In many cases, after you are cured from Covid-19, it is not ready. Thousands of patients suffer from lung complaints. The injury, including severely reduced lung contents, may be permanent. That says the chairman of the Dutch Association of Doctors for Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis (Nvalt) Leon van den Toorn in Algemeen Dagblad. “In severe … Read more
People with a genetic mutation that increases the risk of dementia may also have a higher risk of a severe form of Covid-19. This is evident from a new study by the British university of Exeter, about which British quality newspaper The Guardian writes. To be precise, it concerns the e4 variant of the ApoE … Read more
Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli thinks many more dangerous viruses will emerge if we don’t do more to prevent that. Zhengli, who identified the current coronavirus, calls Covid-19 “just the tip of the iceberg.” In an interview with Chinese state broadcaster CGTN, the virologist who has studied coronaviruses in bats for 16 years said, “There are … Read more
There were a few examples this weekend: a whole restaurant in Germany, a church in Frankfurt and a meat factory in Groenlo. All three a lot of infections, all three probably started with a “super spreader”. And then of course there is the legendary bartender in Ischgl, who is at the beginning of outbreaks in … Read more
Yesterday it was announced that the Netherlands, Austria, Sweden and Denmark reject the Franco-German recovery plan after the corona crisis. The “miserly four” as they are called scornful by the rest of the EU are coming up with an alternative. De Volkskrant writes about this. “We cannot accept instruments or measures that lead to the … Read more
Last month, the renowned University of Oxford thought it might have had the first vaccines in September. But British scientists cannot break iron with their hands either: the vaccine does not work. At the end of April, the researchers stated that the vaccine worked on six rhesus monkeys. However, the technical details now published show … Read more
In the Netherlands, at least ten thousand people will die on average ten years earlier. At least, that is stated in a report by the Gupta consultancy, which appeared on Thursday. “For every death due to Covid-19, there are far more deaths due to the postponement of regular care,” it sounds. The researchers even speak … Read more
Eating healthy, exercising enough and keeping up with everything that is unhealthy can lead to a milder course of Covid-19. That is why the cabinet should focus on lifestyle advice, say researchers from TNO and the Leiden University Medical Center in Trouw. A healthy lifestyle is important to prevent complications from a virus infection, say … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that the coronavirus “may never go away.” The experts of the organization fear a global mental health crisis due to the pandemic. The Wednesday advised against trying to predict how long the coronavirus will last in our lives. “It’s important to say this: this virus can become one of … Read more
They have overlooked the elderly, says Marcel Olde Rikkert professor of geriatric medicine at Radboud University Nijmegen to NRC. He calls it the “blind spot” in medicine. The pandemic policy was, from December around the world, determined by virologists, epidemiologists, infection doctors. Olde Rikkert: “Everyone looked hopefully at them, the owners of the problem. And … Read more