Tag Archives: Politics & Society

Der Unterschied zwischen Schweden und Deutschland ZEIT: Wenn Sie sehen, wie Experten im Fernsehen befragt werde, tut Ihnen das weh? Angner: Ja, schon. Manchmal möchte ich meinen Fernseher hineinschreien: “Das können Sie doch gar nicht wissen!” ZEIT: Der ehemalige schwedische Staatsepidemiologe Johan Giesecke hat gesagt: “Der Unterschied zwischen Schweden und Deutschland ist, dass Deutschland seine Wirtschaft ruiniert.” Angner: Johan Giesecke ist so viel in...

  Patrick Hutchinson carrying an injured white man to safety during protests in London because he didn’t want reason for the protests to be lost in one moment of violence.   A courageous act. And courage is not anything very common, and the value we put on it is a witness to its rarity. Courage is to do the right thing in spite of danger and fear. To keep on even if opportunities to turn back are given. Like in the great stories. The ones where people have lots of chances of...

Diese Frage tut weh  [embedded content] Yours truly gebe ehrlich zu dass er oft aus purer Neugier auch diese Frage gestellt habe. Aber — man lernt ja bekanntlich nie aus.

New study shows use of face masks can reduce the risk of infection Our search identified 172 observational studies across 16 countries and six continents, with no randomised controlled trials and 44 relevant comparative studies in health-care and non-health-care settings (n=25 697 patients). Transmission of viruses was lower with physical distancing of 1 m or more, compared with a distance of less than 1 m (n=10 736, pooled adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0·18,...

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Is basic income the answer after COVID-19?  [embedded content]

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Animal cruelty and human dignity   Throughout European history the idea of the human being has been expressed in contradistinction to the animal. The latter’s lack of reason is the proof of human dignity. So insistently and unanimously has this antithesis been recited … that few other ideas are so fundamental to Western anthropology. The antithesis is acknowledged even today. The behaviorists only appear to have forgotten it. That they apply to human beings...