The boat docks on a simple bank of sand. You expected to land downtown, but you see on your GPS that you are a few kilometers north of Yakutsk. You follow the stream of cars.
Yakutsk seems built on sand. You didn't expect this atmosphere. You had in mind a town with a winter temperature of -50 °C. And now you find 30°C with sand everywhere, a hot, dry air. It looks more like a North African city than Siberian.
Arrived in the city center, you park near a place where the classic tank of the Second World War is exposed. You think that if Valera should join you, it will be easier to explain the place. On the boat, you had sent him an SMS. You want to know if he received your Visa card. You just receive the answer: no Visa card. Valera also writes that you will find hotels from 150 euros or hostels from 50 euros. Life here is rather expensive for someone who has no credit card.. You try to call him, but your phone turns off. The battery is discharged. You unpacked your stuff looking for your auxiliary battery or the connector to plug on the bike. A bike, Yamaha TT 250, parks near you. The man asks where you're from, where you go… You answer while continuing your research. You tell him he has a good bike thinking about the Australians you met a few days earlier.
The man speaks to you with hands. You understand that he wonders if you know where to sleep. He invites you otherwise. His name is Andreï. You are still trying to get news of your Visa card, but still no battery. Ok, you decide to follow Andreï.
You leave the bikes in a guarded garage, then get into a building. His flat looks under construction; but it is a rather tidy site. You put your bags in a corner. Andrei present you his apartment and offers you coffee.
You understand that he lives there for only two weeks. He and his wife recently separated after 30 years together. He looks affected. A difficult time for him. It shows you pictures of his family, his wife, who was world champion in super-marathon.
You were hesitant, but you're finally glad with the decision of following him. You tell him your travel, show him your maps, your book, photos and video. You feel that all this interest, entertains.
After a shower and laundry, you continue your presentations. You'll quickly progress in Russian. You use Google Translate on your phone when some words miss you.
The summer solstice. You 're lying when it was day, you woke up in the night but still the day light, you wake up when the sun is already high. Yakutsk is a northern city.
It is Sunday. No way to get news for your Visa card. DHL website says it is still in the Moscow region. So you spend time on the internet to update your blog. You risk to spend some time in Yakutsk but you have a lot to do to prepare for the rest of the trip.
Klim, a friend of Andrei pick you up by car. Andrei and Klim are associates. They have in common a small transport company. Five trucks in a large parking sand. Their business idle during the summer: they work mainly on winter roads. Their trucks are old. Old Russian trucks, two Kamaz, a Urals. Also a MAN and a newer Volvo.
Klim leaves his car to Andrei to show you around the city. The city is not very big, it is actually faster around. You start by the rich suburb, the "haciendas". On a wall, a tag says "Gangster Zone." As for the rest of Russia, Yakutsk knows great inequalities. Great wealth and great poverty. But not extreme wealth or extreme poverty. It seems that there is some work for everyone here.
The roads are also very uneven. But most are in a poor state. Apart from two or three beautiful central avenues, streets are often full of holes.
Urbanism is very heterogeneous: old wooden buildings, newer concrete buildings. Everything is mixed haphazardly. A common point that you plot: all buildings are mounted on poles that hoisted at least one meter above the ground. Nothing touches the ground. Similarly, all pipes, pipelines, power grids are suspended. We go permanently under "bridges" of pipes. You had often seen these air ducts in the rest of Russia, but never so consistently. The ground seems to be the enemy .. The permafrost? But when winter comes, it should not be good either in air at -50 °.
You go with Klim to a restaurant. The manager of the place leaving his party of pool to join. He is in business with Andrei and Klim. But it is time to relax. You all take a big bowl of soup. Korean food, very refined. Klim is Korean. Since you're in Yakutsk, you know that the city and the mines of the region attract many people from all backgrounds, even if the Yakuts still largely predominate. A Far East which is very close to the Wild West. Nationalities seem to coexist in good composition.
You return to the apartment and you will leave it to your literary activities. You also discussed with the Andrei rest of your journey, your route. When Andreï wonders how you plan to protect yourself from bears, you show him your mini-rockets. He thinks it is a good solution, even though he would have preferred a firearm. It shows you the gun he has in the small bag he always carries with him. You're surprised. Still the Far West … It also shows you the Kalashnikov he has in his cabinet. He has the permits for these weapons, but as a European, you remain amazed that we can possess.
At each meal, Andrei cooks for four. Yet he does not eat. You guess his diet is due to his recent separation. However, you eat like two.
You often eat fish and meats. Many proteins. There are few vegetables in stores, only potatoes, carrots and cabbage. Some fruits are present but appear as luxury goods. Probably they arrive by plane. In any case, Andrei really takes care of you.
You contact Bob, your English spoken friend in Irkutsk. You ask him if he could get news about your Visa card from DHL. He calls you back an hour later with reassuring news. The card should arrive in the day in Yakutsk. It also calls Valera to prevent it.
Andreï went to the garage to work. At your side, you prepare the GPS routes that you need to follow the Kolyma, then when your crossing of Chukotka. Many things that you have not had time to do before your departure.
Around noon, you see on the website of DHL that your card has been delivered. An appointment is agreed front of the tank with Valera to late evening. You began to despair of recovering a Visa card.
Valera is accompanied by two of his friends, more at ease in English. All follow you to see where you live. In your discussions, you show them a spring pin. You never know … but they have never seen such things. However, Valera expects to find a solution. He gives you an appointment the next morning at 8:30 a.m.
Andrei will return later. He was invited by Klim at the birthday or baptism of his grand child.
You leave early the flat to find Valera. You cross the city to a huge Yamaha center. There are motorcycles, but also boats, Jet Skis, snow scooters … A large modern facility. You had tried to explain to Valera that your pin was not a spare part of a motorcycle or boat, and you're first disappointed. In the shop Valera, seems to know everyone. You finally get into a reception room, then in the office of Oleg, the director. Oleg was part of the group that crossed the Bering Strait in 2012 on Jet Skis. You're surprised by the situation. Known Bering crossings are so rare. Maybe 5 or 6 since the end of World War II. You are of course aware of this Jet Ski crossing., And happy to talk, to acquire information on the state of the sea routes, relationships with administrations.. Oleg also learn you the impossibility of finding other than gasoline octane 80. That could be a concern.
Oleg inspires you trust. He quickly made a good status of your mechanical issue. For him, the best solution would be to replace the spring pins with solid pins with a greater diameter. So you let him your lower unit for the change is made.
Upon returning, you write Loïc asking if your bike bear several days of gasoline index 80. Loïc, with whom you rode in Bolivia and Peru, is working in the injectors for motorcycles. He quickly answers: he thinks he should not have other concerns that an increase of the consumption. Especially in "boat" mode, when your engine never gets high revs. You are reassured.
For a few days, you were in contact with friends in France and you asked them to ship these famous spring pins that are not found in Russia. New regulations for the shipment of goods to individuals in Russia that the shipment has been delayed. Now, you ask to cancel.
You feel to many people involved. But you think that sharing this journey is important. And you know that you would be unable to succeed by yourself. You are here thanks the help of the IUT of Grenoble, thanks to all the friends who gave you a hand. And now thanks to all those people who help you during the trip. There are many.
In the afternoon, you go to the garage with Andreî. You want to recheck motorcycle and boat after 1000km of track. Also clean your air filter.
Again, everyone helps you. There are around you Philip, the Armenian mechanic. Andrey, Klim Klim father and junior. The garage is a kind of Tower of Babel. There are still a Kyrgyz driver and a carpenter you think Yakut. No two identical nationalities. The atmosphere is family. You feel that all will enjoy, all are related. A great complicity. Yet they are all quite different.
As you felt some tension between Buryats and Russians in Irkutsk, as you have the impression that the people of Yakutsk are insensitive to the origins. In the street, everyone just sharing with everyone without racial distinction. You also see frequently mixed couples.
While they having fun tone horn pear, you say as a joke it is to replace your electric horn that no longer works. Philip and Klim junior then set to work to repair it. They finally repair the two, the one from the Kawasaki recovered Irkutsk, and the original one. From what you know, there was a series of problems, bad contacts, mechanical blockages that caused nothing worked.
Senior Klim also helps you to check your boat. Again, it is in very good state.
You spend time checking the structure of the bike, to control tightening. Everything look normal but you have the impression that the tank would be a little down compared to the luggage rack. There is slack in the screws that connect the two. Maybe the plastic spacers that hold the bottom of the tank they are a bit overwritten. But the tank bears no trace of distortion. So far nothing to worry about, but you will have to keep an eye.
As you still have to pack the boat, Andrei asks Klim Junior drive you back.
The temperature has fallen since the beginning of the week. After the 30°C of the weekend, there is now around fifteen degrees. Wind and at times a little rain that does not last. You like it because it sticks a little dust on the ground.
