Coronavirus: Drosten representation calls for uncomfortable measures - "It's about the well-being of society"

While Christian Drosten is taking the well-deserved summer break, his representative calls on parents to take uncomfortable measures in the NDR's “Coronavirus Update”.

• Prof. Dr. Christian Drosten is still on the well-deserved summer break until September 1st.
• His NDR podcast “The Coronavirus * Update” continues without the virologist with a different line-up.
• In the latest episode, pediatrician Ania Muntau demands uncomfortable measures , especially from parents.

Berlin - While Prof. Dr. Christian Drosten , the chief virologist of the Berlin Charité, is on the well-deserved summer break, the Norddeutsche Rundfunk continues the podcast “The Coronavirus Update” with a different cast to inform the population about the corona pandemic . In the current special, the virologist * Sandra Ciesek, who will also be a regular guest in the future, the pediatrician Ania Muntau, Martin Kriegel (head of the Hermann Rietschel Institute at the TU Berlin) and RKI President Lothar Wieler were guests .

Coronavirus: Big point of criticism when school is resumed - "Completely incomprehensible"

The focus was primarily on dealing with children and school operations during the corona pandemic . A major point of criticism is the mostly poorly ventilated rooms in the schools. "If we have 45 minutes of lessons, then after a quarter of an hour all air quality limits have fallen," warns Martin Kriegel, referring to the educational institutions. “We have had this knowledge of poorly ventilated classrooms for 130 years . But when new schools are built, they are built again without ventilation systems . That is completely incomprehensible ”, continues Kriegel.

Good ventilation is of great importance, since regular air exchange can also exchange the aerosols * contained in it, which can lead to infection with the coronavirus . Another measure for the smooth running of the school is the introduction of a mask requirement in schools. Pediatrician Ania Muntau, who is “torn between” the decision, also finds a difficult topic. Muntau, however, tends towards such an obligation, since the effectiveness of mouth and nose covers is considered proven.

Pediatrician calls for uncomfortable measures - dealing with children as a "tightrope walk"

But was perhaps more importantly the correct handling of the children what the Enlightenment concerned about the measures. The pediatrician argues that the use of uncomfortable measures can also be helpful here. “Sometimes you may have to resort to impressive examples - that's not easy. Many parents avoid this because they do not want to burden their children, but it is about the well-being of society as a whole. ”Muntau is thinking in particular of a relatively young colleague who recently died of the consequences of a Covid 19 disease . It is therefore wrong to play down the coronavirus towards children and adolescents in order not to burden them. “It's a tightrope walk and you have to be very sensitive,” admits the pediatrician.

Christian Drosten's new colleague Sandra Ciesek adds that the ever-increasing knowledge about the possible long-term consequences of Covid 19 disease should also be understood as a warning by children and adolescents. In general, according to the virologist , it is very important that the younger ones also develop an awareness that they can trigger chains of infection . This educational work is crucial if the aim is to avoid a second wave *. (fd) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network

For autumn and winter, more targeted #Corona test strategies should be considered - to protect the risk groups, says Ciesek in the special edition of the podcast "Coronavirus Update". https://t.co/xCXDYKmGuv pic.twitter.com/rnvXFEfxfP

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