End of the corona pandemic: virologist Kekulé expresses remarkable thesis - "My hope is ..."

When is the corona pandemic over?

When is the coronavirus history for us?

Virologist Alexander Kekulé dares to give a remarkable answer.

Berlin - The time in the

is currently passing quite slowly for some.

Endless discussions about the number of infections, risk, incidence, PCR tests or quarantine are now almost part of everyday life.

The coronavirus has only been in this world since the beginning of the year.

An

seems in sight.

In any case, a

cautiously optimistic, even if he considers the

to be quite dangerous.

Kekulé: "My optimistic hope is ..."

"I don't like to make predictions," says virologist and epidemiologist

(62) at

in the program "corona checked".

Kekulé calls his statement "working hypothesis".

This is necessary in a crisis, but one must also be ready to change it again.

After these words, Kekulé carries out his “working hypothesis” at the end of the program.

“In Germany at the end of the year, we will start

vaccinating

in old people's homes

by January at the latest,

” explains the virologist at the end of the conversation with

moderator Alfred Schier.

In the following months, other risk groups would then follow, staff from the front row, such as nurses and doctors, would be vaccinated.

"By the time the population gets a large scale, by that I mean that you can see epidemiologically that the virus is declining, it will

" says Kekulé.

But, during this period, the

comes

, which would help.

"My optimistic hope is that the virus will phase out this summer and that it will not come back next autumn," said Kekulé - who also expressed clear criticism of the federal and state concepts.

#coronanachgehakt: Young people between 15 and 17 years of age "are very strong drivers of the #pandemic", says the virologist Prof. @AlexanderKekule.

Secondary schools should "switch classes immediately".

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- phoenix (@phoenix_de) November 29, 2020

Did you know?

Kekulé: The risk of infection at Christmas for seniors is particularly high

In a conversation with phoenix, virologist

had previously

compared

the

with that in northern Italy in spring.

At Christmas in particular, there is a mix of generations in Germany, explains Kekulé.

Older people come together with very young people.

In his opinion, a "buffer" before Christmas, that is, to close schools, would have been better.

However, Kekulé doesn't believe that people get totally unreasonable at Christmas.

Before the family celebration, the virologist recommends limiting his personal contacts, not endangering himself and, if in doubt, doing a quick test.

The virologist Kekulé recently surprised Markus Lanz with a statement on the origin of the corona virus in the ZDF panel discussion.

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