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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 12 days 1 hour 39 minutes
When looking back at science in 2020, where exactly do you start?
Sifting through the 100+ episodes we've done this year about the coronavirus has given us time to reflect on what we've actually learned. And the things that are most important don't have anything to do with virology or epidemiology...
Weekly roundup — Christmas plans, vaccine gender gap & COVID in the brain
Will Germans change their Christmas plans enough to avert a coronavirus catastrophe in January? Also, why are women so much less likely to take a vaccine? And how, exactly, does SARS-CoV-2 reach our brain?
'Corona Christmas'— How Germans say they'll be celebrating
Wait — is it four people? Or four households? And do children count as well? In Bonn, there's a fair amount of confusion as holiday lockdown rules come into effect. But with COVID-19 infections soaring, many Germans say their Christmas plans have already changed.
Why are women so much less willing to get a COVID-19 vaccine?
Just 51% of women to 69% of men — that's the staggering gender gap in COVID-19 vaccine willingness, according to a US survey. But how on earth did that happen? And how do we go about fixing it?
Weekly roundup — Swine flu, bonkers 'science'& who shouldn't be vaccinated
Which lessons should — and shouldn't — be drawn from the H1N1 immunization campaign of 2009? Are there anti-vax 'arguments' that really are worth debating? And which groups will be excluded from the first round(s) of COVID-19 vaccinations?
Kids, pregnant women & the COVID-19 vaccines
At this point it's clear that healthcare workers, the elderly or other at-risk groups should get vaccinations ASAP. But there are also people who, for reasons of health or medical ethics, should not.
How COVID-19 gets to the brain
We all know the coronavirus usually gets inside our bodies through the nose, the mouth or the eyes. But from there... how does it meander its way into our brain? New research from Berlin shows just how surprisingly direct the path is — and what happens when the virus gets there.
A swine flu shadow hangs over the COVID-19 vaccine
With Europe gearing up to vaccinate, people's willingness seems low — and is even going down in some countries. Why? In part, it's because people here remember what happened in 2009.
The Merkel who saved Christmas?
A dark milestone has been reached in Germany, with confirmed COVID-19 cases crossing the 1 million mark, as well as a record number of people dying this week. The government has extended the partial lockdown with apparently one thing in mind – saving Christmas.
Vaccine efficacy v. effectiveness — and what it all means
What's the difference between a vaccine's efficacy and effectiveness? And how do the recent vaccine candidates from Moderna, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and BioNTech stack up compared to existing vaccines for polio, measles and other diseases?