The trend in the corona numbers in Germany is currently declining. However, SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach warns of a renewed increase in the fall.
Hamburg – Tomorrow, Wednesday (September 22), it will also begin in the calendar – autumn 2021. In 2020, the season was marked by the coronavirus *. Increasing numbers of infections, restrictions and lockdowns determined everyday life. Is a similar scenario looming this year?
Corona numbers in Germany declining: Lauterbach describes the current situation as a “flash in the pan”
The number of new infections every day in Germany is currently falling. The seven-day incidence * has also recently fallen again. On Tuesday (September 21) it was 68.5 – a week ago the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value as 81.1. So the numbers are falling. And that although the corona vaccination campaign * has stalled and is stagnating.
Micky Beisenherz also takes up this point in the new episode of his podcast “Apocalypse & Filter Coffee”. Guest: SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach *. It is difficult to convey to people that “people should definitely get vaccinated” when the number of new infections * goes down at the same time, according to Beisenherz. Lauterbach describes the current situation as a “flash in the pan”.
Corona in Germany: Lauterbach warns of the “hour of truth” in autumn
“We now have the situation that the originally very high number of cases due to those returning from traveling and returning home on vacation has declined,” explains the SPD health expert. Due to the warm weather in the past few weeks, little took place inside. The weather will soon be colder, says Lauterbach. As a result, people will spend more time indoors.
“How about the wave of infections?” Is the question according to the Corona * expert. “I believe that if we don’t really step up, the number of cases will rise again,” he feared. That is also the assessment of many well-known experts, such as the Charité virologist Christian Drosten. “We are concerned that if the weather gets really cold now, the moment of truth will come,” said Lauterbach.
The SPD health expert has long been warning of an increase in the corona numbers in autumn *. Most recently, he has repeatedly positioned himself against the hasty easing of the corona measures. Lauterbach described a so-called “Freedom Day” at the end of October, as the head of the health insurance fund, Andreas Gassen, as “unreasonable”. After the Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced that he wanted to allow après-ski again this winter, he was also alarmed *. (ph) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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