVID Forecast update: Nov 25-Dec 1
We've revised the forecast, based on this week's data.
Number of people infected:
🔴1 in 14: AB, MB
🔴1 in 15: QC, SK
🔴1 in 18: CAN, North, ON
🔴1 in 20: NB
🔴1 in 22: NL
🔴1 in 23: BC
🔴1 in 27: PEI
🔴1 in 37: NSGET YOUR SHOTS! pic.twitter.com/pE9pTHxj9z
— Tara Moriarty (@MoriartyLab) November 26, 2023
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A special issue @PNASNews on neurobiology of stress and "the second pandemic"
"Evidence suggests that we are facing a second pandemic of mood and anxiety disorders, including major depression, anxiety and PTSD." —@Huda_Akil1
and @EricJNestler
Overview: https://t.co/ewHiemFhBF pic.twitter.com/KQaeUsKjrh— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 28, 2023
Novavax's updated vaccine has been granted emergency-use authorization by the World Health Organization (WHO) for active immunization to prevent COVID-19 in individuals aged 12 and older, the company said on Tuesday. https://t.co/xF2427scor https://t.co/xF2427scor
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) November 28, 2023
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Study: Survival of SARS-CoV-2 in foods and its inactivation by different methods
"in the case of frozen beef and mutton, SARS-CoV-2 survived for over two months at -20°C, with only a minimal reduction in viral load during storage."
H/t @Yash25571056
https://t.co/ofxHEp3PUm— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 27, 2023
An alarming surge in premature births caused by #Covid has been halted by vaccination, which returned the premature birth rate to pre-pandemic levels, a new study shows. #SARSCoV2 endangers pregnancy by triggering immune & inflammatory responses https://t.co/7j1HhELwXW pic.twitter.com/riPUVLmSIX
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) November 28, 2023
Birth records show COVID-19 caused spike in preterm births
The study suggests the US vaccination campaign likely prevented thousands of preterm birthshttps://t.co/TGwZ7geuJD
Amber McNamara/flickr pic.twitter.com/vpUKPQAult
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) November 28, 2023
#Covid-related loss of taste and smell reversible over time. The study, conducted in Italy, observed patients over a 3-year period. The research suggests a favorable rehabilitation of smell and taste function, even for the hardest hit patients https://t.co/TC2B8rCSbN pic.twitter.com/cCuKT1LYvX
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) November 24, 2023
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U.S: Covid hospitalizations rising in the Midwest
"Some of the highest increases are in the Midwestern region covering Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin, where trends are nearing levels not seen since early January."
CBS report:https://t.co/REpEjb3KV0
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 27, 2023
And there’s people out there hawking books saying we should have jacked up the death rate to more resemble Florida. https://t.co/fhZbCLuiEc
— Clean Observer (@Hammbear2024) November 28, 2023
I think it’s because the reality makes us feel helpless – which in many ways we are – whereas blaming someone ironically puts the power back in human hands.
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) November 27, 2023
Please join us in celebrating the life & legacy of our co-founder Rosalynn Carter, a true public health champion. Her decades of advocacy for vaccine access & education will ultimately save millions of lives.
??????https://t.co/ZaaymnPa8N pic.twitter.com/kQKL97bUpB— Vaccinate Your Family (@Vaxyourfam) November 20, 2023
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‘Interesting’ Read: ‘Zoom fatigue’ may take toll on the brain and the heart, researchers say
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Since videoconferencing skyrocketed in popularity during the pandemic, use of such technology has soared. So have anecdotal accounts of what some call “Zoom fatigue” — a unique state of exhaustion reported by those who feel wrung out after video calls. https://t.co/V9tUN9aqmH
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 26, 2023
Small study, biased observers, all the usual caveats. Still… From the Washington Post, “‘Zoom fatigue’ may take toll on the brain and the heart, researchers say” [unpaywalled gift link]:
Does a session on Zoom, FaceTime or Microsoft Teams leave you drained and listless?…
A recent brain-monitoring study supports the phenomenon, finding a connection between videoconferencing in educational settings and physical symptoms linked to fatigue.
The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, looked for physiological signs of fatigue in 35 students attending lectures on engineering at an Austrian university. Half of the class attended the 50-minute lecture via videoconference in a nearby lab and a face-to-face lecture the following week, while the other half attended first in person, then online.
