Lauterbach wants to include science: Expert advice should help determine corona measures

Created: 12/14/2021 Updated: 12/14/2021, 8:49 AM

By: Kim Hornickel

Karl Lauterbach (SPD) announces a stronger involvement of science in the corona measures.

On Tuesday (December 14th, 2021) the Federal Minister of Health will meet with the Federal Government's new Expert Council.

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SPD health minister Karl Lauterbach wants to involve science more closely in corona measures: The expert council meets for the first time on Tuesday.

Berlin - In the future, science should have a stronger say in which corona measures * are useful and which are not, said Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach * (SPD *). He wants to rethink the corona crisis management. "Policy in the pandemic needs scientific advice," said Lauterbach of the Düsseldorf Rheinische Post. The inclusion of science will shape his work.

The new Federal Minister of Health wants to implement his new line at an expert meeting on Tuesday (December 14th, 2021).

At the first meeting of the Federal Government's new Expert Council, politicians, doctors and scientists from other fields will discuss.

And Karl Lauterbach promises to take the opinion of the experts first.

"The exchange with my former colleagues will be the basis of my crisis management and the entire federal government," said Lauterbach.

Karl Lauterbach relies on science: Expert advice discusses new corona measures

In order to be able to make a political decision on new measures to contain the corona pandemic, the panel of experts wanted to speak about the danger posed by the Omicron mutation *.

The Minister of Health also said the influence of boosters on the spread of Omikron and how the fourth corona wave * can be broken is a matter of discussion.

The head of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Andreas Gassen, also welcomed the fact that in the future there should be more emphasis on the assessments of doctors: "It is good that medical expertise is much more represented in the new expert committee."

Support for medical practices from expert advice and politics required

Furthermore, with a view to the first meeting of the Expert Council, he called for more support for doctors' practices in vaccinating, the Council and those involved in politics.

"I expect that the concerns of the resident colleagues will not only be heard, but will also be taken into account in the recommendations," said Gassen in the Rheinische Post.

(kh / AFP)