Friedemann Weber
@friedemann.bsky.social
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Basic researcher on viruses and innate immunity. Professor and Chair. Opinions are my own
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Rare, dangerous side effects of some COVID-19 vaccines explained
âGroundbreakingâ study uncovers why adenovirus-based shots caused life-threatening blood clots and bleeding in some people
https://www.science.org/content/article/rare-dangerous-side-effects-some-covid-19-vaccines-explained
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AI agents are hiring human 'meatspace workers' â including some scientists
Biologists, physicists and computer scientists have joined a platform called RentAHuman.ai to advertise their skills.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00454-7
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Never make yourself dependent on a specialized software company.
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Electronic Lab Notebooks Are Failing Researchers. Could AI Tools Help?
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Electronic Lab Notebooks Are Failing Researchers. Could AI Tools Help?
Scientists surveyed said that electronic lab notebooks often fail in fundamental research tasks, including recording and recalling experimental data.
https://www.the-scientist.com/electronic-lab-notebooks-are-failing-researchers-could-ai-tools-help-74024
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I didn't know that there is a rare disease in which the body can produce alcohol itself "Autoâbrewery syndrome (ABS) is a rare condition...that occurs because gut microbiota produce high levels of ethanol, which enters the bloodstream"
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Microbial ethanol production in patients with auto-brewery syndrome - Nature Microbiology
In 22 patients with auto-brewery syndrome, we found enrichment of gut bacterial genes in metabolic pathways associated with ethanol production. Treatment with faecal microbiota transplantation in one ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-02250-x
13 days ago
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19 days ago
Die Kommentare unter diesem Tweet liefern das Anschauungsmaterial, was der Grund fĂŒr zunehmende Ablehnung evidenzbasierter Medizin ist. Eine aufgeklĂ€rte Entscheidung im Sinne der Patientenautonomie ist nur dem möglich, der alle relevanten Informationen (aner)kennt.
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Science rules! I imagine the Ig Nobel Prize Committee pricking up their ears (pardon the cheap pun).
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Do their ears hang low? The genetics of dogsâ adorable floppy ears
Scientists are just beginning to understand the signals that determine the length of dogsâ ears.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00071-4
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"disinformation and misinformation â some of which has been spread by US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr â have risen sharply and are having a significant impact, driving down vaccination rates for illnesses such as influenza and measles"
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How to improve vaccine uptake: a huge study offers clues
An analysis of more than one million people in the UK found that two-thirds of people who were vaccine-hesitant during the COVID-19 pandemic went on to get vaccinated.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00092-z
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Eine Impfung gegen Krebs, die auch andere schĂŒtzt.
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HPV vaccine could help to protect the unvaccinated against cervical cancer
A drop in precancerous growths in women who hadnât received the jab suggests the existence of a âherd effectâ against the virus.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00128-4
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RFK Jr. Guts US Childhood Vaccine Schedule Despite Decades-Long Safety Record | The Scientist
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RFK Jr. Guts US Childhood Vaccine Schedule Despite Decades-Long Safety Record
Changes to the childhood vaccine schedule have serious implications for public health, doctors warn, including lower vaccine uptake and an increase in preventable diseases.
https://www.the-scientist.com/rfk-jr-guts-us-childhood-vaccine-schedule-despite-decades-long-safety-record-73925
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- critical role of data-driven models in guiding COVID-19 response strategies - Evidence supports the combined effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions, robust testing and tracing systems and health infrastructure strengthening
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Data-driven strategies for model-informed decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review
Objectives To systematically review data-driven modelling studies that evaluated the effectiveness of interventions implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify which measures were most fr...
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/1/e107660
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The Trump administration says some approved childhood vaccines need better studies. Scientists disagree
Rationale for dropping some vaccine recommendations faces skepticism
https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-administration-says-some-approved-childhood-vaccines-need-better-studies
about 1 month ago
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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) đŠ đ€§đ§ŹđđŠđ§
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virologydownunder.com/the-infectio...