Participants were monitored with electroencephalogram (EEG) and electrocardiogram (ECG) instruments that recorded electrical activity in the brain and their heart rhythms. They also participated in surveys about their mood and fatigue levels…
There were “notable” differences between the in-person and online groups, the researchers write. Video participants’ fatigue mounted over the course of the session, and their brain states showed they were struggling to pay attention. The groups’ moods varied, too, with in-person participants reporting they felt livelier, happier and more active, and online participants saying they felt tired, drowsy and “fed up.”
Overall, the researchers write, the study offers evidence of the physical toll of videoconferencing and suggests that it “should be considered as a complement to face-to-face interaction, but not as a substitute.”
They say the research should be replicated in business settings and homes to get a more accurate sense of how such sessions affect participants, calling for further studies that include more portions of the brain and a broader participant base…
If nothing else, it’s probably useful to know there’s actual physical effects, if only to be prepared in advance.
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: November 22, 2023
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The U.S. government on Monday will start taking orders for another round of free COVID-19 tests for delivery across the country, a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spokesperson said. https://t.co/6ceSqSfSzK https://t.co/6ceSqSfSzK
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) November 20, 2023
If you haven’t already sent for yours, it took me less than two minutes to fill out the form . The predictable winter-holiday rise is cases has already started, so it’s a good time to share this info with your friends & loved ones, too… each household can ask for *eight* tests, if they didn’t order any in September.
#COVID19 New Hospital Admissions and Percentage of Emergency Department (ED) Visits Diagnosed as COVID19 are trending up again..https://t.co/f7DM5dCd70 pic.twitter.com/W4lxtmwCsE
— Raj Rajnarayanan (@RajlabN) November 19, 2023
Weekly U.S. COVID update:
– New cases: 183,188 est.
– Average: 167,187
– States reporting: 50/50
– In hospital: 13,133 (+313)
– In ICU: 1,596 (-70)
– New deaths: 1,283
– Average: 13271/6
— BNO News (@BNOFeed) November 20, 2023
Last night's update: 183,000 new cases, up in most of the U.S. https://t.co/rhfziC4Ewe
— BNO News (@BNOFeed) November 20, 2023
#Covid will likely peak in colder months as the virus becomes endemic, a new study found. #SARSCoV2 will probably settle into a seasonal rhythm like the flu: active in winter, waning in summer. Knowing when surges are likely is key for public health policy https://t.co/OgGbpMIWUA pic.twitter.com/5OL84pVy5J
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) November 16, 2023
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The #Covid pandemic & our responses to it knocked many other respiratory bugs out of their normal seasonality. As we enter the 4th winter of the Age of Covid, it looks like they are heading back to their pre-pandemic patterns. https://t.co/0kHqkwNxMY
— Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 (@HelenBranswell) November 20, 2023
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New Zealand: Highest Covid case numbers since January 2023.
Hospitalisations up from 284 to 349 week-on-week
NZ Herald report: https://t.co/mpiQMQjOL2 pic.twitter.com/nZ6csn7x03
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 21, 2023
Winter is coming and with it Covid-19 is back. While the variants remain dynamic, the pandemic exhaustion has led to a critically low degree of surveillance. Here are all available European sequences collected in November as of this morning. (eg 20 from Germany, seriously?!?) 1/2 pic.twitter.com/V5LZHoMSgv
— Ulrich Elling (@EllingUlrich) November 20, 2023
France: A hotspot for the emergence of the JN.1 variant, with rapid development in Île-de-France. https://t.co/QH8S4XJEdm
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 20, 2023
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Sweden: Covid in wastewater.
Jaw dropping levels in November 2023. https://t.co/bQaqdUt95y research:
https://t.co/EWpDt56wVy pic.twitter.com/1nXXG8fC5I— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 20, 2023
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UK Covid inquiry: Rishi Sunak said 'just let people die' of Covid.
Dominic Cummings, who was at the time Mr Johnson’s most senior adviser, told the meeting: “Rishi says just let people die and that’s okay.”https://t.co/8RniceUwtz
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 20, 2023
I see the Ontario covid wastewater signal is almost double what it was at this time last year (1.44 vs .76). The strongest growth last year started on November 20th. Ontario infection indicators typically peak in January, shortly after the holidays. pic.twitter.com/43SDNqpocK
— Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 (@Billius27) November 16, 2023
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The COVID Moonshot—an open-science, crowdsourced, and patent-free drug discovery campaign targeting the #SARSCoV2 virus—has yielded a wealth of data that could pave the way for the development of new and better therapeutics.
