With Mayor Palmer: Does a city do better than the rest of Germany? "Haven't infected anyone anymore"

Blueprint for all of Germany?

At "Anne Will" a doctor explains the Tübingen way in the corona pandemic - and raves about Boris Palmer.

Are corona problems solved better on site?

• Coronavirus pandemic in Germany

  : Anne Will (ARD) is eagerly discussing the change in strategy to more corona easing.

• A doctor promotes the "Tübinger Weg" - and raves about the initiative of Mayor Boris Palmer (Greens).

• Would the model in the Corona crisis be a blueprint for all of Germany?

Munich / Tübingen - Normally, around 25,000 students cavort between Neckar, Wilhelmstraße and Schnarrenberg-Kliniken in the Swabian medium-sized town of Tübingen with its 85,000 inhabitants.

The idyllic town in the heart of Baden-Württemberg is known for its centuries-old university - when it is not a coronavirus pandemic.

Because in this the Swabians follow their own corona strategy, now known throughout Germany as the "Tübinger Weg".

Tübingen way in the corona pandemic: Will Boris Palmer's strategy become a model for Germany?

The polarizing Lord Mayor Boris Palmer (Greens) initiated this.

A strategy that seems to be paying off - while other cities, counties and municipalities are looking for orientation.

Corona rapid tests should fix it now, but at the start of Germany-wide tests there was a mega breakdown in Bavaria, for example.

In Tübingen, on the other hand, this model has been working since November 2020. Why?

Apparently because the people of Tübingen took it into their own hands.

And thus serve as a blueprint?

The "Tübinger Weg" focuses on a few priorities with self-tests at the center of efforts.

The Tübingen way in the corona pandemic - the focus is on testing:

• "Tübinger Weg" in the corona pandemic - key points:

• The old people's and nursing homes have been tested closely for the corona virus since April 2020.

• Much earlier than anywhere else, there were free FFP2 masks for people over 65.

• A shopping corridor was set up between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. for older and very old citizens.

• In winter, old citizens and people from Covid-19 risk groups were asked to refrain from using public transport.

• Since November 2020, all citizens have been able to have themselves tested for possible infection on test vehicles free of charge.

• Trained volunteers do the corona tests - including the band of pop star Dieter Thomas Kuhn.

• With the help of private donations and companies, three million euros were collected for rapid tests.

The "Tübinger Weg" was also the topic of the political talk

Anne Will

on

ARD

this Sunday (March 7th)

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Corona rapid test in Tübingen (Baden-Württemberg) "They didn't infect anyone anymore"

“The fact is that we tested over 20,000 people asymptomatically in Tübingen.

We had 350 of them that were positive and we pulled them out.

Of course, some of them were really horrified.

Sometimes they didn't even believe it, "said the emergency doctor and pandemic officer of the Tübingen district, Lisa Federle, on the show:" They haven't infected anyone anymore.

Of course, we immediately sent them to the PCR test and told them that they had to be quarantined.

And we reported it to the health department. "

We tested, tested, tested.

Emergency doctor Lisa Federle on the "Tübinger Weg"

Corona problem solving on the doorstep, so to speak.

Even more: Federle sees it very critically that, according to the ideas of the Federal Government of Chancellor Angela Merkel and Health Minister Jens Spahn (both CDU), every citizen should now test himself.

Corona rapid tests in Germany: a doctor from Tübingen expresses concerns about organization

“I am against the fact that you now do these rapid tests at home and then you don't even know what to do with them,” said the doctor: “Within a very short time, we had a lot of people in our fever clinic who said they were positive.

And that they don't know what to do now.

People are not yet sufficiently informed that they know exactly what to do with self-tests. "

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Pandemic officer of the Tübingen district: Emergency doctor Lisa Federle at Anne Will (ARD).

© Screenshot ARD / Anne Will

In the same way, in her opinion, there are people “who do not take it seriously or use the test incorrectly.” Therefore, Federle demanded: “The municipalities must set up test centers everywhere, teach and educate people.

If we now give this to our own responsibility, we no longer have an overview of what is happening. "

Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: the better corona solutions on site than from above?

Tübingen, whose 7-day incidence on March 7th was below 30, is now up again.

From Monday, March 8th, there will be tests across the city from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. to see what the capacities will provide.

According to Federle, anyone can be tested every day.

“I didn't know if we'd get the money.

But we got it together.

And we have tested, tested, tested, "she said of her experiences and explicitly praised Mayor Palmer:" We took the citizens with us because they saw that we were doing something for them. "

Is Tübingen a prime example of the fact that better solutions are offered at the grassroots level? Federle's criticism of the Baden-Württemberg executive in Stuttgart was at

least clear

with

Anne Will (ARD)

: "I tried all the time to let the state government do it because it was too stressful for me." Now the people of Tübingen do it themselves .

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