Corona-News: “Freedom Day” soon in Germany? Lauterbach brakes – and also explains the reason

The virologist Christian Drosten finds the nationwide vaccination quota insufficient – the restaurateurs suffer in the dispute over them, according to their association. Four employees at a vaccination center were arrested. The news ticker.

Update from September 29th, 6.30 p.m .: Due to the corona vaccinations, the 3G rule and the examples of other countries, the voices in Germany after the so-called “Freedom Day” are louder – from this date all measures to protect against the corona virus should be to be dropped. Health expert Karl Lauterbach doesn’t see us that far. The vaccination rate is still too low. “Freedom Day doesn’t make sense because then we would have to accept a reduction in life expectancy. In Germany, too, we will have rising case numbers again in the next few weeks. We have too many unvaccinated people, ”he tweeted.

He was referring to a graph from England and Wales that shows that there has been an excess of mortality in the population for the past eleven weeks. According to the original tweet, the autumn wave in Great Britain would only start now, there is talk of “complete suppression of reality”. In England and Wales, Freedom Day was proclaimed on July 10th. Should Germany follow suit in the near future, the experts around Lauterbach also fear excess mortality in this country

Lauterbach also agreed with the virologist Christian Drosten. “In a few weeks, the number of cases will probably rise again. If we want to prevent this we have to implement 2G rules and give more incentives for vaccination, ”warned the SPD man. Corona expert Hendrik Streeck had stated that he was a bit more optimistic than Drosten that the vaccination rate in Germany was not that bad.

Update from September 29, 11 a.m.: Four employees of a vaccination center were arrested in Aachen. There is a suspicion that they may have fraudulently acquired original documents, said a police spokeswoman on Wednesday. The investigation should give more details. On Tuesday afternoon there was a police operation in the vaccination center of the Association of Health Insurance Physicians.

Two of the four arrested people were noticed because they went with backpacks from the vaccination center to a car. The suspects’ homes and the car were then searched. The “Aachener Nachrichten” reported.

Corona in Germany: Drosten sounds the alarm – hosts report severe consequences with 2G decision

Original notification dated September 29, 2021 : Berlin – The house rights are held by the person who owns the shop. But with “2G” he or she does not make himself popular. Because it means that unvaccinated people have to stay outside. The evidence is anecdotal, but anecdotes are easy to remember. The industry association of restaurateurs now indirectly confirms the impression.

According to his assessment, many restaurateurs use the option of only allowing people who have been vaccinated and recovered from corona in their restaurants, not to avoid disputes with those who do not want to be vaccinated. Dehoga CEO Ingrid Hartges told the RND newspapers on Wednesday. Several federal states allow operators to forbid non-vaccinated people from entering their restaurants.

Dispute over “2G”: “Debate on the back of the catering industry”

“The hostility that innkeepers experience is sometimes intense,” said Hartges from everyday life. The innkeepers did not want any controversial discussions in front of the restaurant entrance with the guests who had not been vaccinated and showed no understanding for the entrepreneur’s decision. “In the opinion of many of our member companies, the optional 2G rule serves in particular to increase the vaccination rate. So they feel like a controversial debate is being carried out on their backs, ”she added.

It is correct that clubs and discos in some places would even be given the opportunity to finally reopen with the 2G rule, said Hartges. There are also advantages for small restaurants, for example, because distance rules and thus capacity restrictions do not apply if only vaccinated and convalescent people are allowed in.

Corona numbers in Germany: Incidence is increasing, Drosten warns of autumn

The nationwide 7-day incidence of new corona infections has meanwhile increased slightly. According to the latest RKI figures from Wednesday morning, it is now 61.0 (previous day: 60.3). 11,780 new infections and 67 deaths were recorded within 24 hours.

The virologist Christian Drosten considers the current calming of the corona numbers to be a temporary phenomenon. It can already be seen that in eastern German federal states the incidence is apparently picking up speed again regardless of the end of the holiday. “I think there are now signs of the autumn and winter waves that we will probably see again in October,” said the scientist from the Berlin Charité in the current episode of the podcast “Coronavirus Update” at NDR-Info.

The previous increase in the incidence was due in particular to testing in schools after the end of the summer vacation and imported cases – and, according to Drosten’s assessment, was not necessarily the start of the winter wave.

Closing the vaccination gaps must be a goal for society as a whole, stressed Drosten. It is important to convince people who have not yet been vaccinated or to get them to get vaccinated in some other way. This is no longer a scientific task, but a political one. The virologist assessed the current vaccination progress as inadequate. (dpa / frs) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA