Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Coronavirus

Patentrechte in pandemischen Zeiten

https://www.mpg.de/18852520/ip_jb_2021?c=19434836&force_lang=de

Die Bereitstellung ausreichender Mengen an Impfstoffen gehörte in der Covid-19-Pandemie über Monate hinweg zu den größten Herausforderungen. Während reiche Industriestaaten schon früh riesige Mengen bestellten, litten ärmere Staaten unter eklatanter Unterversorgung. Mehrere von ihnen forderten in der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) die vorübergehende Aussetzung unter anderem der Patentrechte.

Music in the time of corona

https://www.mpg.de/14777336/music-culture-covid19

Musicians and music lovers are hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. After all, music needs communities, but social distancing measures prevent rehearsals and concerts, cutting musicians off from their audience. In many places, musicians are now coming up with various creative ways to close this gap, especially via the Internet. Music thus creates new, virtual communities – an exciting phenomenon for musicology. Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, has launched an survey into music in the time of corona together with colleagues from five other European countries.

„Interfering with patent protection means playing with fire”

https://www.mpg.de/16579491/patent-protection-vaccines-covid-10-reto-hilty?c=12641052

A good year after SARS-CoV-2 was first discovered, there are now five vaccines available against the virus, but they are in short supply; so much so that India and South Africa have called for a relaxation of patent protection rules. Their proposal to temporarily suspend intellectual property (IP) rules related to Covid-19 vaccines and treatments is currently being discussed at the World Trade Organization. But is this proposal the right approach? In an interview, Reto Hilty, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, explains why he thinks laying hands on patent protection is dangerous.

„Interfering with patent protection means playing with fire”

https://www.mpg.de/16579491/patent-protection-vaccines-covid-10-reto-hilty

A good year after SARS-CoV-2 was first discovered, there are now five vaccines available against the virus, but they are in short supply; so much so that India and South Africa have called for a relaxation of patent protection rules. Their proposal to temporarily suspend intellectual property (IP) rules related to Covid-19 vaccines and treatments is currently being discussed at the World Trade Organization. But is this proposal the right approach? In an interview, Reto Hilty, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, explains why he thinks laying hands on patent protection is dangerous.

„Den Begriff ‚Social Distancing‘ finde ich falsch“

https://www.mpg.de/14693300/den-begriff-social-distancing-finde-ich-falsch?c=11900757

Roman Wittig vom Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie in Leipzig untersucht, wie sich Sozialkontakte auf die Gesundheit von Schimpansen auswirken. Einige seiner Erkenntnisse lassen sich durchaus auf den Menschen übertragen. Im Interview erklärt der Wissenschaftler, warum er statt von „sozialer“ lieber von „räumlicher Distanz“ spricht und dass virtuelle reale Treffen zu einem gewissen Grad ersetzen können.

„Den Begriff ‚Social Distancing‘ finde ich falsch“

https://www.mpg.de/14693300/den-begriff-social-distancing-finde-ich-falsch

Roman Wittig vom Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie in Leipzig untersucht, wie sich Sozialkontakte auf die Gesundheit von Schimpansen auswirken. Einige seiner Erkenntnisse lassen sich durchaus auf den Menschen übertragen. Im Interview erklärt der Wissenschaftler, warum er statt von „sozialer“ lieber von „räumlicher Distanz“ spricht und dass virtuelle reale Treffen zu einem gewissen Grad ersetzen können.

„In my opinion, ’social distancing’ is the wrong term“

https://www.mpg.de/14698917/in-my-opinion-social-distancing-is-the-wrong-term?c=12034828

Roman Wittig of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, has been looking into the effects of social contacts on the health of chimpanzees, and some of his findings apply equally to humans. In this interview, he explains why he prefers to speak in terms of „spatial” rather than “social” distancing, and how virtual (online) meetings can replace real meetings to a certain extent.