Medical students protect the university clinic from corona "walkers" - now they are being investigated

Created: 01/15/2022, 06:08

By: Clara Marie Tietze

In Dresden, students recently got together in front of the university to stop people walking around with the Corona virus.

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Opponents of the corona measures are moving through cities in Germany more and more frequently.

In Dresden, several students have now stood in their way.

Update from January 14, 1:55 p.m

.: After the police were massively criticized for the action against the young students, the police operations manager Hendrik Schlicke commented on Friday. The 22 students were briefly detained and their personal details recorded. The young doctors had previously gotten into a cauldron that the police officers had closed around the participants in the demonstration against the corona measures. According to Schlicke, there were loudspeaker announcements in the direction of the counter-demonstrators in advance.

In the meantime, individual media have reported that officials were bothered by the students' doctor's coats because they violated the ban on wearing uniforms at demonstrations.

Police President Jörg Kubiessa declared this rumor to be false.

The next time such an action is planned, the officials advise contacting the assembly authorities and the police beforehand for cooperation talks.

Students against corona deniers in Dresden: human chain protects university hospital

First report from January 14:

Dresden – The so-called “walks”, which more and more people are currently calling for to demonstrate against the corona virus measures, are now running through the whole country.

The messenger service Telegram is often used to invite people to the meetings - despite the group restrictions in many places to a maximum of ten people.

Corona demo in Dresden: medical students protect the university clinic

So also on Thursday evening in Dresden.

The destination of the Corona “walkers” was the university hospital.

However, a group of students was already waiting there with posters reading "Saxony let yourself be vaccinated" and "Vaccinate instead of scolding".

They had come together to stand up to the opponents of the Corona measures.

The problem: not only the supposed walkers, but also the students had come together in groups with more than the permitted ten people.

The police initiated 22 proceedings against the students for administrative offenses.

The area around the university clinic had already been extensively secured in advance.

Dresden: Proceedings against students for violations of corona measures

But the opponents of the Corona measures did not get far, as the police stopped the “walkers” train again and again at an early stage.

The participants were asked to disperse.

The situation was sometimes very dynamic, said a police spokesman on Friday morning.

A psychologist recently explained why so many people allow themselves to be exploited for the supposed “walks”.