What are the origins of the pandemic that hit the world at the end of 2019? How has the virus evolved since then? Despite the constraints it has placed on our lives, can we learn something positive from it? By diving back into the archives of these months of confinement, we realized at La Loupe that many questions still remained unanswered. With the health department of L’Express, we therefore took on the challenge this week of responding to it. Happy listening!
Bat, pangolin… During the first months of the pandemic, the origins of Covid-19 were the subject of a procession of speculation. But do we really know more today? The answer with our editor-in-chief who investigated the origins of the virus, Yohan Blavignat.
Fortunately, our lives are no longer punctuated by the evolution of the virus. No more tests, masks, distancing… As proof, we no longer know the names of the variants. But then, what happened to Covid-19?
Distancing, mask, confinement, curfew… For almost a year, the health crisis forced us to review our ways of living. Despite these constraints, this period may have had some positive effects, particularly in terms of scientific research. The editor-in-chief of the Sciences department, Stéphanie Benz, deciphers them.
Seven days. This is the average duration of Covid-19 symptoms. However, it happens that these extend over several weeks or even several months. With the health service, La Loupe offers you a zoom on these patients suffering from “long Covid”, who continue to live with the virus.
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