Top news of the week: 20.10.2020.
#COVID19 #EUResearchArea #valorisation #IP #herdimmunity
Coronavirus
RT @stefaniei: Europe has overtaken the U.S. in new Covid-19 cases. https://t.co/CT3NMgLPTM via @WSJ
OpenEurope Overtakes U.S. in New Cases of Covid-19 as Restrictions Tighten
Months after authorities flattened the curve of coronavirus infections across Europe by imposing some of the Western world’s toughest restrictions on millions of people, the virus has crept ...
RT @JEPaquetEU: Manifesto for EU #COVID19 Research reached its first 2.000 signatories!👏
It will increase the transformation of research results 🔬 into solutions for society 🌍, which is a key strategic objective of the new #EUResearchArea.
RT to help spread the word: https://t.co/rtNC8tvL05 https://t.co/PM6P0xA6O6
OpenThe Manifesto for EU Covid-19 Research celebrates its first 2000 signatories
Research and innovation - News alert
RT @guardian: Ending Covid-19 via herd immunity is 'a dangerous fallacy' https://t.co/9W1rpT2C7d
OpenEnding Covid-19 via herd immunity is 'a dangerous fallacy'
Prominent scientists sign open letter saying strategy is ‘unsupported by evidence’
RT @d_spiegel: excellent article on acknowledging uncertainty abut Covid from @mendel_random, @MarcusMunafo and Michael Blastland. https://t.co/lbg3vBHU1Z The Footnote nicely demonstrates their own epistemic humility
OpenCovid-19’s known unknowns
The more certain someone is about covid-19, the less you should trust them In 2019, the medical historian Mark Honigsbaum concluded his book The Pandemic Century by saying: “The only thing ...
Despite months of careful protocols, national soccer team meetups turn players from virus hotspots into traveling vectors for infection. https://t.co/c0dP9qneqt
OpenCovid-19, Cristiano Ronaldo, and the Risks of International Soccer
Despite months of careful protocols, national soccer team meetups turn players from virus hotspots into traveling vectors for infection.
RT @yarotrof: As the West takes a slow approach to vaccines, waiting for results of Phase 3 trials, China and Russia rush to fill the void. My @WSJ piece w @RoryWSJ from the UAE, which has been vaccinating teachers, doctors and airport staff since mid-September. https://t.co/4BnSFZFZrL
OpenRussia, China Rush to Fill Covid-19 Vaccine Void
While the U.S. and Europe await the results of large-scale clinical trials before deploying coronavirus vaccines, some other nations are moving much faster with emergency-use rollouts of ...
RT @martinmckee: Scientific divisions on #COVID19 are not what they might seem. A strategy based on viral spread to achieve #herdimmunity is political, not scientific
@davidstuckler & I reflect @bmj_latest
https://t.co/tYIrjNTrV6
OpenScientific divisions on covid-19: not what they might seem
It is not whether we should open up or lock down. Rather, it is how we can break the chain of transmission, argue Martin McKee and David Stuckler A new [...]More...
RT @dgelles: Following our report on how Vaxart's claims of Warp Speed support led to a $200 million profit for hedge fund insiders, DOJ and SEC are taking a close look.
Original story w @JesseDrucker here: https://t.co/NlZltB5tAA
Today's news here:
https://t.co/4onnJsZi44
OpenU.S. Investigates Vaxart’s Claims Related to Covid-19 Vaccine
The biotech firm said it was under scrutiny about claims it made on its involvement in Operation Warp Speed, the federal program to develop Covid-19 cures.