CORONA AND CLIMATE: UNDERSTANDING CORONA

By Dr. Roland Quast, Dr. Bernd Haaff and Dr. Sabine Roelcke

UNDERSTANDING CORONA
A pandemic is keeping the world on tenterhooks, with unprecedented implications for human coexistence, science, economics and politics.
Every day, knowledge about the SARS-CoV-2 virus, its mutants, and measures to combat the infection grows. Thousands of reports, technical papers, discussions, study results, assessments, and comments reach the public.
The information covers basic areas of knowledge - from aerosols and vaccines to winter sports.
The target audience is people who want to get information quickly, politicians, authorities, universities, schools, companies, SMEs and businesses. Important sources and links on the pandemic, authorities, ministries and occupational health guidelines are directly available in the book.
A VIRUS PARALYZES US
The pandemic involving SARS-CoV-2 and known mutations of this virus poses an unprecedented medical and economic challenge to the world's population.
Measures to inhibit the spread of the virus are essential until there is sufficient immunization of the world's population.
In addition to monitoring the spread of the virus and its gene sequences, consideration of the physicochemical properties of the virus (virus persistence in aerosols, temperature dependence, dependence on humidity and UV radiation) appears relevant to reduce the spread of the virus.
WEATHER DEPENDENCE
Observations as well as literature reviews suggest a dependence of infection rates on weather conditions is likely.
PROPOSED SOLUTIONS to exit LOCKDOWN.
Proposed solutions for returning to a normal daily routine are provided. We try to explain the pandemic and make it understandable and give people a perspective on a daily life with the virus. There is also advice for politicians to encourage thoughtful reactions.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: epubli
• Release date: Jul 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9783754145371

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CORONA AND WEATHER

There is a Saisonality

Dr. med. Roland Quast

Dr. med. Bernd Haaff

Dr. med. Sabine Roelcke

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CORONA AND WEATHER

Copyright: © 2021

Dr. med. Roland Quast

Dr. med. Bernd Haaff

Dr. med. Sabine Roelcke

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Authors

Dr. med. Roland Quast

Director Aeromedical Center Germany

Aeromedical Examiner EASA, BAF und FAA

Member of International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine

Member ICAO working group mental health

Dr. med. Bernd Haaff

Internist

Kardiologe

Internistische Intensivmedizin Flugmedizin

Oberarzt der herzchirurgischen Intensivstation

ECMO-Zentrum Klinik für Thorax-Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie

Westpfalz-Klinikum Kaiserslautern

Aeromedical Examiner EASA

Dr. med. Sabine Roelcke

CEO Aeromedical Center Germany

Fachärztin für Innere Medizin und Allgemeinmedizin

Arbeits- Verkehrs- und Flugmedizin

EASA Circle of Experts

Lehrbeauftragte der Universität Stuttgart

Aeromedical Examiner EASA, BAF und FAA

Stuttgart-Airport, Mai 2021

Copyright 2021 Aeromedical Center Germany Dr. Roland Quast (C)

Unpredecentend challenge

The pandemic with SARS-CoV-2 and the known mutations of this virus poses an unprecedented medical and economic challenge to the world population.

Our team is very activ, information, vaccination, treating.

In addition to monitoring the spread of the virus and its gene sequences, consideration of the physicochemical properties of the virus (virus persistence in aerosols, temperature dependence, dependence on humidity and UV radiation) appears relevant to reduce the spread of the virus.

Weather Dependency

Observations, as well as literature reviews, make it likely that infection rates are dependent on weather conditions.

On the one hand, exploding knowledge - on the other, an immense need for information.

While researching this topic, we noticed that there is no easy-to-read guide to the corona virus and the pandemic. That is why we decided to write this little book.

No flu wave in Germany in 2021

This year, Germany seems to have been spared the usual usual flu season. Shortly before the end, the so far 519 laboratory-confirmed cases as defined by the Working Group on Influenza (AGI) at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) are not enough to speak of the beginning of a flu wave.

There hasn't been a flu epidemic at all. This, he said, is a first since flu surveillance began in 1992 by the working Working Group.

Most other countries in the northern hemisphere have also been spared the wave.

A Virus paralyses us

The pandemic with SARS-CoV-2 and the known mutations of this virus poses an unprecedented medical and economic challenge to the world population.

Measures to inhibit the spread of the virus are essential until there is sufficient immunization of the world's population.

In addition to monitoring the spread of the virus and its gene sequences, consideration of the physicochemical properties of the virus (virus persistence in aerosols, temperature dependence, dependence on humidity and UV radiation) appears relevant to reduce the spread of the virus.

Weather Dependency

Observations, as well