At the garage, Andreï helps you to pack the boat again, reinstall everything. Andrei and junior Klim takes you then see a museum of ice sculpture. A permanent exhibition that kept cool in burrows in the hills on the edge of the city, near the garage. Beautiful sculptures.
You then return to the flat where Valera will join you. He has your lower unit. Nice work. Valera explained you that the new pins are made from highly resistant parts from Mercedes. They were cooled before being entered. They also prepared spare pins with a diameter slightly larger. In case where it would eventually move. You are reassured.
Your last day in Yakutsk. You write an email to Chukotka to inform them of your progress. You also give them a link to a map where they can follow your route in Chukotka through a SPOT device that you bought in Australia. Chukotka is a region for which you need special permissions. You provided this link because the administration wants to know where you are, but it could also be a security for you.
You invited Valera, Ruslan and Andrei to a restaurant for lunch. A restaurant that offers traditional Yakut cuisine. The national meal consists in slices of frozen fish. Delicious.
Ruslan takes a lot of pictures and movies. He is a photographer and journalist and would like to publish an interview about your travel. When paying, everyone wants to pay the bill. Once more, Andreï wins. You are disappointed.
You were afraid of having too much time to spend in Yakutsk and finally get busy. You will have done everything you wanted to prepare the rest of the trip. A pleasant and effective break.
Your web site is updated, and you don't know when will be the next time you will have an internet access.


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More NSW Religious Privilege
The Atheist Foundation of Australia (AFA) is taken aback at revelations that, not content with recent moves to remove any reference to ethics classes on school enrolment forms, the NSW State Government is seeking take a similar line with ethics classes for kindergarten students.
Parents are not required to be advised of any option of ethics classes until they've refused SRE (or left the question blank) until the point that their children are relegated to the library to watch shows like Peppa The Pig and Mr Bean (quaintly described as "meaningful activities").
It's been speculated that the NSW Liberal government has done this in (part) exchange for Fred Nile's support for their legislative program. While we don't know that for certain, the alternative – that Mike Baird and his party actively want to undermine secular education and parent choice in this way, without any outside forcing – is more unpleasant to contemplate, in many ways.
Some of the questions and comments from our previous statement on these issues bears repeating:
What sort of "ethics", religious or otherwise, are being modelled for our children by the following actions, as reported in the media?
Despite (or perhaps because of?) the demonstrated popularity of secular ethics classes, the government will start hiding information about their availability, once again privileging religion in a secular society;
No real reason has been given as to why these changes are needed. What is the alleged "problem" that these are intended to fix? That secular ethics classes have become too popular?;
While all parties to this deny any connection with Fred Nile's support for legislation, it is difficult to see this as anything but an attempt to curry favour with Mr Nile to prompt his party's support for the government's legislative program.
AFA President Michael Boyd said:
"Once again, the party of free choice and personal responsibility are denying parents a free choice about ethics classes. This is probably the result of a cheap deal to curry favour with the Nileasaourus, an ancient creature still living in the past.
Alternatively, Mike Baird really does think that religious education should be forced on parents when they clearly don't want it. Neither explanation reflects well on the government. Ethics classes are much more valuable for students than religious fairy tales. It's time for the government to come clean on what is behind this nonsense."
The AFA calls on the NSW Government to stop trying to preference already privileged religions by stealth, and to maintain a policy of enabling parents to make a fully informed choice at all times – including about opting-out of SRE, and the availability of secular ethics classes.
Michael Boyd
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I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish Church, by the Roman Church, by the Greek Church, by the Turkish (Muslim) Church, by the Protestant Church, nor by any Church that I know of. My own mind is my own Church.
The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.
Delo McKown
Suppose we've chosen the wrong god. Every time we go to church we're just making him madder and madder.
To sum up: 1. The cosmos is a gigantic flywheel making 10,000 revolutions a minute. 2. Man is a sick fly taking a dizzy ride on it. 3. Religion is the theory that the wheel was designed and set spinning to give him a ride.
"We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further."
ATHEISM = Liberation through Reason and Knowledge.
Brenda Cornish
Hast thou reason? I have. Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish?

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Latest News - 17th November 2021, First UK case of Covid-19 confirmed in pet dog
A pet dog has contracted Covid-19 in the UK's first confirmed case – 3rd November 2021.
Professor Christine Middlemiss, the UK's Chief Veterinary Officer, has confirmed that tests conducted at one of the One Health EJP partner institutes, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA, Weybridge, Surrey) detected SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid-19, in a pet dog.
It is thought that the dog caught the virus from its owners who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 and there is no evidence so far that pets transmit SARS-CoV-2 to other pets or people. The advice from UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is for people to continue washing their hands regularly, including before and after contact with animals.
The case has been reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health in line with international commitments. There have been a very small number of confirmed cases in pets in other countries in Europe, North America, and Asia; the first case of a Covid-19 positive dog being reported in April 2020, in Hong Kong.
For more information, please read the below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/covid-19-confirmed-in-pet-dog-in-the-uk
Latest News - 7th October 2021, End Symposium of OHEJP COHESIVE project
The COHESIVE team would like to invite you to the final symposium of COHESIVE, an integrative project of OHEJP.
COHESIVE stands for One Health Structures in Europe and aims at strengthening/improving (structured) collaboration between the human, veterinary, food and environmental domain in the area of signalling, risk assessment and control of (emerging) zoonoses in and between European Member States including IT solutions to share information in databases and support tracing of (foodborne) outbreaks. COHESIVE – One Health EJP
In this symposium we would like to share the results of the project by giving presentations, but also giving you more insight in the possibilities of the products in interactive workshops.
The COHESIVE team will be sending out invitations shortly. You can also secure a place by emailing the team: COHESIVE@rivm.nl with 'Symposium COHESIVE' in the title. You will receive a registration form, more detailed information on the location, hotel options, contact persons etc and updates of the program. The latest version of the program can also be found here
This symposium is open to everyone. The COHESIVE Team hope that many of you will take the opportunity to visit The Netherlands and experience the fun and benefits of a face-to-face meeting again.
Latest News - 1st October 2021
One Health Outcome Inventory update
The Outcome section, which lists shareable outcomes of the OHEJP projects (tools, strain collections, computational methods etc), now has 117 entries, with descriptions and key contact information. The database and search function have been simplified, making keyword search easier.
The Updates section, which lists timely updates of the OHEJP projects, has 223 new entries taking the current total number of entries to over 1000. The Updates section holds latest updates only, whilst older updates can now be found in a new section of the One Health Outcome Inventory, the Archive.
The Archive is easily reachable through the Updates section (the link is in the description in the upper part of the page), and all files can be downloaded.
Like the rest of the One Health Outcome Inventory, the Archive is open access.
Latest News - 28th September 2021
With the aim of disseminating its scientific outcomes to policy makers, the One Health EJP consortium is organising a series of Dissemination Workshops.
These workshops focus on the applicability of the produced solutions, and how they can benefit the prevention, detection, and response to zoonoses: infections that can be transmitted from animals to humans.
The first in the series will be on Metagenomics, an online event on 27th October 2021, 10.00 – 13.00 CET. Metagenomics techniques allow the identification of the whole microbial community from a sample – being it human, animal, food or environmental – rather than detecting only pre-selected microbes, as it is the case with many traditional methods.
We will be shortly sending out a communication and invitation to a selected audience.
Latest News- 22nd March 2021
The first of our Education and Training activities of 2021 took place online in February. Our partners at BfR in Germany organised and hosted the One Health EJP's second CPD Module which focused on Digital Innovation for One Health Practitioners.
The one-week module centred around the use of innovative open-source software solutions supporting risk assessment, zoonotic outbreak investigations and data interoperability. The objective of this training module was to introduce new tools and technologies for One Health researchers and professionals. Specifically, solutions that support foodborne disease outbreak investigations, efficient surveillance data integration as well as the re-use of risk assessment models were introduced. The solutions presented have the potential to support the whole One Health community including national and international risk assessment agencies, risk managers and academic institutions.
The virtual training was delivered by senior research scientists from BfR and partners from our consortium, including SVA, DTU Food, ANSES, RKI and NVI and stakeholders, EFSA with an extensive track record in providing training for research scientists from different research domains.
Over 50 participants – from early-career researchers and PhD students, up to senior scientists – from 15 European countries attended the workshop. The event encouraged knowledge sharing and even allowed participants to present their digital innovation tools, which can be applied to scenarios of food safety, public health and animal health.
Read more in our Continuing Professional Development Module blog post
Latest News- 3rd March 2021
On 3rd March 2021, we welcomed 6 new partners to the One Health EJP consortium. Our welcome meeting gave our new members an opportunity to introduce themselves and gave the One Health EJP a platform to present updates from the last three years.
