Corona: "Explosive infection dynamics" - Virologists around Drosten urgently warn against loss of control

The board of the Society for Virology around star virologist Christian Drosten has issued a statement on the current corona situation and issued a warning.

• The board of the

  Society for Virology

  expresses itself in a

  statement

  on the current situation in the

  coronavirus pandemic *

  .

• Christian Drosten

  and his colleagues warn of a

  loss of control

  due to “

  explosive infection dynamics

  ”.

• They consider striving for

  herd immunity

  without

  vaccination *

  to be "

  unethical

  as well as medically, socially and thus also economically

  high-risk

  ."

Heidelberg - In

and many European countries, the number of

with the

has been increasing again for weeks

.

There is also an increase in

and an increase in infections among the

.

Reason enough for the

to issue

a

and to warn the population urgently.

Corona: Society for Virology speaks of "explosive infection dynamics" in a statement

Probably the best-known German virologist,

, and his colleagues from the

have published their opinion on their

.

In it they explain: "Due to the

dynamics

that we notice in all hotspots across Europe, it is to be feared that above a certain threshold,

over the infection process will be

even in previously uncritical regions

."

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If this

exceeded

, the

individual outbreaks and strict

no longer possible.

A spread of the

in all parts of the population, including the

, can then no longer be prevented, warn the experts.

"It is to be expected that this would lead to a rapid

the health systems", they report further.

Due to the

, this could be the case in

with well

, warn the virologists.

"This will not only

the treatment of

, but the entire medical care," the statement said.

Coronavirus: contamination of the population would be "humanitarian and economic catastrophe"

In addition, the

declare

that they

strongly

the strategy of a

population with the aim of

.

They note with concern that voices in favor of such strategies are rising again.

The experts declare that they

understand and recognize

the enormous

the population as a result of the applicable

.

Opinion of the Society for Virology

"We are concerned to note that the voices are growing again who are focusing on the natural contamination of large parts of the population with the aim of herd immunity as a strategy for fighting pandemics."

- Christian Drosten (@c_drosten) October 19, 2020

However, the

that would result from an uncontrolled

would exceed the burden many times over.

The opinion speaks of a "

".

"An uncontrolled infection would lead to an

, since even with the strict isolation of retirees there are still other

that are far too numerous, too heterogeneous and in some cases also undetected to be actively screened," they explain Virologists.

Corona: striving for herd immunity without vaccination "unethical and high-risk"

In addition, it is not yet known how long an

acquired

through a

last

.

“It is becoming increasingly clear that the less symptomatic infections, such as those prevalent in younger people, do not confer stable immunity,” warn

and colleagues.

The board of directors of the

considers striving for

without vaccination to be “

"

Finally, in their

,

the experts state

that they would definitely respect deviating attitudes. Controversial discourses are an essential feature of both

and

, they explain. Nevertheless, the board of the

it necessary to summarize its assessment and to represent the position of

the virological and medical members in

,

and

.