The US Supreme Court tossed competing appellate rulings on an executive order President Biden has since revoked that required all federal employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19. https://t.co/dlL4YzWUIB — Bloomberg Law (@BLaw) December 11, 2023 For nearly a month, COVID-19 hospitalizations have been increasing following weeks of decline and relatively low levels throughout the summer, …
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: December 13, 2023Post + Comments (35)
Weekly U.S. COVID update:
– New cases: 244,848 est.
– Average: 206,628 (+20,570)
– States reporting: 50/50
– In hospital: 17,632 (+2,342)
– In ICU: 1,818 (+77)
– New deaths: 1,682
– Average: 1,390 (+117)1/7
— BNO News (@BNOFeed) December 11, 2023
Last night's update: Nearly 245,000 new cases https://t.co/lAkysTc8Rx
— BNO News (@BNOFeed) December 11, 2023
December 11th Update:
Biobot downgraded last weeks signal to 815k. WW still rising, though stuttering a bit this week, as we've seen in early Dec in past years.
🔸870,000 new infections/day
🔸1 in every 380 became infected today
🔸1 in every 38 people currently infected pic.twitter.com/KcN8CSQEbT— JWeiland (@JPWeiland) December 12, 2023
Scientists have been watching two new Covid variants, BA.2.86 and JN.1, that they say carry an alarming number of mutations. The two together make up about 9% of cases in the U.S. and appear to be on the rise, according to the CDC. Here's what to know. https://t.co/noJaRtP3UY
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 7, 2023
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Patients and activists are putting up billboards all around the world (including the UK, US, and Canada) to warn people about Long COVID and advocate for prevention and treatment. Great work! pic.twitter.com/N0tneb3h2k
— Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran) December 11, 2023
#Longcovid Every child is at risk & their risk is increasing with reinfections, yet schools are unmitigated for #COVID. A thread of stories from children around the world. #MakeSchoolsASaferPlace
Unable to walk and housebound at the age of 12. https://t.co/CJjTma08Kd
— Esther (@ELHopkins) December 10, 2023
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Hospitalizations (bottom graph) going up in the Netherlands coincident with JN.1 getting dominant, from @JosetteSchoenma pic.twitter.com/NWpQ0y6Wzi
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) December 8, 2023
A tale of two very different Covid inquiries https://t.co/WkGgkcSUZE
— BBC Health News (@bbchealth) December 8, 2023
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2 Australian-made #Covid vaccines have shown strong potential as a new approach to boost immunity to #SARSCoV2 variants, according to interim clinical trial results. Each vax shows robust immune boosting potential against #Omicron variants https://t.co/y6psWcC83k
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) December 13, 2023
#SARSCoV2 can persist in the lungs. Scientists at the Pasteur Institute say SARS2 is in the lungs of some people ~18 months after initial infection. Its persistence may be linked to a failure of innate immunity, our 1st line of defense against pathogens https://t.co/JagFtygqjh
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) December 11, 2023
A randomized controlled trial finds that the synbiotic drug SIM01 relieves multiple symptoms of #LongCovid.
