SimplyInfo.org Coronavirus Live Blog 02.01.2022
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Vaccine Related Information:
Moderna starts clinical trial of booster shot targeting omicron Covid variant
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/26/moderna-starts-clinical-trial-of-booster-shot-targeting-omicron-covid-variant.html
And then there were 2: FDA gives full approval to Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine
https://www.statnews.com/2022/01/31/and-then-there-were-2-fda-gives-full-approval-to-modernas-covid-19-vaccine/
Novavax applies to the F.D.A. for authorization of its Covid vaccine.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/business/novavax-vaccine-fda.html
Pfizer expected to seek EUA for its Covid-19 vaccine for children younger than 5 as soon as today
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/omicron-variant-coronavirus-news-02-01-22/index.html
Novavax applies to the F.D.A. for authorization of its Covid vaccine.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/business/novavax-vaccine-fda.html
The F.D.A. grants Moderna’s vaccine full approval.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/31/world/omicron-covid-vaccine-tests/the-fda-grants-modernas-vaccine-full-approval
Third dose of mRNA vaccine boosts protection from hospitalization in immunocompromised, study finds
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/omicron-variant-coronavirus-news-01-27-22/index.html
Vaccination and booster shots almost obliterate dangerous Omicron risks, Moderna official says
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/omicron-variant-coronavirus-news-01-27-22/index.html
CDC charts show how much 2 and 3 doses of COVID vaccine protect from hospitalization
https://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-charts-omicron-hospitalization-vaccine-booster-unvaccinated-2022-1
Despite CDC directive, many pharmacies refusing to give fourth shots to immune-compromised patients
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/26/health/fourth-shots-immune-compromised/index.html
Universal coronavirus vaccines are in the works but “going to take years to develop,” Fauci says
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/omicron-variant-coronavirus-news-01-26-22/index.html
Testing:
With ‘Authorized’ Instructions — Potential gains with at-home kits if users know how to interpret negative results https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/96950
Rutgers Researchers Develop COVID-19 Rapid Test that Can Detect Omicron Variant
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/rutgers-university/articles/rutgers-researchers-develop-covid-19-rapid-test-that-can-detect-omicron-variant
US scientists develop cheap smartphone-based test kit for Covid Doing a test with new technique could cost a 10th of a PCR and has been as reliable in small-scale trial https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/28/us-scientists-develop-cheap-smartphone-based-test-kit-for-covid
How to properly store your at-home COVID-19 rapid tests – Temperature changes, moisture levels and other factors may affect results. https://www.today.com/health/health/properly-store-home-covid-rapid-tests-rcna13045
Scientific Research & Variants:
Omicron’s spread underscores the potential consequences of the global vaccine gap, experts say.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/26/world/omicron-covid-vaccine-tests/omicrons-spread-underscores-the-potential-consequences-of-the-global-vaccine-gap-experts-say
More than two-thirds of omicron cases are reinfections, English study suggests
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/26/more-than-two-thirds-of-omicron-cases-are-reinfections-study-suggests.html
CDC study finds shorter hospital stays during omicron wave, even as infections and death toll mount
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/CDC-study-finds-shorter-hospital-stays-during-16804049.php
Omicron variant of COVID may be the most contagious virus to ever exist, scientists say –
The only rival for omicron in terms of known contagious viruses is the measles
https://www.salon.com/2022/01/27/omicron-variant-of-may-be-the-most-contagious-to-ever-exist-scientists-say/
Where did Omicron come from? Three key theories – The highly transmissible variant emerged
with a host of unusual mutations. Now scientists are trying to work out how it evolved.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00215-2
Omicron drives US deaths higher than in fall’s delta wave
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-california-public-health-83c0a053bfdd615b5ae7170007c2f1f9
The latest Covid variant is 1.5 times more contagious than omicron and already circulating in almost half of U.S. states
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/28/the-new-bapoint2-omicron-subvariant-is-already-circulating-in-half-of-us-states.html
Vaccine-induced immunological memory is similar for Omicron and Delta SARS-CoV-2 variants
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220131/Vaccine-induced-immunological-memory-is-similar-for-Omicron-and-Delta-SARS-CoV-2-variants.aspx
