D.he fourth wave is currently hitting Germany with full force. Whether the hospitalization rate, deaths or the nationwide seven-day incidence – every indicator is rising to new record values every day. In politics, however, it is preferred to proclaim the end of the epidemic situation of national importance.
In any case, Anne Will proclaims the “Corona emergency” in the title of her show that evening and wants to know whether Germany can still break the fourth wave at all. Virologist Melanie Brinkmann, head of “COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring” Cornelia Betsch, and for politics Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (FDP), Hubertus Heil (SPD) and Tobias Hans (CDU) should answer this.
Right at the beginning, Will sets the tone of the show again – and tries to do this by the head of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). Because the otherwise so level-headed and cautious-looking Lothar Wieler broke his collar last Wednesday when presenting the current Corona figures: Germany was in a “dire emergency” and would experience a “bad Christmas”, warned the RKI President. And he did not want to leave it at that this week, but also took up the German Corona policy: too sluggish, too careless and too quickly opened too much, although the scenarios for the winter had long been known. After 21 months, he simply could no longer bear the fact that he and the virologists were not listened to.
Science versus politics
Because it is precisely this conflict that breaks out with Anne Will: on the one hand, the warnings and appeals of science, on the other hand, the defensive stance, appeasement and even blame by politics.
Right at the beginning, the virologist Melanie Brinkmann makes it clear how frustrated she is in the face of her multiple warnings and appeals – and the irresponsible behavior of politicians. After Anne Will presents Markus Söder’s accusation that all virologists underestimated the force of the fourth wave, Brinkmann visibly pulls himself together and explains again what exponential growth – which is driving the pandemic – means: a drop of water falls into a football stadium – and after 42 days the stadium is already half full. The danger here is that the process will begin deceptively slow. When the virologist finally draws the link to politics, she pauses for a moment and says: “I can’t understand that. I can’t understand that. ”Twice, so that it gets across.
Anne Will wants to know whether the current resolutions could be enough to get the situation under control. Brinkmann then differentiates between the individual regions and the different incidences. In her opinion, it will not be enough in Saxony, Thuringia and Bavaria to switch to 2G, 3G and home office. In regions with few new infections, however, according to Brinkmann, it could be enough. At this point you want to jump around and shout: It could be enough. A subjunctive. It doesn’t have to be enough. Because, as is so often the case, the politicians present listen to Brinkmann’s remarks, nod – and later they will again reject any guilt for acting too late or even wrongly and look for it in others.
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