SIM01 contains strains of anaerobic Bifidobacterium bacteria (which are probiotics) & soluble fibers (prebiotics) to alter the gut #microbiomehttps://t.co/WNhyZafXMt
— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) December 10, 2023
Should throat swabs be incorporated into rapid #Covid testing? While test sensitivity improves w/ throat swabbing, it may be difficult for people to correctly swab their own throats. Most Covid testing is now done at home https://t.co/tvfoPN96oW
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) December 7, 2023
People who abuse alcohol developed consequences of #Covid soon after infection. Enhanced inflammation arrived 3 days after infection. The new Emory Univ study helps explain why people who abuse alcohol have higher rates of Covid hospitalization & death https://t.co/A9tR9Me16T
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) December 12, 2023
Among adults with #Covid, about 20% taking nirmatrelvir–ritonavir—#Paxlovid—had viral rebound versus only 2% who experienced #SARSCoV2 rebound but were *untreated* w/ the antiviral drug https://t.co/9L226uzL1t pic.twitter.com/nVKbU2CrqA
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) December 8, 2023
It took 20 years, but the 1st self-amplifying RNA vaccine got approval (Japan) and it can lead to much lower doses, less side-effects, and widening applications. Also being pursued by US Project NextGen for better Covid vaccineshttps://t.co/kkvoAS5Jh3 @Nature @ElieDolgin pic.twitter.com/d1IK7NtG5T
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) December 7, 2023
Your first contact w/ #SARSCoV2 influences your future immune response to new #SARSCoV2 variants, new research from the Institute of Virology at the Univ Hospital Cologne in Germany has found https://t.co/ZtCdRr7ZjI
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) December 7, 2023
Vaccination after Covid does not lead to T cell exhaustion—it invigorates T cell functionalityhttps://t.co/jUZxqh1xUs @SciImmunology @marcus_buggert
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) December 8, 2023
5% of #COVID-infected US veterans still had symptoms up to 1 year later
Completion of a primary COVID-19 vaccine series, receipt of a booster dose, Black vs White race, and urban vs rural residence were linked to reduced odds of long COVID.https://t.co/2Y5JFpmrun pic.twitter.com/niknhSMOLE
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) December 11, 2023
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The economic consequences and hardship of Americans with #LongCovid, as seen among nearly 7,000 diverse families https://t.co/7sG9q9z7iJ @carly_urban @JAMANetworkOpen pic.twitter.com/oWW5QTemko
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) December 12, 2023
“The big game changer during the pandemic was that the anti-vaccine movement got adopted by a major political party” @PeterHotez
— Dr. Syra Madad (@syramadad) December 11, 2023
Bogus attack on #Covid vaccination from the goofiest politician in Texas: State Atty Gen'l Ken Paxton unveiled a 'fact-free' lawsuit slamming Pfizer's mRNA vax, which has helped save people from hospitalization & death. He says the vax violates Texas law https://t.co/oG97ciNpPB
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) December 7, 2023
Yes, "the government's" response to COVID was politicized. Those clowns in Washington decided to politicize it. No one specific, just "the government." https://t.co/qt8EGWl3Yv
— Centrism Fan Acct ?? (@Wilson__Valdez) December 7, 2023
Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Good People, Not-So-Good People
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(Mike Luckovich via GoComics.com) After all, the original St. Nick rescued three desperate unmarried women by gifting them dowries. And the holiday celebrates a child born to a woman pregnant by someone other than her husband… Won’t be here for holiday giving, but if you want the gamer in your life to feel …
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A comment beneath contempt. https://t.co/otmGRKLudW
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 12, 2023
I mean who would’ve thought any different
— Johnny (@THELove_Muscle) December 12, 2023
New: JD Vance says Ukraine should cede land and cut a deal with Putin to end the war
“No one can explain to me how this ends without some territorial concessions relative to ‘91 boundaries.”
He’s not worried Putin keeps going.
w/ ?@megan_lebowitz? https://t.co/QjxcHSpznS
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 12, 2023
@JDVance1 pic.twitter.com/ajuZufjlmu
— ????MYSTIC??????I AM JACK'S INDICTMENTS ?? (@MDomino07) December 12, 2023
I really believe the R’s understand how important Putin can be in their campaigns with the hack and leak, the smears, the bot and troll farms, the dark oligarch money to super pacs, and they actively do things like this to attract Putins support.
