Corona: The Merkel-Söder method is reaching its limit - and that is dangerous

German politics has done a lot right in the corona pandemic.

Precisely before winter, the alarm signals are increasing.

• In the corona crisis, the gap in the population is widening.

• At the same time, politics is increasingly characterized by actionism.

• The RKI numbers are alarming - but only part of the truth.

Munich - Hardly a day goes by without the Chancellor and Bavaria's Prime Minister warning of Corona.

You do shriller alternately and in more glowing terms: "shock wave", "loss of control", "You stay at home!"

and

want the population to the danger

- but their method meets every day to their limits: The constant

and terror drives some into panic, others on the barricades and a third group dulls.

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Do Markus Söder and Angela Merkel choose the right tone of voice when fighting corona?

© Kay Nietfeld / dpa

All of this is dangerous.

The gap that runs through the population is getting deeper and deeper.

In addition, there are poorly thought out and quickly

that unsettle citizens, such as the ban on accommodation.

Such

sends a disturbing signal to the population: Politicians themselves are panicking.

Corona measures in Germany: Solidarity among the population is crumbling

One thing is correct: Germany has done a lot right so far.

But it is an alarm signal when respected

such as the owner of the hotel “Bayerischer Hof” in Munich, Innegrit Volkhardt, warns politicians that they are about to lose people like them.

Or if the

massive

against the

.

These are decay processes that show how much

in the population crumbles.

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Georg Anastasiadis, editor-in-chief of Münchner Merkur

© Marcus sleep

If people

perceive

measures as not

and

, the willingness to participate decreases and acceptance of the

wobbles

.

Do we need police enforced borders for celebrations or large weddings?

Of course!

But what is the use of a

in companies that have not yet been

noticed

as an

really for fighting the pandemic?

Coronavirus in Germany: The RKI numbers are only part of the truth

The surge in the

wave

of infections is worrying, but the

number of new

infections

reported

daily by the

is only part of the truth.

It must be supplemented by the

and the

in order to provide really reliable information.

The winter ahead will not be beautiful.

But it won't get any better if we all lose our heads now.

List of rubric lists: © Marcus Schlaf