Learn more in Science: https://t.co/m74xNw1wai pic.twitter.com/NdHaVxN6em
— Science Magazine (@ScienceMagazine) November 18, 2023
Some support for less reactogenic side effects of @Novavax booster vs mRNAshttps://t.co/yNeAb8VF3H
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 20, 2023
"After 3 years, we still don't understand why some people experience symptoms after having COVID," said researcher @ShelFarFar, after a study found that spinal fluid immune profiles were largely normal in people with neurologic #longCOVID symptoms. https://t.co/MPMlJvc29A
— MedPage Today (@medpagetoday) November 19, 2023
That doesn't mean that this will cause an Omicron-like tsunami as in 2021. It won't. No variant that we've seen compares even remotely to that speed of takeover (700%+ per week).
But it does open up the door for a lot more evolutionary space in the coming months.
— JWeiland (@JPWeiland) November 19, 2023
#COVID19 increases risk of developing #Alzheimers by 50-80% in older adults, according to recent studyhttps://t.co/KRslQ4l2Z1 #SARSCoV2 #dementia
— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) November 16, 2023
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Imagine being the country that was arguably best prepared to handle a pandemic—only you handle it terribly. Then, barely a couple of years later, you’ve got the NYT out here like, ‘Hang on, we could have made everything so much worse. Why didn’t we and whose fault is it?’ https://t.co/QtO73weBc4
— Jason Karsh (@jkarsh) November 20, 2023
Not just Boston… Post-TDay gaming day at our friends’ home in northern New Jersey was just cancelled because the hosts tested positive. Take a test before travelling, folks, and maybe bring an extra or two to the dinner…
Public health officials are distributing rapid COVID-19 tests and urging people to receive an updated vaccine as levels of coronavirus in Boston area waste water rise ahead of the holiday season. https://t.co/cITDD2ZmTU
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) November 22, 2023
Politicization of the #Covid pandemic is warping how the outbreak is being remembered. Polarization between the vaccinated versus the anti-vax loonies is distorting recall. Researchers surveyed >10k people in 11 countries documenting pandemic memories https://t.co/v7hO0J9blR
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) November 16, 2023
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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: November 15, 2023
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We are using the power of our diplomacy to better protect the U.S. and the world from health threats.
The @StateDept's new Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy is leading the charge so the world is prepared to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious diseases. pic.twitter.com/YprRLv0wYd
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) November 13, 2023
Weekly U.S. COVID update:
– New cases: 162,568 est.
– Average: 171,297 (-2,213)
– States reporting: 50/50
– In hospital: 12,820 (-133)
– In ICU: 1,526 (-16)
– New deaths: 1,214
– Average: 1,407 (-93)1/5
— BNO News (@BNOFeed) November 14, 2023
US COVID markers show declines or stable trends
Levels of the HV.1 subvariant, part of the Omicron EG.5 family, were most common and continue to rise.https://t.co/C5hNHw9cxb
Photo: NIAID/Flickr cc pic.twitter.com/5pjLRPASqK
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) November 13, 2023
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FDA has cleared its 1st OTC home antigen test for #Covid. No, really, this is the 1st. The agency granted full bona fide clearance to a test called Flowflex. Since 2020, FDA has granted only *emergency use* approvals to multiple antigen-based Covid tests https://t.co/c1zbLSxNCu pic.twitter.com/dw7eKWaWMI
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) November 12, 2023
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Study says mass #vaccination programs cut #COVID19 cases in #Japan by 65%. Mass vaccination campaigns directly prevented 640,000 COVID-19 cases during the sixth wave, & indirectly prevented as many as 8.5 million infections.https://t.co/YHU14L3t1j
andhttps://t.co/nnrTRC2b23— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) November 6, 2023
Australia/New Zealand: Health experts recommend people wear masks amid a new COVID-19 wave.
They also recommend celebrating Christmas outdoors.https://t.co/C1hgt6GP7V report:https://t.co/feoyqgdXTr
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 11, 2023
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Paywall removed via https://t.co/hiVdBVW0qG https://t.co/OtAQaIiGVF
— Phil Jeffcock 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🐳🆔=🐘🆔[email protected] (@PJeffcock) November 12, 2023
Here's the latest variant picture for Iceland.
Iceland is the first country where BA.2.86.* "Pirola" has become dominant.
BA.2.86.* "Pirola" (74%) has risen rapidly, from 10% to 70% frequency in just 2 weeks.
EG.5.* "Eris" (18%) fell sharply.