We welcomed:
National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute, Lithuania
Institute of Health Carlos III, Spain
Institute of Food safety, Animal Health and Environment, Latvia
Finnish Food Authority, Finland
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
National Food Chain Safety Office, Hungary
Our consortium is now 44 partners from 22 countries across Europe, and in forming these new partnerships, we have been able to complete more medical/veterinary partnerships in our partner countries. This is essential in ensuring we address the key issues of foodborne zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance and emerging threats with a true One Health approach.
Latest News- 11th December 2020
The coronavirus pandemic led to this event being re-organised as an online event, hosted on 16th-17th October 2020.
The theme of the module was 'Outbreak Preparedness'- a very timely topic. We all know that outbreaks or events involving new or re-emerging zoonoses can occur anytime and everywhere. The One Health concept recognises that human health is tightly connected to the health of animals and the environment. Therefore, strengthening the human-veterinary collaboration is essential to prevent, detect and respond to zoonotic threats. Yet, implementation and operationalisation of the One Health concept often remains a challenge. In addition, countries differ across Europe (and worldwide) and thus the approaches to One Health issues do also.
The exchange of best practices and experiences of One Health approaches was a central aspect of this module, providing a learning platform aimed at knowledge integration and strengthening of One Health collaboration across Europe
The module delivered a platform to share experiences and lessons learned from past outbreaks, provided an understanding of the Dutch zoonoses response structure, as an example of a One Health approach in prevention and response, provided an insight into relevant aspects of risk perception and communication to professionals and the public, and delivered an interactive experience in risk assessment and response to a zoonotic disease.
Read more in our Continuing Professional Development Module blog post.
Latest News- 26th November 2020
The coronavirus pandemic resulted in our Communication and Media workshop being an online event, hosted on 5th-6th October 2020.
The workshop boasted leading communication experts in public health, with a specific focus on food safety and risk assessment, and included training delivered by a former TV News broadcaster, presenter and reporter who is an expert on media performance and media interviews.
The organisers and speakers delivered a high-quality course consisting of theoretical and practical elements of communication to over 35 delegates from 18 countries. Delegates were from various career stages, including bachelor's students, masters students, PhD students, early career post-doctoral researchers and doctors of human and veterinary medicine.
The delegates represented all pillars of One Health, including veterinary medicine, human medicine, biological sciences, environmental sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, public health, infectious diseases, microbiology, mathematics, social sciences, economics and communications. Bringing together people from across disciplines made this workshop truly cross- disciplinary and highlighted the advantages of a One Health approach.
The comprehensive workshop programme provided delegates with the opportunity to learn from experts about risk communication, EU communication campaigns, and the coordination of communication activities and strategies related to public health and food safety risks.
The attendance of delegates from diverse backgrounds allowed for interesting collaborative discussions and for knowledge and experiences to be shared.
Read more in our Communication and Media Workshop blog post.
Latest News- 29th September 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic led the organising team to deliver the One Health EJP's second Summer School as a virtual event on 17th-28th August 2020.
The organisers and speakers worked hard to deliver a high-quality interactive course to 34 delegates- almost twice as many as last year, and to our OHEJP stakeholders who were also invited to attend this course.
This year's programme boasted leading EU and international experts in public health, animal health and environmental health who face today's challenges to implement One Health strategies in the different health fields.
A wide variety of One Health topics were covered including: disease surveillance for One Health, wildlife and public health, zoonoses modelling, AMR and parasites in the food chain to name a few. The programme also included factors to consider during implementation of One Health strategies such as governance and politics of One Health, sustainable development, economics in global health, socioeconomic impact emerging zoonoses, and connecting with stakeholders.
Delegates represented various stages of their career including bachelors, masters students, PhD students, early career post-doctoral researchers and teaching lecturers and belonged to multiple disciplines across the One Health domains including veterinary medicine, human medicine, biological sciences, infectious diseases, disease surveillance, microbiology, mathematical modelling, economics, social sciences, sustainability sciences, public health, and virology.
This unique consortium of delegates allowed for collaborative discussions, for knowledge and experiences to be shared and for collaborative engagements and future relationships to be formed amongst participants from 22 countries across the globe.
Read more in our latest Summer School blog post.
Latest News- 29th July 2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), who have recently joined the One Health EJP Stakeholder's committee, released a qualitative exposure assessment about the risk of exposure of humans or animals to SARS-CoV-2 from wild, livestock, companion and aquatic animals. This assessment highlights the need to assess the potential One Health aspects of COVID-19 in addition to other emerging threats.
One of the aims of the assessment was to assess the risk of human or animal exposure to SARS-CoV-2 through contact with, handling or consumption of wild, domestic and aquatic animals. The report aims to identify the knowledge gaps regarding the origin of the virus, summarise the existing evidence for SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility of different animal species and creates evidence-based recommendations on how to prioritise animal species for investigation and making One Health recommendations on laboratory research, epidemiological and seasonality studies to fill critical knowledge gaps.
The exposure assessment defines the likelihood of human or animal exposure to SARS-CoV-2 directly from an infected host or indirectly via by-products from highest to lowest. It also considers the level of uncertainty when interpreting the data, to reflect data quality and quantity. The assessment was created using primarily peer-reviewed articles relating to SARS-CoV-2, in addition to novel pre-print released, government reports and official press releases, which had not been peer-reviewed. The assessment underwent a two-step review process.
As a result of the assessment, some important suggestions for targeted field investigations were posed including investigating the potential SARS-CoV-2 animal reservoirs and intermediate hosts posing a zoonotic threat, investigation of potential reverse zoonoses (humans to animals), taking samples from live animals, carcasses and markets, increased laboratory testing and data analysis.
Suggested mitigation measures include improving overall biosecurity methods relating to animal husbandry, food hygiene and food market practices in a country-specific manner. The overall recommendation is to use a One Health approach whereby public health, veterinary, forestry and natural resources and wildlife authorities collaborate to systematically investigate SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology coupled with laboratory testing for animal species potentially linked with human cases of COVID-19.
The full document can be found here: http://www.fao.org/3/ca9959en/CA9959EN.pdf
A global survey, One Health Networks and Workforce Response to COVID-19, is now launched! You are invited to take the following two actions:
1) Complete the survey based on your experience: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/OneHealthNetworkSurvey
2) Forward this message and survey link to colleagues and other interested people in your networks.
Responses are encouraged whether or not you work in One Health or are part of a One Health Network. The estimated time to complete this questionnaire is 10 minutes. It will remain open until 5:00 PM EDT Friday, August 14, 2020.
The objective of this collaborative study is to describe the contributions of the diverse workforce to the COVID-19 pandemic and the connection of One Health networks (OHNs) to workforce response activities. The results will expand the understanding of the value of a One Health approach and the role of OHNs. Results will be utilized to develop targeted interventions to improve workforce capacity for public health response to the COVID-19 and future pandemics.
Participation is voluntary. By submitting your answers, you consent to the use of this data for the research purposes indicated.
For more information, please see the Participant Information Sheet (https://tinyurl.com/yd6b2zl9)
This is a project of the One Health Commission (https://www.onehealthcommission.org/) and the One Health EJP, in partnership with the World Health Organization's Global Outbreak and Response Network (WHO-GOARN, https://extranet.who.int/goarn/).
Thank you for your assistance in this global effort. If you have any questions, please contact:
Dr. Cheryl Stroud, One Health Commission cstroud@onehealthcommission.org
Dr. Pikka Jokelainen, One Health European Joint Programme PIJO@ssi.dk
Dr. Victor del Rio Vilas, WHO-Global Outreach and Response Network delriov@who.int
Read the official communication here.
Latest News- 24th June 2020
An alternative workflow for molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 – escape from the NA extraction kit-shortage
Since the major global manufacturers of molecular diagnostic reagents, like Roche and Qiagen, announced their NA extraction kit-shortage diagnostic laboratories are becoming more and more desperate. WHO is demanding that we test more, however we can not test more if we do not have the reagents.
Members of the One Health EJP Consortium at SSI, Denmark, have submitted a manuscript to MedRxiv for pre-print to Eurosurveillance describing an alternative workflow for molecular COVID-19 testing. Their research shows that it is possible to perform a RT-PCR test directly on a sample with only a simple heat treatment, hence eliminating the need for NA extraction reagents. They believe that this simple method will have a huge impact on the diagnostic crisis the world is facing right now.
In brief, the protocol includes:
Simply heating 10 µl eSwap material for 5 min at 98 degrees C followed by 2 min at 4 degrees C, followed by spinning condensation drops down and apply 5 µl to the RT-PCR reaction. This has been validated for the SensiFAST one-step no ROX RT-PCR kit from Bioline, and is currently set this up in the diagnostic Laboratory at SSI. Not all RT-PCR kits perform well using the heat-processing method, so the method has to be validated to specific RT-PCR assays.
The pre-print publication can be found here.