Risk for Newly Diagnosed Diabetes >30 Days After SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Persons Aged <18 Years — United States, March 1, 2020–June 28, 2021 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7102e2.htm
New COVID ‘stealth’ variant, BA.2, reported in 17 states
https://www.al.com/news/2022/01/new-covid-stealth-variant-ba2-reported-in-17-states.html
Estimating the impending endemic seasonality of SARS-CoV-2 in global population centers
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220131/Estimating-the-impending-endemic-seasonality-of-SARS-CoV-2-in-global-population-centers.aspx
“Immunologist Dr. Anthony Leonardi speaks on Long COVID and the dangers posed by SARS-CoV-2”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/11/10/leon-n10.html
part 2: “Immunologist Dr. Anthony Leonardi speaks on Long COVID and the dangers posed by SARS-CoV-2”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/11/11/leon-n11.html
(July 2021): “Scientists uncover ancient coronavirus epidemic in East Asia”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/07/24/epid-j24.html
Three exposures to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can induce robust neutralizing
antibodies against variants
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220131/Three-exposures-to-SARS-CoV-2-spike-protein-can-induce-robust-neutralizing-antibodies-against-variants.aspx
Vaccine-induced immunological memory is similar for Omicron and Delta SARS-CoV-2 variants
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220131/Vaccine-induced-immunological-memory-is-similar-for-Omicron-and-Delta-SARS-CoV-2-variants.aspx
Estimating the impending endemic seasonality of SARS-CoV-2 in global population centers
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220131/Estimating-the-impending-endemic-seasonality-of-SARS-CoV-2-in-global-population-centers.aspx
Covid-infected HIV patient developed 21 mutations, SA study shows
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2022-01-31-covid-infected-hiv-patient-developed-21-mutations-sa-study-shows/
Long Covid study finds abnormality in lungs that could explain breathlessness Findings raise
possibility Covid may cause microscopic damage not detected by normal tests
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/29/long-covid-study-finds-abnormality-in-lungs-that-could-explain-breathlessness
Lung abnormalities found in long COVID patients with breathlessness
https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/medical/lung-abnormalities-found-in-long-covid-patients-with-breathlessness/ar-AAThawr
Long COVID-19: Study author explains four factors that can predict how you get it
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/591528-long-covid-study-author-explains-four-factors-that-can-predict-how-you-get
Outbreaks & Restrictions:
An Omicron surge across Asia restricts travel during the Lunar New Year weekend.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/world/asia/omicron-asia-lunar-new-year.html
CDC warns against travel to countries including Mexico and Brazil
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/31/covid-omicron-variant-live-updates/#link-EWEDPFZBM5F45EHOQE76QO7TRY
Beijing seals off several neighborhood blocks near Olympics over Covid-19 concerns
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/omicron-variant-coronavirus-news-02-01-22/index.html
24 new Covid-19 cases detected among Olympics-related personnel
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/omicron-variant-coronavirus-news-02-01-22/index.html
Thailand reopens quarantine-free travel to people from any country
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/omicron-variant-coronavirus-news-02-01-22/index.html
A coronavirus case in Beijing’s Olympic bubble is linked to a German team.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/world/asia/covid-case-beijing-olympics-germany.html
Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Tangled trends keep surge path clouded
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/01/28/latest-on-covid19-in-mn
COVID-19 severity changing in Minnesota hospitals – Predictions proved true: Omicron variant
was less severe, but its unprecedented spread increased hospital numbers.
https://www.startribune.com/covid-19-severity-changing-in-minnesota-hospitals/600140317/
Delta variant dominant as Beijing tops China’s Covid-19 tally
https://www.scmp.com/beijing-winter-olympics-2022/article/3165320/delta-variant-dominant-beijing-tops-chinas-covid-19
California appears to pass peak of omicron variant wave
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/California-appears-to-pass-peak-of-omicron-16804209.php
All Other Covid News:
“Covid Situation Continuing to Develop Not Necessarily to the Officialdom’s Advantage”
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/01/covid-situation-continuing-to-develop-not-necessarily-to-the-officialdoms-advantage.html
A devil’s choice: Take an immune-suppressing drug and risk getting Covid or watch my wrist joints disintegrate?