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The "Infection Pause": because it's about fewer infections, not an immune debt to repay
Infection pause: a drop in circulating infections leading to waning immunity and missed primary infections.
https://virologydownunder.com/the-infection-pause-because-its-about-fewer-infections-not-an-immune-debt-to-repay/
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"when...pandemic began...many but not all common respiratory viruses disappeared... decline...may have been linked to public health interventions... Additionally,...coronavirus 2 may have triggered broad, pathogen-agnostic immune responses"
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The pandemic gap of respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic | mBio
In this retrospective study using millions of diagnostic tests over 7 years from patients at the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, we show that when the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic beg...
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03376-25
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
Ich habe heute Antwort zu meiner Programmbeschwerde wegen des "nano"-Beitrags zum Laborursprung erhalten, der ziemlich eindeutig in mehrfacher Hinsicht gegen journalistische Sorgfaltspflichten verstoĂen hat. Beschwerde und Antwort zum Nachlesen:
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ZDF lehnt Programmbeschwerde gegen ânanoâ-Beitrag zum LaborursprungâŠ
Meine Programmbeschwerde und die Antwort im Wortlaut zum nachlesen.
https://steady.page/de/gunnarhamann/posts/8e3d6d35-108e-43e0-b597-01ecc6ff9e76
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1/6 Ăffentliche Aussagen der Enquete-Kommission 8/1 des Landtags Brandenburg: Wohl kaum eine echte
#Aufarbeitung
, bei so vielen "wissenschaftlich unzutreffenden, irrefĂŒhrenden oder bereits widerlegten Darstellungen" Deshalb: Stellungnahme der GfV
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Stellungnahme der GfV zu öffentlichen Aussagen in der Enquete-Kommission 8/1 des Landtags Brandenburg (07.11.2025) | Gesellschaft fĂŒr Virologie
https://g-f-v.org/stellungnahme-der-gfv-zu-oeffentlichen-aussagen-in-der-enquete-kommission-8-1-des-landtags-brandenburg-07-11-2025/
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"approximately half of researchers never publish in a venue with an impact factor above 15, which, under journal-level evaluation regimes, may exclude them from consideration for opportunities. Many of these researchers publish equally influential work"
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Most researchers would receive more recognition if assessed by article-level metrics than by journal-level metrics
Are authors fairly judged by assessment of the prestige of the journals in which their work is published? This study compares article level metrics with journal level metrics, finding that the vast ma...
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003532
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Scienceâs 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy | Science | AAAS
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Scienceâs 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy
Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speedâand China is leading the way
https://www.science.org/content/article/breakthrough-2025
2 months ago
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10% weniger fĂŒr die hessischen Unis. Bei 14 UniversitĂ€ten heisst das, dass Hessen fast eine Uni einsparen will... "Nun stehen teure Labore leer, in denen fĂŒr Deutschlands Zukunft geforscht werden könnte"
www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...
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Hessen: Sparzwang durch Hochschulpakt: Hier setzen die Unis den Rotstift an
Die ersten hessischen Unis haben nach dem Hochschulpakt konkrete SparplĂ€ne beschlossen. Es zeigt sich: Die MittelkĂŒrzungen des Landes sorgen fĂŒr gravierende Einschnitte, die nach Angaben der Unis letz...
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/hessen/hr-sparzwang-durch-hochschulpakt-unis-in-hessen-streichen-professuren-und-fachbereiche-100.html
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Alle durchseuchen damit wir es schnell hinter uns haben? Schon von SARS-1 anno 2003 waren LangzeitschÀden bekannt. "The German government has committed half a billion euros to research into long COVID and other post-infection syndromes"
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Long-COVID research just got a big funding boost: will it find new treatments?
