Search

"The areas of 'affordability' coincide not coincidentally with the needs of the younger generation, many of whom do not benefit from the privileges, investment funds, and private schools of their parents and grandparents, but rather long for security as victims of the pandemic." (translated)

Jan B. Hommel criticized Trouw for, in his opinion, only starting to investigate nearly six years later. He accused the newspaper of presenting itself as objective and highlighting both sides of the story but deemed that approach too late and insufficient. Hommel also criticized Agnes Kant, who, according to him, wanted to investigate the effects of mRNA vaccines. He wondered if Kant had previously stated that the side effects were manageable and claimed that Lareb had fallen short. According to Hommel, Kant's current stance showed that she poorly remembered her earlier statements. He expressed his aversion to the assertion that coronavirus vaccines were crucial for reducing the impact of the pandemic. Hommel said an article would soon be published that would, in his opinion, significantly nuance that assertion. As a meager consolation, he hoped that those involved had been vaccinated themselves. #mRNAvaccins #Trouw #coronavaccins (translated)

Jan B. Hommel stated that virologists Shi Zhengli, Ralph Baric, and Vincent Munster had conducted research on adding a furin cleavage site to a sarbecovirus. According to him, Munster, as far as known, only worked with pseudoviruses, while Shi and Baric collaborated on DEFUSE, a project by Peter Daszak for DARPA, since 2017. Hommel pointed out that a pandemic broke out in Wuhan in early 2020 with a sarbecovirus with such a cleavage site and called that a striking coincidence. He wrote that Marion Koopmans did not see a link between those matters and told that Shi had said during Koopmans' visit to Wuhan that he had nothing to do with the outbreak and had only been at the Huanan market. Hommel also criticized Maarten Keulemans, who according to him continued to defend Koopmans. #OriginOfCovid #COVID19 #Virologie #Pandemie (translated)

Cem Yilmaz, CEO of the Celini Group, reveals that his company, which grew from 12 to 37 salons through recent acquisitions, nearly went bankrupt during the pandemic but is now successfully expanding its e-commerce activities. #CeliniGroup #CroissanceEntrepreneuriale #Coiffure (translated)

FrauHodl wrote that the district administration Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis replied to her on October 15, 2026, regarding a request under the State Transparency Act for COVID-19 communication between the health department and the city of Speyer from 2020 to 2023, stating that no documents were available anymore. According to her, the authority cited reasons such as a cyberattack in October 2022, deletion periods for personal infection protection data, and the fact that former Corona scouts were no longer employed. FrauHodl emphasized that she had not requested any personal patient data, but rather official communication, scientific statements, protocols, decision papers, and information on medical consultants. At the same time, the administration stated that the Corona task force of the city of Speyer had worked independently and had its own health consultant. FrauHodl asked who this consultant was, who appointed him, and what recommendations and documents there had been. According to FrauHodl, the authority also stated that contact with virologist Prof. Dr. Isabella Eckerle, who is from Speyer, had "as far as can be traced" not occurred. She demanded information about which files were deleted, when, by whom, and on what legal basis, and which stocks had been searched. The response was not a satisfactory resolution for her and raised further questions about the authority's documentation and accountability. #Speyer #CoronaAufarbeitung #LTranspG #Transparenz #RheinPfalzKreis #CoronaAufarbeitung #Transparenz #RheinPfalzKreis (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that the number of corporate bankruptcies in Germany has reached alarming levels, being 85 percent above pre-crisis levels. Citing the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research Halle, he reported a total of 1,666 bankruptcies of individuals and corporations for September 2026 – nine percent more than in August and about 85 percent more than in an average September before the pandemic. Additionally, Boeminghaus referred to Creditreform statistics indicating around 12,900 corporate bankruptcies in the first half of 2026, an increase of 7.8 percent. According to the Federal Statistical Office he cited, the reported creditor claims in June amounted to 3.9 billion euros. Boeminghaus warned that payment defaults could lead to further companies facing financial difficulties. In his view, the development shows how severely the economic substance of many German companies is under pressure. https://t.co/LXGDP0InKX #Insolvenzen #Wirtschaft #Deutschland (translated)