— David Doak (@SouthPoint1000) December 12, 2023
A Big Biden Deal
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The FDA has just approved two drugs that could change for the better millions of lives. Both address sickle cell anemia. Casgevy is the first CRISPR-Cas based drug to get the nod for its gene editing approach to enabling a sickle cell patient’s body to produce the type of hemoglobin needed to carry oxygen through …
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: December 6, 2023
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The dregs of the 2019 pandemic have been firmly relegated to ‘just another chronic complaint, now’ status. There will be ongoing research, not least concerning those unfortunates who are living with Long Covid, but barring more flare-ups, looks like we’ll be seeing fewer news reports going forward. US Covid hospitalizations are on the rise, now …
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: December 6, 2023Post + Comments (29)
After months of declining or roughly flat figures following late summer's COVID-19 wave@CDCgov is now assessing this week that
"COVID-19 activity is increasing again especially in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions"https://t.co/y3HztrK2Gs pic.twitter.com/nQ99itM7II
— Alexander Tin (@Alexander_Tin) December 1, 2023
Nationwide, we remain far from previous winter peaks of COVID-19
Only around 1 in 10 are in areas with enough COVID-19 hospitalizations to be deemed at "medium" levels by @CDCgov
Less than 2M are in "high" counties where agency urges maskinghttps://t.co/IpTLB1JkcN pic.twitter.com/Ytalofuydk
— Alexander Tin (@Alexander_Tin) December 1, 2023
December 4th Update:
As predicted, a huge jump in numbers this week. 40% ⬆️ over last week. Pirola ⬆️⬆️.
🔸850,000 new infections/day
🔸1 in every 390 new people were infected today
🔸1 in every 39 people currently infected pic.twitter.com/E87e2PiCRW— JWeiland (@JPWeiland) December 4, 2023
Weekly U.S. COVID update:
– New cases: 203,268 est.
– Average: 186,058 (+10,849)
– States reporting: 50/50
– In hospital: 15,290 (1,352)
– In ICU: 1,741 (+58)
– New deaths: 1,288
– Average: 1,273 (-11)1/6
— BNO News (@BNOFeed) December 4, 2023
Last night's update: More than 200,000 new cases https://t.co/4QgMGQJuaU
— BNO News (@BNOFeed) December 4, 2023
Deaths remain elevated from the wave in September with more than 1,000 new deaths for the 12th week in a row, or more than 17,000 deaths during the same period.
— BNO News (@BNOFeed) December 4, 2023
CDC has been monitoring increases in respiratory illness recently reported around the world. Here is the latest information on pediatric pneumonia in the United States: https://t.co/tAMxdxBJNL pic.twitter.com/kMJTDFYe26
— CDC (@CDCgov) December 2, 2023
… The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), an agency within HHS, has a stockpile of hundreds of millions of COVID tests. It is teaming up with the Department of Education to allow school districts to order tests directly to distribute to families.
HHS officials said schools could order tests at a rate they could expect to distribute them, but they did not specify a limit.
“I could imagine a situation where perhaps a fifth grade classroom, it has a COVID-positive student and then they send everyone home with a COVID test in the backpack from that fifth grade class,” O’Connell said…
It has also been sending free tests to long-term care facilities, food banks and other organizations working with vulnerable populations. A small number of schools that serve socially vulnerable students were previously able to order tests from the federal stockpile…
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#COVID19 cases are on the rise in many parts of the world.
Make sure you’re fully protected. #VaccinesWork to keep you safe. Check your vaccination status and consult your local health worker.https://t.co/J24IdagZVY pic.twitter.com/L7JnM9g5YJ
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) December 5, 2023
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UK: Earlier lockdown in 2020 could have prevented about 90% of the death toll in the first Covid wave, or more than 30,000 lives – Matt Hancock. https://t.co/Lyo5Cswuq3
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 30, 2023
Covid inquiry: Eight uncomfortable questions facing Boris Johnson https://t.co/75ZuWblmcF
— BBC Health News (@bbchealth) December 2, 2023
Canada: Very high levels of Covid in Ottawa and increasing since last week
https://t.co/ptWC6nfHiD pic.twitter.com/aQXfnjpEPr
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) November 30, 2023
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The article below is paywalled, though the included illustrations & graphs are excellent. If anyone has an accessible copy, I’d be glad to share it:
Looking for a thorough, accessible summary of the scientific evidence in the search for the origin of SARS-CoV-2?
