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Authority of interpretation (Translation in progress)
The incidence rate among the vaccinated has been higher than that of the unvaccinated since calendar week 11 of this year. In the last report
From the impasses of state deontology to medical ethics
During the pandemic, science sometimes seemed to acquire the status of unimpeachable truth.
With models without empirical foundations and medicine without clinics, health policy could
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A plea for freedom
A contribution from one of our donor members in the context of an email exchange about support for our organisation.
The mathematics of fear
Numbers have probably never played such a dominant role in the public eye as they have since the beginning of
Professor Didier Raoult, emblem of a French-style resistance
“I don’t think we should manage crises through fear”. Prof. Dr. Didier Raoult, during an interview (16 April 2021) on
Incidence for everybody
In the search for a “reliable” indicator for assessing the current epidemiological situation, pretty much every possible and impossible variable
Effective medicines against Covid-19 from daily practice
Even after more than a year of experience with Covid-19 disease, there is often a general feeling of powerlessness due
Pandemic 2020?
Population data for Luxembourg, ordered by age and sex, can be downloaded from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/population-demography-migration-projections/data/database. Death figures from 1980 to today,
Ferngesteuerter Journalismus
Wie sich die Wissenschaftskommunikation ins Vorfeld der Medien verlagert. Ein Gastbeitrag von Prof.Dr. Stephan Russ-Mohl Die Wissenschaftskommunikation professionalisiert sich. Sie
Au foirail de la Lune
Le tour joue au milieu de grands yeux ouverts qui font partie de nombreux pantins dont on ne sait point
Keep moving, there’s nothing to see here!
Editor’s note: On 05 March 2021, we forwarded this article to the Luxembourg media, assuming that this information would be of
Why were we actually taught arithmetics?
Or: how to make headlines nowadays on the basis of absolute numbers and thus spread fear and terror unnecessarily. On
Da capo, fortissimo: Das mediale Corona-Panikorchester
Ein Gastbeitrag von Prof. Dr. Stephan Russ-Mohl Das Covid19-Virus, seine Mutationen, das Drama um die Impfstoffbeschaffung und -verteilung, die verlängerten
Statistical Gaslighting [1]
Every Monday, the previous week is statistically concluded with the announcement of the number of positive PCR tests from Sunday.
Immunity acquired through disease
We owe our immune system to the fact that mankind still exists in the face of the countless microscopic pathogens.
PCR test
This article is about the PCR test. What was this test developed for, what is it suitable for and how
COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination strategy for Luxembourg
Vaccination information from official sources In order to make it easier for you to decide whether you want to be
Orthomolecular Medicine – An Underestimated Solution to the Health Crisis?
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine thy food” Hippocrates Hippocrates Editor’s note We have had a long and animated
How (not) to break a wave
It has been said many times that the measures had no impact. This is not true, the measures have had
Masks
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about important things!” Dr. Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968)
Why, why, why?
There are no stupid questions, only stupid people who do not ask. Anke Maggauer-Kirsche (*1948), German poet, aphorist and former
Conflicts of interest?
In finance, a sector still very strongly represented with 25% in Luxembourg’s national product, the issue of conflict of interest
Vaccine development
No vaccination is completely free of side effects and, in order to keep them as low as possible, standards must
A brief harm-benefit analysis
“My decrees I will make for the benefit and piety of the sick, according to the best of my ability
Corona vaccines
The purpose of vaccination is to achieve longer-term protection against a disease. The idea behind the genetic vaccines favored for
Facts and figures
„Mathematics satisfies the mind through its extraordinary certainty.“ Johannes Kepler (1571 – 1630), German Astronomer Of apples and pears How