https://www.statnews.com/2022/01/31/rheumatoid-arthritis-humira-immune-supression-covid19/
England set to U-turn on mandatory vaccines for healthcare staff –
Health Secretary Sajid Javid no longer believes the policy is proportionate.
https://www.politico.eu/article/england-set-to-u-turn-on-mandatory-vaccines-for-healthcare-staff/
Newsom defends maskless photo at NFL playoff game – The California governor
faces a barrage of criticism after posing for a maskless photo with Magic Johnson.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/31/newsom-covid-maskless-photo-00003769
What We Can Learn From How the 1918 Pandemic Ended
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/opinion/covid-pandemic-end.html
Ivermectin Shows ‘Antiviral Effect’ Against COVID, Japanese Company Says
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-01-31/japans-kowa-says-ivermectin-effective-against-omicron-in-phase-iii-trial
double-blind study in COvid-19 patients with ivermectin
https://rctportal.niph.go.jp/en/detail?trial_id=jRCT2031200120
K pop star tests positive for covid after appendicitis surgery.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/31/bts-member-jimin-treated-for-appendicitis-and-covid
Vaccinated, boosted parents slash their kids’ COVID risk — pre-Omicron Israeli study –
As most of world’s young kids not yet eligible, research shows kids living with 2
inoculated parents during Alpha outbreak had 72% fewer infections than unvaxxed parents’ offspring
https://www.timesofisrael.com/vaccinated-boosted-parents-slash-kids-covid-risk-pre-omicron-israeli-study/
Boris Johnson faces an outcry after the release of a report on lockdown parties.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/01/world/pfizer-vaccine-children/boris-johnson-faces-an-outcry-after-the-release-of-a-report-on-lockdown-parties
When the Dying COVID Patient Is 23 — Palliative care conversations have taken on a new meaning during the pandemic
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/96887
Democratic senators urge Justice Department to ramp up efforts to prevent sale of fraudulent face masks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/01/covid-omicron-variant-live-updates/#link-WUG6WGGVDFF67LI7LATV4A6WJU
Pandemic creates tons of medical waste, threatening environment and human health, WHO says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/01/covid-omicron-variant-live-updates/#link-YSZD5BQJ7FHYXGARHXBU625ZJA
“The science behind the omicron wave’s sharp peak and rapid decline – Why do Covid-19 surges seem to end as suddenly as they begin?” https://www.vox.com/22905020/omicron-wave-surge-covid-19-cases-vaccines
Jan 31: “Two Years Since First COVID-19 Case Detected in Santa Clara County”
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/two-years-since-first-covid-19-case-detected-in-santa-clara-county/2795599/
Newly proposed SC law would make it a crime to ask about vaccine status
https://www.foxcarolina.com/coronavirus/newly-proposed-sc-law-would-make-it-a-crime-to-ask-about-vaccine-status/article_8855a606-7daf-11ec-b3ca-4b10a28190d5.html
Patchwork system for rationing a Covid drug sends immunocompromised patients on a ‘Hunger Games hunt’
https://www.statnews.com/2022/01/27/patchwork-system-for-rationing-covid-drug-sends-patients-on-hunger-games-hunt/
EU regulators approve Paxlovid antiviral pill for those at risk of severe Covid-19
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/omicron-variant-coronavirus-news-01-27-22/index.html
Kansas bill would force pharmacists to fill ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine as off-label COVID treatment
https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/coronavirus/2022/01/25/kansas-politicians-off-label-ivermectin-hydroxychloroquine-covid-treatment-pharmacists/9198489002/
The U.S. education secretary urges schools to use federal funds to help students catch up.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/27/world/omicron-covid-vaccine-tests/the-us-education-secretary-urges-schools-to-use-federal-funds-to-help-students-catch-up
Some Americans are hesitant about Covid vaccines. But they’re all-in on unproven treatments
