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MADRID (ANP / RTR) – Spain has registered 31,428 new corona infections since Friday. The Health Ministry confirmed on Monday that a total of 671,468 people in the country have now contracted the virus. More than 30,000 patients have succumbed to Covid-19.

The Madrid region in particular has been hit hard by the second wave of the epidemic. Local authorities have declared a partial lockdown for the areas where corona strikes the hardest. In fact, residents are only allowed on the road if their work requires it or if they have to see the doctor elsewhere. That decision sparked a lot of protest.

The corona virus is spreading again, but still mainly among young people. It was reason for the cabinet to tighten up the corona rules a bit, but not to go all out. Experts explain to the NOS that we are at a difficult point in the epidemic, but that something needs to change.

“There is no clear moment from here and no further,” concludes medical microbiologist Marc Bonten of the UMC. “But the trend is not going to change by itself. Sooner or later this will lead to risks for the elderly. ”

“Something happened that we had not predicted: a lot of infections in young people and few hospital admissions,” says Bonten. That creates a “devil’s dilemma”. “Are you going to intervene in the group with the most infections but the least consequences?”

Epidemiologist Patricia Bruijning of the UMC is more certain. “It always takes a while before you also see the effect in hospital admissions.” She calls it naive to think that the Netherlands is capable of spreading the virus only among young people. “Nowhere in the world has a country succeeded.”

She therefore thinks that the new measures are not strict enough. “My feeling is that it is too little.” According to Bonten, we have to wait and see. “It’s one big experiment. With these measures, the threshold for getting together is somewhat higher. But they are small steps, in the hope that it works. ”

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Men with erectile dysfunction only want one thing: for him to do it again. And thanks to pills, it is usually not that complicated. That is why erectile dysfunction is insufficiently researched, says Professor Guy T’Sjoen (UZ Gent), who is famous in Belgium as a doctor of men’s ailments. “In any case, it pays to keep researching erectile dysfunction. It could be an indication of type 2 diabetes or heart problems. The penis is the canary in the coal mine, it could be an indication of other problems. ”

According to T’Sjoen, men are hardly concerned with health and too much with side issues, such as whether their penis is big enough.

“We’ve all been mis-grown by watching too much porn. The men in it all have a larger size. Otherwise they might not be selected. The average length of the Fleming is 14 centimeters when erect. That’s an average. That means that a penis of 11 or 17 centimeters is normal. Many men have a different idea about that. I can reassure them with this data. ” When he says that to a man in his office, it rarely helps.

“Of course not, because they have come up with the idea that maybe something could be done to make their penis longer. But those possibilities do not exist. In the best case, you can gain two centimeters through all kinds of interventions. That makes no sense. Another misconception is that men who come too quickly would benefit from circumcision. Nor is it the case. Research has shown that. ”

The biggest taboo among men? “Based purely on my experiences, I would say: talk about feelings. Everything technical – pills, exams, injections – usually goes smoothly. But when it comes to feelings, fears, men often close. ”

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Although the number of corona infections is increasing, few people are still dying from the virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) thinks that will change. “October and November will be very difficult.”

That says WHO regional director Hans Kluge in an interview with AFP. It is the result of a resurgence of the virus almost everywhere in Europe. A vaccine will not immediately be the solution. “I keep hearing: the vaccine will be the end of the epidemic. Of course not!” says Kluge.

“We don’t even know if the vaccine will be effective for the entire population. Some signs currently indicate that it will work for some, but not others, ”stressed the WHO director. “And if we suddenly have to order different vaccines, it becomes a logistical nightmare.”

Research of more than 8,000 British doctors further shows that almost 90 percent are counting on a second wave in the next six months. According to them, the failing source and contact investigation (just like here) is the main cause that the number of infections gets out of hand again.

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In March, we thought the coronavirus was causing lung problems. Now – almost 7 months later – we know that it is a many-headed monster that can take care of your whole body.

There is now also a threat to the brain. How the virus enters the brain is not clear. But about half of patients have neurological symptoms, including headache, confusion, and delirium.

A new study provides the first evidence that the coronavirus enters the brain and wreaks havoc there. It multiplies in the brain. The virus also seems to soak up all the oxygen nearby, killing neighboring cells.

Brain infection is likely rare, but some people may be susceptible due to their genetic background or other reasons.

“If the brain becomes infected, it can be fatal,” Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University, told me. New York Times.

And that’s how we learn more and more about the virus.

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