Coronavirus
Vaccination – personal values and group dynamics are decisive
Research
ETH Zurich
How do you get more people to have vaccinations? Gudela Grote firmly believes that it’s worth looking at team dynamics.
Constitutionally permitted – and even required
Politics
ETH Zurich
Conferring benefits on vaccinated persons by means of a vaccine passport is a controversial issue. Alexander Stremitzer argues that governments are not only legally permitted to lift restrictions for those vaccinated, but may even be obligated to do so.  
In the eye of the storm
Politics
ETH Zurich
As Chair of the National Science Task Force, Martin Ackermann has to perform a constant balancing act between science, politics, the media and society. So how does he do it?
We need to deal with the uncertainties in statistics
Research
ETH Zurich
We look for certainty in uncertain times. But that is not something statistics can necessarily provide. Tanja Stadler explains why it is important to consider statistical uncertainty through describing the COVID-19 R value estimation which she performs for Switzerland.
Coronavirus wastewater monitoring expanded in Switzerland
Research
Eawag
Monitoring of wastewater samples has the potential to provide a further indicator – alongside the number of cases, hospitalisations and deaths – to track the course of the pandemic. With support from the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), an existing research project is now being expanded from two to six wastewater treatment plants.
NotifyMe, a new app to relaunch social events
Teaching
EPFL
NotifyMe is a new app that alerts people who attended an event where there was a risk of COVID-19 infection. The app, using technology developed in part at EPFL, in no way compromises users’ personal data. NotifyMe works well in conjunction with SwissCovid and is currently being pilot-tested at EPFL.
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