Latest News- 23rd June 2020
One Health EJP's Annual Scientific Meeting 2020
The second One Health EJP Annual Scientific Meeting was a huge success, live streamed to over 700 participants worldwide. The event showcased a wide variety of One Health research with 5 Keynote speakers, 48 oral presentations and 110 poster presentations, focussing on the themes of foodborne zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance and emerging threats.
The Keynote speakers brought a wealth of experience from across the globe, including Stef Bronzwaer from EFSA, Jaroslav Hrabák from University Hospital Pilsen, Czech Republic, Monika Dolejská from VFU Brno, Czech Republic, Mieke Uyttendaele from Ghent University, Belgium and Elizabeth Mumford from the WHO.
The event also included a significant social media presence with excellent interaction with stakeholders and scientists worldwide. Thank you to everyone who joined the conversation!
Technology enabled us to deliver a virtual conference this year, and we hope next year to be able to organise a physical meeting which will further facilitate the exchange of information on new research ideas, new opportunities for collaboration and the reuniting of friends and colleagues.
See you in Copenhagen for our #OHEJPASM2021!
For more information and to view the abstract book, visit our the ASM page of the website.
Latest News- 3rd June 2020
One Health EJP's Most Recent Stakeholder Committee Meeting
Last week the One Health EJP's WP5 organised an online Stakeholders Committee Meeting, where, beside one of our Key EU stakeholders, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), and representatives of the EU-projects EU-JAMRAI and JPI-AMR, for the first time also representatives from the European Environment Agency (EEA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organisation regional office for Europe (WHO-EURO) participated.
The participants were updated on the current activities of the One Health EJP, and the One Health activities of the stakeholders were presented. Importantly, it was discussed how the One Health EJP can address needs of the stakeholders and increase impact.
Latest News- 19th May 2020
Links Between COVID-19 Related Needs of Stakeholders and One Health EJP Activities
Response to the recent COVID-19 pandemic imposed itself as an impelling priority, shifting many activities of public health organisations from planned tasks to response actions. Given the scale of the pandemic, animal health organisations have joined forces with public health organisations to contribute to human diagnostics.
As crucial as public health measures and diagnostics are, it is clear that more research is needed to understand and contain the spread of this pandemic, and to prevent similar ones in the future. Given the zoonotic origin of SARS-CoV-2, the application of a One Health approach is essential. Research priorities and knowledge gaps have been summarised by the WHO in R&D Blueprint coordinated Global Research Roadmap, by the OIE in the outcomes of the OIE ad hoc Group on COVID-19 and the human-animal interface, and by ECDC in their rapid risk assessments.
The One Health EJP pursues cross-sectoral and international collaboration and research and advocates a One Health approach and the "prevent-detect-response" concept. As a landmark partnership between 37 acclaimed food, veterinary and public health laboratories and institutes across Europe, it is in the perfect position to provide a major contribution to COVID-19 response and research. Moreover, as all the partner organisations have mandates from their national ministries or regional authorities, the consortium is in a privileged position when it comes to feeding back its outcomes to national and European risk assessors, risk managers and policy makers.
Emerging threats are a focus of the One Health EJP, and partner organisations reacted timely to the emergency: public health organisations were at the frontline, and animal health organisations rapidly followed to support large scale human diagnosis. Several projects of the One Health EJP (METASTAVA, Tele-VIR and MAD-Vir) focus on viruses, in particular on detection of novel emerging virus threats.
Given the vast number of European and international research projects currently being initiated on the topic of SARS-CoV-2, the One Health EJP recognises the importance of aligning its activities to European and international guidelines. To minimise the risk of duplication of efforts and maximise added value, alignment of One Health EJP activities to international guidelines is summarised and confirmed by this document.
The full document can be downloaded here and displays European and international priorities (general recommendations, and specific research needs and knowledge gaps) identified by scanning published documents of ECDC, EFSA, FAO, OIE and WHO, and how they are addressed in activities of the One Health EJP.
COVID-19: the potential role of animals
In March, the One Health EJP reported on the potential role of animals and food in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (see Latest News- 18th March 2020). As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the world, the role of animals in the transmission of the virus has again become a focus of attention. There are many human and animal health institutes assisting in the outbreak, and many examples from the One Health EJP consortium have already been highlighted. Additionally, the FAO has recognised that a One Health approach should be established to increase diagnostic capabilities and the sharing of knowledge.
What role do animals play in the COVID-19 outbreak?
The WHO and OIE advice remains unchanged, that the predominant route of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is human to human transmission (1). However, there is currently lots of research on SARS-CoV-2 in animals, including reports of detection of SARS-CoV-2 in domestic animals such as cats and dogs that have been in contact with infected humans, and some unconfirmed experimental studies. However, more research is required to investigate this further and to determine if domestic animals can transmit the virus. In April, it was reported that tigers and lions at the Bronx Zoo in New York City tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. These big cats were thought to have caught the infection from an asymptomatic zookeeper who has since tested positive (2,3). Additionally, in the Netherlands, two mink farms are home to mink that have tested positive for the virus. These animals are also thought to have been infected by infected employees at the farm. These incidence of human to animal transmission require a joint approach with farmers, zookeepers, veterinarians and veterinary laboratories. In the Netherlands research has begun to monitor the development of disease in the infected mink farms.
These findings are evidence that an integrated One Health approach should be adopted to further understand the transmission of this virus. This will help both the animal and human health sectors and aid in the epidemiology and understanding of SARS-CoV-2. The One Health EJP has already demonstrated its ability to use a One Health approach during this pandemic with both public health and veterinary laboratories combing efforts in the fight against SARS-CoV-2. For more information about this, read some of our previous Latest News posts!
More information regarding the role of animals in the COVID-19 outbreak can be found on the OIE website where they answer some key questions regarding the outbreak.
World Organisation for Animal Health, 2020, Questions and Answers on the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), date viewed: 07.04.2020, < https://www.oie.int/en/scientific-expertise/specific-information-and-recommendations/questions-and-answers-on-2019novel-coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR1Tm_HOK6WWdNt0Lk8fm-_LUG0fZekoho3fanEHwQrxYJRUbW8uVj3Ehz0>
BBC News, 2020, Coronavirus: Tiger at Bronx Zoo tests positive for Covid-19, date viewed: 07.04.2020, <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52177586
National Geographic, 2020, Seven more big cats test positive for the Coronavirus at Bronx Zoo, date viewed: 18.05.2020, <https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/04/tiger-coronavirus-covid19-positive-test-bronx-zoo/>
Latest News- 30th April 2020
The One Health Commission, the OHEJP, and other groups are partnering with the World Health Organisation's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), to help build capacity for the global COVID-19 pandemic response.
The GOARN is a collaboration of over 200 institutions and networks that identifies experts willing and able to assist during an outbreak or pandemic in countries where they are needed most.
GOARN is seeking experts with a minimum of 5-yrs experience in relevant disciplines, including:
Outbreak research
Risk communications
Assistance can be provided through in-country deployment or remotely, such as assistance with training events, development or review of national guidelines/protocols/SOPs, specific pieces of analyses, communications, etc. If physically deployed, GOARN would support your deployment with flights, in-country living expenses, and medical insurance.
To be considered, please submit all required details including your CV, availability date range, and minimum and maximum duration for deployment here: GOARN Request for Assistance
For the official communication and more details click here.
Examples of One Health co-operation in COVID-19 diagnostics: The Swedish National Veterinary Institute (SVA) analyses health care samples for SARS-CoV-2
Our world faces the COVID-19 global pandemic, and many One Health EJP consortium partners have key roles in managing the situation at national level across Europe.
For example, FAO has recognised that enormous processivity is needed for the diagnostic capacity required, and OIE has provided guidance for how veterinary laboratories can provide support. Veterinary laboratories have an extraordinary experience in the diagnosis of infectious diseases also in emergency situations and can therefore be tremendously supportive in this. In this series of 'Examples of One Health co-operation in COVID-19 diagnostics', we highlight how One Health co-operation has been established across Europe.
The Swedish National Veterinary Institute (SVA) has, in collaboration with two of Sweden's county councils, started to analyse samples from the health care system for SARS-CoV-2.
"We aim to support Swedish health care as much as we can", says Ann Lindberg, the Director General of SVA.
SVA is the largest veterinary laboratory in Sweden. The institute analyses over 400.000 diagnostic samples yearly, including several types of coronaviruses associated with animal disease. The work at the department of microbiology includes routine diagnostics in animal health care and surveillance, allowing large numbers of samples to be processed and analysed.
"The capacity at SVA regarding personnel, equipment and facilities is high and so is our competence, also from an international perspective" says Henrik Ericsson, Head of Department of Microbiology at SVA. By providing this service for Swedish healthcare, we will substantially contribute to an improved capacity of testing for SARS-CoV-2.
A collaboration agreement has now been established between SVA and two of the county councils. Samples are transported to SVA and analysed for SARS-CoV-2.
