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Jeremy Farrar on Corona: "It is impossible to reopen schools in Germany quickly"

2021-01-02T08:34:52.308Z


The medical doctor Jeremy Farrar does not believe in a quick return to normal despite the start of vaccination. Instead, a "new dangerous phase of the pandemic" begins.


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SPIEGEL:

Mr. Farrar, will we get our normal lives back in 2021?

Jeremy Farrar:

I think it's unlikely that we will be able to go back to a completely normal state this year.

2020 was a deeply traumatizing experience for people.

Many have lost loved ones and friends.

Children couldn't go to school, adults couldn't go to work.

When you see footage of people huddled in public transport, at sporting events or in theaters and cinemas today, it looks like something from another time.

It will take time for all of us to regain confidence.

SPIEGEL:

Will we be able to defeat Corona this year?

Farrar:

If we make the right decisions, yes.

We know how to keep the virus in check with contact restrictions.

Also, large populations around the world could be vaccinated in the first half of the new year.

With both measures together, we can hope that the post-Covid period will begin next autumn or winter.

But first we are now entering a dangerous new phase of the pandemic.

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