Markus Lanz: Virologist Streeck tears up corona rule in talk show - "Not at all useful"

The Bonn virologist Hendrik Streeck was a guest on the ZDF program "Markus Lanz" on Thursday evening.

Among other things, he spoke about the corona measures of politics.

• Professor

  Hendrik Streeck

  was a guest on the

  ZDF program “Markus Lanz” *

  on Thursday

  .

• The virologist emphasized: "The

  coronavirus *

  will probably be with us throughout our lives. "

• The expert called for further

  relaxation

  and

  pragmatic solutions

  in

  politics

  .

Hamburg - On Thursday evening, October 1st, the virologist

from

Bonn was a

guest on the

.

The topic of the evening was, among other things, the

of politics.

Moderator

questioned this critically and encouraged discussion with the other guests.

These were the SPD politician and Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

, the journalist

, and social psychologist

.

"Markus Lanz" (ZDF): According to Streeck, corona infection numbers are only partially meaningful

Professor

, who has been director of the

and HIV Research at the

since 2019

, is known for being

more relaxed about

the

in

than many of his colleagues.

At the beginning of the broadcast, he was

approached

by

about the

, the

last one

in

had turned red.

With a view to the currently high number of

in the capital, he posed

clear: "I can well imagine that many cities will have 35 per 100,000 inhabitants very soon, so that the

values

rise."

However, this is due to the nature of the

and not to the party people in

.

Because only a small percentage

need

inpatient

, the number of

is only partially meaningful.

According to

, only

all infected people

would have

to go to

.

At 11:15 p.m. Markus #lanz in @zdf

With the following guests: @ManuelaSchwesig, @hendrikstreeck, Prof. Harald Welzer and Prof. Michel Friedmann.

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- Markus Lanz (@Markus__Lanz) October 1, 2020

Streeck: Currently normal mortality rate in Germany

Moderator

took up this number and presented it as minimal. He asked again: "Of 100 percent infected, only five percent need serious medical care at some point?"

said he was amazed at the "threatening sound" of the public debate.

“The

, there are already people talking about the third wave.

The Chancellor calls the number 19,200 possible daily infections, if things continue like this, ”the moderator summed up the tenor of the past weeks.

The guest,

, then calculated for him that these figures mean half a million seriously ill people out of ten million people.

“In that way, none of this is a mirage,”

clarified.

The situation in

shows that this is not a

.

Streeck

then stated that

currently has a

.

"During the heat wave of 2018 you saw an excess mortality much more clearly, with the flu wave of 2017 you clearly saw an excess mortality," reported the virologist.

You don't see that at the moment.

In a recent study,

researchers from

found, after taking demographic factors into account, even

than statistically expected.

Virologist Streeck: "Even if we have a vaccine, the coronavirus will still be with us"

The

emphasized that he wanted the

don't downplay it, but ask yourself the question of your destination and a compass.

the question: "Where do we actually want to go?" The

also

dampened the

hope for a

that would fundamentally change the situation

.

"Even if we have a

, the virus will still be with us," said

.

He predicted: "The

will probably be with us all our lives."

The

an exponential increase in

is also a

for him

.

People did not mingle indiscriminately in society.

After all, if a group of friends were infected, not everyone would become infected.

In addition,

finally finite at some point, and the

does not go outside.

As a result, there is a

in growth, explained the virologist.

emphasized: “Exponential makes you incredibly afraid when you hear that.”

also commented on the

to

in the fresh air, for example at

in

.

"To wear a mask outside, I do not think it makes sense at all virologically," explained the virologist.

"Markus Lanz" (ZDF): Experts call for pragmatic solutions and personal responsibility

The Bonn virologist also spoke out in favor of

, provided that there are good

concepts.

You would need this at

,

and in the

to see if it could work, said

.

You go through a

.

It is important and right that you make mistakes, explained the expert.

The

should enable these errors and

be found.

At the end of the program *, the guests agreed that it was about

, not bans.

The fight against

is a

, not a sprint.

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