SVA provides expertise in zoonoses and has a well-established and close collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Sweden.
"As an authority with a civil contingency function, SVA is part of the national preparedness for disruptions in the society. Naturally, we offer our knowledge and resources in the current situation" says Ann Lindberg, Director General.
The COVID-19 pandemic is not primarily an animal health issue, but the continuous preparedness at SVA regarding severe transmissible diseases in animals allows for a rapid increase of capacity in response to crises.
Click here for the original press release.
Latest News- 9th April 2020
Examples of One Health co-operation in COVID-19 diagnostics: Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Statens Serum Institut (SSI) are developing three new devices for the rapid diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2
DTU and SSI are developing three new rapid instruments for on-site diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2. Two of these are scheduled to be ready for emergency use in Denmark by October. They will make the response of the health care system even more effective and ensure fewer people in quarantine.
Despite the DTU being recently shutdown, Professor Anders Wolff from DTU continues to work and leads the project "CoronaDX", in which researchers are developing three new measuring instruments capable of performing fast on-site diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2. Professor Dang Duong Bang from DTU National Food Institute, who is part of the project, also keeps his laboratory open for business, and so does project partner, Professor Anders Fomsgaard who is the OHEJP MAD-ViR Project Leader and Chief of Virus Research & Development at SSI. Two out of the three instruments are scheduled to be ready for emergency use by October, when the next wave of COVID-19 is expected to hit Denmark. The third instrument is scheduled to be ready in March 2021.
With the new instruments, quarantine-affected people will be able to get an immediate diagnosis. If they are not infected, they can resume their normal lives and work right away, thus keeping the country running as normally as possible during the epidemic.
Under normal conditions, such a development would take several years, and Professor Anders Wolff from DTU Bioengineering, who heads the project, says that this project is developing unusually fast:
"It's quite clear that the research community is acutely aware that this is a very special and serious situation, and we work together as colleagues across countries and organizations rather than as competitors. That is why there are so many publicly available RNA sequences for COVID-19, and that is one of the reasons we are able to work as fast as we currently do."
The three new instruments measure in three different ways to recognise the virus, and the technology itself is the newest in the field. The researchers have very recently developed it in another EU funded project aimed at detecting diseases in poultry.
Click here for the full article and to find out more about these three new devices.
Examples of One Health co-operation in COVID-19 diagnostics: Sciensano veterinary laboratories are contributing to COVID-19 testing in Belgium
Sciensano, Belgium:
The veterinary laboratories at Sciensano are collaborating with other laboratories to increase the diagnostic capacity in Belgium in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Reference laboratories in Belgium have been testing for SARS-CoV-2 for a number of weeks. Now, in a step to take a One Health approach to the pandemic, Sciensano's veterinary laboratories and pharmaceutical and other veterinary laboratories are now joining forces to increase the country's diagnostic capability.
Experts at Sciensano will initially perform testing of approximately 100 samples per day, with capacity increasing in the coming weeks. This will contribute to more rapid diagnostics and a better understanding of the epidemiology of the disease.
For more information on Sciensano's role in the COVID-19 response, click here.
Latest News- 3rd April 2020
Examples of One Health co-operation in COVID-19 diagnostics:
For example, FAO has recognised that enormous processivity is needed for the diagnostic capacity required. Veterinary laboratories have an extraordinary experience in the diagnosis of infectious diseases also in emergency situations and can therefore be tremendously supportive in this. In this series of 'Examples of One Health co-operation in COVID-19 diagnostics', we highlight how One Health co-operation has been established across Europe.
VISAVET-UCM, Spain:
The Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) has setup a network of laboratories composed of different faculties (including the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine) and research centres (including the VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre) with the aim of helping the diagnosis of COVID-19 in this epidemic crisis, and in which specialists in health, infectious diseases and molecular biology from different research groups and UCM centres provide PCR equipment and staff.
The UCM has started the analysis of samples for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 where VISAVET is responsible for the reception and extraction of all RNA samples and other organisations as Saluvet Innova, the Antimicrobial Resistance Unit and Molecular Basis of Adaptation laboratories perform the identification by Real Time PCR.
Click here to read the full press release.
Latest News- 2nd April 2020
School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey , UK:
A team of scientists at University of Surrey, Lancaster University and Brunel University are developing an easy point of care COVID-19 test, which can inform people if they have SARS-CoV-2 in just half an hour.
The proposed molecular test and smartphone app would allow people who are self-isolating test themselves, and allow health care workers test both patients and themselves – helping the UK to dramatically upscale its testing capacity.
The battery-operated and hand-held smart phone-linked device is highly cost effective and easy to use. It works by taking nasal or throat swabs, which are put into the device. Then in 30 minutes, it can determine if someone has SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 outbreak. The samples don't need to go to a laboratory and the same device can test six people at once at a cost of around £4 per person.
Professor Roberto La Ragione, One Health EJP's Work Package 6 Leader and Deputy Head of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Surrey, said:
"We are delighted to be involved in the development of rapid diagnostic tools for COVID-19. With a fast response from manufacturers, we could deliver a point-of-care test kit to support mass-scale testing within the NHS and globally."
Click here to listen to the BBC Surrey Radio interview where Professor Roberto La Ragione
Latest News- 1st April 2020
IZSAM, and IZSLER, Italy:
IZSAM and IZSLER are the among the first three Experimental Zooprophylactic Institutes in Italy that will give their diagnostic support to regions of Italy for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2. To date, an entire network of ten Italian IZS Institutes are engaged in providing diagnostic support.
Experimental Zooprophylactic Institutes that can provide this assistance must be equipped with "adequate structures for biological containment (BSL-3) and with proven analytical capacity in the continuous and significant use of diagnostic techniques applicable, even in emergency situations, for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV- 2".
Dr. Giovanni Savini, the Head of the Complex Structure of Animal Health and the Virology Department of IZSAM, and the One Health EJP's Scientific Steering Board representative for IZSAM, will be coordinating the diagnostic activity, and said:
"We are analysing about 150 samples per day. In the future, with the activation of another line of work, we will be able to process over 400 samples per day. In any case, the Institute is ready to change its work rhythms according to the indications of CREA, the Abruzzo Regional Emergency-Urgency Committee. We are currently analysing samples from the ASL of Teramo, working with the ASL of L'Aquila and have just been contacted by the ASL of Chieti…I would like to thank all the technicians and operators of our team and would also like to spend a few words on the Italian network of Experimental Zooprophylactic Institutes because, through diagnostic activities, they are supporting the National Health Service in this moment of emergency "
For more information, read the full article here
Latest News- 31st March 2020
Examples of One Health co-operation in COVID-19 diagnostics: WBVR significantly increases the testing capacity in the Netherlands
Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, (WBVR) the Netherlands:
From 30th March 2020, the WBVR laboratory can carry out up to 1500 tests daily to determine whether an individual has been infected by SARS-CoV-2. The lab can test samples from patients, and a new device will be used which can drastically increase the number of tests performed. During normal working hours 500 tests can be done per day, but by working 24 hours a day this can be increased to 1500.
Minister Hugo de Jonge has informed the Dutch Parliament that approximately 2000 tests are performed daily in the Netherlands. Therefore, WBVR's contribution will represent a significant expansion of the test capacity.
For more information on WBVR's role in the COVID-19 response, click here.
Latest News- 18th March 2020
COVID-19: the potential role of animals and food in virus transmission
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of COVID-19. A One Health approach is needed to identify the roles of humans, domestic and wild animals, and the environment in transmission of this virus.
Can humans acquire COVID-19 from an animal source?
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that occur commonly in several animal species. However, these viruses are usually species-specific such as the canine coronavirus (CCV) in dogs [1] and the feline coronavirus (FCV) in cats [2]. Occasionally, humans can be infected with these viruses (zoonotic transmission) which may further spread to other people (human-to-human transmission). Examples of zoonotic transmissions include SARS-CoV, which is associated with civet cats [3] and horseshoe bats [4], and MERS-CoV which is transmitted by dromedaries [5]. To date, the possible initial animal source(s) of SARS-CoV-2 have not been confirmed.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) advises practising good food safety at all times. Even if there are no indications that food is involved in the transmission of COVID-19, as a precautionary principle/attitude, consuming raw or undercooked animal products should be avoided. [6].
Can humans catch COVID-19 from their pets?
According to the WHO, while there has been one instance of a dog being infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong, to date, there is no evidence that a dog, cat or any pet can transmit SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 is mainly spread from person to person, through droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or speaks.
Click here to find the latest information on the basic protective measures each person is advised to take in order to protect themselves and others.
What do our experts conclude?
The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), the One Health EJP lead co-ordinating institute, assembled an expert group that concluded that with the scientific knowledge currently available, there is currently no evidence that pets or livestock play a role in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 [7]. The One Health EJP will put specific focus on analysing this further. It is clear collaborative research efforts will be required to make the final conclusions.
