“The COVID-19 epidemic and SARS-CoV-2 have not disappeared, but they have changed. We must adapt to these changes. Pretending that the problem is gone and keeping up the illusion that ‘we will get by somehow’ are reprehensible” – scientists Read more

“Chronicles of a Pandemic” is a collection of 27 posts and a calendar prepared by the Interdisciplinary Advisory Team on COVID-19 to the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The team substantively reported on the course of the Read more

“Having a lack of monitoring will be like switching off a building’s fire detectors – we could end up blindly facing the next wave of infections, and only intensive care units quickly filling up will alert us that we Read more

“In a humanitarian and refugee crisis, it becomes all the more urgent to provide the best possible protection against diseases, including COVID-19. Many people are and will be helping refugees from Ukraine, working in direct contact with large groups Read more

With the MDDV principle (mask, distance, disinfection, and ventilation) often being ignored, the low vaccination rate of Poland’s population is hitting the Polish economy. The epidemic we are currently facing is likely to die out soon. However, it will Read more

“It is high time to stop thinking that we still do not know much about SARS-CoV-2 or vaccines. COVID-19 is one of the best-studied infectious diseases in the history of medicine, and the vaccine against this disease is the Read more

The risk of infection can be reduced with a booster dose of the mRNA vaccine, whose  protective effect begins after about two weeks. In a recent position statement, the interdisciplinary COVID-19 Advisory Team to the President of the Polish Read more

Our health in the time of an epidemic largely depends on our behavior – the decisions made by government officials and people’s readiness to comply with restrictions.

Our country is now seeing several hundred deaths a day, and yet Read more

According to recent reports, a new and potentially dangerous variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus named Omicron (variant B.1.1.529) has been discovered. The European Commission is considering banning flights to the countries where this variant has appeared. Some countries, including Read more

In confrontation with the fourth wave of COVID-19 infections in Poland, each of us has been left to our own devices. In this situation, we are making an urgent appeal to all those who have previously shown responsibility and Read more

The virus knows no borders. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to take action for the sake of the health and common safety of neighboring countries. Herein we consider the observed similarities and differences in how the pandemic Read more

“There is no doubt that over time humanity will win the battle against SARS-CoV-2, but we must all do our best to do so at the lowest possible cost. Therefore, we should protect the lives of seniors by offering Read more

Data should be harnessed more broadly not only by decision-makers but also by researchers – the more quality data is available, the more likely the phenomena under study will be properly understood. Amid an epidemic crisis that can only Read more

The campaign to vaccinate school-aged children is not slated to intensify until the third week of September, which means that its effects will make themselves felt near the end of November. In the absence of a vaccine approved for Read more

Vaccinations are an essential tool to effectively and safely limit the spread of COVID-19, its consequences, and its costs. For this reason, it is necessary to urgently consider introducing mandatory vaccinations for selected groups and in selected situations.

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We call for the establishment of an institution in Poland whose role would involve constantly monitoring impending health threats, communicating them to the public, and providing information about how to address them. The institution should have a multidisciplinary team Read more

We call for the vaccination of school children, mandatory vaccinations for school staff, and the observance of the rules concerning distance, disinfection, and masks (DDM). This is the only way to avoid remote learning in the 2021–2022 school year.

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It is our behavior that will determine how severe the fourth wave of COVID-19 infections will be and whether it will paralyze the health-care system. Therefore, the current lull should not cause us to relax our vigilance.

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People with disabilities, care home residents, refugees, migrants, and those experiencing homelessness account for a total of over 20% of Polish society. The impact of the COVD-19 pandemic on these groups will last significantly longer than the epidemic risk Read more

In the early months of 2020, when the news spread about an outbreak of the dangerous new respiratory disease COVID-19, hundreds research teams began a race against time to develop an effective and safe vaccine. Many of their attempts Read more

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, many breakthrough discoveries have been made, including the development of the COVID-19 vaccine, which has turned the containment of the pandemic into a realistic goal. In order to accomplish this goal, however, we Read more

The threat of the virus spiraling out of control is real. Fortunately, we already have vaccines and also a fair amount of knowledge at our disposal. However, the implementation of the vaccination program is lengthy and varies enormously on Read more

“Without vaccination, after contracting COVID-19, out of a group of one million people, thirty thousand will not survive. This is approximately the risk of death due to the disease in Poland” – scientists from the COVID-19 Advisory Team to Read more

One group that is particularly vulnerable to the impact of COVID-19 is children and adolescents. Although they are less susceptible to the severe physical manifestation of the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the psychological and educational effects of Read more