Dr. Henk Jan

Are only the elderly and people with comorbidity affected by the coronavirus to such an extent that they develop COVID-19? In defense of that corona is an unpredictable killer virus that can also strike sent from an undamaged existence, it is said that by stating that only the elderly and chronically ill die of COVID-19, … Read moreYoung, healthy and yet deceased from COVID-19

The number of patients with COVID-19 in the Netherlands has fallen below six hundred. In most intensive care units, “normal” intensive care patients are now admitted and treated. The non-COVID-19 patients in intensive care are often just as sick or sicker as the COVID-19 patients. There is actually no difference. The normal intensive care patient … Read moreHow unique is the COVID-19 survivor?

‘A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ’ John Steinbeck in Travels with Charley: In search of America, 1962 Isolating individuals from society is done for several reasons. For example, criminals are isolated from the rest of society in prisons for some time. Their crime against society was too great to keep them among … Read morePremature death and psychological distress from quarantine and social isolation

In 2019, 151,793 people died in the Netherlands. Of these, about 20,000 are directly affected by cigarette smoking, 10,000 of which are lung cancer (a cancer almost exclusively caused by smoking) and some 6,000 are due to terminal COPD. In addition, approximately 9,000 people died from stroke and 8,500 people from coronary artery disease. Both … Read moreThe “new normal” or a “temporary abnormal”?

In recent weeks we have been in isolation from each other. We had to get one and a half meters apart. Work at home. This is to prevent the coronavirus from infecting too many people, which in turn could infect others, including vulnerable people, such as the elderly and people with underlying chronic diseases. These … Read moreDid the corona crisis bring something good?