"We can afford that": Zoff about corona parties at Illner - and criticism of the "Unheil-Merkel"

Topic at "Maybrit Illner" once again: Corona.

In focus: how is politics dealing with the increasing number of new infections?

Are restrictions a solution?

• In the ZDF talk “Maybrit Illner” on Thursday (October 22nd), Corona was once again the topic.

• FDP leader

  Christian Lindner

  asked Chancellor Angela Merkel "more parliament and less podcast"

• Pharma boss Stefan Oschmann

  reported on countless vaccines in the test.

"Maybrit Illner" - these were the guests: 

• Christian Lindner (FDP)

  - party and FDP parliamentary group chairman in the Bundestag.

• Dr.

  Peter Tschentscher (SPD)

  - First Mayor of Hamburg

• Jagoda Marinić

  - writer and columnist

• Georg Mascolo

  - Head of the research network of NDR, WDR and "Süddeutsche Zeitung"

The following were connected:

• Prof. Dr.

  Susanne Herold

  - Infectiologist at the University Hospital Giessen

• Dr.

  Stefan Oschmann

  - CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Merck

Illner asks: How do we stop the rising number of cases?

"Risk area Germany - can we manage the Corona turnaround?" - the title of the program puts its finger in the wound: increasing numbers - currently 11,000 new infections per day - and winter is still ahead of us.

So what to do

The group argues over details, but agrees on one point: a second lockdown will not be the solution.

Hamburg's Mayor Peter

chats from the sewing box: "We have to make sure that we are not too generalized about our measures and that the courts then overturn them." What worries him is the high number of people who did not recognize the danger.

The official reports again from a basement disco with 90 party guests, which had to be evacuated by a police raid.

The writer Jagoda Marinić is more relaxed about things: if ten percent say they don't care, we as a society could allow ourselves to do so.

Tschentscher strongly contradicts this: "These ten percent endanger others!".

Maybrit Illner wants to know: How do we enable young people to celebrate safely?

Marinić warns: "The infection process must be viewed in a more differentiated manner." There are also positive developments, for example the number of people who have to be treated in hospital.

Instead of 20 percent in the spring, that is now “only” six percent.

People over 65 years of age are also not as threatened as initially assumed.

She suggested that the virologists' newly acquired knowledge should be implemented and used in a more up-to-date manner: "How do we ensure a safe celebration for young people, for example?"

The

, who was involved, agrees

: The situation in hospitals is now also safe for the staff with appropriate protective clothing and handling.

Hamburg's mayor at the “Illner” talk: Dramatization didn't help

Tschentscher also admitted that dramatization would not have helped.

Marinić puts it in a nutshell: "I prefer the 'We-Can-Do' Merkel to the 'Unheil' Merkel." The journalist Georg Mascolo also points to a "pandemic fatigue" and advises: "The The approach must be that as many as possible voluntarily adhere to the rules. "

The keyword for

: He appealed that it was not only constitutional, but also indispensable for the credibility of politics to give parliament more space again.

"A misjudgment like the ban on accommodation would never have come about if it had been discussed in advance in the Bundestag!"

The FDP parliamentary group chairman @c_lindner called for parliamentary discussions about the Corona crisis strategy.

This public debate would contribute to the "self-reconciliation of society with itself".

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Corona in Germany: Bundestag is no longer informed about the latest developments by the Chancellery

Lindner criticizes that Parliament is currently only informed about the current situation via podcasts and the media.

Did

at the beginning of the pandemic, the

set nor phone Turn on developments in knowledge, still not even take place this.

With a view to

, Lindner says: "Some heads of government speak of: 'Tightening the reins' - what kind of vocabulary is that for the sovereign?" The people in Germany are fundamental rights holders!

News from “Maybrit Illner”: A vaccine is currently being developed in 200 projects

At the end of the show,

CEO

the pharmaceutical and technology group Merck

gives a confident outlook

.

The medical giant is currently working promisingly on a corona vaccine.

Oschmann: “There are around 200 projects worldwide.” The probability of having several of these in the next year is high.

Herold also refers to the rapid development of effective drugs.

Mayor Tschentscher then makes it clear again: “The moment the vaccine is available, things will go uphill.

We can be very sure that we will be in a better position next spring. "

Conclusion

Despite the increasing number of cases, the group keeps its feet on the ground. Measures, personal responsibility and intervention by the state power in the event of drastic violations with regard to hotspots: Yes. A second

: No. Despite differing views and brief disputes, in the end there was a consensus: Looking ahead positively can be effective.