Instead of the incidence, the hospital traffic light has been indicating which corona measures apply in Bavaria since September 2.
University professor Reichl explains in an interview what is important now.
Now the only thing that counts is those who are really seriously ill with Corona: The so-called hospital traffic lights have been in effect in Bavaria since September 2. If it is green, there are no contact restrictions in the private sector, the FFP2 mask requirement is lifted and vaccinated people can look forward to more freedom, such as visiting the club from October. The incidence value, which has been the most important indicator to date with regard to the applicable corona measures, is being replaced by the hospital traffic light. Many medical professionals welcome this step. For example, the pandemic officer at the Klinikum rechts der Isar at the Technical University of Munich, Christoph Spinner. He sees the incidence figures as important * to get a general view of the pandemic situation. "
On the other hand, hospital bookings and admissions play a much larger role for us,
”he is quoted in a report from the German Press Agency.
Virus expert Professor Dr.
Dr.
Franz-Xaver Reichl from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich says in an interview with Merkur that the “hospital traffic light makes sense”.
However, one should not ignore the incidences.
He primarily sees the problem that the hospital traffic light only shows the severe corona cases - people with mild illnesses would not be recorded.
Reichl sees the danger that stricter corona measures could be issued too late as a result: “When the patients end up in the hospital, then it's already too late, put in quotation marks.
They are already seriously ill.
We want the patients not to come to the hospital at all,
”says the toxicologist.
Preventing red hospital traffic lights: Professor Reichl sees only one possibility
To achieve this, the incidence parameter would be of great relevance.
Because it shows the direction in which the number of corona cases is developing.
If they reach a problematic number, the right measures can be taken at an early stage
, such as contact restrictions.
"If I'm already at the traffic lights, it's too late," as microbiologist Reichl raised concerns in an interview.
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Prof. Franz-Xaver Reichl is the representative for the biological safety of bacteria and viruses at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich.
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The hospital traffic light jumps to yellow if more than 1,200 patients with corona disease have to be admitted to Bavarian clinics within seven days.
The traffic light switches to red when more than 600 corona patients are in intensive care units in Bavaria
, as reported by Bayerischer Rundfunk. The traffic light is currently green (you can see the current status on the website of the Bavarian State Ministry for Health and Care).
If there is a red light, stricter corona measures will be imposed again to protect the health system from overload.
But how can it be prevented?
Reichl sees the key in the vaccination quota
: "If a large number of people have already been vaccinated, then in all probability there will not be such a red light," he explains in an interview with Merkur.
He no longer sees a total lockdown coming, but a partial lockdown in the case of the red hospital traffic light cannot be ruled out.
That is why, according to Reichl, it is so important “that we now use this time to vaccinate that it cannot come to that”.
“Wave of the unvaccinated”: Vaccination rate has a major impact on hospital occupancy
The higher the vaccination rate, the lower the incidence and accordingly fewer people have to go to hospital because of corona, according to the virus expert.
But vaccination progress is currently stagnating, which Professor Reichl classifies as questionable.
Especially because, according to him, we are in the
fourth "wave of the unvaccinated": Over 90 percent of corona patients in clinics would not have been vaccinated against corona
.
Vaccinations would not only protect against severe disease, but also against virus mutants, says Reichl.
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