🧵 pic.twitter.com/xzckiTgQpE— Mike Honey (@Mike_Honey_) November 11, 2023
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Sweden: Covid-19 report
"The recent increasing spread of infection continued during week 44, increases in both confirmed cases, inpatient occupancy, new ICU patients and deaths with Covid-19."https://t.co/c64WmIwt0phttps://t.co/mrVXZqYn5o pic.twitter.com/ZvFddR5Ix3
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 12, 2023
Lancet: The level of criminal incompetence exposed by recent witnesses to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry has proven that many, if not most, of over 230,000 deaths were preventable.
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 10, 2023
Canada: Mask mandate imposed for all long-term care home staff in Ontario.
5,459 COVID-19 cases among LTC residents. 181 people hospitalized Aug-Oct 2023.
106 deaths.https://t.co/XO6eje4D4o report:https://t.co/VT2eNFqxdF— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 11, 2023
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Trust in science plummeted during the #Covid pandemic, a @pewresearch poll reveals, with 27% presently saying they little or no confidence in science, down from 12% in April 2020.
Wrong lesson learned. Covid would have been much worse without science. https://t.co/k2TrDI1YsF— Helen Branswell 🇺🇦 (@HelenBranswell) November 14, 2023
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Men are living shorter than ever versus women. Top reason? #COVID19.
Men are less likely to vaccinate, less likely to mask, less willing/slow to see doctors, and also higher biological risk of severe #COVID.
The last one is biological, but others are maybe toxic masculinity. pic.twitter.com/PZ40CM5Yw8
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) November 14, 2023
Study: Persistent CNS immune activation not main driver of neurologic long #COVID
The researchers found no evidence of neuroinflammation.https://t.co/B4KR8sFwPL pic.twitter.com/qCDjl0HLxF
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) November 10, 2023
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Long COVID linked to allergies in new study https://t.co/ooRGBzRsdz via @CIDRAP
— Paloma Franceschi (@DocpalFrancesc2) November 10, 2023
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What to know about #SARSCoV2 variant JN.1: It's a descendant of BA.2.86 & has a known immune-evasive mutation. You may recall BA.2.86 as the "Pirola" variant that never took off. Now we have JN.1, its next of kin, which may be even more immune-evasive https://t.co/1ZLIF1gVI1 pic.twitter.com/Il4XbzqWdU
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) November 11, 2023
"Many chronic illnesses have been largely ignored, dismissed, and ridiculed. Long COVID has taught the world that these diseases are real, there is a biological basis for them, and we need to study them."
– Prof. @VirusesImmunity of @YaleMed & @YaleSPHhttps://t.co/dKUcONOfps
— Yale School of Public Health (@YaleSPH) November 8, 2023
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The number of US adults who say they're having "serious difficulty" w/ memory & decision-making has gone up considerably since the start of the pandemic. Adults in their 20s, 30s & 40s are driving the trend. Researchers point to #LongCovid as a major cause https://t.co/7Rvqx85gtd
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) November 13, 2023
For 40 years, from 1980 to 2020, Republicans argued that government should never tell private businesses what to do. Now they’re passing laws, from DeSantis with Disney to Abbott with doctors, telling private businesses what to do. They are a party of no principles. https://t.co/Nlr0oneqPT
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) November 11, 2023
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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: November 8, 2023
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How SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines work. https://t.co/5YIhaM1Yud
— Prof. Peter Doherty (@ProfPCDoherty) November 7, 2023
Last night's update: Nearly 160,000 new cases, increasing in 23 states https://t.co/v9vycf38fc
— BNO News (@BNOFeed) November 6, 2023
Are pre-visit patient portal messages emphasizing "how" to get a COVID-19 booster more effective than "why"?
See our trial results (led by @NancyCHaff) from our @NIHAging-funded Roybal Center. @C4HDS @niteeshchoudhry @ideas42 @PunamKeller
??https://t.co/f4SYkVQ7B9 @JournalGIM— Julie Lauffenburger (@jlauffen) November 6, 2023
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday it was expanding testing of samples collected from international air travelers beyond COVID-19, to include flu and respiratory synctial virus (RSV) beginning November. https://t.co/KwlEP9uKae
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) November 6, 2023
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Study says mass #vaccination programs cut #COVID19 cases in #Japan by 65%. Mass vaccination campaigns directly prevented 640,000 COVID-19 cases during the sixth wave, & indirectly prevented as many as 8.5 million infections.https://t.co/YHU14L3t1j
andhttps://t.co/nnrTRC2b23— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) November 6, 2023
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Australia enters its eighth Covid wave
In the week ending October 24, 6,550 cases of COVID-19 were reported across Australia.
