Corona and no end. Virologist Christian Drosten criticizes epidemiologist Klaus Stöhr for a post on Twitter. who answers.
Updated July 12, 2022: The coronavirus continues to make headlines more than two years after the pandemic began. Experts do not always agree when assessing the current situation. The two virologists Christian Drosten and Klaus Stöhr, for example, had different opinions (see original message below). After virologist Drosten had initially reacted to a Stöhr tweet, virologist Klaus Stöhr also spoke again.
In another tweet, Stöhr explained on Twitter: “Yes, the R value of OWD is around 0.2 higher than that mentioned in the @NZZ. But maybe the data from the RKI was used there? I think that’s understandable from a German point of view. I like most of the rest of the article as well.”
Virology scandal: Drosten counters Stöhr’s corona tweet with a picture
Original notification from June 28, 2022: Berlin – The corona virus is not interested in holidays or vacations and is not taking a break for the third summer. The number of infections is at a high level and holiday countries such as Italy, Greece and Co. are bringing 3G back. There is also concern about another wave in the fall. Virologist Christian Drosten left the Advisory Council in the spring. His successor is the epidemiologist Klaus Stöhr, whose expertise has differed from that of his predecessor in recent years.
Corona in Germany: How high is the R value?
The fact that the two experts still have quite different opinions was recently shown in a scandal on the Twitter platform. Stöhr posted a tweet referring to a comment by New Zurich newspaper related “Citizens, obey!” The next harsh winter is looming in Germany, but bondage must not return, according to the author.
Drosten responded to the tweet two days later and quoted an excerpt from the article: “… the formerly famous R value remains at a low level. It indicates how many people an infected person infects on average and is around 1.” Drosten publishes a graphic on the development of the reproductive value in Germany and comments “Excerpt from reality: R>1 since June 2nd, three weeks before Article.”
The R value indicates how many other people an already infected person infects with the corona virus on average. If the value is above one, the number of infected people increases overall. If it is below that, infections decrease.
Stöhr vs. Drosten: Lauterbach also tweets
As the editorial network Germany reports, Karl Lauterbach (SPD) also got involved in the Twitter debate. “If we had high case numbers and overloads in autumn, many deaths, work stoppages in the infrastructure: the NZZ would criticize us sharply, and rightly so,” writes the Federal Minister of Health. And: “Politics need data and studies.”
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