In the United States, the median age for homeownership has reached a historic high of 40 years due to the housing crisis exacerbated by the Covid pandemic and rising interest rates, becoming a central issue in the midterm elections. #CriseImmobilière #RêveAméricain #Midterms2023 (translated)

The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2026 goes to Michael Woodford and Robert Hall, whose new Keynesian monetary policy is currently under pressure, particularly in light of the challenges that have arisen for inflation control following the Covid pandemic. #Geldpolitik #Wirtschaftsnobelpreis #Neukeynesianismus (translated)

Dr. Bodo Schiffmann described that during the Corona pandemic he had to sit alone in a corner of a classroom behind a Plexiglas wall, which he had carried in himself in the morning and put away again in the afternoon. Even in winter, he often had to sit by an open window and was not allowed to wear a jacket. In physical education and on a running day in the woods, he had to run alone and at a distance from the group due to the lack of mouth-nose protection, he wrote. Schiffmann thanked Yukiko-Mathilda for her courage. What had been done to children would not be forgotten, even if many wanted to know nothing about it anymore, he added. He cited the session of the Bundestag Enquete Commission for the review of the Corona pandemic from October 12, 2026, as the source. https://t.co/6F8zuExUM3 https://t.co/uJo0aIn87e https://t.co/9bvHMrK3tQ #CoronaPandemie #Kinderschutz #Gedenken (translated)

Too many countries did not take advantage of the post-pandemic recovery to rebuild their budgetary leeway; each new shock has further increased the level of debt (...) It is urgent to repair the budgetary foundations before the cracks widen. The time has come to increase revenues, streamline expenditures, and improve public finance management. The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, called on governments on Wednesday to restore their budgetary discipline "urgently" in the face of soaring yields on public debts of developed economies. #FMI #budget #financespubliques (translated)

The danger is that, especially in the case of integrated supply chains like the ones we have, we tend not to worry too much, telling ourselves that if we buy from Germany, everything is fine. Streeting told his colleagues: "The danger is that, especially in the case of integrated supply chains like the ones we have, we tend not to worry too much, telling ourselves that if we buy from Germany, everything is fine. It's like the analogy with the airplane — I noticed this to some extent during the pandemic, quite literally, in the case of protective masks. #aprovizionare #securitate #inovatie (translated)

The Nobel Prizes in Economics 2026 were awarded to Michael Woodford and Robert Hall, whose new Keynesian monetary policy is now under pressure as central banks like the Fed and the ECB struggle to respond adequately to inflation following the Covid pandemic. #Geldpolitik #Neukeynesianismus #Wirtschaftsnobelpreis (translated)

A new study questions the consensus that human interventions in nature are the main cause of zoonotic diseases and warns of an impending flood of epidemics and pandemics driven by the complex interaction between environmental changes and infectious diseases. #Epidemien #Infektionskrankheiten #Biodiversität (translated)

Karba66 wrote to Markus Söder that political leaders had portrayed children during a pandemic as a potential danger to their grandparents. Moreover, they had made children feel guilt and fear by asking whether they wanted their grandmother to die. This was not normal. #Pandemie #Kinder #Gesundheit (translated)

The Walloon clash between Standard and Charleroi was marked by a crushing silence due to the absence of supporters, a consequence of judicial sanctions following past excesses, reminiscent of pandemic times and highlighting the importance of stadium atmospheres. #ChocWallon #StandardCharleroi #Sclessin (translated)

The author wrote that Bergamo went into a harsh lockdown in the tenth calendar week of 2020; caregivers fled and logistics collapsed. After that, the death toll rose sharply once and never again. Hamburg reacted three weeks later; nothing happened there. He wrote that it was not viruses that were deadly, but people. https://t.co/OaikpMSGay #Bergamo #COVID19 #Pandemie #IT #DE (translated)