🇷🇸 / Novak Djokovic / #73 By Johannes Eber When I was a teenager, Germany had an athlete as a national hero: tennis player Boris Becker. I had never been interested in tennis, Germany had never been interested in tennis. That
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How to fight pandemics? Build up trust in science
I’ve never checked whether the triple vaccination I received really protects against the coronavirus. I just couldn’t. I am not a medic. Instead, I trust others. Scientists. Journalists who write about what scientists say. Also politicians, at least if they follow the advice of scientists.
Read moreThe forgotten support for family-carers during the pandemic
THERESA ZETTL Family caregivers get little support during the Corona crisis. Yet it would be easy to help them. Nursing care is a recent topic these days: intensive care beds in hospitals have to be cancelled because of a lack
Read moreCannapride world wide
Recently, the word cannabis has been making many headlines worldwide. One of the main reasons is the current development in the EU, where three states are legalizing cannabis for recreational use – Malta, Luxemburg, and Germany. This means, among other things, that cannabis is getting legalized in 3 of 27 EU-member states that together have more than 80 million residents, equal to almost 20% of the EU:s total population.
Read moreInternational Day to end violence against sex workers
THERESA ZETTL Sex work is dirty and morally unacceptable – only two out of many prejudices sex workers face. However, women are more likely than men to be sexualized, objectified and dehumanized. Female sex workers experience stigma and violence associated
Read moreThe Covid-19 pandemic so far: How could we have done better?
THERESA ZETTL – PIOTR AZIA – BEN BURGERS We are in the middle of the fourth wave of Covid-19. The United States and the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Czechia and Belgium are being hit hard in this
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THERESA ZETTL What’s World AIDS Day about? World AIDS Day has been held every year on December 1 since 1988. It affirms the rights of HIV-positive people worldwide and calls for coexistence without prejudice and exclusion. In addition, World AIDS
Read moreHow to approach Anti-vaxxers during the Covid-19 pandemic
THERESA ZETTL – You see them on the streets, demonstrating against the COVID-19 measures, you see them on Social Media spreading fake news and conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic. They completely neglect scientific facts and what most of these people have in common: They are hardcore anti-vaxxers
Read moreWhy women stay in abusive relationships
We have met René Oehler, a freelance psychologist since 2007, for an interview in regard of the Orange Days. René Oehler is founder of psyvivendi (www.psyvivendi.de), a practice for psychological counseling, psychological coaching, couples therapy, family therapy and psychological psychotherapy
Read moreEmotional abuse as a special form of domestic violence
Theresa Zettl During the Orange Days from 25th of November to the 10th of December, we European Liberals for Reform want to raise awareness to the matter of violence against women. However, women who do not experience physical violence, might
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