by six German health scientists. Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Schrappe, Hedwig François-Kettner, Dr. med. Matthias Gruhl, Franz Knieps, Prof. Dr. phil. Holger Pfaff, Prof. Dr. rer.nat. Gerd Glaeske: Thesenpapier zur Pandemie durch SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19. Datenbasis verbessern. Prävention gezielt weiterentwickeln. Bürgerrechte wahren, 4 April 2020 (German).
Monthly archives: April 2020
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Sergio Bologna: Bericht aus dem italienischen Bundesland Lombardei, wo Covid 19 die Bevölkerung getroffen hat wie an keinem anderen Ort der Welt (bis heute, den 28.04.2020). Report from the Italian state of Lombardy, where Covid 19 hit the population like no other place in the world (until today, 28 April 2020). From the beginning oft the coronavirus crisis fiable Information became essential. Here some suggestions and recommendations concerning the situation in Italy (web pages, magazines, videos, audio interviews and so on).
World Health Organisation (WHO): Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), 16-24 February 2020.
The website Labourstart with daily updated news from the world of trade unions.
Appeal by the aid organisation Seebrücke for the dissolution of the refugee camps (German and English).
Deutsches Netzwerk Evidenzbasierte Medizin: Covid-19: Wo ist die Evidenz?. Statement of 20 March 2020 of the German Network for Evidence-based Medicine: Covid-19: Where is the evidence? (English) and Updated Version of 15 April 2020 (German). In this paper, the interdisciplinary working group refers to the lack of data on all essential aspects of the pandemic and to the catastrophic social consequences of the countermeasures initiated without a data basis.
Office of National Statistics (London): Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 10 April 2020 (21 April 2020).
Open letter by Wole Soyinka (Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986) and many other writers and scholars: The Time to Act is Now. Letter Addressed to African Leaders Concerning the COVID-19 Crisis, 13 April 2020. The open letter calls for pan-African cooperation on an equal basis and articulates political demands. It is addressed to leaders of all walks of life, to the people of Africa and to all those that are committed to rethinking the continent.
Boston Consulting Group: BCG Perspectives. COVID-19. Facts, scenarios, and actions for leaders. Publication #2 with a focus on: Preparing for the restart, 20 April 2020. Table of content: 1. COVID-19 Context and Development: Disease progression, health care system capacity, and response Government policies and action. 2. Economic response. Scenarios and key drivers. Business impact. 3. Guide for leaders: Determining government action. Considering ecosystem interdependencies. Navigating businesses through the crisis.
In this interview published on YouTube on March 26, 2020, John P.A. Ioannidis reiterates his criticism of the lack of data on the measures implemented worldwide to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
John P. A. Ioannidis: A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data, 17 March 2020. The epidemiologist and medical statistician Ioannidis teaches at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He criticizes the speculative worst case scenarios of his colleagues, points to the completely unclear data situation and calls for representative surveys as an indispensable prerequisite for appropriate control measures.
Links to the website of the Santé publique France, where data and studies on the COVID-19 epidemic are continuously published (French).
International Monetary Fund (IMF): World Economic Outlook, April 2020, Chapter 1: The Great Lockdown. This is the first serious analysis and forecast of the economic consequences of the current fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. According to it, the global economy will shrink in 2020 much more than in the last crisis in 2008/2009. The most developed regions and countries of the capitalist world system will be particularly affected.
Interim report by the Centro Nacional de Epidemiología (ISCIII) on mortality in Spain due to the Covid-19 pandemic, 4 April 2020 (Spanish).
Third Bulletin of the Italian Ministry of Health, 16 April 2020 (Italian).
Interim report by the University Hospital Bonn, 9 April 2020 (German). Prof. Dr Hendrik Streeck, Prof. Dr Gunther Hartmann, Prof. Dr Martin Exner, Prof. Dr Matthias Schmid
Strategy paper of the german Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Homeland (Bundesministerium des Innern, Bau und Heimat, BMI), 18 March 2020, 17 pages (German).
Hannes Hofbauer, Andrea Komlosy, Post Corona: Organisierte Kapitalherrschaft, April 3, 2020, in: Telepolis, first published on 3 April 2020 at: https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Post-Corona-4695731.html Die Krise als Chance. Der Stehsatz aus dem Fundus liberaler Wirtschaftsforschungsinstitute harrt gerade einer zeitadäquaten Formulierung. Noch kämpfen Modellrechner mit zu vielen Unbekannten. Solange die Prognosen zu den Einbußen des BIP-Wachstums im Gefolge des Lockdowns zwischen 2% und 20% liegen, darf man getrost die quantitative Wirtschaftsforschung beiseite lassen; die Geschichte lehrt uns ohnedies, dass volkswirtschaftlich relevante Erkenntnisse daraus nicht gewonnen werden können, geschweige denn gesellschaftlich nützliche. Also das Ende des Systems? Da packen einen Hoffnung und Angst zugleich, weil […]
The globally active medical aid organisation calls for solidarity in times of pandemic.
Links to current (online) concerts by Konstantin Wecker and guests on 09 May 2020 and press release of break isolation for the protest rally and demonstration on 11 May 2020