This marked an increase of 23.6 per cent on the previous week.
ABC report: https://t.co/tcWYaI0qyk
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 3, 2023
New Zealand: Long Covid Survey
People with Long Covid are reporting quality of life scores similar to people who have severe cancer and severe MS."
NZ must prepare for Long Covid implications.
https://t.co/b3VusbbqK3— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 7, 2023
Germany, Bavaria: BA.2.86 Pirola jumps from 3.2% of sequences to 15.8% in one week.
Unspecified SARS-CoV-2 recombinant lines also make a big leap, from 6.9% to 13.2%.
EG.5* declining. H/t @ercgauhttps://t.co/2AR23B5ZAG pic.twitter.com/3pppXTNHKT
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 4, 2023
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What we learned from a shocking week of Covid testimony https://t.co/cSCaTOc9Sr
— BBC Health News (@bbchealth) November 4, 2023
Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with Covid live on TV
Covid inquiry also heard how Boris Johnson would rather ‘let the bodies pile high’ than order second lockdown.https://t.co/zH4xpRkGh3
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 7, 2023
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New study: Epidemics caused by zoonotic viruses—spillovers from animals—could become more frequent due to climate change & may kill 12x as many people by 2050. Analysis examined trends for viral types: Floviruses, like Ebola & coronaviruses, among others https://t.co/TMulG1pQmT pic.twitter.com/cnuZC7FPkt
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) November 6, 2023
A new, very good review on #LongCovid https://t.co/oiAreZ1CjE pic.twitter.com/ZO1b0qU5MX
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 1, 2023
All variants of #SARSCoV2 can infect the brain, a new study has found. Variants have the capacity to infect the brain via the olfactory pathway. This means it's possible for even mild infections to result in the virus infiltrating the brain https://t.co/8Y0PRLsex7
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) November 3, 2023
As COVID19 will continue to be a problem for some patients, it is important to continue to explore better treatments. This study used monoclonal antibodies but administered them by inhalation, in animals. hat reduced viral loads and lung pathology. https://t.co/OXtl4pchnd pic.twitter.com/xq13dTpCDo
— Marion Koopmans, virology; emerging infections (@MarionKoopmans) November 6, 2023
What happens with the proteins in blood in people with #LongCovid vs matched healthy controls, with or without recovery, and over time?https://t.co/2MOYqWRkOp pic.twitter.com/wcb8EhSksO
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 3, 2023
mRNA vaccination triggers a robust T-cell response against #Covid in the lungs, new study shows. Although #SARSCoV2 evolution continuously produces immune-evasive variants, mRNA vaccination guards against severe disease & hospitalization via memory T cellshttps://t.co/sGkyTSJM1z pic.twitter.com/fPrfDqn5OK
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) November 7, 2023
Here is a link to the tweet mentioned above https://t.co/MswuGCvbdN
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) November 3, 2023
The biased and distorted recall of the Covid pandemic from the synthesis of 4 studies across 11 countrieshttps://t.co/cEgmOzxgr8 @Nature pic.twitter.com/OY8PNg4H6F
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 1, 2023
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Study: 1 in 7 Americans have had long COVID
"Its incidence varies markedly across the United States – from 11 percent in Hawaii to 18 percent in West Virginia – and is higher for women than men."
Study: https://t.co/GYtTk1BUOs
CIDRAP report: https://t.co/Fs5fjPiYmR
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 3, 2023
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The Black Death killed 30-40% of everyone in Europe in about a year. I think blaming health care professionals for the fact that our lives were disrupted by Covid is a way of avoiding the reality that nature will happily murder us without a second thought.
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) November 2, 2023
The renewed attempts by rightwing disinformation merchants to push #Ivermectin as a "miracle cure" for Covid 🙄 (& now cancer 🙄🙄) are not just medical misinformation
These are deliberate actions to sow distrust in science & institutions to manipulate and mobilize GOP voters
— Philipp Markolin (@PhilippMarkolin) November 7, 2023
Ah, it’s from vaccines falling on them pic.twitter.com/N5zCk4qklB
— Bad Vaccine Takes (@BadVaccineTakes) November 5, 2023
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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: November 1, 2023
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US shifting COVID antivirals to commercial market on Nov. 1 https://t.co/HdMt7jhOKh
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) October 28, 2023
Weekly U.S. COVID update:
– New cases: 163,121 est.
