After successfully eliminating the virus from its territory for many months, in May 2021, Taiwan faced a rapid resurgence in cases. The vaccine coverage rate was extremely low at that time. The health system was rapidly overwhelmed, and the case fatality rate reached one of the highest in the world. The alert level, after tremendous … Continued
44 times more deaths, 2021 second-quarter GDP set back several years, weakly defended freedoms, reduced mobility: the G10 anti-COVID strategy is on the losing end in every respect Paris, August 19, 2021 – The Institut économique Molinari has issued a new study on the lasting value of the Zero COVID strategy in the fight against the … Continued
With the Delta variant becoming dominant globally, we need to change how we think about the properties and destructive potential of new virus variants. We need good policy decisions to ensure sufficient protection of our unprotected young, for health and for the economy. Throughout the pandemic, the daily number of infections, hospitalizations, and deaths from … Continued
On Friday, July 30th, David Leonhardt in the New York Times “The Morning” wrote about how mysterious COVID-19 is. He emphasized the “boom and bust” nature of waves, arguing that human behavior appears to make little difference. Certainly, there are mysteries to unravel surrounding COVID-19, some of which result from the intrinsic non-linear, exponential nature … Continued
CP: Canada is, I believe, an exception, since both the elimination strategy and the mitigation strategy for COVID are carried out on the same territory. Can you explain this particularity? SB: My country, Canada, has indeed implemented a diversified strategy. In six provinces, the strategy is close to that of France. Called mitigation, it aims … Continued
Covid Action Group Podcast – Episode 1 Guest: Prof. Dr. Matthias F. Schneider Producer and Host: Alex Milne Summary Despite all we know about how to fight the virus, the western world has largely failed to contain its spread. Yet hope for the future may be closer than we think, in the unexpected power of … Continued
(English translation of the German original) The return to face-to-face teaching will only succeed if the three basic pillars of pandemic control are followed for the fall.The concept behind this is called “Vaccinate-PLUS”. Matthias F. Schneider, Technical University of Dortmund VACCINATING AGAINST THE VIRUS is a race, and this race is far from over. We … Continued
CP: Until the surge last April, India was doing a good job of containing the epidemic. What was it doing right? SR: I believe the most important thing India did right at the beginning was to impose a strict lockdown early on, when cases were very low. India was lucky enough to get hit by … Continued
Since the beginning of the crisis, there have been two strategies at work around the world to defeat COVID: Zero COVID and vaccines as part of the mitigation strategy. Instead of pitting them against each other, we can mix them to really stop the spread of the virus and look forward to a return to … Continued