Virologist Christian Drosten warns of a hasty vaccine euphoria and paints a sad picture for the coming summer.
The first vaccinations against the
coronavirus
will also be available in Germany next year
.
Politicians and society hope to be able to put an end to the Covid 19 pandemic.
Virologist
Christian Drosten
urges caution and gives a disturbing outlook.
Berlin - Every Tuesday,
Christian Drosten
explains
the most important questions about
Covid-19
in his NDR podcast "Coronavirus Update"
.
He also goes into current developments and assesses them from a scientific point of view.
In recent weeks, many in Germany have spoken of a silver lining: the
vaccine
.
In his most recent episode, Drosten takes some illusions with regard to the vaccine.
“It will not be the case that many people in the population will be vaccinated by the end of January.
It will simply not be possible to meet these timing requirements, ”he warns.
The
time horizons
currently being assumed
in
Germany
are unrealistic.
“We have a distorted public perception, which is certainly due to reports of success from
politics
", so Drosten.
The first people could soon be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Despite the rapid development, the corona vaccines are being examined very carefully.
They are only approved if they meet the high safety and quality standards.
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- BMG (@BMG_Bund) December 2, 2020
Christian Drosten in the podcast: Vaccine will not end the corona pandemic
According to Drosten, concrete facts about which time frame are being discussed were neglected.
It is also still unclear when what
quantities of
the vaccine will be delivered
would be available.
If the currently prospective delivery figures are expected, these will not be enough to stop the global
spread of the virus
, the expert believes.
“We therefore absolutely have to deal with the reality that we have to continue working with non-pharmaceutical interventions.” Distance rules, hygiene measures and contact restrictions will therefore be with us for even longer.
Despite the use of vaccines, he predicts
anything but rosy outlook
for the
summer of 2021
.
“At some point in the summer we will have a situation in which one can perhaps state that those who are at a very high
risk
and who wanted to be vaccinated are now vaccinated,” explains Drosten.
This may sound like good news at first, but it also poses a major problem.
Corona vaccination in Germany: Lockdown will then no longer be accepted
Because Drosten does not believe that you can then still convey non-pharmaceutical measures to the population.
That means renewed
lockdowns
no matter which gradation would probably
no longer be accepted
.
The economy then returns to normal operations, and (large) events also take place again.
All of this with one grave consequence.
“We will get into a situation when the infections in the population are widespread.
And we haven't seen that before, ”said Drosten.
The warm summer temperatures would have a positive effect, but afterwards there would be a changed
infection process
give: “We will then come out of the summer and then we will see large numbers of infections in a population that we do not have at the moment.
In the healthy, normal, younger population, where there
are
no
risk factors
. "
(Mam)
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