Markus Lanz (ZDF): TV investor times a dark picture on the wall

The economic future after the Corona crisis could be devastating. TV investor Frank Thelen calls on Markus Lanz (ZDF) politicians and businesses to have more courage to innovate.

• During the talk by Markus Lanz * , the guests discussed the ongoing protests against the restrictions 
• Journalist Ciro Krauthausen compares  Germany's "luxury problem" with the situation in Spain on ZDF-Talk *
• Entrepreneur Frank Thelen puts his finger in many a wound in politics and the German automotive industry 

Markus Lanz broadcast a TV talk on Thursday, May 21, 2020 about the easing of the corona measures * and "Germany on the way back to normality". Lower Saxony's prime minister was guest with Stephan Weil , who is campaigning with other state governments of the “car states” for a purchase premium for the battered heart of German industry. Markus Lanz 's virologist Prof. Melanie Brinkmann commented on the risks of the easing measures implemented . 

Back to normal despite the Corona crisis? The talk with Markus Lanz on ZDF

In addition, entrepreneur Frank Thelen was a guest on the ZDF talk - known from the VOXTV format "Die Höhle der Löwen". In addition, two journalists: Olaf Sundermeyer writes about right-wing extremism and describes perfidious background to the demonstrations as they take place in Germany regarding the restrictions due to Covid-19 (referred to by many people as the "Corona dictatorship"). In addition, Ciro Krauthausen , who lives in Mallorca and tells of the dramatic situation on holiday islands such as the Balearic Islands - and how Corona drives people into poverty in Spain. 

Stephan Weil describes how politics has grown steadily due to the Corona crisis : "Experience makes you wiser," sums up the Prime Minister, saying that he is now feeling less pressure: "We now have a plan," he proudly reports. The Social Democrat does not believe that politics has gone too far with the harsh corona restrictions . Local science, which plays a leading role in fighting the pandemic worldwide, received special praise. Incidentally, the former mayor of Hanover does not expect life as it was known before Corona until there is a vaccine. 

Markus Lanz (ZDF): Corona pandemic in Germany as a "luxury problem"

Virologist Brinkmann talks about the knowledge gained over the past few months. The infection biologist admits that it was easier to convey the great danger of corona to the Germans than there were pictures from crisis-ridden Italy . However, the scientist expresses understanding for people who wonder whether the corona measures had to be chosen so drastically: Because in Germany intensive care beds were empty, nurses had short-time work and hospitals were threatened in their existence. Prof. Brinkmann, who works in Braunschweig, describes the situation in Germany with relatively few infections as a "luxury problem". But: If you had n't taken the Corona provision , it believes in significantly higher deaths .

She is terrified of the danger of the Sars-CoV-2 * coronavirus : Although there were already much more dangerous viruses, they would never have spread so quickly. In addition, the novel disease not only affects the lungs, as previously thought. Rather, other organs would also be attacked, such as the heart or kidneys.

Spain in acute danger of poverty - report by Markus Lanz on ZDF

What she doesn't understand are reviews of the corona lockdown , because it was lower in Germany than elsewhere: Ciro Krauthausen, who lives in Mallorca and speaks of an “extreme burden on the population”, can sing a song about it. For him, Spaniards have hardly any problems with the strict lockdown because the danger is higher in the country and many people are personally affected. He sees longer and longer lines of people in need on the country's blackboards. The growing poverty is due to the fact that tourism is the most important economic factor on the ground. He finds it strange that Germans take to the streets and protest. 

Then author Olaf Sundermeyer has his say: "People need clear rules," he says, accusing politicians of having waited too long on protective masks in Germany . The decision-makers would often not dare to say uncomfortable things in public. He also means Corona apps , the implementation of which has so far failed. Instead, people would push around and stop the people.

Right-wing extremists use a Nazi symbolism to reverse the perpetrator-victim via such stagings on #Hygienedemos, which is caught because it has so far remained unpunished pic.twitter.com/CFyHGm7fNh

The ZDF talk with Markus Lanz about the demonstrations: "The swastika of the Corona dictatorship"

The core area of ​​the right-wing extremism researcher is said to play a role in many corona protest actions: Sundermeyer regularly visits demonstrations and sees right-wing radicals who would use the corona measures to protest against the restriction of their fundamental rights ("swastika of the corona dictatorship") . The AfD also participates in such events in order to catch votes - and meanwhile even register demonstrations itself, as Sundermeyer explains. 

Frank Thelen , TV-proven investor (“Die Höhle der Löwen”), has a problem with the fact that in the corona pandemic it only became clear late on that even “community masks” that are easy to manufacture provide protection against infection with Covid-19 Offer. "What is happening now is a complete catastrophe," he says, also addressing failures in the introduction of Corona apps. The entrepreneur demands that startups be commissioned so that it can be checked where a corona infection focus is located. The 44-year-old vehemently demands that politicians and the business community take more courage to innovate. 

Markus Lanz (ZDF): TV investor Thelen paints business on the wall 

In addition, Thelen does not understand that on the one hand people reveal their identity to Google, Amazon and Co., but in return they take to the streets for freedom rights and data protection. In Singapore , even autonomous robot dogs from the US company Boston Dynamics would ensure that people keep the corona distances . Virologist Brinkmann seizes the shudder. With the example, Thelen wants to illustrate the gradual decline of Germany's economic power. He sees the supremacy in development and technology lost and also calls the Chinese social media network Tiktok , which is spreading in German children's rooms.

@stephanweil ​​is still stuck in the past and does not recognize @frank_thelen's forward-looking knowledge. According to the motto: VW can't do so much wrong, because electric cars will come. But it's about the know-how density that we lack ...

It is a flaming analysis of the VOX TV protagonist, which is also about the empire of Tesla boss Elon Musk. Frank Thelen accuses local car manufacturers of not being innovative enough. Instead of investing profits in new technologies, they would be distributed and rested on their laurels, while US giant Tesla is now “twice as valuable as Volkswagen and BMW combined”. And Lower Saxony's government politician Weil, whose country also has a stake in VW? On the other hand, thinks - and a swan song to the German manufacturers is premature. 

By Patrick Freiwah

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