The German government has committed half a billion euros to research into long COVID and other post-infection syndromes.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03904-w
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"deep intersection of MAHA beliefs with conspiracy theories about medicine"
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âMake America Healthy Againâ will make the world sicker - EMBO Reports
EMBO Reports - The âMake America Healthy Againâ (MAHA) movement are ascendent in the USA, led by Secretary for Health Robert F Kennedy Jr. But despite a superficially laudable intent,...
https://doi.org/10.1038/s44319-025-00639-7
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Happy to have been elected to the Advisory Board by the members of the
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Krimidinner bei uns zuhause? Nur ĂŒber meine Leiche
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Wenn die Smartwatch morgens âDu scheinst wach zu seinâ meldet, dann hat sie den Nagel so was von auf den Kopf getroffen
3 months ago
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3 months ago
NatĂŒrlich darf auch die Thematisierung von
@cdrosten.bsky.social
in so einem Beitrag nicht fehlen. Das GesprĂ€ch mit Hauer war es auch, bei dem ich mir an den Seitenrand "Wow!" gekritzelt habe. Falsche Tatsachenbehauptungen verbreiten ist OK, wenn nicht genug Platz fĂŒr eure Berichterstattung ist.
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Die Wissenschaftssendung ânanoâ des öffentlich-rechtlichen Senders 3sat wollte Ende Juni vermeintlich neue Indizien zum Herkunft der Pandemie gefunden haben. Eine Spurensuche zwischen Phantasie und Pandemie.
radiocorax.de/phantasie-un...
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Wir machen heute GoF*-Forschung im Morgenmagazin der freien Radios. (*Gain of Free Radios)
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Global carbon emissions will soon flatten or decline | Science | AAAS
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Global carbon emissions will soon flatten or decline
With Chinaâs surge in renewable energy, greenhouse gases are reaching a turning point
https://www.science.org/content/article/global-carbon-emissions-will-soon-flatten-or-decline
3 months ago
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Fahrer hinter mir hat entdeckt, dass man durch Hupen die Ampel auf GrĂŒn umschalten kann. Man muss sich aber anstrengen
3 months ago
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3 months ago
All das und noch viel mehr am Freitag ab 7 Uhr im Morgenmagazin der freien Radios. Es geht auch um die Arbeit der AIDS-Hilfe Halle. Ich spreche zudem mit
@paulschuberth.bsky.social
und FrĂ©dĂ©ric Valin ĂŒber ihren Sammelband âDie verdrĂ€ngte Pandemie. Linke Stimmen gegen den Pandemierevisionismusâ.
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1/2 -model for severe COVID-associated pulmonary hypercoagulation based on...infection-induced fibrin formation... -...correlated with disease severity -vaccinations protected against the viral-induced fibrin formation
doi.org/10.1128/jvi....
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Falls ja: Lohnt sich eventuell hier die nÀchsten Tage die Lauscher/Augen offenzuhalten.
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They did not try speed metal
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Eye blinks synchronize with musical beats during music listening
Human movements are known to synchronize with rhythmic patterns in music. This study expands our understanding of embodied music perception, by revealing that spontaneous eye blinks also align with mu...
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003456
3 months ago
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"ideologically polarized people reacted oppositely to ...measures such as facemask mandates, vaccination campaigns, and social distancing guidelines, decisions that had a clear impact on the health inequalities of different groups...higher mortality"
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Drivers of health polarization during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review
Determinants of health polarization shape public attitudes, deepen inequalities, and challenge effective crisis responses.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady5064
3 months ago
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Stellungnahme der Kommission âZoonosen und Virusinfektionen der Tiereâ zu H5N1 Gesellschaft fĂŒr Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.soc
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Stellungnahme der Kommission âZoonosen und Virusinfektionen der Tiereâ zu H5N1 | Gesellschaft fĂŒr Virologie
https://g-f-v.org/stellungnahme-zu-h5n1/
3 months ago
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Was viele Leute nicht verstehen: zu frĂŒh dran sein ist auch unpĂŒnktlich
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Was trained with material from X discussions
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AI hallucinates because itâs trained to fake answers it doesnât know
Teaching chatbots to say âI donât knowâ could curb hallucinations. It could also break AIâs business model
https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-hallucinates-because-it-s-trained-fake-answers-it-doesn-t-know
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How can anyone even come up with such an idea?
