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Fourth corona wave, noise from the Middle Ages and the drug crisis in the USA

2021-11-13T09:02:52.726Z


Fourth wave, noise from the Middle Ages and America's drug crisis: The reading recommendations of the week from the science department of SPIEGEL.


It turned out differently, the pandemic has us fully under control again.

At least that could have been prevented to this extent, says virologist Isabelle Eckerle from the Geneva University Hospital in an interview with my colleague Veronika Hackenbroch.

"Many experts have been talking their mouths out for months and warned about the development that is now occurring," says the scientist.

Despite all the disillusionment about the current situation: For me the most exciting passages of the interview are those in which Eckerle looks into the future - the time after the fourth wave (which will unfortunately bring us a gloomy winter): Will it be vaccines in the form of Give nasal sprays that render the virus harmless where it enters the body?

The virologist says the first research results are promising.

And what could the so-called endemic phase look like, i.e. the time when Sars-CoV-2 only causes local outbreaks because - finally - enough people have good immune protection?

Nobody can yet say whether the virus will one day be as harmless as a cold or whether it will at least retain its deadly potential for some people, like related pathogens such as Sars-CoV-1 or the Mers virus.

Stay confident.

Heartfelt

Yours Julia Koch

I also recommend you:

Loud history:

Researchers are reconstructing the noise of the Middle Ages and want to awaken its soundscapes to new life.

Drama with announcement:

virologist Isabelle Eckerle on the fourth wave of Covid and how it can still be broken

Big Pharma and Death:

America's Hard Way out of the Opioid Crisis.

Fog in the head:

A corona infection can reduce cognitive performance.

Researchers are unraveling why this is happening - and who is particularly at risk.

Finally up:

The German astronaut Matthias Maurer has arrived on the International Space Station.

The last of their kind?

There are still around 200 specimens in the wild.

In ten years, however, the Malaysia tiger could be extinct.

Picture of the week

The dead seal pups on the west coast of South Africa

are no exception: an unusually high number of young marine mammals are currently dying there, up from around 200 last week. Most of the animals that have died are very small, so local authorities suspect malnutrition as the cause of death.

The experts consider the bird flu epidemic, which is currently rampant in South Africa, to be an unlikely reason for the seal deaths.

Investigations of some cadavers should now bring clarification.

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Source: spiegel

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