– Average: 195,137 (-22,131)
– States reporting: 50/50
– In hospital: 13,036 (-497)
– In ICU: 1,543 (+27)
– New deaths: 1,478
– Average: 1,533 (-7)1/5
— BNO News (@BNOFeed) October 30, 2023
"Adult immunization rates are perennially suboptimal…in 2019, only 22% of adults were up to date on all the vaccines they should have received."https://t.co/rBqO8Aq5OB via @statnews @HelenBranswell
— Anand Parekh, MD, MPH (@AParekhBPC) October 31, 2023
Update: Good news X 2. @BiobotAnalytics is back up as of today and trends are good pic.twitter.com/EjxRe9r0Rz
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 27, 2023
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Arguably another (incidental) pandemic casualty:
… An announcement from China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention about Wu’s death gave no cause, but said that “rescue measures failed.”
Wu’s health had been poor. He disappeared out of the public eye for months last year while battling cancer.
Wu, who earned his master’s and doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles, had spent much of his early career working on HIV/Aids prevention in China…
Yet, as China battled the COVID-19 virus, Wu came to be criticized by some for his choice to publicly voice support for the country’s strict virus control measures even as the weaknesses of the strategy became more pronounced.
“Dynamic zero-COVID is appropriate for China’s reality, and is the best choice to control our country’s current COVID situation,” he said in April 2022, during the height of Shanghai’s lockdown…
In private, Wu disagreed with the excesses of the zero-COVID strategy, but felt powerless to go against it.
As zero-COVID got unsustainable in the fall of 2022, he wrote an internal report urging the government to avoid excessive measures. But in public press conferences throughout the past few years, he voiced the official line.
Wu visibly aged during the virus fight. He was pictured in 2020 with mostly black hair; by 2022, his locks had gone entirely gray.
None of the below stories from India are scientifically rigorous, but IMO they’re an indicator of the kind of sociopolitical toll the pandemic will be taking for the next many years…
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India: One in three parents surveyed say their children have fallen sick with flu/respiratory symptoms four or more times in the last 12 months. https://t.co/RNIIgNKRix
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) October 31, 2023
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Australia 8th Covid wave: The facts don't entirely support the Chief Medical Officer's assertion of decreasing Covid severity this year. pic.twitter.com/mTpm2HTvCm
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) October 31, 2023
Two-year+ follow-up of Covid in 4 Nordic countries
High prevalence of #LongCovid
Risk associated with acute illness severityhttps://t.co/ioqBTwAVBY pic.twitter.com/Uul437eG0V— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 27, 2023
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Danish Long Covid Study:
•Similar patterns of symptoms and severity across all 4 variants
•No clinically significant decline in median severity up to 1.5 years after infection
•50%+ of patients failed to improve using any outcome measure
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) October 31, 2023
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BA.2.86* as a % proportion of UK daily SARS-CoV-2 sequences.
Yes, that is 13%. #Pirola https://t.co/qw6c5gcRwM
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) October 31, 2023
Another hard-hit, populous nation now seeing political blowback from its leaders’ (shameful) actions during the pandemic:
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Covid inquiry: Read the private WhatsApp messages from inside Downing Street https://t.co/BCUtCvKRSO
— BBC Health News (@bbchealth) October 31, 2023
#KayBurley – Boris Johnson said covid was just nature's way of dealing with old people… & you supported that guy?
Oliver Dowden – What you're seeing there is a very partial one piece of evidence…
KB: I'm giving you the opportunity to say that's a shocking thing to say? pic.twitter.com/j1W6Eir9HP
— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) November 1, 2023
My mother’s dying words were “please give the ventilator to someone younger, I don’t want to cause any trouble”. https://t.co/yqoC4kGKN1
— Trisha Greenhalgh (@trishgreenhalgh) October 31, 2023
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You know how flu comes in annual waves because, among other reasons, it's slow to mutate and there's a bad season only every few years because we have immunity to existing flu variants?
