Walter Plassmann, board member of the Hamburg Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, recently criticized the fearful corona policy.
A fixation on infection numbers makes no sense to him.
The Hamburg doctor chief
Walter Plassmann is following up
with his
criticism
of the
corona policy
.
In particular, the
fixation
on the number of
infections
as an indicator makes no sense for him.
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Hamburg -
Walter Plassmann
, board member of the
Hamburg
Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians
, recently caused a stir with a guest article in the
Hamburger Abendblatt
.
In it, he specifically criticized the reminders in the
coronavirus pandemic *
:
Markus Söder
,
Karl Lauterbach
and
Christian Drosten
.
In a new interview, the
Hamburg doctor boss
now
spoke
about the
corona policy
in
Germany
.
Interview: Plassmann criticizes corona policy and fixation on the number of infections
In his guest article in the
Hamburger Abendblatt
,
Plassmann
wrote
that he was bothered by the constant warnings from
Corona strategists
and the “political and media excitement”.
"Anyone who drives society up ever taller trees with new bad news makes society sick," warned the board of the
Hamburg Association
of
Statutory Health Insurance Physicians
.
In an interview with
Focus Online
,
Plassmann
spoke
about
Germany's
cautious
corona policy
.
He also criticizes the fixation on the number of
infections
as an indicator.
First of all,
Plassmann
reported
that he had received a
lot of
positive feedback
after his
guest contribution
.
Especially those of
doctors
would have pleased him.
Many have encouraged him
to support
a
social debate
that does not always make
worst-case scenarios
the measure of all things.
"Instead of spreading panic and hysteria, politics, science and the media should put the current infection situation in the right relationship, classify it, evaluate it and bring it closer to people in a sensible way," demanded
Plassmann
.
Corona: Plassmann objects to a decline in the culture of discussion and advocates the Swedish way
For his
criticism
, he deliberately selected the most famous faces of the
Corona strategy
-
Markus Söder
,
Karl Lauterbach
and
Christian Drosten
.
"What strikes me is that of several options, the worst is always accepted," explained
Plassmann
.
However, the Hamburg chief doctors made it clear that he
did not deny
Corona
.
For years, however, he has observed a
decline in the culture of discussion
.
"With some people on both sides of the Corona debate, you simply can no longer talk," said
Plassmann
.
He went on to say: “The fact that the coronavirus shouldn't exist is total nonsense.
Of course the virus is there - the only question is how dangerous it actually is. "
Plassmann
said he had become thoughtful about the
measures taken by
the
corona policy
when the
doctors' reactions
no longer matched what he saw on the
news
that
evening
.
“A doctor came to me in April very excited - I thought he was so affected by the severe infection.
But he told me that he was desperate because he had been on duty all night and had not seen a single sick person, ”said the
Hamburg doctor chief
, describing
a situation.
Many people are
scared
and suffer from the massive restrictions.
"I think we should have ended the lockdown after two to three weeks and taken the Swedish route," explained
Plassmann
.
Corona criticism from Plassmann: "Anyone who is infected is not sick."
Specifically
,
the board of the Hamburg Association of Statutory Health Insurance
Physicians
criticized
the
policy
's
fixation on the number of infections *
.
"Anyone who is infected is not sick," said
Plassmann
.
It is important to see how many people
sick
were, on
ICU
BE REDUCED and
at
a
Corona infection
died
were and
not with
her.
"If the number of infections goes up, but people are no longer sick or dying, then that doesn't matter,"
Plassmann
clarified.
He prefers a
traffic light system *
or a
score
that takes all of these
factors
into account.
That would help to make everyday life more normal again without taking too great risks.
"Of course the virus is there - the only question is how dangerous it actually is," says Walter Plassmann.
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Corona: Hamburg doctor boss comments on the mask requirement
At the
beginning
,
politicians
feared
a
rejection of the measures
, said
Plassmann
.
“The motto was: 'We always have to assume the worst, otherwise people won't follow us'.
That may have been correct at the beginning, but now it is no longer ", warned the Hamburg doctor chief.
Plassmann
also
commented
on the
mask requirement
: “Of the AHA rules (distance, hygiene, everyday mask), the mask requirement is the least important.
Keeping a distance of one and a half meters unprotected offers more protection than a mask. ”The
amount of the fines
for not wearing a
mask
, for example in
Bavaria
, is excessive.
In
conclusion,
Plassmann
urged common
sense
as a recommendation for the future.
"Keep your distance and if that doesn't work, put on a mask," he said.
In
Sweden
it was regulated that way and it worked.
In
his opinion,
this should
also be possible
in
Germany
: "This could also be introduced here step by step and thus regain a bit of normality."
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