Evidence for positive long- and short-term effects of vaccinations against COVID-19 in wearable sensor metrics -- Insights from the German Corona Data Donation Project

no code implementations • 6 Apr 2022 • Marc Wiedermann, Annika H. Rose, Benjamin F. Maier, Jakob J. Kolb, David Hinrichs, Dirk Brockmann

Vaccines are among the most powerful tools used to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Potential benefits of delaying the second mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose

no code implementations • 26 Feb 2021 • Benjamin F. Maier, Angelique Burdinski, Annika H. Rose, Frank Schlosser, David Hinrichs, Cornelia Betsch, Lars Korn, Philipp Sprengholz, Michael Meyer-Hermann, Tanmay Mitra, Karl Lauterbach, Dirk Brockmann

Using the situation and conditions in Germany as a reference system, we show that delaying the second vaccine dose is expected to prevent deaths in the four to five digit range, should the incidence resurge.

COVID-19 lockdown induces disease-mitigating structural changes in mobility networks

1 code implementation • 3 Jul 2020 • Frank Schlosser, Benjamin F. Maier, David Hinrichs, Adrian Zachariae, Dirk Brockmann

Studies using digital data sources show that the mobility of individuals was effectively reduced in multiple countries.

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