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Delta variant makes it even more important to get a COVID-19 vaccine, even if you’ve already had the coronavirus

Jul 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic

For people who do develop immunity, the strength and duration of the protection can vary a lot. Up to 5% of people may lose their immune protection within a few months. Without a strong immune defense, these people are susceptible to reinfection by the coronavirus.

WHO experts seek limits on human gene-editing experiments

Jul 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Policy, Technology

Their recommendations, made after two years of deliberation, aim to head off rogue science experiments with the human genome, and ensure that proper uses of gene-editing techniques are beneficial to the broader public, particularly people in developing countries, and not only the wealthy.

Crowd ban in Olympics could cost reinsurers up to $400m: Fitch

Jul 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance, Risk Management

“We estimate the total insurance cover for the Olympics to be about USD2.5 billion, comprising USD1.4 billion taken out by the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo Organising Committee, USD800 million by broadcasters and USD300 million by other parties, such as sports teams, sponsors and hospitality. We believe reinsurers would bear most of the losses arising from this cover given that high-severity exposures are typically heavily reinsured,” said Fitch

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