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Position Statement 29: Low vaccination rates in Poland are harming the economy

With the MDDV principle (mask, distance, disinfection, and ventilation) often being ignored, the low vaccination rate of Poland’s population is hitting the Polish economy. The epidemic we are currently facing is likely to die out soon. However, it will inevitably be followed by others. Let us remember an important lesson learned from the current epidemic – strict adherence to prevention and widespread vaccination protect the population’s health and the country’s economy.

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Climate Change Science & Society

Fifth edition of the Polish Scientific Networks will be the occasion to present the latest data on how climate changes impact the environment and society, and how to respond to them. The conference will be held on June 3-5 at the University of Wroclaw. Call for abstracts is now open.

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Position Statement 28: Omikron strikes save yourself and your country

“It is high time to stop thinking that we still do not know much about SARS-CoV-2 or vaccines. COVID-19 is one of the best-studied infectious diseases in the history of medicine, and the vaccine against this disease is the best-studied vaccine in the history of vaccination. However, what is apparently lacking is sufficient will on the part of those in power to combat the COVID-19 epidemic,” the scientists on the COVID-19 Advisory Team to the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences write in their Position Statement 28, and they remind us that people’s freedom to make irrational choices that contradict scientific opinions ends at the point when they start threatening the health and lives of their fellow citizens.

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