COVID has demonstrated how easy it is to bring life and the economy to a complete standstill, instant reliable result testing is the only way forward, without it, we are at risk of going backwards and bring yet more pressure on the health system, businesses and the public.

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG

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Zu den Szenarien für ein Begrenzung der Erderwärmung auf 1,5° Celsius in diesem Jahrhundert

Deprimierender UN-Bericht über das Nicht-Erreichen der Aichi-Ziele.

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around this time, the US was pretty self-sustainable

The competition of capitalism leaves behind issues like resource waste, unemployment, inflation, but through urbanization, society is able to take these left over pieces and produce growth from them