Covid is flu on speed: https://t.co/Kku6xoVKUR— tern (@1goodtern) October 27, 2023
In people with #LongCovid, persistently elevated #SARSCoV2 antigen levels in the blood out to 1 year+ https://t.co/LmY1LuKG1f by @MichaelPelusoMD and colleagues @UCSF @wyssinstitute pic.twitter.com/HAvuXI9N1X
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 26, 2023
Could gut fungi be linked to severe #Covid? Fungal organisms in the microbiome are referred to as the fungal microbiota, or mycobiota. While it's normal to have a range of fungal organisms in the gut, changes in the types or amount can be linked to disease https://t.co/ZbR3MT3vwl
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) October 29, 2023
#SARSCoV2 found to migrate within neurons and infect the brain. New research from the Pasteur Institute. In vitro study confirms that SARS2 is capable of infecting human neurons & migrating into axons, the nerve cell projections that carry information https://t.co/Swjw8hRc0u
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) October 29, 2023
Predators targeting people with #LongCovid with unproven stem cell treatments, charging up to $25,000. Nearly half of the 60 clinics identified are operating in the United States https://t.co/xhGb1ylRMZ @LeighGTurner @stemcellreports pic.twitter.com/zUVmrKpj98
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 26, 2023
Don’t panic:
Your post is misleading.
This was a study of *severe* long covid clinical patients only. It did not consider mild cases. pic.twitter.com/0dMm0toEZF
— Kristen Mag (@kristenmag) October 30, 2023
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Armed with this information, there is NO EXCUSE for the pandemic to continue for much longer. We finally have a variant-proof solution to SARS-CoV-2.
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) October 31, 2023
What a terrible piece. 1. We didn’t have lockdowns in the us 2. The reduction in movement / shared indoor air saved thousands, if not millions of lives pre-vaccine. 3. Nocera and McLean have been full of shit on this (in the same lane as Nate Silver and Alec MacGillis) for years. https://t.co/bHYNCQlhRs
— Clean Observer (@Hammbear2024) October 31, 2023
Apocalypse pretty soon!
Same 😐 https://t.co/9yrT36Ptxq
— Bad Vaccine Takes (@BadVaccineTakes) November 1, 2023
Vaxpocalypse now moved to 2031 pic.twitter.com/sSJIgWfcHE
— Bad Vaccine Takes (@BadVaccineTakes) October 30, 2023
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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: October 25, 2023
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Last night's update: Nearly 200,000 new cases, 1,600 new deaths https://t.co/f6O3zigxvg
— BNO News (@BNOFeed) October 23, 2023
The U.S. paid ~$20 for Covid vaccines
When I recently got a booster, my insurance paid $123.31 for the shot.
An egregious >6-fold markup of the price that led to untold billions of profit for each company
No less the Paxlovid charge now of $1,390 for what costs Pfizer $13 to make pic.twitter.com/K8OUqAdV6z— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 22, 2023
There is a free NIH program that offers free #COVID19 #telehealth /treatment for folks who are under/#uninsured, #Medicare, #Medicaid, #Veterans and free telehealth for anyone positive called Home Test to Treat: https://t.co/1DE1DubQ6t
— Leah (@azedinha_us) October 24, 2023
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China: Scientists hunting for the next viral disease threat to humans before it emerges.
"Some of the more than 500 viruses they have identified are related to pathogens that cause diseases in humans or domestic animals."
A sense of déjà vu here.https://t.co/Scdyqy2SWy
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) October 19, 2023
If this study tests out, would ADE also make it possible that other viruses might be more severe after a covid infection?
… The study suggests that people who have had Covid-19 and then developed dengue may be at an increased risk of developing severe dengue. “This study is the first to demonstrate that anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies can cross-react with DENV-2 (dengue virus 2) and can enhance its infection through antibody- dependent enhancement (the ability of antibodies from a previous infection to help a virus infect greater numbers of cells than it would have on its own),” says the study.
This is thought to be due to a phenomenon known as antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE). ADE occurs when antibodies to one virus bind to a different virus and help it to enter cells more easily. This can lead to a more severe infection.
However, other studies have not found a link between Covid-19 antibodies and SD. More research is needed to confirm whether or not Covid-19 antibodies actually make dengue more severe.
