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FFP2 mask requirement: Medical professionals criticize Bavarian “actionism” - more and more experts are warning of dire consequences

2021-01-18T04:55:56.312Z


From January 18, an FFP2 mask is mandatory in public transport in Bavaria to protect against corona infections. However, more and more experts are warning of the pitfalls that lurk when using face masks.


From January 18, an FFP2 mask is mandatory in public transport in Bavaria to protect against corona infections.

However, more and more experts are warning of the pitfalls that lurk when using face masks.

  • Coronavirus pandemic in Germany

    : The number of

    Covid-19 cases

    is

    high

    in

    January 2021

    and

    strict corona rules

    apply nationwide

    *

    .

  • In

    Bavaria

    , an

    FFP2 mask is mandatory

    in

    public transport

    (buses, suburban trains, underground trains, trams) and in retail

    from January 18

    .

  • A doctor is now warning of pitfalls when using the

    FFP2 masks

    .

Update January 15, 6.40 a.m.:

The planned

obligation

to wear

FFP2 masks

in

shops

and

local transport

in

Bavaria

to protect against

Corona *

has been

sharply

criticized

by the

physician Andreas Podbielski

.

"That sounds like

actionism

to

me

," said the director of the

Institute for Medical Microbiology

, Virology and Hygiene at the University of Rostock of the Munich "Abendzeitung" (Friday).

In

his opinion,

FFP2 masks

only belong in the medical professions.

These masks are stressful and bring “loads of risks” with them.

It is not for nothing that the

Occupational Safety and Health Act

stipulates taking a break after wearing it for two hours.

FFP2 mask requirement in Bavaria: More and more experts are critical - statement announced

The

Robert Koch Institute (RKI)

 in Berlin had already expressed reluctance to the use of the

special masks

by private individuals and even

pointed out

possible

damage to health

: “When used on people with e.g.

For example, impaired

lung function

or elderly people, health effects cannot be ruled out. "

The

Bavarian Ministry of Health

in Munich

did not receive a statement

on Thursday

, a spokesman announced a statement for Friday.

First report from January 14th

Munich / Vienna - The

FFP2 mask

is an effective means of protecting against infection with the

insidious coronavirus *

.

Many experts, scientists and medical professionals agree on this.

In

Bavaria

has this special

face masks

according to the will of

Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU)

*

and his government from 18 January in

public transport (public transport)

, for example, in the subways of the metropolis - are carried

Munich

*

, with around 1, 56 million inhabitants.

Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: In Bavaria, an FFP2 mask is mandatory in public transport from January 18

The Bavarian state government reaffirmed this rule before news of a possibly

radical corona lockdown in Germany

leaked.

That the

FFP2 masks

protect against the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen is also of the opinion of Miranda Suchomel, assistant professor at the Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology at the

Med-Uni Vienna

.

And yet the doctor from

Austria has

objections.

Coronavirus in Bavaria: An FFP2 mask must be worn in public transport

She assumes "that super-spreader events in the course of which a corona infected person infects many others are mostly related to loud talking or singing," she recently told the Austrian

standard

.

And: People who wear FFP2 masks have to talk louder to each other, she explained: "That increases the risk of infection even more."

With a view to the

subways

in her place of residence Vienna (around 1.9 million inhabitants), she recommended keeping silent on public transport or at least talking quietly to one another in order to reduce the risk of infection.

And Suchomel is apparently critical of one more point.

Medical doctor from Austria: do wet FFP2 masks no longer ask for protection against corona?

When exercising, especially in connection with snow, the

FFP2 masks would

quickly become soaked and then no longer protect at all.

Now it is snowing

heavily

in the south of the Federal Republic and especially in

Bavaria

these days.

Many

S-Bahn stations

in and around

Munich

, for example, are quite unprotected in the open air, and this also applies to individual U-Bahn stations (Neuperlach, Studentenstadt) or at least their entrances.

If you get flakes on the mask, this could possibly worsen its effectiveness.

Whether in

Munich, Nuremberg *, Augsburg * or Ingolstadt *

- public transport commuters have to be

careful

in

winter

, according to Suchomel, that they avoid snowfall on the way there or back from public transport.

(pm) * tz.de and Merkur.de are part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editorial network

Source: merkur

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