The wave of corona infection in old people's homes and among the elderly is unchecked - despite the partial lockdown that lasted for weeks.
This is the conclusion of a research group from LMU in a report.
A research group from the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU) has published an explosive Corona * report.
Almost twice as many people are infected with the coronavirus in old people's and nursing homes than in the general population.
The partial lockdown could not slow down the infection rate in the homes.
Experts fear a dramatic increase in the number of deaths among those over 80.
The latest
infection numbers
give an idea of why almost all politicians
have pushed
so massively for a
quick hard lockdown
: Almost 28,000 more sick people and 1,000 dead within just 24 hours reported the federal Robert Koch Institute (RKI) yesterday morning - Corona hits Germany
harder than ever before
.
And the development could worsen even more dramatically in the next few days.
Coronavirus: 3200 of the 5156 dead in Bavaria are over 80 years old
The background: Especially in
old people's and nursing homes
and among senior citizens, the wave of infection
continues
unchecked
- despite weeks of
partial lockdown
.
This emerges from the explosive report by a Munich research group from the Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU).
A chain reaction threatens: the newly infected
seniors
could
let
the
death rate
rise rapidly.
Because they are considered the number one risk group for Covid-19, the multi-organ disease caused by the Sars-Cov2 virus.
In Bavaria, over 3200 of the 5156 corona deaths belonged to the 80 plus generation.
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Professor Dr.
Helmut Küchenhoff from the Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), spokesman for the research group
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The seven-day incidence in older seniors climbs to 394 in Bavaria, and even to 787 in terms of things
In this age group, the
seven-day incidence
- i.e. the number of new infections per 100,000 population - is almost twice as high as in the general population, according to the LMU scientists.
In Bavaria it was last at 394 for over 80-year-olds, in Saxony even at 787.
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Professor Dr.
Göran Kauermann from the Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), co-speaker of the Munich research group
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Munich scientists: Corona measures fail to protect the elderly
"The previous corona measures
fail to protect the elders,
" says the report by the Corona Data Analysis Group (CoDAG), a group of experienced statisticians.
Your core message: The number of new corona cases rose sharply in all age groups by the beginning of November.
After that, the curve flattened a bit - except for those over 85.
"Here the increase in the number of infected people is unbroken and continues to rise,
especially steeply among those over 90
", reports Professor Dr.
Göran Kauermann.
The exact numbers and other findings can be found on the website of the research group.
Coronavirus: More test capacities required for the homes
The co-speaker of the Munich research group, Professor Dr.
Helmut Küchenhoff,
called on politicians to give
old people's and nursing homes
greater support
with protection and test strategies
: "Against the background of these dramatic figures, it cannot be that there is a shortage of test capacities in the homes, for example."
It would be nice if top politicians like Ms. Merkel talk more about the big problems we have in many old people's homes.
Professor Dr.
Helmut Küchenhoff from the University of Munich
Coronavirus: Criticism also from the virologists Kekulé and Streeck
In addition, the situation in these facilities is still far too little in the focus of public discussion, said Küchenhoff.
"It would be
desirable
if top politicians like Ms. Merkel talk more about the big problems we have in many old people's homes." The leading virology professors
Alexander Kekulé and Hendrick Streeck have
already made similar statements in interviews with our newspaper
.
Corona lockdown: have politicians overslept to protect old people's and nursing homes?
So have our politicians overslept to
protect the homes
?
“So far there has been no sign of any slowdown in the infection rate for this population group,” report the LMU researchers.
Their conclusion: "It clearly shows that the measures taken to contain infection are not sufficiently effective for the highly vulnerable population group." Or to put it another way: the previous protective measures for retirement homes - if they existed at all in practice - are obviously ineffective ran.
Coronavirus: Medical network calls for more detailed examinations in the homes
That is why more and more doctors are demanding that the infection process in the
homes be examined
more closely.
However, neither scientific data are collected nor the details of the
deaths
among residents are clarified, criticizes the 1000-member medical network EbM.
"There is no specific documentation from elderly care."
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