At "Hart aber fair" this time the people who are suffering from the Corona crisis had their say.
What's going on in them?
What help do you need?
Current topic of the Plasberg Talk
"Hard but fair"
: Lockdown and no end: How are you doing in the crisis?
Labor Minister
Hubertus Heil
admitted the seriousness of the situation in view of the many bankruptcies: "My heart is bleeding."
Psychology professor Sieverding warns of a change in feelings if people are permanently denied the opportunity to determine their own lives.
Berlin - This talk was overdue.
As in December, when
Plasberg
invited young people to the studio,
not only virologists and politicians but also “normal” German citizens had their say
in the new
“hard but fair” round
.
People who are currently suffering from the
Corona crisis
and for whom - at least currently - there seems to be no way out.
"Hard but fair"
- these guests discussed with:
Hubertus Heil (SPD)
- Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs
Prof. Dr.
Monika Sieverding -
Head of Health Psychology at the Institute for Psychology at the University of Heidelberg
Dr.
Carola Holzner
- Specialist in intensive and emergency medicine at the Essen Clinic
Jan Weiler
- writer and columnist
Kirstin Vietze
- owner of a hairdressing salon in Berlin
Minister of Labor Heil on "Hard but fair" in view of the bankrupt companies: "My heart is bleeding"
First, master hairdresser Kirstin Vietze from Berlin gives the 240,000 employees in the
hairdressing industry
a voice.
The mother of three school-age children and relatives in need of care is on the verge of losing her 100-year-old family business.
Vietze falls out of the grid of
corona aid
, has to service loans in order to make ends meet and openly admits: “The account is empty.
A mountain of debt is growing, I sleep worse and worse. ”And emotionally:“ It's a constant rollercoaster of emotions, I don't know how to do most things any more.
You don't even see any light at the end of the tunnel. "
Labor Minister
Hubertus Heil
is the only functionary in the group and has to defend the government's course.
He is emphatic about Vietze's personal tragedy: "That doesn't leave me cold, it saddened me," says the minister.
And admits: "We have economic aid that started too late or is sometimes too bureaucratic," his heart blew.
But he doesn't have any more specific help to offer.
Emergency doctor criticizes the federal government's communication strategy at Plasberg
Emergency doctor Dr.
Carola Holzner speaks of the stress in
intensive care units
.
The doctor also runs her medical blog "Doc Caro - Medicine for All" to provide educational work, as she says.
She wants better communication.
Holzner: "I lack transparency in the whole management."
Writer Jan Weiler, already immunized from
corona disease
, lost half of his income last year due to a failed reading trip.
He tries to take the situation with humor: “I have tightened all the screws in my house for this - it is in perfect condition.” He still has one demand: “I expect politicians to communicate at some point how they agree bypasses people who have been vaccinated or who have already had it [coronavirus]. "Why are people allowed to sit close together on the plane, but not at a distance in the opera?
What is the reason for how we deal with stress? ", Wants
moderator Plasberg
from the psychology professor Prof. Dr.
Monika Sieverding know.
It leaves no doubt, the inner attitude makes it.
Sieverding: "If you always struggle, it is definitely not good for the psyche." You need an intrinsic goal, that is, the feeling that you determine your life yourself and not be forced on from outside.
Psychologist Sieverding warns of an increase in anger and frustration with "Hard but fair"
Your criticism: The media would rely too much on negative news.
Sieverding: “We could be happy every day that two companies have managed to develop an effective
vaccine
to manufacture.
Instead, we grapple with each other with accusations that it doesn't start quite as quickly as it was originally planned.
That is not good for all of us, including as a society ”.
Plasberg objects
that the problem is not distributed fairly.
If you lived in a house, it would be easier than in a three-room apartment with children.
There are people who benefit from the crisis, while others are the losers.
A viewer's voice sums it up: "Where the hell should I stay optimistic with a system in which
politics
itself is at a loss ?!"
And suddenly the professor is also critical, for example of the
night curfews
, the guesswork around a
lockdown end
and she even warns: “You don't know how things will go on.
That can then lead to a feeling of helplessness that turns into anger, frustration, disappointment or anger. "
Hail over neo-Nazis: "It makes more sense to talk about a parking meter"
"Doc Caro" noticed the frustration when she was
insulted as "a lying piece of sh ...!" In
her constant deployment in the fight against
Corona
online.
Author Jan Weiler speaks up: "We take too much consideration for them", he grumbles and criticizes: "I think that such people shouldn't be quoted in programs like this".
Heil is providing support: he discusses with AfD voters, but not with die-hard neo-Nazis.
Heil: "It makes more sense to talk about a parking meter".
"Such people", said Heil, shouldn't be taken too much to heart, especially against the background that "the majority in this country is decent and sensible".
Conclusion of the "hard but fair" talk show
Plasberg
too
remained sensible, perhaps also gracious.
On the topic of the talk
"Corona frustration"
he could certainly have given bitter voices the floor.
Instead, the motto was: Criticism, yes, but civilized please.
That didn't affect the round, but it looked a little nicely ironed.
What was missing: No figures on the unemployment rate, the increase in poverty and the widening rifts between rich and poor since the beginning of the
Corona crisis
- EU-wide.
This circumstance also revealed the seriousness of the situation.