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The current situation is a litmus test of the state of our society. A test of sensitivity, empathy, and the capacity for altruism. Whether Bill Gates, bats, or the Freemasons are behind the pandemic, or whether there is a legal basis for wearing masks or not, is not the most important thing here. What matters most is looking beyond the tip of our own noses and ensuring the safety of the most vulnerable. Meanwhile, as the data shows, one in five Poles does not believe in the pandemic at all.

Experts are at odds over whether masks are harmful while running. Italian scientists have created a ranking of the most dangerous sports during the pandemic, with volleyball surprisingly coming out on top. Many people are avoiding the pool for fear of contracting SARS-CoV-2.Questions are multiplying, and doubts follow one after another. So what’s the deal with playing sports these days?

50 million deaths from the so-called Spanish flu, 2 million from the Asian flu, and over a million from the Hong Kong flu. The flu—accustomed to the constant presence of its virus in our lives, we most often take it for granted. But it is dangerous because it mutates into new strains with unknown levels of contagiousness, which can be far more dangerous than those from a year ago. The fall-winter season is approaching, and with it, the influenza virus. Learn about its history.

We ask Dr. Waldemar Ferschke, MD, an epidemiologist, about safe learning in schools and whether a return to normalcy is possible

It’s me, the enveloped virus SARS-CoV-2, your exceptionally malicious, deadly enemy. You often say I don’t exist because you can’t see me, because you don’t know anyone who’s infected, because it’s a conspiracy theory, and so on. But I do exist; I’m all around you, including on your hands, your face, and in your breath.

Disinfection is a constant part of hotel operations; the pandemic has merely changed the scale of its application. We will explore the new sanitation rules introduced in various hotel areas during a visit to the Partner Hotel in Warsaw.

From a very young age, we are taught personal hygiene habits. We are taught to wash our hands thoroughly, especially after using the restroom. We know we should do this, but are we aware of why it is so important? The history of how people learned to use the toilet and how the places where “the king walks on foot” evolved is intertwined with our discovery of the world of pathogenic microorganisms. Let’s see how we learned to fight them.

They slice, chop, crush, bake, braise, smoke, and reduce—all as part of the natural cooking process at the Dym na wodzie restaurant in Ustka. What rules apply in the kitchen where chef Rafał Niewiarowski and his team prepare fresh dishes from local ingredients every day?

Returning to the office from remote work, the need to implement safety procedures, the use of new technologies in office buildings… We speak with expert Agnieszka Krzekotowska, Director of the Property Management Department at the global consulting firm Colliers International.