causality or correlation – wishful thinking in science
Satire and tragedy in science …. an example. Please believe us: We are not running a satiric blog! Today, we shall visit the lowlands of scientific publication culture. With more than 30,000 published papers on COVID-19, inevitably there will be junk papers as well. Unfortunately, their number is not a small one. This is damaging […]
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summer 2020 in Germany
…an outlook into the coming months with SARS-CoV-2 First, we want to point to our recent blog post, where we described how the pandemic is gaining traction worldwide. In several countries, such as the U.S., Mexico, Brazil, India, South Africa, Iran, and Saudi Arabia it is reaching dimensions of human tragedies. Too many politicians in […]
COVID-19 accelerates: hit! sunken?
SARS-CoV-2 update As of today, according to the Johns Hopkins University there are more than 12 M confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections globally. More than 500,000 people have died of COVID-19. The number of unreported cases is expected to be much higher, since for example people who died “with” COVID-19 are not part of this statistics. Countries […]
vaccine strategies against SARS-CoV-2
… an overview … Currently, numerous trials are under way globally to obtain a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. As of June, there are 13 candidate vaccines undergoing first clinical trials, a further 126 candidates are in preclinical examination (WHO, June 9, 2020). Four aspects are important in the current vaccine race: The vaccine needs to be […]
the sajo business model
This cartoon illustrates our business model in short: We are making the difference.
Ro and the logarithm in music?
First, the good news: music does not depend on logarithm. R0X is a number representing the reproduction rate of a virus, which means one infected person is able to infect X persons. For SARS-CoV-2, the currently estimated R0 is 2.5 – 3.2, meaning one infected person may infect 2.5 – 3.2 people on average. Now, […]
your personal behavior WILL DECIDE the course of the pandemic
It is in your hands! In a democratic society the individual makes the decisions. This freedom, however, is coming with a responsibility. It is only in authoritarian societies, that individual responsibility is delegated to the authorities. These were our observations of previous weeks: The party is going on. Vacation, travel, clubbing, concerts and sports events […]
SARS-CoV-2 – a virus originating in the animal kingdom – what happens now?
SARS-CoV-2 was transmitted as a zoonotic infection from animals to humans. It crossed the species barrier that normally prevents pathogen transfer. A virus is well adapted to its host organism and thus is depending on the specific conditions present in this organism. Therefore, crossing the species barrier may well lead into a cul-de-sac. In such […]
interrupting chains of infection – still possible in Germany
As virologists, we do agree with some of our medical colleagues that it is still possible to interrupt chains of infection. The spread of this virus will not be stopped, but the wave of infections may be slowed down. Such a slow-down of the epidemic will help the health care system in its handling of […]
