Vaccination fatigue is a major concern of a Munich chief physician - he also warns of Long-Covid in children.
He therefore has clear demands of the government.
Munich - The chief physician of the Munich Clinic, Prof. Clemens Wendtner, is firmly assuming a Delta * wave in autumn.
“The only question is when it will come and how high it will be,” he says in an interview with
Augsburger Allgemeine
.
According to him, the wave will come in September.
"Then we will have incidences of 300, 400 again in Germany".
He sees the reason for the next Corona * wave in the "insufficient vaccination quota".
Munich doctor warns of Delta wave: "We will no longer achieve herd immunity"
The low level of the vaccination rate will contribute to the high increase in corona infected people in autumn.
"I'm not someone who wants to stir up panic, but we will no longer achieve herd immunity, only so-called herd protection," Wendtner told the newspaper.
This means that non-vaccinated people are not automatically protected, as would have been the case with herd immunity.
The delta wave will primarily hit people who do not get vaccinated and those who cannot build up full immune protection because of a serious illness, for example.
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Clemens Wendtner is the chief physician at the Munich Clinic and treated Germany's first corona patients at the time.
© Photographer Munich Clinic / dpa
Since children cannot be vaccinated at the moment, Wendtner sees a danger there too.
“With the children, one can only hope that they will not become so seriously ill.
But some of them will probably have a hard time, "said the Corona expert.
This will be the case at 0.5 percent.
However, he sees the bigger problem with Long-Covid *.
"It is currently assumed here that four to five percent of infected children could be affected."
He therefore thinks it is all the more important that at least young people from the age of twelve get vaccinated against the virus.
"Personally, I find it difficult to understand that the Stiko is behaving so cautiously in this pandemic on this issue," he told the
Augsburger Allgemeine
.
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Wendtner has clear demands of the government: "Vaccination is really the first civic duty"
Corona expert Wendtner makes clear demands on the Bavarian government: "We have to increase the vaccination speed significantly." Since the opposite is currently the case, politics must clearly show the consequences for non-vaccinated people.
"Anyone who does not get vaccinated, although there are no medical reasons against it, is ultimately lacking in solidarity," says the clinic director.
"It cannot be that we are actually such a leisure and fun-oriented society that simply renounces its solidarity with the weakest."
If it was up to Wendtner, one should therefore limit the leisure activities for unvaccinated people.
“Only those who have been vaccinated should be allowed into the restaurant, as well as people who present the latest PCR test.
The tests may no longer be free of charge. ”Vaccination is precisely the“ first civic duty ”.
Anyone who evades the duty of solidarity must clearly feel the restrictions.
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Markus Söder only announced new corona rules on Tuesday after a meeting of the Bavarian cabinet.
There were changes mainly for schoolchildren.
There are also new restrictions on pubs and bars.
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