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The only action plan against Covid-19 which works

Some countries seem to have adopted the strategy that we simply should wait until so many people has got immunity that the virus will stop spreading by itself. There have even been thoughts about testing people to see if they have got antibodies against the virus, so those people should not worry about being infected by the virus again. There are two issues with those sort of strategies. One is, […]

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Herd immunity against Covid-19: a popular myth!

There are some which again and again talks the benefits of getting herd immunity against Covid-19. It is often postulated as the situation when about 60% of the population has been infected (and survived) and thereby have gained an immunity against Covid-19. There is just one problem with this idea: it probably won’t work. The issue is that the mutation rate of Covid-19 appears to be too high to make […]

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Harvard professor Miquel Harnán wants to jeopardize the safety of my kids

Denmark and other countries are closing down to avoid the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Harvard professor Miguel Harnán do instead encourage world leaders to make partial shut down by exposing certain groups of young and healthy people to the virus, for thereby generating a “safety” shield for the elderly and weak. In theory a very nice thought, if just the Covid-19 had been a predictable disease which was harmless […]

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