What are the correct measures against the spread of the coronavirus? Maybrit Illner spoke to her guests about this question on Sunday evening.
- On Sunday evening, Maybrit Illner again discussed the corona virus with her guests.
- Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Sahra Wagenknecht were guests.
- Illner himself expressed some sharp criticism.
- Here you will find the basic facts about the corona virus *. The following recommendations for corona protective measures * are currently available.
Also on Sunday evening the ZDF broadcast a “ Corona Spezial” from the talk show “Maybrit Illner” . In the broadcast yesterday, the moderator spoke with Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Sahra Wagenknecht (Die LINKE) about the effects of the corona pandemic * and the associated effects on life and the economy in Germany. A particularly big topic of controversy was the question of the measures that the Federal Government should take in the coming days.
Corona virus: Wagenknecht against data monitoring - "the best tracking is of no use if ..."
With South Korea, where the spread of Sars-CoV-2 * has slowed considerably, as a role model, the Federal Government * is also considering the use of smartphone apps, with the help of which the contacts of infected people could be better understood afterwards. However, data protection would have to be considerably restricted for such measures. While Vice-Chancellor Scholz advocates the introduction of such a model on a voluntary basis, Wagenknecht sees the priorities as wrong. "The greatest tracking is of no use if the virus continues to spread extremely," says the left-wing politician with regard to the bottlenecks for medical protective clothing in Germany.
In the fight against the spread of the corona epidemic, Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has no objection to cell phone tracking on a voluntary basis.
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"That is why I think it is much more important that we see that we get adequate protective clothing in Germany. We don't even have them for medical staff at the moment, ”Wagenknecht continues. Journalist Gabor Steingart also sees a similar problem in the corona crisis and criticizes the German government. “We couldn't do the least. The disinfectant. The respirators . Lots of things that are going on in Korea. ”Steingart also believes that the regulation of these elementary things should have a higher priority than the“ infection tracking ”via smartphone.
Maybrit Illner: "It is embarrassing enough that a country like Germany fails on disposable items"
However, criticism comes from Karl Haeusgen, the Vice President of the Association of German Mechanical and Plant Engineering. Haeusgen believes that it is the wrong way to focus solely on one measure to combat the spread of Sars-CoV-2 . "It is a matter of parallel, intelligent and differentiated implementation of a whole series of measures at the same time", Haeusgen explains and also receives the approval of Olaf Scholz.
The finance minister also advocates taking several measures at the same time and carrying them out in parallel. All parties involved, however, agree on one point: that Germany does not have sufficient medical protective material in such a crisis is difficult to accept. Illner herself sums it up well with her final sentence on this topic and thus criticizes the behavior of the government: "It is embarrassing enough that a country like Germany fails because of disposable items".
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