Look no further than @KenyonWallace's excellent new piece in the @TorontoStar. Kenyon did a great job distinguishing the science from the speculation 👇🏼 https://t.co/MqXFzP2thX
— Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen) December 4, 2023
Unfortunately, those are all reasons why collaborations aren’t happening any time soon.
— Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen) December 5, 2023
Getting fully vaccinated dramatically reduces the risk of Long COVID. Rates of Long COVID are finally going down & here's what we know so far: https://t.co/FfOSbPtWCC on @sciam
— Laura Helmuth (@laurahelmuth) December 1, 2023
… Widespread microstructural alterations were seen in people with long COVID neurologic symptoms and in people who had COVID but recovered, reported Alexander Rau, MD, of the University Hospital Freiburg in Germany, at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
“We did see a signature in the brain microstructure that is associated with COVID-19 infection, but the pattern is different among those people with long COVID-19 and those who do not have long COVID-19,” Rau said.
Conventional MRI showed no brain volume loss in these patients. “While comparing their structural or conventional brain scans, we did not find any lesion or alteration that could explain the severe symptoms in patients with post-COVID syndrome,” Rau pointed out…
The researchers found distinct brain networks that correlated with long COVID symptoms, after adjusting for age and sex. Altered brain microstructure in the mesiotemporal cortex was associated with cognitive dysfunction. Patients who had problems with their sense of smell had microstructural changes in the olfactory cortex, while those with fatigue had altered microstructure in the brain stem, including the ascending arousal network.
“We can see there is an altered microstructure that is associated with COVID-19 infection, and when we take our findings along with data from other sources, we see that this is compatible with accelerated aging, rather than with neurodegeneration,” Rau said. “However, this is most speculative. To make this conclusive, we need a lot more research.”…
Rau said the next step is to perform longitudinal scans to see whether alterations persist and uncover prognostic factors that may identify who will recover from long COVID.
“We also need to corroborate the information from the scans with other bio data, such as obtained from blood draws, to gain a more profound insight in being able to predict which patients will have a post COVID-19 condition,” he added.
Fully agree with @PeterHotez
During Covid-19 pandemic, we have seen vaccine inequity and vaccine hesitancy and the combination is lethalhttps://t.co/nRTO21wZ9l pic.twitter.com/Gq6V1mRcSh
— Madhu Pai, MD, PhD (@paimadhu) December 5, 2023
New research shows that being overweight hampers the body's immune response to #SARSCoV2 https://t.co/atVBWyvVae via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) December 3, 2023
Bad news / good news:
University of Queensland-led research shows being overweight can impair the body’s antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection but not to the protection offered by vaccination.
Research lead, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences Ph.D. candidate Marcus Tong, said the finding built on the team’s existing research on how COVID-19 affects people who are overweight. The research is published in Clinical & Translational Immunology.
“We’ve previously shown that being overweight—not just being obese—increases the severity of SARS-CoV-2,” Mr. Tong said.
“But this work shows that being overweight creates an impaired antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection but not to vaccination.”…
Dr. Short said from a public health perspective, this data draws into question policies around boosters and lockdowns.
“We’d suggest that more personalized recommendations are needed for overweight people, both for ongoing COVID-19 management and future pandemics,” she said.
“Finally, the data provides an added impetus to improve SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in low-income countries, where there’s a high percentage of people who are overweight and are dependent on infection-induced immunity.”