1. Buonavoglia et al, 2006, Canine Coronavirus Highly Pathogenic for Dogs, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 12(3): 492-494
2. Druschel et al, 2011, Feline Coronavirus in Multicat Environments, Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 41(3):1133-1169
3. World Health Organisation, 2020, SARS (Severe Acute Respirator Syndrome), date viewed:16. 03.2020, < https://www.who.int/ith/diseases/sars/en/>
4. Hu et al, 2017, Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses provides new insights into the origin of SARS coronavirus, Plos Pathogens, 13(11): e1006698
5. World Health Organisation, 2019, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), date viewed:16. 03.2020, <https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-(mers-cov)>
6. World Health Organisation, 2019,Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, date viewed:16. 03.2020, <https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 >
7. French Agency for Food, Environmental, and Occupational Health and Safety, 2020, COVID-19 cannot be transmitted by either farm animals or domestic animals, Date viewed:11.03.2020, <https://www.anses.fr/en/content/covid-19-cannot-be-transmitted-either-farm-animals-or-domestic-animals-0>
COVID-19 is an emerging threat
The first reports of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Chinese city of Wuhan were made in late December 2019. Chinese authorities identified a novel coronavirus, which had not previously been identified in humans. The virus is presumed to originate from animals.
The COVID-19 outbreak is an emerging threat and is a rapidly evolving situation with ongoing outbreak investigations affecting countries all over the globe. After the first cases in Europe were confirmed in January 2020, the virus continues to spread rapidly throughout the continent.
Although human to human transmission has already been confirmed, further information is required on details about the transmission, potential animal reservoirs, environmental aspects, sources of infection, virulence, pathogenicity, and morbidity and mortality rates.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is coordinating global efforts in the fight against COVID-19, and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is closely monitoring the outbreak and providing risk assessments to guide EU Member States and the European Commission in their response activities.
The One Health EJP's response
The One Health European Joint Programme (OHEJP) has scientific expertise, a network of laboratories in public and animal health and a preferential link to the national and international authorities.
Addressing emerging threats aligns very closely with the OHEJP's visions and goals and therefore the OHEJP is proactive in taking steps to add value to the existing knowledge currently available about COVID-19:
The OHEJP funds and supports the activities of 29 research and integrative projects. Among them, the recent and current Joint Research Projects (JRPs) METASTAVA, Tele-VIR and MAD-Vir all include work on coronaviruses, focusing on detection of novel emerging threats with a specific focus on viral disease outbreaks.
The joint integrative project COHESIVE is developing guidelines to support countries to approach the COVID-19 outbreak using a One Health approach.
The OHEJP consortium members have wide extensive international networks outside of the EU which are of benefit for knowledge sharing in global emergencies such as this.
The public health agencies in each country from our consortium are already involved in the national responses.
A strength of the OHEJP consortium is that it can link the public health domain to the animal and environment health domains.
The OHEJP understands the imminent need to address this current threat, and resource is currently being re-directed through an expert elicitation and prioritisation process to allow the consortium to respond where its strengths can have most benefit, aligning with Strategic Research Agenda.
The OHEJP has a comprehensive selection of Education and Training activities as well as dissemination activities:
The programme for the OHEJP Annual Scientific Meeting Satellite Workshop on 'Systems thinking' has been adapted to use the COVID-19 outbreak as an example of what a new or emerging potential zoonoses can do and how it can impact human and animal health. In this workshop, we will inquire how signalling and response is organised in different countries, and who plays a role in the collaborative interactions necessary to deal with the threat using a One Health approach. The workshop will use the COVID-19 outbreak as an example and use Wuhan as a starting point.
The OHEJP's first CPD module on 'Outbreak Preparedness', a very timely and relevant course, has been adapted to include COVID-19 as a case study.
One of the Keynote talks at the OHEJP Annual Scientific Meeting will be on COVID-19.
Scientific Coordinator: Hein Imberechts (Sciensano)
METASTAVA Project Leader: Steven Van Borm (Sciensano)
TeleVIR Project Leader: Maiken W. Rosenstierne (SSI)
MAD-Vir Project Leader: Anders Fomsgaard (SSI)
COHESIVE Project Leader: Kitty Maassen (RIVM)
Download the full case study here
Read the publication here
Read the DTU Press Release here
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Q: Why didn't the Hogwarts portraits ever see any of the crimes going on during Tom Riddle's days? Why didn't the Hogwarts portraits ever see any of the crimes going on during Tom Riddle's days? Or any criminals in particular?
We see many of the Hogwarts portraits interacting with students and staff members alike, and some portraits even criticize some of the actions that those students and staff members did, like Harry Potter's and Severus Snape's Lumos in the Prisoner of Azkaban. Also, the Headmaster portraits aid the current Headmaster in their duties by sharing knowledge and information to the current Headmaster, as Dumbledore, Snape, and McGonagall did.
The crimes that Tom Riddle, his friends, and, later, his followers committed could've been reported by the Hogwarts portraits to the teachers or Headmaster Dumbledore. Is there a canonical and logical reason from the books or JK Rowling herself that the Hogwarts portraits never reported a single crime to the teachers and Headmaster Dumbledore?

A: The only crimes we see Tom Riddle do while in Hogwarts are releasing the basilisk from the Chamber of Secrets and killing Myrtle. As these things both happened in the girl's bathroom, there weren't any portraits there to see him do those actions. Anyway, I'm sure Tom would've thought of portraits seeing any of his crimes (and for that matter any students in the corridors), and would therefore logically not make any trouble in a public place.
Regarding other Death Eaters, I don't think all of them made their crimes so secret, as we can see from Lily's conversation with Snape:

"...I'm sorry, but I detest Avery and Mulciber! Mulciber! What do you see in him, Sev, he's creepy! D'you know what he tried to do to Mary MacDonald the other day?"

So the Death Eaters probably didn't really care about what trouble they got into if anyone saw what they did. And as we don't really have that much information about their actions in Hogwarts, it's a bit hard to answer if they got away with anything.

A: I thought that the older generations from the wizard community would have been sympathetic to Riddle's concerns so wouldn't be inclined to report anything they witnessed.

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Crocodile ice cream
After months of seeing photos and reading about the crocodile ice cream from local, national and international publications, I finally had the chance to try this classic dessert with a unique (spelled scary) dessert a while back at the Crocodile Park, one of the most popular attractions in Davao City.
I was looking forward to try this crocodile ice cream whose popularity has already spread far and wide, but when I saw the photo of the crocodile standing up and holding a cone of ice cream at the green hut with hot pink stripes, I began to have second thoughts.
The mind is a powerful enemy, and images of bits of crocodile flesh and scales sticking out of my ice cream or if I'm lucky to dig out a tooth or a nail made me walk slower but my buddy and I were on a dare. We were not going to go leave the Crocodile Park without fulfilling our mission, and that is to eat crocodile ice cream.
Ok, so be it! I convinced my buddy to get the crocodile pandan ice cream, promising her I will take a bite from her scoop. I ordered the ostrich vanilla, trying to shake away the feeling that I was going to take a bite of an ostrich in a cone.
There is nothing extraordinary or scary about crocodile ice cream. My ostrich ice cream which is made from ostrich eggs looked nothing out of the ordinary too. With its light brown color, it looked like ordinary ice cream.
I studied my buddy's crocodile ice cream for long seconds but I didn't see any bits of flesh or meat or scales in it.
Except for the extra creamy and smooth texture, we were eating ordinary ice cream, or was I just trying to convince myself?
We learned later that crocodile ice cream is actually made from a combination of milk and crocodile eggs. Each crocodile egg is about (80 percent egg yolk which makes the ice cream creamier and thicker than regular ice cream, but contains less cholesterol and gives more protein than an ordinary chicken egg.
The Crocodile Pandan ice cream and ostrich vanilla sells for 95 pesos per scoop. Durian crocodile ice cream is also available and this one you should try—especially if you haven't tasted durian yet. The funniest description of durian I encountered yet is "a porcupine-looking fruit with a smell that stinks to high heavens."
I love durian, but only the native species so there was no need for me to try it. Other traditional flavors available are maple bacon, coffee rush, strawberry and mango mazing , langka, cookies and cream and chocoloco and cheese cheese.
With the growing popularity of crocodile ice cream, isn't it time time for the horses, camels, lions, unicorns and other wildlife to start hiding? Just thinking…
Lick the soft creamy coolness of the crocodile ice cream and forget about visions of biting a crocodile. On another note, why not? The chance to bite a crocodile doesn't come to anyone's way everyday.
If you're in Davao City, southern Philippines, don't forget to visit the Davao Crocodile Park and grab a scoop of the crocodile ice cream from the Ice Cream Shop from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. everyday.
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Well, we can now officially consider Toys R Us as being back. A little bit more than a year after its demise in the US, the store is back, but with a twist.
