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The Covid-19 pandemic has caused elevated levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress. Health care staff work daily in an environment where they are exposed to varying degrees of agitation and anxiety. This requires perseverance and a high degree of motivation and concentration. This study aimed to meet such diverse challenges by supporting citizens and staff through Covid-19 vaccine procedures in the Spring of 2021 through the utilization of background music. A curated playlist was developed in collaboration with health care and medical staff. Observation data was collected on three days with music and on three days without music with a total of 699 citizens and 39 employees participating. Analysis of data indicated how background music in connection with vaccination may have a positive effect on citizens and staff, especially in terms of citizens’experience of waiting time, of mood, of sound environment in the vaccination hall, as well as staff experience of contact with citizens and in cooperation with colleagues. Implementing curated playlists requires professional expertise to maximize potential benefits, as background music also can have negative effects. The involvement of staff is essential in addressing ethical aspects, as they need to be fully informed about background music and its appropriate usage.

This article argues that waiting in line can exist as an integral part of a food experience. The article offers a new perspective on rethinking queueing and understanding queueing as an important part of the restaurant experience. The study provides an example of downplaying the exclusiveness of fine dining through the interpersonal queueing experience. In practical terms, the article examines the global trend of opening a food event during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on a specific case, draws up recommendations for restaurant design, and highlights the relevance of having different design strategies in uncertain times such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, the article contributes to the growing corpus of studies in food experience design by focusing on the overlooked aspect of waiting in line. The empirical example used is from a major ongoing study on the specular transformation of the iconic New Nordic restaurant NOMA (Copenhagen) in spring 2020 at the time of the first post-COVID-19 reopening of restaurants. This world-renowned restaurant—known for local, seasonal, foraged, vegetable-focused cuisine—was transformed into a burger joint serving only a cheeseburger and a veggie burger. Through such transformation, the eating experience was radically altered. Interviews with 20 guests about their experience show that waiting in line—rather than being an obstacle as one might imagine—became central to the overall experience for most visitors. The "waiting-in-line" experience helped 1) create more informal interpersonal exchanges between NOMA staff and guests, and 2) build up an atmosphere of anticipation and excitement, which added to the experience of eating in NOMA's garden or neighboring surroundings. The case could be understood as part of an overall trend to play with access and accessibility to food experiences on the fine dining scene.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the risk of a positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) test and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outcomes in people with HIV (PWH) with the general population, and estimate the association with vaccination status.DESIGN: A nationwide, population based, matched cohort study.METHODS: We included all Danish PWH ≥18 years ( n = 5276) and an age and sex-matched general population cohort ( n = 42 308). We used Cox regression analyses to calculate (adjusted) incidence rate ratios [(a)IRR] and further stratified and restricted the analyses.RESULTS: We observed no major difference in risk of first positive SARS-CoV-2 test [aIRR: 0.8 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.8-0.9)], but a higher risk of first hospital contact with COVID-19 and hospitalization with severe COVID-19 for PWH vs. controls [IRR: 2.0; (1.6-2.5), 1.8 (1.4-2.3)]. Risk of first hospitalization decreased substantially in PWH with calendar time [first half of year 2022 vs. 2020 IRR: 0.3; (0.2-0.6)], whereas the risk compared to population controls remained almost twofold increased. We did not observe increased risk of death after SARS-CoV-2 infection [aIRR: 0.7 (95% CI: 0.3-2.0)]. Compared to PWH who had received two vaccines PWH who receiving a third vaccine had reduced risk of first positive SARS-CoV-2 test, death (individuals ≥60years) and hospitalization [aIRR: 0.9 (0.7-1.0); 0.2 (0.1-0.7); 0.6 (0.2-1.2)].CONCLUSION: PWH have almost the same risk of a positive SARS-CoV-2 test as the general population. Although risk of hospital contacts and severe outcomes following SARS-CoV-2 infection is increased, the risk of death does not seem to be substantially increased. Importantly, a third vaccine is associated with reduced risk of infection, and death.

The COVID-19 pandemic led to nationwide lockdowns and rigid measures of social distancing in Denmark. Such a situation provides the unique opportunity to study interruptions in training routines and scrutinise the significance of physical attendance, face-to-face interactions and collective engagement for sport and leisure-time physical activity. Drawing on Randall Collins’ micro-sociological theory of ‘Interaction Ritual Chains’, this article focuses on CrossFit–an activity, which is not only known for members’ high-intensity workouts but also for a tight-knit community. Specifically, we explored how CrossFitters in Denmark made sense of and experienced the changes of their leisure practices throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Semi-structured interviews with 20 CrossFitters recruited from different CrossFit boxes showed that not only activity levels but also emotional energy and group solidarity dropped considerably during COVID-19 as members lacked interactions within the CrossFit boxes which had been crucial for their participation before the pandemic. Notably, new training situations, specifically online workouts, could not replace the highly successful interaction rituals in the CrossFit box, which stresses the significance of face-to-face interactions for continuous leisure-time physical activity. In so doing, this article contributes to discussions about whether online workouts and digitally mediated communities can complement or replace physical training.

The past two years have been dominated by COVID-19, the treatment of this virus, vaccination, and complications due to infection. Not all effects of the virus have yet been described. We present a case report in which the patient suffered from Stevens-Johnson syndrome caused by COVID-19. The patient was treated with prednisolone and recovered within a few days. Since SARS-CoV-2 is a fairly new virus it is important to have knowledge about the different outcomes and distinguish these from outcomes caused by other reasons. This could in the long term improve the treatment.