Health expert at Markus Lanz beside himself: for him, a corona thing is "completely wrong"

Markus Lanz (ZDF): Germany is relaxing its corona measures and slowly starting up again. The SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach finds this powerful.

• Germany relaxes its protective measures in the corona crisis .
• In the ZDF talk show "Markus Lanz", SPD politician and epidemiologist Karl Lauterbach is completely out of his own mind.
• He expresses harsh criticism of the easing and warns of a catastrophe .
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Hamburg - After five weeks with strict exit restrictions and a ban on contact to contain the corona pandemic, Germany should now slowly “start up” again : From next Monday, loosening of the protective measures will ensure a little normalization of everyday life. This was decided by politicians. But not everyone is happy about the light version of some measures in the fight against Covid-19.

Markus Lanz (ZDF): Health expert beside himself and finds a corona thing "completely wrong"

One of them is SPD politician Karl Lauterbach . The professor of epidemiology was a guest on Markus Lanz's talk show on Thursday evening (April 23) and harshly criticized the actions of some prime ministers: "I believe that the discussion about further easing is completely wrong and sends the wrong signals." Especially Armin He had his sights on Laschet, the Prime Minister of NRW: "I believe that school openings in NRW have been catastrophically poorly prepared and come much too early," said Lauterbach.

Another Lanz guest confirms this statement. Maike Finnern , the teacher and chairwoman of the Education and Science Union in North Rhine-Westphalia, points out that the schools in their state were informed far too late. Since the equipment with soap and disinfectant is hardly guaranteed, teachers have been asked to bring it home for the students.

Markus Lanz (ZDF): SPD politician criticizes wrong signals from politics

The easing in other areas of public life is also a big hit with Lauterbach. Like other medical experts, he is afraid of  wrongly set signs : “I would not have given the signal with the churches either. Even a good Christian understands that any unnecessary risk must be avoided at this time. ”

From an epidemiological perspective, the physician would also have the lockdown still continued , and then proceed with more reserves than previously in a loosening phase. Because with the current decisions it is a risky game in his opinion : “We sewed on edge. We even calculated it so tightly that everything really has to work so that we don't lose the lead we had gained. ”

Markus Lanz (ZDF): Lauterbach warns of a second catastrophic wave

According to Lauterbach, the only hope for Lanz is that everything is really going well. If this is not the case, Germany would face a much larger problem than at the beginning of the pandemic. "The difference to the first round would be that we would have fires in many places at the same time." Initially there were two to three major hotspots in Germany that were particularly affected by the virus. In a second wave, there would be a great many that had to be mastered at the same time. And the second difference, according to Lauterbach: “Then it would affect the elderly.” The death rate could then - like in other countries - also go up in Germany, where up to now more young people have tended to be infected.

Here, too, I agree with Drosten. We have been lucky so far, may soon be gone. Because a) second wave of more sources of fire at the same time and b) more older people are affected. The film is currently in the US. Longer lockdown would have brought reserve https://t.co/UczsH4MBhK

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