The company launched a brand new website. It has a similar style as the old one, but an entirely new focus and functionality.
There are some big differences. For one, you can't actually buy toys from it. At least not directly from Toys R Us.
Instead, the site is going to show toy reviews and trending toys. When you like a certain toy, you can purchase it, but via Target.
That's the new partnership for the Toys R Us website. All toys sales from this site are actually redirected to Target.
The idea is simple. You get to see the classic and also updated Toys R Us experience, but buy the toys from another popular retailer. This way Toys R Us can focus on opening new stores and has a big online presence without spending too much on it.
The site is already active and it's coming in time for the big shopping sprees that are coming over the next few weeks in time for the holidays. Toys R Us plans to open 10 new stores in the US by the end of 2020. They will be smaller and will focus more on experiences.
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Age of Consent in Michigan
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Most people consider rape to be a crime where the victim doesn't consent to intercourse, but the word "rape" can also refer to the age of the person involved. This is called the statutory age of consent, and it is your responsibility to ensure that the person you're having intercourse with has reached this age.
In the United States, the age of consent is legally defined as the minimum age at which a person is old enough to consent to sexual activity. Individuals under this minimum age are considered to be legally incapable of consenting to sexual activity.
What is Age of Consent in Michigan?
16 is the legal age a person can consent to sexual activity in Michigan. Anyone under the age of 16 cannot legally consent to sexual activity.
Are There Exceptions to the Age of Consent?
While in Michigan any person over the age of 16 is legally able to give consent, there are a number of exceptions that can still result in criminal charges. These exceptions include the following:
Consent under influence: if the person giving consent is under the effects of drug or alcohol, the consent is not considered valid. This means that you can be legally charged if you have engaged in sexual activity with a person under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Fiducial relationships: this exception is taken into account when the sexual activity involves a perpetrator in a position of authority over the person giving consent. This relationship of authority can include a teacher/student, corrections officer/inmate, or employer/employee relationship.
Familial relationships: if the two people engaging in sexual activity are related to the fourth degree, there is an exception to the age of consent and the individuals can be charged with a sex crime.
The use of force or coercion: besides physical force or the threat thereof, there is also what is called "economic coercion," where the perpetrator obtains consent by paying the other party. In Michigan, this isn't considered simple solicitation and can actually result in a felony charge.
What Happens if You Violate the Age of Consent?
This is a crime known as statutory rape or third-degree criminal sexual conduct. In Michigan, if you engage in any type of sexual activity involving someone under the age of 16, you are violating the age of consent and can be convicted of a felony charge.
The penalties for criminal sexual conduct in Michigan are very severe and usually involve a period of prison time as well as expensive fines. All people convicted of criminal sexual conduct are monitored for the rest of their lives and must register as sex offenders, which has a huge impact on the rest of their lives.
In addition to statutory rape, there is also the crime of engaging in sexual penetration of a person below the age of 13, which carries a minimum sentence of 25 years, though sentences are usually much harsher.
What's important to note about Michigan is that sexual activity isn't confined to just the sex act. Even touching over clothing can be enough to convict a person of criminal sexual activity, if found to be true beyond a reasonable doubt.
What happens if you made an honest mistake and believed the person you had intercourse with was above the age of consent? In Michigan and many other states, a mistake is not a valid defense, and you will still be prosecuted for criminal sexual activity. This rule even applies if the underage party lied to you and told you they were older.
The Relative Age Rule
In many other states, it's legal for two underage people to engage in consenting sexual activity as long as the partners are of similar age. In Michigan, this isn't the case, and the age of consent is an absolute. What this means is that any person who has sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 16 is committing a crime, no matter how close they are to their partner's age. Even two 15 year olds who engage in sexual activity are committing a crime according to the Michigan law.
Legal Penalties for Violating the Age of Consent
Michigan has some of the most severe laws regarding statutory rape and thus also has some of the harshest sentencing when it comes to the violation of the age of consent. There's no tolerance or leeway given to people who have violated the age of consent with regards to relative ages or whether the person knew the age of the victim.
The legal penalties for a third-degree criminal sexual activity conviction include the following:
Prison time
Hefty fines
A permanent criminal record
Sex offender registration detailing the crime
These penalties are often accompanied by a severe social stigma of being labeled as a sex offender. This can prohibit you from being able to obtain a job and will severely limit the areas in which you can live.
What You Should Do if You're Charged with Violating the Age of Consent
Your first step should always be to hire an experienced lawyer who has dealt with such cases before. Any case involving sexual activity with a minor is emotionally fraught, and the consequences of a conviction are life-altering. A good lawyer will be able to assess your case and provide you with a strategy to protect your rights and make sure you are treated fairly.
Even if your case goes all the way to trial, you shouldn't lose hope. Remember that you're presumed innocent, and it's the prosecution's job to prove your guilt. By working with an experienced trial attorney, you can increase the likelihood that you'll get the best possible outcome for your case.
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The story of the Santa Fe 5000 "Madam Queen" steam locomotive continues in Amarillo, Texas. A city which may have never existed if it were not for the influence of railroads crisscrossing the Texas Panhandle. Instead of me attempting to tell the stories behind the Madam Queen I will instead try to find useful and informative information already available on the web and link to those resources.
I will also see if I can discover what the city has in mind for her now. I have heard lots of stories about previous proposals and hope to chase down some of those stories for the Story Channel as well.
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CARNEY FOY
Inducted: 2008 - Contributor
Hometown: Silver City, N.M
Born: August 30, 1954
Carney Foy had a 17-year tenure as UPA Treasurer, which is the longest of any individual's service to the UPA. He provided financial guidance and organizational skills that kept the UPA functioning in its formative years and was a key officer of the UPA from 1981 to 1997. Carney developed the systems to manage membership information, collect dues, and ensure that UPA Newsletters got to paying members. A Certified Public Accountant, Carney dutifully handled the finances, made sure the UPA paid its bills, and prepared the UPA's financial statements. Before there was an office, Carney's CPA firm served as the de facto UPA headquarters. Carney played Ultimate in the late 1970s and early 1980s and was a founding member of the La Peda Frisbee Club and the Arizona Plastic Surgeons.
Playing Career | Contributions & Service | Interview
After finishing college at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., Carney returned to his hometown of Silver City, N.M. and started playing disc sports with local friends. They decided to host what they called the New Mexico State Championships and invited disc players from Albuquerque down for a day of overall events capped off with an Ultimate game at the end of the day. They got hooked on Ultimate and formed a team called La Peda ("the Binge"). Carney played in a variety of tournaments throughout the southwest and California (where he met TK) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Carney was a founding member of the Arizona Plastic Surgeons as well. Unfortunately, he developed arthritis in his knees and so his playing days were cut short by the mid-1980s.
Contributions and Service
• 1981-97 UPA Treasurer/Director of Finance
• According to the history book, Ultimate: The First Four Decades, Carney's
17-year tenure as a UPA officer is the longest tenor of any individual's
service to the UPA.
Q: Describe your major contributions to the growth and development of Ultimate?
A: When I took over the position as treasurer from TK, I received the UPA checkbook (with about $150 in the account) and a printed list of members, along with the admonishment that the Newsletter was already overdue. From scratch, I developed the systems to manage membership information and ensure that the Newsletter (usually) got to the paying members. I also made sure that the UPA paid its bills and kept going as an organization. I responded to each new level of complication – e.g. the requirement that players be UPA members to play in the Nationals' series, the introduction of new divisions -- with a can-do attitude that found a way to actually get things to work. It was only after the UPA headquarters in Colorado had sufficient permanent staff and organizational capabilities that the finance and membership functions were transferred from Silver City in 1997.
Q: How did your contributions impact the sport and/or its organization?
A: I provided organizational skills that kept the UPA functioning in its formative years. Before there was an "official" office, my CPA firm served as the de facto headquarters. By being located in one place for as long as it was, it gave the UPA a standing presence that helped minimize problems from frequent moves that otherwise could have hamstrung it.
Q: How would the sport or its organization be different if you hadn't made your contributions?
A: It is unclear whether the UPA could have survived into the late-1980s without my contributions. Again in the early 1990s after Neal Dambra stepped down as Executive Director and with the subsequent succession problems, the UPA benefited from having its membership and finance functions maintained in a steady fashion out of Silver City.
Q: Why did you do what you did?
A: Remarkably, I responded to an advertisement in the UPA Newsletter for a new treasurer. With arthritic knees, I wanted to find a way to stay involved in the sport. Furthermore, the $150/month stipend was sufficient enough to make the finance payments for the Apple computer I was going to need to buy to do the job. As time went on, I carried on the function as a labor of love for the sport and out of a sense of duty as well.
Q: During which years did you make your principal contributions? How much time did you typically spend in making your contributions during your peak years?
