Month: April 2022

According to the study, triple-vaccinated people suffered an average of 4.4 days of Omikron symptoms. The delta variant has long been known to cause far more severe disease than omicron. British scientists have succeeded in quantifying exactly how many days vaccinated people experience symptoms after being infected with the mutants. Fully vaccinated and boostered people suffer from symptoms in a corona infection with the omicron variant on average three days shorter than in conditions with the delta variant. Omicron infection is also associated with a significantly lower risk of losing…

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Corona vaccinated individuals are well protected from severe disease in the event of a breakthrough infection, but they are also less contagious than unvaccinated individuals. Unlike the delta variant, however, the omicron variant requires three doses of vaccine to effectively reduce the number of infectious virus particles. This was reported by Swiss researchers led by Isabella Eckerle and Benjamin Meyer of the University of Geneva in the journal Nature Medicine. The study refers to the omicron subvariant BA.1, not the BA.2 subvariant, which is now dominant in Austria. “Our results…

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After Christmas, Holy Week is the time with the most widespread traditions for food. Spinach on Maundy Thursday and fish on Good Friday are still found in many households – in some regions more often than in others, according to a survey commissioned by iglo. According to the study, food is essential to almost every second Austrian. In this respect, Christmas is the most traditional time in Austrian households, followed by Easter with Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. Spinach on Maundy Thursday is a mandatory meal for three out of…

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Cases of hearing loss and tinnitus found after Covid-19 vaccine injections have prompted WHO to look for a possible link. Can the Covid-19 vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca) cause tinnitus (which can also result from Covid infection) and hearing loss? That’s what the WHO is trying to find out. One document says it is looking into and investigating reports from patients who are said to have developed these symptoms shortly after vaccination. Reports of hearing problemsThe WHO shares its concern in a recent newsletter dealing with pharmaceutical products: The Uppsala Monitoring…

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The World Health Organization (WHO) calls on countries to continue rigorously testing people for the virus after easing Corona protections. “The pandemic is certainly not over,” Kate O’Brien, director of WHO’s Department of Immunization, said Monday in Geneva. New virus variants could continue to develop, she said. Loosenings will lead to new waves of infection, O’Brien said. Still too few vaccinated She said that that is not always immediately clear because many countries now test significantly less. She called on governments to carefully relax protective measures while monitoring how death…

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