Jaap van Dissel
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Jaap Tamino van Dissel (born 29 April 1957) is a Dutch virologist and infectiologist.
Van Dissel is director of the Centrum Infectieziektebestrijding (CIb) of the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM).[1] He is also professor at the Leiden University with specialization Internal Medicine, in particular infectious diseases.
Life
Van Dissel was born on 29 April 1957 in Amsterdam.[2] He obtained his doctorate at Leiden University in 1987 with a thesis titled: "Divergent bactericidal activity of resident and activated macrophages for Salmonella typhimurium and Listeria monocytogenes". He became a professor of internal medicine, in particular infectious diseases, at Leiden University in 2000.[2] In 2013 he succeeded Roel Coutinho as head of the Centrum Infectieziektebestrijding.[3]
Corona crisis
In 2020, Van Dissel made frequent headlines as an infectious disease control expert and as chairman of the Outbreak Management Team following the COVID-19 pandemic - the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands - SARS-CoV-2 causing the contagious respiratory disease COVID-19. Partly on his advice, measures were taken by the Rutte III cabinet for the public health to prevent the spread of this virus disease, including the “intelligent lockdown”.[4] As a speaker at several government press conferences, he explained the background to these measures. Throughout the pandemic, he has argued that "there is no scientific proof of cloth masks’ effectiveness, and that they might do more harm than good by giving users a false sense of security", for which he has been criticized by Anthony Fauci among others.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Prof. dr. J.T. (Jaap) van Dissel" (in Dutch). National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). 10 May 2020. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Jaap Tamino van Dissel (Jaap)" (in Dutch). Leiden University. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Eigenlijk is het stom toeval dat Jaap van Dissel nu onze voornaamste coronabestrijder is" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 28 March 2020. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020.
- ^ Maarten Keulemans (2020-03-12). "Are we doing enough? RIVM boss Van Dissel: 'As soon as something indicates infection in the family: isolation'". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-03-13.
- ^ "Record Dutch COVID-19 cases prompt U-turn on face masks". 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Dutch Dr. Fauci Thinks Masks Won't Work. Here's Why". Newsweek.
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