Saúde Pública/Medicina Humanitária
Máscaras contra COVID passam em seu maior teste – “Um estudo rigoroso mostra que máscaras cirúrgicas são altamente protetoras, mas máscaras de tecido, nem tanto.”
12 Set, 2021 | 21:54hFace masks for COVID pass their largest test yet – Nature
Estudo original: [Preprint] Largest study of masks yet details their importance in fighting Covid-19.
Comentário no Twitter
Face masks for COVID pass their largest test yet – I & others comment. It is true that I bought pink surgical masks (my favorite color) in response to this study for when I am around unvaccinated adults (or indoor public spaces for now)https://t.co/nFhlcqwrjv
— Monica Gandhi MD, MPH (@MonicaGandhi9) September 9, 2021
Vacina indiana de DNA contra COVID é a primeira no mundo – mais estão por vir.
12 Set, 2021 | 21:50hIndia’s DNA COVID vaccine is a world first – more are coming – Nature
Impacto econômico da mortalidade por tuberculose em 120 países e o custo de não se atingir os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável relacionados a tuberculose: uma análise de renda total.
12 Set, 2021 | 21:42hComentário convidado: The incalculable costs of tuberculosis
Comentários no Twitter
A strong eeconomic case for ending TB – trillions of dollars in savings. Cost of not acting now is going to be too expensive! @StopTB https://t.co/ffLVTeqOkj
— Suvanand Sahu (@SahuSuvanand) September 5, 2021
Failure to achieve the SDG tuberculosis mortality target by 2030 will lead to profound economic and health losses:
$3·0 trillion will be lost if the target is not met until 2045!!
Sachil Silva, Nim Pathy, @mikereidmd @DrEricGoosby @RifatAtun https://t.co/ipm5vj62IQ @LancetGH pic.twitter.com/fPHDW5eJWE
— Madhu Pai, MD, PhD (@paimadhu) September 3, 2021
Dois estudos observacionais sugerem que não há aumento nas taxas de aborto espontâneo depois da vacinação contra COVID-19 com vacina de mRNA durante a gestação.
12 Set, 2021 | 21:01hEstudo 1: Spontaneous Abortion Following COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy – JAMA
Estudo 2: Receipt of mRNA Covid-19 Vaccines and Risk of Spontaneous Abortion – New England Journal of Medicine
Comentário no Twitter
📣 NO LINK BETWEEN MISCARRIAGE & COVID VACCINATION
This @JAMA_current study examined 105446 pregnancies, including 13160 miscarriages
Women with pregnancies ending in miscarriage were NOT more likely to have had 💉 in prior 28 days than those that didnthttps://t.co/7cFELq1oPM
— Ilan Schwartz MD PhD (@GermHunterMD) September 8, 2021
[Preprint] Neutralização ineficaz da variante Mu do SARS-CoV-2 por soros convalescentes e vacinais.
12 Set, 2021 | 21:00hIneffective neutralization of the SARS-CoV-2 Mu variant by convalescent and vaccine sera – bioRxiv
Conteúdo relacionado: United States boosts tracking of coronavirus strains as Mu variant draws scrutiny – Science
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📍Bad news on #MuVariant—Japanese scientists: "Mu variant is highly resistant to sera from convalescent & [Pfizer]-vaccinated people. Direct comparison of different spike proteins revealed that Mu spike is more resistant…than all other current variants”🧵https://t.co/Ilf5gh3OGd pic.twitter.com/DbdJVGZTjz
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) September 8, 2021
OMS faz apelo para que países adiem as doses de reforços contra COVID-19 até 2022 para priorizar a vacinação das populações sob maior risco ao redor do mundo e que ainda não receberam nem a primeira dose de vacina.
12 Set, 2021 | 20:58hVer também:
WHO chief urges halt to booster shots for rest of the year – Associated Press
WHO extends moratorium on booster COVID vaccine doses – CIDRAP
AstraZeneca encabeça o alerta contra a corrida por doses de reforço – “Dar a terceira dose aos mais vulneráveis, que talvez não tenham feito uma resposta imunológica completa com as duas primeiras doses, é ‘sensato’, mas qualquer decisão sobre dar a terceira dose ‘para grande parcela da população’ e ampliar a proteção obtida pelas duas primeiras doses deve ser baseada em dados clínicos.”
12 Set, 2021 | 20:57hAstraZeneca bosses warn against rush for boosters – BBC
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"Moving too quickly to boost across the entire adult population will deprive us of these insights, leaving this important decision to rest on limited data," Mr Soriot and Sir Mene write.https://t.co/xTAk7yyu5G
— The Sharing Scientist (@ScienceShared) September 8, 2021
[Preprint] Estudo randomizado | Reforço vacinal com vacina heteróloga vs. homóloga em pacientes imunossuprimidos sem soroconversão de anticorpo contra SARS-CoV-2 após vacinação primária com vacina de mRNA.
12 Set, 2021 | 20:55h
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Results of 60-person randomized trial of 3rd shot of mRNA or AZ vax in people on rituximab who didn't seroconvert after BNT-Pfizer (most) or Moderna vax. Found dose 3 reduced those with no humoral or cellular response from 31% to 6% …1/2 https://t.co/HIjeDaFy7w Preprint #IC
— Hilda Bastian, PhD (@hildabast) September 8, 2021
Perspectiva | O plano para acabar de vez com todos os vírus respiratórios – “Os benefícios da ventilação vão além do coronavírus. E se, além disso, também não tivéssemos mais gripes ou resfriados?”
12 Set, 2021 | 20:53hThe Plan to Stop Every Respiratory Virus at Once – The Atlantic
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Recommendations for ventilation of indoor spaces to reduce COVID-19 transmission.
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WHO: Roadmap to improve and ensure good indoor ventilation in the context of COVID-19
CDC releases new ventilation guidelines for indoor environments to reduce Covid-19 risk
Equilíbrio entre incentivos e incentivos contrários à vacinação numa pandemia.
12 Set, 2021 | 20:51hBalancing incentives and disincentives for vaccination in a pandemic – Nature Medicine
Conteúdo relacionado: Opinion | COVID vaccines: we need to find out which incentives actually work – the author argues that policies to promote vaccine uptake should be tested in randomized clinical trials.