New study — the first quantification of infectivity of #SARSCoV2 in aerosols sampled from 16 individuals, directly from exhaled air. "The highest infectivity was found for samples collected close to symptom onset and during singing…calculating the time needed for a… pic.twitter.com/s0Hp8rDekU
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) December 5, 2023
Prevalence of cardiac manifestations of #LongCovid from a meta-analysis of 150 reports with partitioning by quality https://t.co/KxTf9bodWJ pic.twitter.com/exnI7yAyqZ
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) December 2, 2023
The JN.1 variant’s rise here is helping to fuel a significant wave, reflected by wastewater data and case modeling by @JPWeiland 👇
We’re lucky that the booster provides protection against it, but too few (-16% of eligible) have taken advantage to date https://t.co/moo9fp8XLA— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) December 5, 2023
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Dr Fauci to appear before ?@COVIDSelect? committee next year >>> pic.twitter.com/x9PmnfCKYs
— Max Cohen (@maxpcohen) November 30, 2023
"San Francisco Bay Area's COVID death rate was among the lowest in the nation. Here's why
– nation’s first regional stay-at-home order
– long-lasting mask mandate.. for nearly two years
– residents ..largely agreeable with the health ordershttps://t.co/uyQlBE2vST— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) November 30, 2023
Deaths in prisons across the United States increased by 77% during the first year of the #COVID19 pandemic—3.4 times the increase experienced in the general population—according to a new @ScienceAdvances analysis. https://t.co/7lnZSiYOyi pic.twitter.com/Opx69mBk1C
— Science Magazine (@ScienceMagazine) December 5, 2023
The looney state of Texas is suing Pfizer over claims about the mRNA vax. The state's atty gen'l Ken Paxton (who has been charged w/ crimes over the years), contends Pfizer violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act w/ unsupported claims https://t.co/BoQjLQyizB pic.twitter.com/cUdBsy0ngh
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) December 4, 2023
Quite remarkable that Ken Paxton is suing Pfizer for claiming that its vaccine was 95% effective against "infection" when Pfizer never made any such claims. And the rest of the press release is of course filled with antivax nonsense. https://t.co/5KqGvrM3rN
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) December 1, 2023
No surprise, though. Ken Paxton's entire shtick is announcing lawsuits or investigations that he knows will amount to nothing, but that will play well on right-wing media. It's faux law enforcement via press release.
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) December 1, 2023
Thursday Morning Open Thread: Looks Like We’re Gonna Have to Defend the ACA *Again*
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(Nick Anderson via GoComics.com) A brief history of the ACA: Obama campaigns on health reform.ACA passes, barely.Opposition grows.Republicans try to repeal and replace.The backlash builds support for the ACA.Trump backs lawsuit to overturn the ACA.Biden enhances subsidies, leading to record enrollment. — Larry Levitt (@larry_levitt) November 29, 2023 I guess we’ll be recreating this battle …
I figured this was going to be the first presidential campaign in many years where the ACA wasn’t going to be a contentious issue.
But, if Trump keeps vowing to repeal and replace the law, that could change. https://t.co/FnybDhCcXt
— Larry Levitt (@larry_levitt) November 29, 2023
Kevin Munoz, Biden-Harris 2024 spokesperson: We’ve got 135 million Americans with pre-existing conditions. Donald Trump wants to take away their protections… We’ve got more than 2 million young people under 26. Donald Trump wants to take away their health care pic.twitter.com/96aC2OvKcZ
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) November 30, 2023
They can't square the contradictions of their promises with the reality of actual policy: https://t.co/tUHjhJLY9g
— Clean Observer (@Hammbear2024) November 29, 2023
Hayes: Trump said he’s ‘seriously looking at alternatives’ to the Affordable Care Act. He’s seriously been doing that for 8 years… It was one of the most unpopular things he championed as president pic.twitter.com/GUTcCxDLqv
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) November 29, 2023
Caring is sharing…
If you are under 26, you should know that Trump wants to kick you off your parents’ health insurance pic.twitter.com/V0g0ox5ZDb
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) November 29, 2023
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: November 29, 2023
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(Doonesbury via GoComics.com) 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 …
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: November 29, 2023Post + Comments (47)
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
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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 …
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