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      The papers for this episode:

      Target vaccination rate for Germany:

      • Epidemiological Bulletin 27, 8.7.21 (online 5.7.21) "What vaccination quota is necessary to control Covid-19?", O. Wichmann et al.

      Description of the SEIR model used:

      • Epidemiological Bulletin 13, 1.4.21 "Influence of vaccinations and contact reductions on the third wave of the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic and a return to pre-pandemic contact behavior", S. Scholz et al.

      Plea against full opening in the UK:

      • D. Gurdasani et al., "Mass infection is not an option: We must do more to protect our young", The Lancet, Correspondence, 7.7.21

      Importance of heterogeneous networks:

      • M. Cevik and SD Baral, “Networks of Sars-Cov-2 transmission”;

        Science, 8.7.21

      Interpretation of the sharp decline in the number of cases in May in Germany:

      • Janos Gabler, Tobias Raabe, Klara Röhrl, Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, "The Effectiveness of Strategies to Contain Sars-CoV-2: Testing, Vaccinations, and NPIs", arXiv: 2106.11129v2, 23.6.21