29 July 2021: Postcard Greetings from Arromanches…

29 July 2021: As reported yesterday a small number of people are still getting infected with the coronavirus even after being vaccinated, the symptoms they report differ from those for non-vaccinated people. The few people that are fully vaccinated and are not asymptomaticreport following complaints: headaches, a runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, and a loss of smell. Not only fever, but also a persistent cough has disappeared from the list. The loss of smell – which was also a well-known symptom of the original strain of the virus – reappeared.The findings come from a large-scale study conducted by the King’s College London University in collaboration with health science company ZOE, based on data from more than four million people who use ZOE’s COVID Symptom Study app worldwide. The researchers pointed out that although vaccinated patients show fewer (severe) symptoms and get better faster, and that there are virtually no people in hospitals who have been vaccinated you better have a corona test done as soon as you suddenly start sneezing for no apparent reason. Meanwhile, the number of infections in Belgium is still up albeit at a slower pace. Between 19 and 25 July, an average of 1,472 new coronavirus infections were detected per day, a 8% increase from the average of the previous week. On display today is another picture of our Normandy trip. It’s an early morning view of the remains of the harbor that was constructed in 1944, just a couple of days after D-Day – Arromanches, Normandy, France.