"Traitors": Study shows what researchers go through during pandemic

Scientists and physicians have to take on several roles during the pandemic: Helpers, explainers and enlighteners. In doing so, they face a flood of conspiracy theories, lies and a lot of hatred, as the results of an Australian study show. The results confirm a survey conducted by the scientific journal "Nature". Barbara Barkhausen talks to me over Skype about what she learned from researchers.

Scientists have pinpointed 16 new genetic variants in people who developed severe COVID-19. Source: Getty Images