The COVID-19 created new paradigms for living in society and made us hostage to ourselves. In science, most laboratories are empty and with researchers frightened by the contamination by COVID-19. Doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals are exposing themselves and fighting for patients. So my point is: how can COVID-19 change science paradigms? In my research group we are closed in our cocoons trying to finalize articles and thinking new projects. But international collaboration is increasingly the basic pillar of our science. How to overcome this challenge with so many barriers that seem insurmountable at the moment? What is your opinion about this?
Hi there,
very good point, now my opinion is that the situation is getting better with covid19, the most interesting thing now is how the world will see the vitality of science and scientists, because simply now every country in the word is trying to fight for research and valorise it, it is the only arm against these kind of situation!
Best regards. Younes.
Everything before Coronavirus outbreak wont be the same before the crises
Labs and companies around the world have raced to develop antibody tests, and a few have been used in small studies and received commercial approval, including several from China. But so far, large-scale data from such tests—for example showing what fraction of people in the hard-hit city of Wuhan, China, might now be immune—is still lacking or at least not public. Scientists hope that will soon change as more tests become available.
Yes it will. Reason been that previous viruses (SARS and MERS) was neglected after the endemic. There is no effective therapy that exist for fighting SARS, I wouldn't be surprise if the DNA sequencing is still unknown.
This present Covid-19 will not only improve research (drug discovery) but will help decode the mechanism of action of the coronavirus family. And save the future IF there is a reoccurrence or an outbreak of any other Respiratory deadly disease. # my take#.
Covid-19 has obviously changed paradigms even within the scientific community. Even though there is no generally approved vaccine yet, the ongoing research effort will revolutionise the approach to vaccine discovery and testing. The current involvement of bioinformatics makes it all more interesting. Research collaborations between research institutions and governments across the world will reach a whole new level. Despite the ills suffered in this pandemic, it is yet another dawn for science.
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