Every week, Maurice de Hond’s levels.nl polls the preferences of the voters. For the first time in a long time, the VVD loses a bit. Since the elections of March 17, Rutte’s party has been permanently on the winning side. It’s completely gone, according to the latest poll. The VVD is back at 34 seats. … Read more
The Bible Belt proves that vaccination helps. And that not vaccinating leads to problems. “We have seen for several weeks in a row that municipalities in the North Veluwe are leading the top lists when it comes to infection figures,” epidemiologist Caroline Timmerman of the GGD Noord- en Oost-Gelderland told De Stentor. In many cases, … Read more
The coronavirus has held the world in its grip for more than a year and a half, but where it comes from is still unclear. French scientists have now found three bat viruses that are very similar to sars-cov-2 in northern Laos. The viruses found more than 2,000 kilometers south of Wuhan, China, once again … Read more
There are people who reason: when I shower stone cold, my body has to work to fight the cold. And that you become less heavy this way. dr. Mariette Boon , doctor-researcher at the Leiden University Medical Center, tells Humo that our bodies are equipped with good systems to keep us warm. She explains that … Read more
“We run this country”, said a CDA member of parliament barely 20 years ago. And he was right too. But if elections were to be held now, the CDA – reduced to 15 seats on March 17 – would have 5 seats left. The largest Christian Democratic party is now the ChristenUnie with 7 seats. … Read more
Billie Eilish wore loose, concealing clothing at the beginning of her career. It was part of her image. Some of her fans find it hard that she broke with that. “People hold on to their memory of me. And want it to stay that way. But that’s degrading. I lost 100,000 Instagram followers just because … Read more
There is no need to give large groups of people a third corona shot. In fact, the risks would outweigh any benefits. Which writes a group of international experts, associated with, among others, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American drug authority FDA, in the trade journal The Lancet. A third shot could undermine … Read more
Many people sometimes sleep an hour too little during the week. You can’t just make up for that on the weekend, according to most experts. Still, sleeping in on Saturday and Sunday is healthy. It reduces the risk of depression, according to new research. Researchers from South Korea’s Yonsei University examined 5,500 people who regularly … Read more
Primary schools are already turning out to be a hotbed of corona infections. But according to pediatrician and epidemiologist Patricia Bruijning, it is no longer necessary to send entire classes home. “Now that much of the population has been vaccinated, the perspective has changed,” she explains in NRC. “Certainly for children, the risks of infection … Read more
We should all actually eat less salt, but that is not so easy. It’s almost everywhere. So a healthier alternative would be ideal. Researchers have now found that: potassium salt. More than 85 percent of the Dutch eat too much salt, writes Scientias.nl. We should eat a maximum of 6 grams of salt per day, … Read more