He is considered a critical companion of the pandemic from the beginning: The philosopher Julian Nida-Rümelin wants to rethink the Corona crisis and completely different measures.
Experts repeatedly warn that
politicians should
listen
to
virologists
alone
.
The
corona crisis is
also a social, not just a medical, crisis.
Philosophy professor Julian Nida-Rümelin,
for example, expresses criticism of the general measures
.
Munich - How do scientists other than virologists view the pandemic?
The
philosophy professor Julian Nida-Rümelin is
annoyed about the orientation of the
measures
towards the
number of new infections
- and would like a more differentiated orientation of the measures and clearer communication.
He is particularly concerned about the well-being of the young generation - but also sees a need for improvement in
terms of
protecting
risk patients
.
As early as the beginning of April,
Nida-Rümelin gave
interviews in which he warned that the company would not be able to withstand the measures in the long term - for example on Bavarian radio.
Living together with the virus: Nida-Rümelin compares Corona with HIV
In an interview with Focus, Nida-Rümelin compares the
coronavirus
with the
HI virus
.
In the case of
HIV
, too, there was initially “an enormous hysteria”.
But one has learned - the number of monthly deaths is no longer worth a newspaper note.
Corona must also be viewed in a similar way - because it is "quite possible that the virus will no longer go away."
Even if he considered the measures taken by the government around
Chancellor Angela Merkel
at the beginning of the
pandemic
to be sensible, "scaremongering" and a
second lockdown
must be avoided.
Because the lockdown - for example in African countries or India - has just led to increased misery and can
not be financially supported
in
Europe
either.
Better protective clothing and more testing options would now allow the measures to
protect high-risk patients
to take effect more effectively - for example, by testing clinicians more frequently.
Living together during Corona: philosophy professor calls for solidarity across generations
This is what his idea of living together with the
virus
looks like
: "Every person, even from
high-risk groups
, should be able to decide for themselves whether and to what extent they
want to expose
themselves to an
infection risk
, at least as long as we are not
heading towards
a
health
emergency." For him, this not only means protecting people in care facilities - without isolation - but also supporting those at particular risk in everyday life.
For him, intergenerational solidarity currently also means that young people - for example as teachers or kindergarten teachers - are more likely to expose themselves to the risk of falling ill themselves.
Nida-Rümelin
does not assume that young people - who are currently still prudent - would allow themselves to be restricted in the long term: “We cannot tell the entire young generation that there should be no hugs and no parties in the coming years . ”And he adds:“ Not as a
philosopher
, but as an experienced father with three school-age children, I am skeptical. ”(Kat)
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