The study is published in bioRxiv, the preprint server for medical sciences and is yet to be peer-reviewed…
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Germany: Steady rise in Covid-19 since early July 2023
RKI report in English: https://t.co/UceupbOwJv
German: https://t.co/cP58WBooDD pic.twitter.com/8zP2SG38o9
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) October 19, 2023
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France: BA.2.86.* Pirola at 3% of sequences https://t.co/tj0OqkiID5 pic.twitter.com/KCxTWjmwKA
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) October 21, 2023
How fast is this moving? In "hotspots" like Paris and the surrounding region, it will likely be dominant in
**Checks Watch**
One week from now. Maybe two. https://t.co/Kq3URYDT60 pic.twitter.com/meRuSdXn2I
— JWeiland (@JPWeiland) October 24, 2023
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Telegraph: People with cold-like symptoms ‘are eight times more likely to have Covid than flu’
"Concerns more people are taking up the flu jab this autumn despite coronavirus presenting the biggest threat."https://t.co/678vAuNDwr
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) October 20, 2023
Scottish Covid Inquiry: What is it investigating and how does it work? https://t.co/MzA1NRxaLX
— BBC Health News (@bbchealth) October 23, 2023
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Intranasal vaccination: A potent one-time solution for comprehensive #Covid immunity. New research shows that a single-dose of a live-attenuated SARSCoV2 experimental intranasal vax promotes protective mucosal & systemic immunity—antibodies & immune cells https://t.co/IQXFx1xVSu pic.twitter.com/QkNehB0EDe
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) October 24, 2023
I'm seeing some posts about high risk people waiting for Novovax.
Now is NOT the time to wait.
Get the first XBB shot available to you. You can get Novovax in spring.
There is NO clinical evidence that XBB Novavax provides more protection than mRNA Novovax. https://t.co/iL8ivPoYBB
— Tara Moriarty (@MoriartyLab) October 22, 2023
Do you think you've had long-term GI problems since having Covid?
We are performing a study examining the characteristics of viruses, specifically persistent SARS-CoV-2 infections, in stool samples.
1/3
— Marc Johnson (@SolidEvidence) October 24, 2023
If you are interested in participating, please contact [email protected] or 573-884-5159 for more information.
3/3
— Marc Johnson (@SolidEvidence) October 24, 2023
Viral load now peaks later in #Covid infection rather than sooner as was the case early in the pandemic. This has implications for rapid testing. Experts say greater population immunity caused the shift. Viral load now peaks on day 4 of symptoms, not day 1 https://t.co/zHLFxtTN8e pic.twitter.com/jEdCkyfhWE
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) October 21, 2023
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Covid vaccination during pregnancy: Good for the mother, good for the baby. @djbulbaczar reports on a large study out in JAMA Pediatrics. https://t.co/zAXfyeHHnW
— Helen Branswell 🇺🇦 (@HelenBranswell) October 23, 2023
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"[Population] Immune pressure, including contributions of vaccinations and previous infections, has become the dominant force driving the recent evolution of #SARSCoV2."https://t.co/NHi6JLDsXL @CellCellPress @MatMeijers pic.twitter.com/VMjton9A7S
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 23, 2023
How #SARSCoV2 can rev up atherosclerosis in the coronary artery and plaque instability https://t.co/qavDtkLoD0
by @GiaccaMauro pic.twitter.com/q1mowbiqiL— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 19, 2023
The first national and largest #LongCovid study of >280,000 affected individuals with multiple matched controls, mean age 48, 62% women, at 2+ year follow-up: substantial, persistent healthcare utilization and cost excesshttps://t.co/su9kSWeU2o pic.twitter.com/k4rb7kd5YF
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 19, 2023
U.S. investing in nasal and pan-coronavirus vaccines 👍https://t.co/vvndr85BOR by @sciencecohen w/ @florian_krammer @JenniferNuzzo @mtosterholm
I wrote about why this is vital here https://t.co/CcxQKkLffW pic.twitter.com/ylAGhKTrgV— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 20, 2023
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BREAKING: SARS-COV-2 detections in wastewater in Dover, NH has spiked to an all-time record high in the dataset which began Nov 2022. The last sample was collected 3 days ago. pic.twitter.com/SnMG4wnI6z
— CyFi (@CyFi10) October 22, 2023
Schools cut covid-19 sick days by 20 per cent using HEPA air filters
https://t.co/hgtvE4rriV— T. Ryan Gregory (@TRyanGregory) October 20, 2023
The staggering impact of antivax sentiment visible along partisan lines. Article about a worrying trend https://t.co/4Hx7h7rkH2 pic.twitter.com/OLrGlgOrEt
— Marion Koopmans, virology; emerging infections (@MarionKoopmans) October 21, 2023
It’s not just anti-vax. They, along with lab leakers, climate change deniers, & wellness grifters, have united under the same anti-science banner.
An essential piece through the lens of @PeterHotez’s excellent book about what scientists are going through & what we’re up against. https://t.co/jOkMY7zwYz
— Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen) October 22, 2023
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