The expert warns of the term “fourth wave” - and has a bitter prognosis for those who have not been vaccinated

One expert views the term “fourth wave” critically.

He expects high incidences, but fewer patients in the hospitals.

For those who have not been vaccinated, he sees black.

Berlin / Munich - For weeks, falling numbers of cases indicated a relaxed summer.

The seven-day incidence is increasing, but it is still at a low level in Germany.

A look at other countries such as Spain, Portugal, or the Netherlands is enough, however: The Corona guide values ​​there are increasing immensely.

One of the reasons for this is the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus.

In Germany, too, it already dominates the infection process.

Reason to worry about a fourth corona wave in this country too?

“Fourth wave” in Germany?

- "Thanks to the vaccination, that won't be the case"

High incidences, increasing numbers of new corona infections, critical occupancy of intensive care beds and many serious disease courses: This is how the first three corona waves in Germany could be described in a nutshell.

Now that's about to change. The head of the German Hospital Association is therefore critical of the term “fourth wave”. "This only causes the citizens to fear that with the increasing number of cases, the intensive care units will again be full of Covid patients - thanks to the vaccination that will not be the case," Gerald Gaß told

on Tuesday

. "With the same incidence, we expect far fewer corona patients in the clinics," said the expert.

Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn had made a similar statement via Twitter. On the platform he wrote: “Since the risk groups at risk are vaccinated, a high incidence does not automatically mean an equally high level of stress in the intensive care beds. The incidence is becoming increasingly

less

meaningful [...]. ”On Monday, a report in the

citing an“ internal document ”from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) about a“ turnaround in the corona policy “Been reported.

The incidence should no longer decide on the corona measures.

In the paper, the RKI presented "hospitalization (hospitalization) as an additional key indicator" for politics.

The government opposed this and confirmed on Monday that it would continue to monitor the incidence.

However, it is important to use other parameters such as hospital admissions for Covid-19 in order to assess the situation.

Serious Covid-19 diseases - Gass with an unpleasant prognosis for non-vaccinated people

Because serious Covid-19 diseases will continue to exist in the future. According to Gaß among those "who do not get vaccinated and do not want to adhere to protective measures". If everyone had received a vaccination offer, it belongs “in the personal risk of each individual, such as when smoking,” he compared to the

. According to the RKI vaccination dashboard, 43 percent of the total population in Germany are fully vaccinated. A total of 58.7 percent received at least one vaccine dose. Meanwhile, a study provided new evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccines against the Delta variant.