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Bernd Sebastian Kamps

Christian Hoffmann

COVID

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Bernd Sebastian Kamps

Christian Hoffmann

COVID Reference

Sixth Edition 2021.6

CR 2021.6.10, uploaded on

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Published 13 January 2021

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Christian Hoffmann

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Bernd Sebastian Kamps, M.D.



Christian Hoffmann, M.D.

Infektionsmedizinisches Centrum

Hamburg MVZ PartG (ICH)

ICH Stadtmitte

Glockengiesserwall 1

20095 Hamburg

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PREFACE

In not even a year after the discovery of COVID-19, several vaccines have been

licensed and hundreds of millions of people will be vaccinated within months.

Soon the number of severe COVID-19 cases will plummet, people at risk will

no longer die, and after the vaccination of younger people, Long COVID will

retreat too.

There are no analogies to describe COVID-19 vaccine development. A feat that

greatly exceeds the achievements of the moon landings? There is no doubt

that by creating COVID vaccines in record time, science has given us a humbling demonstration of what it can achieve.

Nevertheless, we are not out of the woods yet. Nature, too, has demonstrated

that it can strike back. If the new variants are confirmed to increase transmissibility (and, possibly, severity) of SARS-CoV-2 on a global scale, the race

may be on again. In 2021, let¡¯s perfect our skills of physical distancing and

continue to wear face masks. Let¡¯s take it as a convenient rehearsal exercise

for future pandemics. It isn¡¯t fun but it must be done.

Bernd Sebastian Kamps & Christian Hoffmann

13 January 2021

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