Second wave? No wave? Perm!
Bonn virology professor Hendrick Streeck (42) dares an optimistic corona forecast. “I don’t think we will have a second or third wave,” said Streeck of the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung”, even though he expects more infections in autumn.
The virologist says: “I think we are in a continuous wave. A perm that goes up and down again and again. “
According to Streeck, the fact that schools will open again after the summer holidays will NOT lead to a second wave. “There is no evidence that students are more infectious than adults,” said the expert. “It looks more like they transmit fewer viruses.”
This makes Streeck sound a lot more optimistic than his virologist colleague Christian Drosten (48) from the Berlin Charité, whose study concluded that children “could be just as infectious” as adults.
On Tuesday, Drosten warned in the NDR podcast: “In two months we will have a problem if we don’t turn on all the alarm sensors again.” social cohesion. Elsewhere, Drosten said: “We already have to be very careful about developing a second wave.”
So what now?
For hygiene pope Prof. Klaus-Dieter Zastrow (70) it was already clear at the beginning of May: The second corona wave is a “fantasy”. There is no evidence of a widespread, rapid increase in infections.
Prerequisite for a stable corona position: mask requirement!
“We have no medication and no vaccine. So we have to put on the mask. This is the only way we can keep the viruses away from us, ”explains Zastrow in BILD. “Even states with a low infection rate should keep the mask requirement. It’s easy, the costs are low. “
But what about other countries?
► The number of infections in Sweden has increased again since the beginning of June. Probably because more is being tested. The death toll continues to decrease, fewer and fewer corona patients have to go to hospital.
State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell (64) sees his decision AGAINST the lockdown as confirmed. “It was as if the whole world had gone crazy,” said Tegnell of the lockdowns in other countries. He warns: “Just like medication, measures against a pandemic have side effects.”
► In Israel, which was one of the first countries to lockdown, the number of infections is even approaching its peak at the end of March. However, a new lockdown is not planned. Israel’s largest newspaper “Israel Hayom” demands: “No lockdowns, no gatherings.”
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