Karl Lauterbach warns of increasing numbers of corona infections with a view to children.
He would be sending entire classes back into quarantine from autumn.
And he puts pressure on the unvaccinated in the pandemic.
Munich / Berlin - What will happen to schools and children in the coronavirus pandemic?
This question has not been answered by German politicians as of August 26th.
At least not in public.
While the vaccination campaign in Germany is becoming more and more sluggish, it is also unclear whether, how and when children can be vaccinated against Corona.
Biontech and Moderna are striving for approval for the corona vaccination of small children this year.
But here, too, there are still no political reactions.
What to do?
SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach has now pleaded for a further mask requirement in schools.
And for the renewed quarantine of entire classes.
If a child is found to be infected with the coronavirus.
Coronavirus pandemic: Karl Lauterbach warns about children and schools
“School lessons are extremely problematic: according to studies, air filter systems in combination with ventilation and the use of masks can reduce the risk of infection by a factor of 30.
That would be the silver bullet.
But we have not yet managed to equip all schools with air filter systems ", Lauterbach explained in an interview with the
editorial network German (RND)
:" That is why we need a mask requirement, many vaccinated children and strict quarantine rules. "
As a rule, we should immediately quarantine the entire class.
Corona expert Karl Lauterbach (SPD)
The situation of the children worries him "currently the most and we have to assume that up to five percent of the children suffering from Covid-19 will also develop Long Covid," said the member of the Bundestag: "We are about to start a mass experiment to experience our own children.
We absolutely have to prevent that. ”Urgent words.
Lauterbach confirmed in the conversation that it was wrong to “only send the sick children home” when a child from the same class is infected.
"As a rule, we should immediately send the whole class to quarantine to protect the healthy children," said the 58-year-old Rhinelander.
He is not alone in his warnings about the school children.
Many teachers seem to be very worried too.
In the video: Because of Corona - Karl Lauterbach criticizes unvaccinated people
For example, the President of the German Teachers' Association, Heinz-Peter Meidinger, warns against a veritable contamination of the schools.
In an interview with the
Augsburger Allgemeine,
he pointed out that, according to new studies, between 0.3 and 1.7 percent of infected children would have to be treated in hospital.
"In relation to Germany with almost eleven million students, that would mean that between 30,000 and 180,000 would have to be treated in hospitals, completely apart from possible long-covid consequences," he said and said: "I believe no politician should be responsible for that . “Lauterbach is putting pressure on the unvaccinated.
Tenor: Only with more vaccinations could the number of infections be reduced in the cold season.
Coronavirus pandemic: Karl Lauterbach puts pressure on unvaccinated people because of the number of infections
“We have to focus on the unvaccinated.
They are the greatest danger to others.
They infect each other and are responsible for the high incidences, ”explained Lauterbach and even warned of another lockdown scenario that politicians have so far persistently denied.
Lauterbach: "If we want to prevent another lockdown, unvaccinated people have to behave more cautiously or be vaccinated."
If necessary, he advocates the so-called 2-G rule. “That means,” explained Lauterbach, “only those who have been vaccinated and recovered are allowed into the interiors of restaurants, clubs and the gym, for example”. It remains to be said: In the next phase of the pandemic, the focus will probably be on children and the unvaccinated.
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