Lockdown alternative “insane”: Virologist rejects new strategy for Germany

Do without lockdown and only rely on the protection of risk groups instead?

In the new episode of the NDR Corona podcast, Ciesek rejects this strategy.

• In the

  NDR "Coronavirus Update"

  ,

  virologist Ciesek

  speaks out

  against a risk group strategy in Germany

• Even

  younger people

  are of

  pre-existing conditions

  affected and thus a heavy Corona history

• According to a

  current study

  , pregnant women also belong to the

  corona risk group

Frankfurt / Hamburg - Many Germans are frustrated and dissatisfied with the nationwide

in the fight against the

.

Especially people who do not

belong to

any

themselves

and in whose environment no one has become seriously ill or even died doubt the tough decisions.

But some scientists and doctors are also proposing

the so-called “

”

for

instead of a lockdown

.

The Frankfurt

Ciesek believes that simply locking up all risk groups in Germany is

absurd and not feasible.

The director of the

 at the Frankfurt University Hospital takes turns on the

with her colleague

.

In the latest episode, Ciesek explains why such a strategy cannot be implemented.

What does it mean if you only want to protect the risk groups?

How many people are at risk for severe disease?

And what role do autoantibodies play against interferons?

https://t.co/dUKgRxcIMv

- Sandra Ciesek (@CiesekSandra) November 3, 2020

Corona podcast: virologist rejects risk group strategy - how many are affected?

The

* (RKI) lists

that

carry

a risk of a particularly severe course of the

* in Germany.

Based on this RKI list, that would be

, said Ciesek.

More than a quarter of Germans therefore had at least one of the pre-existing illnesses considered and thus a risk of a particularly

.

"If you think about what that means:

should be protected from the remaining 60 million, then I think you realize how insane and how difficult it is."

The virologist emphasizes in the corona podcast

that the risk group is

in Germany

who are already in the nursing home.

"Everyone thinks of the old grandmother who is 80 or 90 years old and lies in bed all day in the nursing home".

A third -

- of these almost 22 million are

.

Young people around 20 also have previous illnesses.

In some cities or municipalities, these pre-existing illnesses are particularly common, in some places, according to an AOK study,

.

"How is it supposed to be possible to protect or isolate these risk groups in particular?" Asks Sandra Ciesek.

Virologist warns of previous illnesses in the coronavirus podcast: Pregnant women are also affected

Pregnant women infected with the coronavirus are more likely to become severely ill and die from Covid-19, and they're at increased risk for premature delivery, according to a pair of reports https://t.co/LjSpWqOtPL

- CNN (@CNN) November 3, 2020

In addition to respiratory, liver or kidney diseases, the

also

names

pregnant women as risk patients for a severe

* course.

According to a

, "the risk of being hospitalized for pregnant women is two to three times higher than for non-pregnant women in the same age group," said Ciesek.

Coronavirus podcast: Ciesek gives the all-clear - severity of previous illness is decisive

Nevertheless, Christian Drosten's colleague gives the all-clear.

“Don't panic when you're pregnant.

Because the

is extremely low in this age group. ”In

addition, there is no danger

for the

in the womb.

In the case of people with previous illnesses, it is also difficult to make general statements.

After all, the

plays

an immense role.

The #Corona incidence continues to rise in the particularly endangered age group 60+, shows the RKI situation report from the evening.

95% of the previous corona deaths in 🇩🇪 were 60 years old or older. @ Welt pic.twitter.com/EPxvI1vfkj

- Olaf Gersemann (@OlafGersemann) November 3, 2020

The

from the evening also shows: Most deaths due to

are over 60. (vs) *