A discussion about the culture of debate in the Corona crisis is breaking out in German politics.
In the midst of it all, the SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach.
Berlin - The
SPD member of the
Bundestag and
health expert Karl Lauterbach
has been standing since the beginning of the
corona pandemic
increasingly in the public eye.
Thanks
to his professional career, the
doctor of medicine and
epidemiologist
can
assess
the current situation in the
corona pandemic better
than almost any other politician.
The conclusions
Lauterbach
draws from his assessment do not seem to please everyone and so the
SPD politician
has to put up with constructive criticism and wild insults alike.
Karl Lauterbach: Wolfgang Kubicki agrees with Hansi Flick and criticizes counterproductive "alarmism"
Most recently, the statements made by
FC Bayern coach Hansi Flick
caused a sensation, who referred to
Lauterbach
as a “so-called expert” who always had to comment on something.
The 55-year-old also demanded that the politicians
develop
a
strategy
with which one could see a light at the end of the tunnel.
Statements that not only made waves on social networks, but also
sparked a debate
among
politicians
.
Among other things,
Wolfgang Kubicki (FDP)
seems
to have
few problems with
Flick's
statements
.
The 68-year-old even joined the Bayern coach's criticism.
"I also consider
Karl Lauterbach's
alarmism
to be counterproductive," the Bundestag Vice President told
t-online
.
Kubicki
accused the
SPD politician of
not dealing with “how one can succeed
in living
with the
virus
.” Similar to
Hansi Flick
, the
FDP politician
lacks the
prospects in
Lauterbach's
statements.
"Of course, we need
more light at the end of the tunnel
when dealing with the
Corona crisis,
" demands the 68-year-old.
Kevin Kühnert criticizes Hansi Flick - shares responsibility for “climates of hatred” around Karl Lauterbach
The former federal chairman of the
Jusos Kevin Kühnert
had also commented on the criticism of the
Bayern coach
on Twitter
, but rather sided with his party colleague and
sharply criticized
Flick's
approach
.
If you then "just put it on without reflection, refer to them as so-called
experts
and don't justify where the contradiction lies in the matter, then you also share responsibility for sowing such a climate of hatred," the 31-year-old told him SID.
Kühnert also
emphasized that he
would approve of
an apology from the
Bayern coach
: "That's why I would like you to reconsider these statements and
apologize
to
Karl Lauterbach
." The 31-year-old also noted that
Karl Lauterbach
and other politicians, journalists and scientists who have dealt with the
pandemic
have become more and more victims of "death threats" or "violent fantasies" in recent weeks.
In view of these circumstances,
Kühnert
spoke
of a “climate of hatred”.
Karl Lauterbach comments on the Flick criticism - Kubicki worries about the culture of debate
Kubicki,
on the other hand, was critical of the “relentlessness in the culture of debate”, which
has meanwhile made
the
FDP politician
very worried.
Corona promoted
a "dull black and white thinking" that no longer allows differentiation.
According to
Kubicki
, self-assertion is the primary goal and less an attempt to find the better way.
Karl Lauterbach
himself commented on the allegations of the
Bayern coach
on Sunday
and emphasized the importance of the discourse.
“If
Hansi Flick
disagrees, he should just bring his arguments.
He doesn't have to be an expert for that.
Other arguments also count, ”said the
SPD politician
.
Lauterbach
also had an answer to the question why he would comment so often.
"'So-called experts' express themselves because journalists ask them for an assessment."
(Fd / SID)
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