https://www.statnews.com/2022/01/27/some-americans-are-hesitant-about-covid-vaccines-but-theyre-all-in-on-unproven-treatments/
“Sarah Palin dined at NYC restaurant two days before testing positive for Covid – The former Alaska governor is not vaccinated, a judge said Monday.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sarah-palin-dined-nyc-restaurant-two-days-testing-positive-covid-rcna13400
“Sarah Palin returns to NYC restaurant two days after testing positive for Covid – But this time, the unvaccinated former Alaska governor and her party sat outside Elio’s.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sarah-palin-returns-nyc-restaurant-two-days-testing-positive-covid-rcna13790
White House says 60M households have ordered free COVID-19 tests
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/591835-white-house-says-60m-households-have-ordered-free-covid-19-tests
Outrage as Paris hospitals chief raises idea of charging unvaccinated patients
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/28/outrage-as-paris-hospitals-chief-raises-idea-of-charging-unvaccinated-patients
Warning from Wuhan: Chinese scientists say new Covid “variant” ‘NeoCov’ has high mortality rate – Report
https://www.wionews.com/world/warning-from-wuhan-chinese-scientists-say-new-covid-variant-neocov-has-high-mortality-rate-report-448335
Close relatives of MERS-CoV in bats use ACE2 as their functional receptors
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.24.477490v1
Reports of COVID-19 variant ‘NeoCov’ are spreading – Here’s what we know so far
https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/reports-of-covid-19-variant-neocov-are-spreading-heres-what-we-know-so-far/articleshow/89180852.cms
Difficult to assess danger of newly discovered NeoCov coronavirus so far, scientist says –
According to Sergey Alkhovsky, the discovery of this variety shows that the variants of viruses
capable of binding to human receptors without any adaptation are already circulating directly in the wild
https://tass.com/world/1394093
Canada truckers’ vaccine protest spirals into calls to repeal all public health rules Ahead of Saturday’s
protest in Ottawa, Trudeau dismisses the group as a ‘small fringe’ that holds ‘unacceptable views’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/28/canada-truckers-covid-vaccine-mandate-protest-government
Trucks roll into Ottawa for protest against Canada’s vaccine mandates
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ottawa-set-massive-protest-against-canadas-vaccine-mandates-2022-01-29/
Student leaders ask Minnesota State to require vaccines
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/01/27/student-leaders-ask-minnesota-state-to-require-vaccines
Hospital refusing heart transplant for man who won’t get vaccinated
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brigham-and-womens-hospital-boston-refusing-heart-transplant-man-wont-get-vaccinated
Africa may have reached the pandemic’s holy grail
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/01/28/1072591923/africa-may-have-reached-the-pandemics-holy-grail
Biden pressured to cover COVID-19 tests through Medicare
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/591882-biden-pressured-to-cover-covid-19-tests-through-medicare
“Gottlieb: US should be ‘aggressive’ in lifting COVID-19 measures as conditions improve”
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/591823-gottlieb-us-should-be-aggressive-in-lifting-covid-measures-as-conditions
Northern masks, Southern indifference: How Covid precautions differ widely by region
“At this time, you would not think there is a pandemic. It’s slammed right now,”
the owner of a yoga studio outside of Atlanta said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/northern-masks-southern-indifference-covid-precautions-differ-widely-r-rcna12930
A Sioux Falls registered nurse says: Here is the harsh reality of ‘care rationing’ in the time of Covid
https://www.sdstandardnow.com/home/a-sioux-falls-registered-nurse-says-here-is-the-harsh-reality-of-care-rationing-in-the-time-of-covid
“Should you get a 4th COVID vaccine? UCSF’s Bob Wachter weighs in.”
