April 3, 2020Hannover, Germany Good morning, Yesterday I had a conference call with Ed Liu from Jackson Lab, Darron Collins from College of the Atlantic, and Art Blank from MDI Hospital. We discussed the present situation on MDI and in Maine. At the hospital everybody is well prepared, and it is currently quiet. College of…
Read MoreApril 2, 2020Hannover, Germany Good morning MDIBL, Today the Stay Healthy at Home Mandate begins in Maine. This is a major decision from Governor Mills and affects all of us. It is not only a government decision which interferes with our daily life but even more it interferes with our democratic right to meet and to assemble. I…
Read MoreApril 1, 2020Hannover, Germany Good morning, It has been nice to get feedback from people about what I have written. Most of the comments are friendly — so far nobody has written, “Stop this, we’ve had enough of this stuff”. There are more questions about the disease, about the epidemic, and how to handle the situation…
Read MoreMarch 31, 2020Hannover, Germany Good morning, Watching the news, you might have the feeling that we are fighting a war against a deadly enemy we can’t see. We understand that it is a virus which sits on our hands and infects, mostly, our bronchial system. But why is it all of a sudden so dramatic?…
Read MoreMarch 29, 2020Hannover, Germany Good morning, At this time, you can’t help but feel a bit helpless. Watching the news from New York City and New Orleans you wish you could to do to be able to help. The pictures are so dramatic, and the number of people affected is so high. What is needed…
Read MoreMarch 27, 2020Hannover, Germany Good morning MDIBL, There was no blog from me yesterday, but that doesn´t mean that there was no news. It was my first day back at the medical school in Hannover – I spent the first two days I was back in Germany in self-quarantine. I’m getting a lot of practice in…
Read MoreMarch 25, 2020Hannover, Germany Good morning MDIBL, It was good to see you all on-screen yesterday and I am looking forward to seeing you all in person when it is possible again. Things seem a bit slow at the moment; everybody is waiting. Although not everywhere — in the epicenters of the disease hundreds of…
Read MoreMarch 24, 2020Hannover, Germany Good morning, The world has really changed over the last couple of days. I have made it back to Hannover, but as I was flying back to Germany, I saw deserted airports, almost empty planes and nobody came near me. It made me think that it was more like “social shouting”…
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