It already seems clear that the partial lockdown will be extended beyond November.
A doctor criticized the government and warns of an "infinite lockdown".
The Corona * summit will take place on Wednesday (November 25th).
According to current reports, the “lockdown light” will be extended beyond November.
A doctor warned of an "infinite lockdown" - and attacked the federal government and the RKI.
Munich - A
“lockdown light” has been in effect
in Germany since November 2nd
.
The number of new corona infections remains at a high level.
On Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel * and the country leaders want to
decide how to proceed
at the
Corona summit
.
It already seems clear: the lockdown is to be extended beyond November.
The advertised goal: a
seven-day incidence *
of 50 or even 35. That means that within a week 50 or 35 people per 100,000 inhabitants are newly infected.
A goal that still seems a long way off.
In Germany this value is currently 141.8
(data status: November 24, 00:00 a.m.).
Meanwhile, the seven-day incidence in a hotspot is approaching 500.
A doctor issued an urgent warning - and
harshly
criticized the
government's
approach
and the figures from the
Robert Koch Institute
.
Before the Corona summit: Medical professionals sharply criticize the government's Corona measures - "completely unreal goal"
"A goal of 50 per 100,000 inhabitants is a
completely unreal goal,"
said medicine professor Matthias Schrappe
opposite
Bild.de
(article behind payment barrier).
This goal will not be achieved in the winter months, he looked ahead.
Furthermore, it is not a good policy to set such a goal, as
Bild.de
quotes the doctor. "The population is put into a permanent state of shock," Schrappe put it clearly.
Should politicians want to permanently fall below a seven-day incidence of 50 or 35, Schrappe warns of an
"infinite lockdown"
.
In his opinion, the state in which Germany finds itself is
“not a wave that can be broken”
, but “a continuous growth.” This is countered by the opinions of some experts and virologists who warned of a so-called second coronavirus wave * .
Susanne Johna, chairwoman of the Marburger Bund doctors' association, told the
Augsburger Allgemeine
in August
that Germany was “in a second, flat surge”.
Coronavirus: "Lockdown only causes a temporary flattening"
In
his opinion,
a so-called
breakwater lockdown would
be ineffective, Schrappe continued.
"The lockdown only causes a temporary flattening." If renewed easing then occur - as they are likely to be planned over Christmas - the increase will continue, the doctor predicts.
However, in times of Corona *, the
fact that opinions differ regarding the
Corona measures
is nothing new.
Virologist Hendrik Streeck also criticized Merkel's federal government with regard to the partial lockdown - and received headwinds from virologist Christian Drosten.
Coronavirus in Germany: Doctors criticize RKI - "politically controlled"
The criticism of physician Matthias Schrapp, however, is also directed against the figures from the Robert Koch Institute, on which key government decisions are based.
"The RKI is politically controlled," he
said in an interview with
ZDF
.
One is "in the area of conjecture".
"Fundamental rights are restricted without actually having usable numbers."
Data basis for partial shutdown: "We are in the area of conjecture" https://t.co/eSYXcKnPrp
- ZDF today (@ZDFheute) November 23, 2020
The
RKI's infection numbers are "not far from the fog,"
he continued, referring to the number of corona tests * in Germany.
“We test one and a half million people a week and then we have 120,000 positives because of me.
But if we were to test two and a half million, how many would we have? ”As a result, the RKI numbers“ have no basis ”.
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network (mbr)
