1.
Setbacks
The biggest
outdoor swimming pool disaster in the
past: The deep fryer in the
chip shop is
smoking.
The biggest swimming pool disaster today: The server for the registrations is raging.
At over 30 degrees, the rush is enormous, because of Corona, those who want to swim have to book their time slots in advance - and they seem to be even more popular than digital vaccination certificates.
"In Berlin, tickets are traded like tickets for fully booked concerts," reports my colleague Lisa Duhm from our Germany department.
"The only advantage: if you come in, you have plenty of space to yourself." (Read here to find out where you are lucky enough to get tickets.)
Photo: Yves Herman / REUTERS
The interim results on the effectiveness of the
Curevac agent
are a medium-sized catastrophe for the global vaccination campaign
that have now become known: a sobering 47 percent, the stock smeared off. "After the good results of the other mRNA vaccines, the moderate value comes as a surprise," says my colleague Julia Merlot from our science department. Perhaps the Curevac vaccine would have met the criteria for effectiveness against the original virus in the interim analysis, but new mutants such as the Delta variant are now circulating (more on this here). "It is still unclear how well Curevac prevents severe courses of Covid-19," says Julia. "The competing products from Biontech and Moderna and also the agent from AstraZeneca manage this quite reliably even with more aggressive variants."
Why the agent performed so much worse than that of Biontech and Moderna after the interim evaluation is still unclear.
"Perhaps it is due to a technical detail, perhaps because only a small dosage was possible because otherwise the side effects would have been too strong," says Julia.
You can read more about this here: The 47 percent setback
2.
Interchangeable
Vladimir Putin
wants to
continue the talks
after his meeting with US President
Joe Biden
: "We are ready to continue this dialogue as far as the American side is." Not surprisingly, the meeting went according to plan for Putin, as did my colleague Marc Pitzke analyzes. Few specific agreements, but maybe there will be an exchange of prisoners, including the Russian arms smuggler Viktor Butt, better known as "The Merchant of Death." (More about the background here.)
My colleague Dietmar Pieper talked to the Polish security politician Radosław Sikorski about the threat Russia poses to Europe. Sikorski had warned of attacks from Russia, both military and digital. Dietmar experienced an almost nostalgic moment during the interview. Sikorski pointed out the Iskander missiles stationed in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, which, with their atomic explosives, pose a direct threat to Berlin - the German capital is less than 600 kilometers away. "In the past, millions of Germans took to the streets to protest because of weapons like these," said the former Polish Foreign Minister - something Dietmar remembers well: in the early 1980s he marched as a schoolboy himself.
At that time, however, the protest was primarily directed against the stationing of US missiles in the Federal Republic.
Dietmar agrees with Sikorski that there is hardly anything left of the fear of war in Germany at the time.
Read the whole interview here: »Poland protects Germany from eastwards«
3.
Hanging Top of Football Commentators
Yes,
Bastian Schweinsteiger is
at the European Championship.
No, not on the pitch or on the bench, but on the first as a commentator.
A big thank you to everyone who pointed this out to me after a few days ago I squeezed my lack of football euphoria into the assertion that I didn't know straight away whether Schweinsteiger was still playing.
Enlarge image
Accumulated instead of accrued
Photo: Frank Hoermann / imago images / Sven Simon
Anyone who can write a text about Schweinsteiger while standing still (and probably while sleeping) is my colleague Peter Ahrens from the sports department - about his playful strengths and weaknesses as well as the analytical and rhetorical.
"A big soccer tournament is not just a competition between teams," says Peter.
"There is always a show of ex-professionals who are now trying their hand at being TV experts." He distinguishes between three types:
The
substantial entertainer
is able to entertain and still provide technical insights.
Representative: Formerly Jürgen Klopp at ZDF, today Stefan Kuntz at ARD.
The
loud-mouthed quote supplier
relies on
rioting
above all, so that his sayings are reliably picked up by the boulevard.
Representative: Mario Basler.
The
tragic microphone
holder, which is known for its merits, suddenly taps around a bit awkwardly in front of the camera.
Formerly a leader, now an unfortunate keyword.
Representative: Unfortunately Bastian Schweinsteiger - on ARD he torments himself through the admittedly exhausting conversation with Jessy Wellmer.
The presenter likes it flippant, but for something like this to work, it takes two.
"Schweinsteiger is a lot, but definitely not flippant," says Peter.
"And so his appearance so far has been a bit like that of the German team: trying hard."
Read the full story here: The Man of Sorrows
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What else is important today
Police break open the door to "Rigaer 94":
Among other things, police officers have used a chainsaw to gain access to a partially occupied house in Berlin-Friedrichshain.
The residents had only wanted to let the announced fire protection inspector in alone.
Klima, Bullerbü and Grandpa Waldemar:
Annalena Baerbock has written a book.
Politically, there is little new in it, but rare, well-dosed insights into private life.
What does the work teach about the candidate for chancellor?
Hertha BSC is worried about Windhorst millions:
The investor Lars Windhorst joined Hertha BSC two years ago with great promises.
Meanwhile, the club is waiting longer and longer for the payment of the 65 million euros that are still due - and threatens to seize the shares.
Scholz is planning significantly higher new borrowing:
Next year the federal government will have to take on 20 billion euros more in debt than initially assumed - a total of 100 billion.
The reasons are measures against climate change and corona costs in the health system.
Eriksen gets a defibrillator implanted:
After his collapse, Christian Eriksen has an increased risk of further cardiac arrhythmias.
The 29-year-old is now getting a defibrillator.
What we recommend today at SPIEGEL +
"Disabled people need the same rights as non-disabled people":
Two men and two women were killed in a facility for disabled people in Potsdam.
Raúl Krauthausen calls for the abolition of such homes and criticizes the reporting on the case.
"The tree does no harm":
the pine is his friend, the neighbor is her opponent.
Volker Richter fought for a tree in his garden before the Federal Court of Justice, probably in vain.
Just why?
And above all: what now?
Invitation to test fraud:
Parents fill out a self-certificate about a negative test for their child, the school stamps it, with the logo of the Ministry of Culture emblazoned over it.
Sounds absurd?
Is possible in Baden-Württemberg.
Which is less important today
Eber, tough:
China is mourning its
"Zhu Jianqiang"
, which means "strong-willed pig".
The animal lived to be 13 years old and revered as a national hero after surviving 36 days under rubble in the devastating Sichuan earthquake in 2008.
Small consolation: As early as 2011, Chinese researchers announced that they had cloned six piglets with the genetic make-up.
The head of the project said at the time that the "wonderful pig" had "surprised us all again".
Typo of the day
, corrected in the meantime: "I shouldn't have been so well-informed."
Cartoon of the day: a
changing pandemic
And tonight?
Because it's too hot outside anyway, could you spend another evening in front of the screen and follow a recommendation from my colleague Hannah Pilarczyk: Maria Schrader's grandiose historical film
»Von der Morgenröte«
can be viewed in the ARD media library
;
he tells of Stefan Zweig's time in exile (more about the film here, the film itself can be found here).
Director Maria Schrader with actor Josef Hader during the filming of "Von der Morgenröte"
Photo:
X Distribution / Mathias Bothor
Hannah has also seen Schrader's new film »I am your human«, namely at the online Berlinale in March.
The comedy is about "whether love and algorithms really go together, or whether we just add up a version of ourselves that we secretly dread," writes Hannah.
The film is already showing in individual cinemas and will be shown nationwide from July 1st.
A lovely evening.
Sincerely
yours, Oliver Trenkamp
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