The corona pandemic has changed our view of work. Hours in traffic jams, the noisy open-plan office and other annoying obligations are in many cases not necessary at all to do our work properly. Oxford University anthropologist James Suzman hopes the changes are permanent, he tells in De Standaard. “Our work ethic still stems from … Read more
Now that the delta variant is rapidly spreading, you may start to fear that you will still get sick despite your vaccination. But that chance is very small, explains immunologist Marjolein van Egmond at Op1. “In principle, the vaccines are very good,” says the immunologist. The protection is between 60 and 95 percent. “That is … Read more
After festivals in Breda and Utrecht, there were also events in Amsterdam and Venlo last week. 118 visitors to the Chin Chin Festival in Amsterdam later tested positive and 93 people who were on Stereo Sunday in Venlo were later found to be carrying the corona virus, according to an overview that health minister Hugo … Read more
The authoritative neurologist Bas Bloem of Radboudumc looks at the increasing numbers of people with Parkinson’s with anger. The victims often did not need to get sick. Pesticides can cause the brain disease, yet a ban has not been forthcoming. “But it’s damn urgent! How do we explain to next generations that they got Parkinson’s … Read more
People who have received a flu shot may be partially protected against some serious consequences of a corona infection. The chance that they end up in hospital is smaller, according to American scientists. They analyzed nearly 75,000 corona patients and found a significant decrease in the number of thrombosis and strokes in people who received … Read more
A 90-year-old woman from Belgium who previously died of the coronavirus was simultaneously infected with both the Alpha and the Beta variant, Belgian researchers announced on Sunday. According to them, this rare phenomenon may be underestimated. The unvaccinated woman, who lived alone and received home nursing, was admitted to hospital in Aalst in March after … Read more
Two journalists and a photographer were detained in Sofia for beating, announced the Ministry of Interior. This happened last night. The reason is scandal in front of a newspaper. The signal was given at about 9.20 pm by a security guard in a building on GS Rakovski Street. Police found three people there. Two of … Read more
Whoever refuses to be vaccinated puts not only his own health at risk, but also that of others. That’s because variants can only develop in the body of infected people, a risk that obviously increases if you don’t get vaccinated. “Unvaccinated people are potential variant factories,” William Schaffner, professor of infectious diseases, told CNN “The … Read more
The drop in purchasing power and increases in the price of meat had a full impact on consumption in Argentina, according to Fundación Mediterránea. The slaughter of cattle fell 11.2% year-on-year in the second quarter of the year and per capita consumption fell to the lowest level in history, according to a report prepared by … Read more
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. The latter was the case with the man who was just a little too enthusiastic and as a result broke his penis vertically (see image). The 40-year-old man He is the very first patient in the world who has broken his penis vertically. The business magazine reports that Forbes … Read more