In this paper we use a recently developed approach (the contribution matrix method) in combination with epidemiological data to estimate the contribution of vaccinated and unvaccinated populations to the current COVID-19 effective reproduction number R in Germany.
Mit Dirk Brockmann und Heinz Bude über „undiszipliniertes“ Denken (the podcast is in German)
Wie können wir die Komplexität der Welt besser begreifen? Klimakatastrophen, Verschwörungstheorien, Artensterben und Pandemien – anhand dieser überwältigenden Probleme könnte man schnell den Mut verlieren. Der Physiker und Komplexitätsforscher Dirk Brockmann blickt aus der Vogelperspektive auf diese Phänomene und fragt: Was haben Waldbrände mit Populismus, Vogelschwärme mit menschlichem Verhalten gemeinsam? Er macht Verbindungen sichtbar, die einen neuartigen Blick auf die Welt ermöglichen. Die fundamentale Erkenntnis: Überleben und Fortschritt funktionieren nur durch Kooperation. (the podcast is in German)
The preprint is available here: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.08.19.22278981v1.
In our recent analysis of data collected in the Corona Data Donation Project, we compared the officially reported cases of COVID-19 with what we obtain by self-reporting and surveys launched in the Data Donation Project. In a nutshell we found that both incidences coincide until April/May 2022. At that time both quantities started deviating substantially.
Abstract In November 2021, the first case of SARS-CoV-2 “variant of concern” (VOC) B.1.1.529 (“Omicron”) was reported in Germany, alongside global reports of reduced vaccine efficacy against infections with this variant.
Dirk speaks at re:publica 22 about complexity, anti-disciplinary sciences, aphids that grow wings when infected with a virus, swarms, seeing the forest for the trees, synchronization and networks (the talk is in German)
Prof. Dr. Dirk Brockmann: Was können wir aus der Komplexitätsforschung für soziale Kipppunkte lernen? (the podcast is in German)
The preprint is available here: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.04.19.22274030v1.
In this paper we use physiological data collected in the German Data Donation Project (Datenspende) to investigate the differential impact of vaccination on the effect that a COVID-19 infection has on resting heart rate, physical activity and sleep.
The preprint is available here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.03.11.483964v1.
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