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New CDC Guideline for fully vaccinated individuals says people can get together indoors without masks. Precautions should continue in public.

Guideline: Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People– Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See also: When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated: How to Protect Yourself and Others – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Commentaries: You’re fully vaccinated? The CDC says you can now have friends and family over for dinner – Vox AND […]

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Systematic review: High‐flow nasal cannula for respiratory support in adult intensive care patients

High‐flow nasal cannula for respiratory support in adult intensive care patients – Cochrane Library Summary: High-flow nasal cannulae for breathing support in adult intensive care patients – Cochrane Library  

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[Preprint] Increased risk of hospitalization associated with infection with SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.1.7 in Denmark

Increased Risk of Hospitalisation Associated with Infection with SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.1.7 in Denmark – The Lancet   Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more) ?~64% MORE SEVERE—The already more contagious #B117 variant from ?? is now found to increase risk of #COVID19 hospitalization by 64% versus other strains, says Denmark’s ?? CDC. Denmark sequences […]

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[Preprint] Preliminary study shows Sinovac vaccine may not trigger sufficient antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 Lineage P.1

Levels of SARS-CoV-2 Lineage P.1 Neutralization by Antibodies Elicited after Natural Infection and Vaccination – The Lancet Commentary: Sinovac vaccine may not trigger sufficient antibody response to Brazil variant: study – Reuters   Commentary on Twitter 1) In a preprint (to the Lancet), the new Brazilian #SARSCoV2 variant P.1. was found to reduce the neutralizing […]

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[Preprint] SARS-CoV-2 P.1 variant shows resistance to antibody neutralization

Increased Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 Variant P.1 to Antibody Neutralization – bioRxiv Commentary: Brazilian SARS-CoV-2 P.1 variant shows resistance to antibody neutralization – News Medical  

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[Preprint] Genomics and epidemiology of a novel SARS-CoV-2 lineage P.1 – “P.1 may be 1.4–2.2 times more transmissible and 25-61% more likely to evade protective immunity elicited by previous infection with non-P.1 lineages”

Genomics and epidemiology of a novel SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil – medRxiv Commentary: Brazil variant can reinfect virus survivors; COVID-19 vaccine antibodies pass into breast milk – Reuters  

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Mask mandates and restaurant restrictions tied to fewer Covid-19 illnesses and deaths, CDC study says

Mask mandates and restaurant restrictions tied to fewer Covid-19 illnesses and deaths, CDC study says – CNN Original study: Association of State-Issued Mask Mandates and Allowing On-Premises Restaurant Dining with County-Level COVID-19 Case and Death Growth Rates — United States, March 1–December 31, 2020 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report   Commentary on Twitter […]

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WHO: The effects of virus variants on COVID-19 vaccines

The effects of virus variants on COVID-19 vaccines – World Health Organization  

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RCT: Azithromycin provides no benefit for community treatment of patients with suspected COVID-19

Azithromycin for community treatment of suspected COVID-19 in people at increased risk of an adverse clinical course in the UK (PRINCIPLE): a randomised, controlled, open-label, adaptive platform trial – The Lancet   Commentary on Twitter The PRINCIPLE trial publishes its first peer reviewed paper, showing results from the study of azithromycin as a treatment for […]

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Respiratory microbiome in mechanically ventilated patients: a narrative review

Respiratory microbiome in mechanically ventilated patients: a narrative review – Intensive Care Medicine   Commentary on Twitter Respiratory microbiome on mechanical ventilation:➡️definition➡️state of the art: lung bacterial microbiota in #ICU, invasive mechanical ventilation, #ARDS, lung nosocomial infections & VAP, lung mycobiota, virome➡️perspectives & clinical applicationshttps://t.co/fO7ggoJNUk pic.twitter.com/0W8hLNkuSO — Intens Care Med (@yourICM) February 9, 2021  

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