A: I was the UPA Treasurer/Director of Finance from 1981-97. The job tended to be quite seasonal, as dues for much of my tenure were typically collected either at the beginning of the spring or fall season just prior to sectionals. Maintaining and updating the database during those periods was more than a full-time job over a period of around 3-4 weeks. My wife, Creta, helped out and over the years did much of the data entry required. Otherwise, as a qualified CPA, I dutifully handled the finances for the UPA and prepared the financial statements.
Q: Has you organized Ultimate tournaments, leagues, teams, etc.?
A: I helped organize La Peda Ultimate Club and the Arizona Plastic Surgeons. I also helped organize the New Year Ultimate Fest, one of the longest-standing tournaments in the country.
A: I am one of the pillars that has allowed the UPA to still be around 26 years after its founding. I served as the administrative and organizational backbone of the UPA for 17 years. No other individual has served the UPA for as long. I developed all the membership databases and was the main tie with the membership for over half of the existence of the UPA. I provided the financial guidance to the UPA directors (several of whom lacked financial acumen) that kept the organization solvent through its formative years. I performed the extremely important, yet somewhat tedious, tasks of database management and accounting and for very little compensation over a very long period of time.


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Q: Login Component Error on React.js (codesandbox attached) I am a new programmer and I recently started following a Login Form tutorial, and I am experiencing a couple of issues with it.
Project Overview:
As previously described, it is a login form made with create-react-app. The objective is for the user to be able to login, if it is successful, it will log "Logged In" on the console. If there are errors or if its unsuccessful, it will log "Details Do Not Match".
The Problem:
Though I followed this tutorial line-by-line, there is an unseen error in my code that causes the console to log "Details Do Not Match". I am curious to see where I might have written the code incorrectly.
Below I've attached a working Codesandbox link of my code:
https://codesandbox.io/s/project-zi3un5

A: You had a minor typo on line 17. You were comparing details.email to adminUser instead of adminUser.email
It should read:
if (details.email === adminUser.email && details.password === adminUser.password) {
  console.log("Logged In");
  setUser({
    name: details.name,
    email: details.email
});

Here's a fixed version: https://codesandbox.io/s/project-forked-nvmmyn


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Ryan Miller, better known by his stage name "R-Milli" is a Hip Hop recording artist from Onalaska, Wisconsin. He started writing music at only 13 years old, however, he didn't release his first real single "Our Rules" until he was 17. Ryan attends UW-Eau Claire and strives to make it big in the music industry.
Meet R-Milli
Music is a HUGE part of Ryan's life- it's his passion and dream to make it big someday. His rapping style is inspired by some of his favorite artists, Tyga and G-Eazy. Ryan has really been able to raise his platform with TikTok- growing to over 35k followers so far. Each video, Ryan remixes songs by famous hip-hop artists (DaBaby, Jack Harlow, MGK, Drake, etc...) while adding a little humor with his pure talent.
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His Time With Streignth
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Short clip of ryan
Fun Facts About Ryan
Origins: Onalaska, WI
Heroes: His future-self
Favorite meal: Smoked reuben and mac and cheese
Education: UW-Eau Claire
Quote he lives by: "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door"
Favorite exercise of all time: speed bag boxing routines
Ryan's 1st viral video- the Splash Challenge. (click on it give it a listen)
Another one of his best TikToks- this time repping one of our hoodies
SOME OF RYAN'S BEST MUSIC (Click To Listen)
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September 4, 2014 – The Las Vegas Numismatic Society Fall coin show is set for September 12-14 in Las Vegas at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino, 2411 W. Sahara. The 51st annual spring show drew 300 dealers and over 3000 visitors.
Bob Higgins of Argent giving an appraisal.
Saturday's Silver Dollar panel extends a great opportunity to learn from silver dollar experts and authors. Meet John Highfill, Comprehensive US Silver Dollar Encyclopedia, C Logan McKechnie, VAMView Annual Price Guide, Jeff Oxman, Carson City Morgan Dollars: Coins of the GSA Hoard and Mark Witkower, Official Guide to the 1878 Reverse of '79 Varieties.
John Highfill presenting the Silver Dollar Encyclopedia to Rodney Winks at the seminar.
Highfill founded the National Silver Dollar Roundtable and has been a silver dollar specialist for over 40 years. McKechnie added over 200 silver dollar varieties and revisions to the VAM list. Oxman authored Top 100 Morgan Dollar Varieties and four other standard reference works, including the Hot 50 VAMs, the Hit List 40 VAMs. This four star panel is set for Saturday, September 13 and begins at 12:00 noon. Seating is limited.
On Saturday morning, Panda collectors will want to visit with Peter Anthony, author of the Gold and Silver Panda Coin Buyers Guide, NGC consultant and World Coin News contributor. Just back from China, he was working on his new book. According to Anthony, "The first Chinese edition of Gold and Silver Panda Coin Buyers Guide was brought to press earlier this year and is already sold out. The China Financial Press, a branch of the Chinese government in Beijing, rarely publishes the work of foreign authors." Anthony's book signings in Beijing Xi'an in Shanghai drew both public and media coverage including five photographers.
Often cited as the best source for information on Panda coins, the Gold and Silver Panda Coin Buyers Guide provides extensive population data representing more than a decade of research by Peter Anthony. Seminar begins at 10:30am on Saturday, September 13. Seating is limited.
On Friday afternoon, Lawrence Goldberg, author of What Color Are Your Assets? An Insider's Guide to Rare Coins and Precious Metals, will be conducting a Hard Asset seminar. Lawrence shares his 33 years of knowledge, insights and approach to the purchase of rare coins from a coin dealer's point of view. He teaches both the beginner and seasoned collector how to use the mechanics of financial markets to their best advantage. Come to understand this often underappreciated portable asset and learn how to build a private and liquid portfolio to create value from coins. Seminar starts at 1:00pm, Friday, September 12.
ANACS will accept submissions onsite at the show all three days.
Civil war aficionados won't want to miss a day with the Nevada Civil War Association. Members will appear in period dress at the show on Saturday for impromptu reenactments and photo opportunities, as well as exhibit civil war memorabilia.
The Las Vegas Numismatic Society coin show has been holding their annual show for over 51 years. "Pre-registered guests came from as far away as France, Australia and Canada to attend the recent spring show," related Dawn Napolitan, CK Shows. "Las Vegas Numismatic Society is an active club and passed the 200 member mark this year with 226 registered members. A record 116 members gathered for a club meeting commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Gettysburg. The subsequent volunteerism by over 25 club members each show is characteristic and plays out in many aspects of the show, including aggressive poster placement around the Las Vegas metro-plex, registration, set-up and tear-down." The Las Vegas Numismatic Society provides scholarships for Nevadan collegiate and numismatic education to the Las Vegas community.
Las Vegas Numismatic Society Young Numismatist public library displays in Las Vegas.
In 2014, the LVNS Young Numismatist Program is reaching out to kids of all ages through displays which have been set up in local libraries throughout Las Vegas metropolitan area. The large displays typically encompass four showcases filled with coins, paper money, relics, medals, casino chips, reference books, and other interesting items. The goal is to encourage kids to start collecting, by showing them some of the exciting sides of numismatics. There is also a coin quiz posted, offering a reward if the correct answers are brought to a LVNS club meeting. Library displays have already drawn new young members. "After all who doesn't love money?" quipped Ed Smith, Las Vegas Numismatic Society Young Numismatist committee.
The show promoter, CK Shows has announced the addition of a third show in Las Vegas, called The Vegas Show. This new show will take place December 12-14 in a new venue, The Riviera Hotel and Casino, 2901 Las Vegas Blvd South, in association with the Las Vegas Numismatic Society. Both Las Vegas club shows will be coming to the historic Riviera in 2015, as well. "We are very excited about the new location," reveals Dawn Napolitan.
"The Riviera is perfectly located for easy access and plenty of parking for locals and positioned nicely for out of town visitors and exhibitors. We are thrilled to re-connect with the fabulous Las Vegas Strip, the roots of this Coin Town. Many people forget that, up until the early 1970's, silver dollars were still being played in slot machines. To celebrate our new partnership, the Riviera is offering us room rates from $25." Visitors and dealers may call reservations at 800-634-6753 or 702-794-9412 to take advantage of this limited room block. Use code SLVNSI4.
The 2014 fall show will still be held at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino. Dealer set-up and visiting dealer entry hours are Thursday September 12-14 from 2pm to 7pm. Dealer "Early Bird" entry is $50. Public hours are Friday and Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sunday 10am to 3pm.
Public admission is $3 for all three days. Coupon is available for download at the official event website. There is free admission for members of any coin club, seniors 65 or over, Boy Scouts or military in uniform and children 8 years old or younger.
For more details, including hotel rate, go to the event website …
… send an email …
… or call Dawn at 888-330-5188 or 800-208-1810. Future shows are scheduled for December 12-14 and March 20-22 at the Rivera Hotel and Casino.


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