Timo Lenzen / DER SPIEGEL
Dear readers,
A few days ago we reported about various tools with which you can calculate your possible vaccination appointment.
You enter a few parameters such as age, occupation and possible contact with people in need of care into these calculators, then the tool outputs a result.
For a man in his mid-forties who do not work in a care facility, it looks like this:
»With a vaccination rate of 644,189 per week and a vaccination readiness of 54 percent, you can expect to receive your first vaccination dose between 1.3.2022 and 15.4.2023 receive.
You should then receive the second vaccination dose from March 22nd, 2022 to May 5th, 2023. «
Haha.
Funny, you think.
Not after this week.
Ordered too little, ordered too late - the bad news in terms of vaccination logistics is currently not over.
Instead, we seem to be running into a vaccination war: Export bans for vaccines produced in Germany that should be shipped to other buyer countries were discussed.
The main reason why the delays are dangerous is that they can make us lose the race against the virus' desire to mutate.
All currently approved substances are probably still effective against the mutants.
But when a resistant variant develops, the search for an antidote begins again - at least in part.
The first approved vaccines, which could finally tame the pandemic, were hailed as “game changers” in December.
If we keep dawdling, we could easily gamble away the advantage.
At least there was good news at the end of the week: The current restrictions are apparently having an effect, the number of infections is falling.
And that's still the most effective remedy for new mutations.
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Germany is hanging on the needle
Johnson & Johnson, Curevac and Co .: These vaccines should end the bottleneck
Two vaccines against the coronavirus are approved in Germany - and more are to follow very soon.
Some of the new ones have clear advantages.
Effectiveness in seniors: The criticism of the Astra: Zeneca vaccine - and what is really behind it
The corona vaccine from AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford supposedly hardly works with seniors, reported the "Handelsblatt".
Possibly a mistake - nevertheless it is worth taking a closer look.
Corona vaccine delivery bottlenecks: AstraZeneca and EU meeting ends without a solution
The crisis talks between the EU and AstraZeneca did not bring any result.
The reason for the conflict is the announcement by the pharmaceutical company that it will be able to deliver large quantities of vaccine weeks or months later.
Corona vaccine: AstraZeneca sees slow contract conclusion as a reason for delivery bottlenecks
AstraZeneca defends itself against suspicion of delivering vaccine doses to other countries intended for the EU.
A crisis meeting on the vaccine dispute with the EU is scheduled for Wednesday evening.
Corona vaccination: "Then you can only throw away the remaining doses"
Who will be vaccinated and when?
The legal expert Thorsten Kingreen is urgently calling for a rule for cases of hardship - and wants to prevent excess doses from simply being given to the next best.
Meeting with manufacturers: the federal and state governments want to hold
vaccination
summit on Monday
The frustration with the corona vaccination campaign is great.
The federal, state and pharmaceutical companies have now agreed to meet next week.
The goal: more momentum for the vaccination campaign.
Delivery
dispute with
EU Commission: AstraZeneca wants to publish delivery contract - and deliver more vaccine to Europe
Is there
any
movement in the EU dispute with AstraZeneca after all?
Apparently, the group wants to publish the supply contract with the EU - and may give in to the question of the delivery quantities.
Broken delivery promises: EU threatens vaccine manufacturers with an export ban
The EU is increasing the pressure on manufacturers of corona vaccines: After AstraZeneca, the second producer, has broken its delivery promise, Brussels now wants to make exports to other countries subject to approval.
Corona vaccination hotline 116117: Hardly any connection under this number
The Ministry of Health has listed how many people received the desired advice via the vaccination hotline 116117.
According to SPIEGEL information, the result is sobering.
Covid-19 in worldwide numbers
Confirmed Cases: 101,562,751
Deaths: 2,193,493
Recovered from the disease: 56,152,962
Germany: 2,192,850 confirmed patients, 55,6752 deaths
Sources: CSSE / Johns Hopkins University, as of January 29, 2021, 12:22 p.m.;
Robert Koch Institute, as of January 29, 2021, 12:00 a.m.
Research news
Hope for the sick: This is how the search for the saving corona drug
works.Research teams around the world are working to find a means for Covid-19 patients.
Including experts in particle physics in Hamburg - with a promising approach.
Switzerland as a model: How the corona pandemic can be tracked with sewage treatment plants
For months, German experts have been working on wastewater monitoring for the
corona
virus.
Other countries are several steps further.
Containing the corona pandemic: Scientists promote Europe-wide "No Covid" strategy
Renowned researchers from medicine and business are calling for a Europe-wide action plan.
This is about coordinated monitoring of the infection process - not about additional bans.
With artificial antibodies against corona: Who the new drug will help - and who not
suffering from corona should be treated with artificial antibodies in Germany in the future - despite the lack of approval.
The opportunities and risks of the funds at a glance.
What else was important
Corona Children's
Disease Days
: How to get your money
Parents can take significantly more days off this year to look after their children.
How many are entitled to whom, who can apply for them and who pays for the loss of earnings?
Here are the most important answers.
Concerns about Corona mutations: These travel bans could apply from Saturday
The federal government has agreed on new entry restrictions from high-risk countries.
According to SPIEGEL information, the rules could come into force at the weekend.
Bottom up!
Drug study: English and Scots are
most likely to be
heavily drunk
The Global Drug Survey reveals where the most cups are
drunk
each year - and why.
The biggest factor this time: Corona.
Have a nice weekend
Yours Michail Hengstenberg
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