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This luxury âcat pooâ coffee has a unique flavour: whatâs behind it?
Civets enrich coffee beans they eat and excrete with two fatty acids often used in dairy products, study finds.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03467-w
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đ§”Remember the preprint claiming SARS-CoV-2 has a "synthetic fingerprint"? It said a restriction map was "extremely unlikely to have arisen by random evolution.â I took its claims seriously. The "synthetic fingerprint" hypothesis collapses. My new preprint explains why.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.23833
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Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) "resulted in a sharp reduction...of airborne and aerosol-transmitted infections. ...observation bolsters the âcollateral benefitâ case for NPIs during pandemic responses."
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Broad benefits of the COVID-19 pandemic response
Nonpharmaceutical interventions protected the US population from other infectious diseases
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeb5722
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Damit ist dann die Behauptung, der Lableaker, es gÀbe keine Furin-Cleavagestelle in wilden Fledermauscoronaviren auch komplett obsolet!
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Der dauert ein bisschen
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Katze bringt Nichtangriffsgarantie fĂŒr MĂ€use ins Spiel
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Lawrow bringt Nichtangriffsgarantie fĂŒr Europa ins Spiel
Minsk - Russland ist nach Worten von AuĂenminister Sergej Lawrow bereit zu einer Nichtangriffsgarantie fĂŒr EU- und Nato-Staaten. «Wir haben mehrmals
https://www.stern.de/politik/ausland/sicherheitsarchitektur--lawrow-bringt-nichtangriffsgarantie-fuer-europa-ins-spiel-36168696.html
4 months ago
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StÀndig werden neue Nebenwirkungen dieser "experimentellen modRNA Gentherapie" entdeckt!
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People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine
mRNA vaccines seem to boost the effectiveness of an immune therapy for skin and lung cancer â in an unexpected way.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03432-7
4 months ago
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The mathematics of droplet formation when cutting onions has been solved. With practical tips on how to minimize tears!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2512779122
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"director of the...NIH...Bhattacharya...expressed concern about ...problems facing early career researchers...however...neglected to mention the biggest issue...actions...thatâon his watchâhave thrown biomedical research in the United States into chaos"
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
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NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers
Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.
https://www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadership-is-failing-early-career-researchers-73574
4 months ago
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Gut dass die BZ so deutlich warnt. So ein Auto werde ich bestimmt nie kaufen. (
www.badische-zeitung.de/fahrer-unter...
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4 months ago
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5 months ago
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5 months ago
Gleich zwei Sozialgerichte urteilen, VersorgungsĂ€mter dĂŒrfen
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#MECFS
nicht als psychische Erkrankung einstufen - Betroffenen wurde die TĂŒr zur Anerkennung einer Schwerbehinderung geöffnet
www.riffreporter.de/de/gesellsch...
@riffreporter.bsky.social
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Gerichtsurteile: Long Covid ist keine psychische Erkrankung
Wegweisende Sozialgerichtsurteile stufen Long Covid und ME/CFS als körperliche Erkrankungen ein - und öffnen die TĂŒr zur Anerkennung als Schwerbehinderung.
https://www.riffreporter.de/de/gesellschaft/sozialgerichte-long-covid-mecfs-koerperliche-erkrankung-schwerbehinderung-gdb
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Sozialgerichte stellen klar: Long Covid und ME/CFS sind keine psychischen Erkrankungen
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From the CoronavirusDACH community on Reddit: Gerichtsurteile: Long Covid ist keine psychische Erkrankung
Explore this post and more from the CoronavirusDACH community
https://www.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusDACH/s/aqmU95Hztv
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