Explosive paper on Corona in Germany: "Seeing eyes ..." - Experts sharply criticize Merkel and Co.

The corona situation in Germany remains tense.

The federal government wants to advise on new measures.

The first details have already been leaked.

Experts, on the other hand, are sounding the alarm.

The news ticker.

• Corona in Germany

  : The

  Corona * case

  numbers

  are also

  high

  during the

  Lockdown Light

  *.

• The

  Robert Koch Institute (RKI)

  keeps reporting new highs

• The Federal Government therefore wants to

  advise

  on

  new measures

  - extension or tightening?

• The

  news ticker

  is continuously updated.

Update from November 22nd, 7.12 p.m

.: The breakwater lockdown is not yet working as desired - some scientists and experts are calling for an "

"

in

in the fight against the corona pandemic.

In a 49-page letter that is available to the

(article behind the payment barrier), the authors sharply criticize the

.

The

missed its target.

Instead of a “wave that can be broken”, the current data suggests a “continuous increase in numbers”.

A slight flattening of the numbers can be observed, but the hope of a return to numbers like in August is completely unfounded.

“We are currently practicing a method that is familiar from road traffic, braking to stutter”, said

, and co-author of the Thesis Paper on the

.

“We brake, release the brakes and then brake again and so on.” Many people do not realize that the virus will not go away so quickly as long as not everyone is vaccinated.

Lockdown light in Germany - scientists criticize corona measures by the federal and state governments

In the thesis paper, the authors also accuse the federal and state governments of

disregarding

the

.

The group of authors currently sees the

.

The population is "driven into a 'cold herd immunity' with full sight".

"Vulnerable population groups" should be protected more and move to the center of the pandemic fight.

It cannot be ruled out that "the population may be largely infected so quickly that even a vaccination can no longer contribute to a change in trend."

In the opinion of the scientists and experts, the limit values ​​currently used are unusable.

"The value '50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants' is empty," says

professor

, another co-author of the paper of the

They have to be realistic goals, everything else is just discouraging.

The group of authors also calls for long-term population studies, also to better determine the number of unreported infections.

Corona in Germany: trend in new infections in sight?

Update from November 22nd, 6:27 p.m

.: The

-

short

- is an indicator in the corona pandemic.

The current

(previous day: 1.05), according to the current Covid-19 situation report of the

(RKI) from Sunday evening (November 22).

The so-called

is

(previous day: 1.07).

This value reflects the infection rate from eight to 16 days ago.

If this value is below 1 for a long time, the infection rate subsides.

Since the number of people infected with corona is currently very high in Germany, this still means a high number of daily corona cases, explains the RKI in its management report.

Experience shows that the number of new infections reported daily is lower on Sunday than, for example, on Tuesday.

The reason: On the weekends, fewer samples are taken and less is tested overall.

In this respect, trends in the incidence of infections can be better read off at a glance over an entire week.

The so-called

is derived from the number of new infections per week

.

The 7-day incidence indicates the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the past seven days.

The

.

For the past week, the 7-day incidence was relatively stable at 140, with a few up and down changes.

Corona in Germany: current number of cases from the RKI (data status: November 22, 12 a.m.)

Update from November 22nd, 6:21 p.m

.: The number of

in Germany is still at a high level.

A long-awaited decline can still hardly be seen.

“

 with the number of infections today and in the past few days.

I would have hoped for more, ”said the Hamburg intensive care physician Stefan Kluge.

The doctor gives a gloomy forecast for spring 2021.

Corona in Germany: high numbers of infections before the lockdown decision - first clinics are reacting

First report from November 22, 2020

Berlin - The

in

are still high.

The

reported a supposedly low value with 15,741 new infections within one day on Sunday, but on

(

November

20) the number was still just under

infections.

The picture looks similar with the incidence values.

But where are people currently infected?

According to the Robert Koch Institute, the

currently mostly diffuse and difficult to assign.

However, accumulations

occurred

in “

, in community facilities and

as well as in professional settings and based on religious events”.

Due to the increased infection in old people's homes, the number of

increased significantly

since mid-October

- from 655 patients (15.10) to 3,630 (21.11).

Virologists and ministers have already warned of a collapse of the hospitals.

However, there are currently no

the German Hospital Association has given the all-clear for the time being.

In some regions, however, predictable treatments are already being postponed in order to create free capacities.

Corona in Germany: Partial lockdown since the beginning of November - what's next?

- Extension or tightening?

A

in Germany since November 2nd

.

are

and

on hold.

Even the big

at the Brandenburg Gate is said to be canceled.

But the lockdown, originally planned until the beginning of December, does not yet seem to have the desired effect.

The number of

is still

.

On Wednesday,

therefore

wants to

consult

with the country leaders about

or

the measures.

For many politicians, the former seems to be already clear.

"Everything indicates that the current restrictions will have to be continued for a while beyond November 30," said Finance Minister Scholz, for example, of Bild am Sonntag.

Even

were in favor of

of.

“The aim was to achieve a significant decrease in new infections.

Almost three weeks after the start of the measures, however, we do not see any significant drop, but a sideways movement, ”said the chief virologist at Heidelberg University, Hans-Georg Kräusslich, of the

.

Even if the general line seems to have been established, the

have so far been

very

.

The SPD and the Free Voters in Bavaria are warning of an “endless” lockdown.

"Christmas * and New Year's Eve people should be able to meet their loved ones," said SPD circles.

The so-called

is also criticized, as

reported by

*.

Rhineland-Palatinate's Prime Minister Malu Dreyer (SPD) even accused her of being

.

The new regulations will be finalized on Wednesday.

However, some details of the plans have already been made public.

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