The virologist Christian Drosten sees Germany not yet adequately prepared in the corona pandemic.
A Munich chief doctor is now warning: "We are in the middle of the second wave".
The virologist
Christian Drosten
sees
Germany
not yet adequately armed
in the
corona pandemic *
.
Drosten
warns: “The
pandemic
will only really start now.
Also with us."
Basic
facts about
the corona
virus *
and the corona news from Germany can be found here.
We also offer you the current case numbers in
Germany
in a map
.
Update from September 24, 12:18 p.m
.: The Munich
infectious disease
specialist Clemens Wendtner confirms
many of the
statements made
by
Christian Drosten
in an interview with the
FAZ
and goes even further.
"We are in the middle of the second wave * and have to take this increase in numbers in Bavaria, but also in all of Germany, very seriously," said the
head physician for infectious diseases
at the Schwabing Clinic in Munich.
In his opinion, the number of cases would even increase: “We cannot push the numbers down to zero, but
we must not be careless
.
The virus is a dangerous enemy.
And knows no break.
It is therefore extremely important to stick to the established measures -
distance
and
mask
".
The infectiologist does not expect a nationwide vaccine until mid-2021 at the earliest.
In
an interview, Clemens Wendtner justifies the
currently increasing number of
infections
with the fact that many are becoming more
careless
in handling
protective measures
.
However, he also admits that it is difficult
to sensitize
the population to the dangers of
Sars-CoV-2
over a period of months
- especially young people have to be kept in line.
In order to enforce the rules more, he therefore also speaks of more stringent sanctions - such as
those enforced in Garmisch-Patenkirchen
after the
Corona outbreak
.
Drosten meanwhile had to listen to criticism in the ARD talk "maischberger.die woche" - from an unexpected source.
Corona: Munich chief doctor warns: "We are in the middle of the second wave"
First report from September 23, 2020
Berlin / Munich - The Berlin virologist
Christian Drosten
sees
Germany
not yet adequately prepared for the coming period
in the
corona pandemic
.
"We need to check the situation in the coming months to master change things," he said ahead of the
Oct.
forthcoming Health Assembly
World Health Summit
in
Berlin
.
“The pandemic will only really start now.
With us too, ”he warned.
Drosten: “We didn't do anything particularly well.
We only did it earlier "
According to the
World Health Summit
,
Drosten
said
that pragmatic decisions are necessary.
"There are already festive speeches about the German success, but it is not quite clear where it came from,"
explained Drosten
.
The success is simply due to the fact that
Germany
reacted
around
four weeks earlier
than other countries.
“We responded using exactly the same means as others.
We haven't done anything particularly well.
We only did it earlier, ”explained the head of the
Institute for Virology at the Charité
in
Berlin
.
Drosten
made it clear that
Germany had
not been so successful because our
health authorities were
better than the
French
, or the
hospitals are
better equipped than in
Italy
.
"If you carry that over to autumn, then of course you have to realize that we will not continue to do anything better than others," said the virologist.
Germany has to take a
much more differentiated and closer
look at
developments abroad
.
“We have to stop talking about things like football stadiums.
That is really completely misleading, ”warned
Drosten
.
... more and more elderly people are infected again, more serious cases and deaths will occur again.
The only way to avoid serious illness and death is by reducing the spread of SARS-COV-2. "(3/3)
- Christian Drosten (@c_drosten) September 23, 2020
Corona: Drosten calls the pandemic a natural disaster
Nobody currently knows exactly how the
corona pandemic * will
continue.
It is possible that the whole thing is no longer manageable and "that science, for example with the availability of vaccines, has simply been too slow," says
Drosten
.
Only at the end will it be clear how
science * has
fared.
The
pandemic
is finally
no
scientific phenomenon
, but a
natural disaster
, the director told the Institute of Virology of the
Charité
.
Detlev Ganten
, President and Founder of the
World Health Summit
, said in the double interview: “Economy, culture and all of that no longer work when what we consider guaranteed is no longer there.
I'm not sure everyone is really that clear. ”An
important lesson
from the
pandemic
for the future is that
health is
the most important thing for the
individual
and the
basis for a functioning society
.
Drosten: Approval of a vaccine does not mean an immediate solution to the problem
In addition,
Drosten
said
it had to be clear that the
approval of a vaccine
- a German biotech company is already very far in development * - does not immediately
mean
the
solution to the problem
.
The
priority
must first be with
risk groups
.
"In addition to the expected distribution competence, it is also not that easy to fill so many vaccine doses into bottles and then to vaccinate them," explained
Drosten
.
Therefore, this is already an undertaking for the whole of
2021
.
Drosten
has recently made a gloomy forecast in terms of
mask requirements
.
The number of
new infections is
increasing again sharply.
Not only in
France
and
Spain
, but also in
Germany
.
This
worries
the head of the Institute for Virology at the
Charité
.
Walter Plassmann
, board member of the
Hamburg Association
of
Statutory Health Insurance Physicians
, recently criticized the fearful
corona policy
and
Christian Drosten
by name.
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