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/should-I-get-4th-COVID-vaccine-16813428.php
Read Wachter’s complete thread on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1486726062855708690
Two New York nurses charged with forging Covid vaccine cards to earn more than $1.5 million
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/29/long-island-nurses-charged-with-faking-covid-jabs-to-earn-more-than-1point5-million.html
After more than 600 days shut out, Delhi’s students just want to go back to school
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/27/india/india-delhi-schools-reopen-600-days-intl-hnk/index.html
Man refuses to get required covid vaccine in order to receive a kidney transplant
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/i-will-die-free-unvaccinated-burke-county-man-denied-kidney-transplant-by-hospital/OJGAFURR4FGERJB7VT24P5RED4/
Hospital system near breaking point, OHA says
https://www.koin.com/news/health/coronavirus/oha-to-hold-briefing-after-oregon-surpassed-6k-covid-deaths
Many of those stricken with omicron say this supposedly “mild” variant isn’t so mild –
“Bone-crushing chills” and week-long ear infections: some experts don’t think it’s apt to call this variant “mild”
https://www.salon.com/2022/01/29/omicron-not-so-mild/
Sources: U.S. Olympic bobsled team dealing with COVID-19 ‘nightmare’
https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics-team-usa-bobsled-dealing-with-covid-19-trouble-per-sources-022756014.html
States Want to Eliminate All Childhood Vaccinations
https://ritholtz.com/2022/01/eliminate-childhood-vaccinations/
NE Ohio hospitals see alarming number of kids with COVID Long-Haul Syndrome
https://fox8.com/news/coronavirus/ne-ohio-hospitals-see-alarming-number-of-kids-with-covid-long-haul-syndrome-months-after-virus/
N.Y.C. is offering free home delivery of Covid antiviral pills, though supply is limited.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/30/nyregion/nyc-covid-antiviral-pills-delivery.html
New York State’s mask policy is back in effect after a judge grants a stay.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/nyregion/nyc-mask-mandate-ruling.html
Pfizer Launches Clinical Trial for Omicron Booster Awfully Late….What Gives?
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/01/pfizer-launches-clinical-trial-for-omicron-booster-awfully-late-what-gives.html
D.C. students walk out to protest ‘not safe’ school covid protocols
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/26/covid-omicron-variant-live-updates/#link-PRTRTDVFIREEZGZMDD4AFUHSIY
Why did everyone in my household get COVID-19 except me?
https://www.sfgate.com/coronavirus/article/Why-do-some-people-get-COVID-others-not-16800975.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight
Germany to crack down on Covid protesters in yellow star badges Police told to detain
activists trivialising the Holocaust in acts to be classified as ‘secondary antisemitism’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/26/germany-to-crack-down-on-covid-protesters-in-yellow-star-badges
White House sketches a future in which normal life and Covid-19 coexist
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/26/politics/white-house-vaccine-covid-19/index.html
It’s “dangerous” to assume we are at the end of the pandemic, WHO director-general says
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/omicron-variant-coronavirus-news-01-26-22/index.html
Workplaces are filling up with employees who have COVID
https://ktla.com/news/california/workplaces-are-filling-up-with-employees-who-have-covid/
Feds: Florida received effective COVID treatments against omicron
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/01/26/feds-florida-received-effective-covid-treatments-against-omicron/
Red wine could reduce chances of COVID-19 infection, U.K. study suggests
https://www.fox6now.com/news/red-wine-could-reduce-chances-of-covid-19-infection-u-k-study-suggests
The curious tale of why 49ers and Rams coaches can circumvent California mask mandates at indoor SoFi Stadium
https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/coaches-maskless-at-Rams-games-16806837.php
Covid denialist and Bolsonaro ally Olavo de Carvalho died of virus, says daughter
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/25/covid-denialist-bolsonaro-ally-olavo-de-carvalho-dies-coronavirus
Climate change and mRNA researchers named as Japan Prize winners
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/01/25/national/science-health/japan-prize-scientists/
What to Do if You’ve Lost Your Covid-19 Vaccination Card
https://www.nytimes.com/article/vaccine-card-replacement.html
Josh Williamson is first Team USA athlete to test positive for COVID ahead of 2022 Olympics
https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics-josh-williamson-covid-204457745.html
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