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Drosten dampens Corona hope considerably - "One of the most difficult phases ever"

2021-05-31T21:08:25.789Z


Mood of optimism in Germany: falling numbers of cases make corona easing possible. But is everything going too fast? Christian Drosten warns urgently.


Mood of optimism in Germany: falling numbers of cases make corona easing possible.

But is everything going too fast?

Christian Drosten warns urgently.

Munich / Berlin - The current situation of the corona pandemic allows glimmers of hope.

The number of cases is on the decline and is making easing possible in most federal states.

Despite some background noise, great progress can be seen in the federal government's vaccination plan *.

Coronavirus: Drosten warns of rapid easing in Germany - "could strike back"

For many people, it was almost a strange feeling to be back in the beer garden in mid-May.

In the last few weeks the lockdown * has become considerably softer in some cases.

But is the pace appropriate?

Virologist Christian Drosten urges caution.

“Otherwise it can strike back,” he demands caution when taking further steps.

The Charité expert considers it extremely risky to suspend the effective measures to reduce contact too quickly.

Drosten sees delicate corona problem: "One of the most difficult phases ever"

"This is actually one of the most difficult phases for politics to navigate the whole thing," said Drosten on Thursday in Berlin.

Should the incidence figures rise again, how should we react?

After all, the burden of disease - the sum of years of life lost due to death due to illness - continues to decrease as the vaccination progresses.

Other experts therefore bring a new modeling value into the discussion: The view should therefore be averted from the incidences *.

Instead, they advocate introducing the number of hospital admissions as a decisive parameter.

Strict measures would then only be required if there is evidence of great danger for risk groups.

Coronavirus: incidence values ​​soon to be insignificant?

Changing parameters would come too early for Drosten

For Christian Drosten, however, that comes too early. The risk groups would have to be better protected beforehand than they are at the moment. After the summer, he predicts, it might be time to think about a smooth transition of the parameters. Drosten suggests that new infections and hospital admissions should be collected in parallel to protect yourself. So far, disease burden prognoses based on the incidence values ​​have mostly been very accurate. In addition, Drosten emphasizes, according to his knowledge, medical recordings are not subject to reporting.

Drosten predicts that the new type of corona virus * will certainly still be with the world in the coming years. The pathogen uses vaccine picking for this. A pandemic spread and high death rates should be avoided due to the hopefully broad protection of the world's population. If the situation develops like this at some point, Drosten's hope, the coronavirus will behave like a cold coronavirus.

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Source: merkur

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