The #Trump admin on Fri pushed out Peter Marks, the nation’s top #vaccine regulator & an architect of the US program to rapidly develop #coronavirus #vaccines, a move that comes as #HHS Secy #RFKJr continues his *overhaul* [destruction] of the nation’s #health & #science agencies amid a worsening #US outbreak of #measles.
Marks, who joined the FDA in 2012 & had overseen its Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research since 2016, was offered the choice to resign or be fired….
He opted to resign.
Good morning, y'all. 5 years ago today I did the first issue of CoronaBuzz, a daily newsletter for updates about covid. Over the next 2.5 years I indexed and tagged over 13,000 articles about covid-19 and its impacts around the world. I am still updating that dataset though much more slowly than I was.
The collection is part of ResearchBuzz Firehose. I have an article on how to explore, search, and monitor it here: https://researchbuzz.me/2024/03/14/coronabuzz-navigating-an-collection-of-over-13800-covid-related-article-summaries/ . I hope you find it useful.
Parlamentarisches Kontrollgremium fordert Offenlegung der Corona-Untersuchung
Der BND ging Berichten zufolge 2020 mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit davon aus, dass das Coronavirus seinen Ursprung in einem Labor in China hatte. Das Parlamentarische Kontrollgremium verlangt nun, dass die Öffentlichkeit informiert wird.
Biontech schreibt rote Zahlen
Biontech steckt weiter viel Geld in die Entwicklung neuer Medikament. Weil die Erlöse schrumpfen, steht nun ein Verlust zu Buche. Das bleibt nicht ohne Folgen.
Technikfolgenabschätzer: Großer Reformbedarf für Durchbruch bei Telemedizin
Um telemedizinische Ansätze regulär einsetzen zu können, müssen laut einer Studie Gesetze, Verträge, Vergütungskataloge und Kontrollverfahren angepasst werden.
2025-February-28 Friday
984 Americans Died Last Week From COVID 19
1,221,879Americans Dead From COVID 19 In Total
Sympathetic article; quotes 3 German experts
"Years after the pandemic, has the threat of #LongCovid subsided?"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/years-pandemic-threat-long-covid-153323420.html
Includes this "Depending on the symptoms, doctors will often recommend exercise therapy ..." but then that can be true for people without PEM
@longcovid
#PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #CovidIsNotOver
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The #Trump admin reversed a plan to shut down the government website that ships #free #coronavirus tests to households late Tues, after The Washington Post reported that the administration was preparing to end the program & was evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of tests.
[Trump, #ElonMusk & #RFKJr cursed the #FreePress]
#PublicHealth #health #COVID
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02/18/trump-administration-covid-tests-stockpile/
Targeting the SARS-CoV-2 reservoir in long COVID
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00769-2/abstract
Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update
@longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #CovidIsNotOver
@auscovid19 #auscovid19
#US weighs destroying $500M in stockpiled #covid tests
The #Trump admin has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of #coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided #free to Americans, acc/to 2 ofcls at a federal #PublicHealth preparedness agency & internal documents….
Internal documents show that ofcls within #HHS have been considering 2 options: either disposing of or continuing to ship >160M tests, valued at >$500M.
#health
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02/18/trump-administration-covid-tests-stockpile/
#Trump’s plan to shrink the size of the federal work force dealt blows to thousands of #CivilServants in the past few days. But the cuts to the #HHS — coming on the heels of the #coronavirus #pandemic, the worst #PublicHealth crisis in a century — have been especially jarring. Experts say the firings threaten to leave the country exposed to further shortages of #health workers, putting Americans at risk if another crisis erupts.
"shows in people with T2D, poorer glycemic control with HbA1c≥8% increases the risk of developing #LongCOVID after #COVID19 infection, specifically with respiratory symptoms & brain fog"
https://drc.bmj.com/content/13/1/e004536
Screenshot from Science for ME weekly update
Hashtags:
@longcovid
#PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #CovidIsNotOver
@auscovid19 #auscovid19
Press release for Australian research (funded by ME Research UK):
"Large hippocampus detected in Long COVID and ME/CFS patients"
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #CovidIsNotOver
@auscovid19 #auscovid19
Studie: Digitalisierung kommt nur noch langsam voran
Corona hat der Digitalisierung 2020 kräftig Schub gegeben. Doch was hat sich davon gehalten? Eine Studie kommt zu ernüchternden Ergebnissen.
“Look, no one should be fooled by you,” Sen #ElizabethWarren said, decrying #RFKJr’s past statements on #vaccines. “Kids might die, but Robert Kennedy can keep cashing in.”
A WaPo investigation found that the *nonprofit* Kennedy founded was 1 of 4 that rose to prominence during the #coronavirus #pandemic by capitalizing on the spread of #medical #misinformation.
Die vergessene Trauer der Angehörigen von Corona-Opfern
Vor gut fünf Jahren wurde der erste Corona-Fall in Deutschland festgestellt. Das unbekannte Virus sorgte für Angst und Unsicherheit. Angehörige von Verstorbenen leiden noch heute unter den Folgen der Einschränkungen. Von Jens Eberl.
Ausbruch in Wuhan: USA und China streiten über Corona-Ursprung
Der neue CIA-Direktor hat die Einschätzung der Behörde zum Corona-Ursprung geändert: Der Geheimdienst hält jetzt einen Laborunfall für wahrscheinlicher. China weist die Theorie zurück - und beklagt Verleumdung.
The CDC updates its count Fridays 8pm eastern time.
That hasn't happened yet. It is now 8:40pm.
I will check back tomorrow.
This article states all science reporting has been put on a temporary hold by the Trump administration
Als vor fünf Jahren der weltweit erste Corona-Lockdown begann
Am 23. Januar 2020 verriegelten Sicherheitskräfte den Bahnhof in Chinas Millionenstadt Wuhan. Es war der erste Corona-Lockdown, auch wenn die Krankheit damals noch nicht so hieß. Benjamin Eyssel blickt zurück.
#Trump moved quickly on Monday to withdraw the #UnitedStates from the #WorldHealthOrganization, a move that #PublicHealth experts say will undermine the nation’s standing as a global #health leader & make it harder to fight the next #pandemic.
Trump has been railing against the #WHO since 2020, when he attacked the agency over its approach to the #coronavirus pandemic & threatened to withhold funding from it. But after he lost the 2020 election the threat didn’t materialize [too busy criming].
