More and more vaccination breakthroughs in Germany: Virologist Streeck sees no reason to worry.
He draws a plastic comparison for the vaccination against corona and flu.
Berlin - "Vaccination does not protect against infection," says virologist Hendrik Streeck about the increasing number of cases of people who fall ill after being infected with the coronavirus despite being vaccinated.
Streeck
told
n-tv
that he didn't think vaccine breakthroughs were a cause for concern.
The vaccination "in most cases provides very good protection against a severe course," said Streeck.
Nevertheless, there are of course some cases in which one sees a severe course despite the vaccination.
According to the RKI weekly report of October 14, a total of around 150,000 vaccination breakthroughs have been recorded in Germany since the beginning of February.
Breakthroughs in vaccination: Streeck only sees severe courses in people with previous illnesses
According to Streeck, it is again the people who already suffer from previous illnesses who also benefit less from vaccination protection.
“A prominent example is former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who had severe bone marrow cancer.
That is probably why there was this strong corona breakthrough, from which he died in the end, ”says Streeck.
According to the current RKI weekly report, the proportion of those who died despite complete vaccination in connection with the coronavirus in Germany is 5.1 percent.
Corona in Germany is decided in nursing homes in winter
Streeck assumes that the coming winter will also be decided in the old people's and nursing homes.
He concludes from the observations on the effectiveness of the vaccination: "It is important that people with previous illnesses and people who live in old people's or nursing homes are advised to have a third vaccination." But it is not necessary for the general population, i.e. for everyone who otherwise has a fit immune system. "
Already at the end of summer, Streeck was more optimistic than Drosten about the course of the corona waves in autumn:
He draws a plastic comparison for the parallel vaccination against flu and corona.
That is generally not a problem, you can imagine it like this: “The handball team is training in one corner, the soccer team in the other corner.
They don't get in each other's way, they even cheer each other on. "(Kat)
