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The infectiologist Franz Allerberger, a former government adviser on Corona issues, caused a stir with his remarks in “Breakfast with me.”
The head of the AGES “Public Health” department chatted in a relaxed atmosphere at Ö3 “Breakfast with me” about the dangers of the coronavirus, the blue miracles in winter and the hope of a vaccine (reported “Today”). The infectologist also has an opinion on the mask requirement that the federal government should really not like.
The effect of the mask requirement cannot be demonstrated
“If you ask me if I can use numbers to show that wearing protective masks is beneficial, then no,” explains Allerberger in an interview with Ö3 breakfast nook Claudia Stöckl. According to the Salzburg scientist, “to this day” there is no measurable evidence that the requirement to wear a mask has the desired effect.
“The expert must say what he can prove and not what the politically responsible person wants to hear” – Allerberger
If the measure was really as good as you hoped, you must have seen when it was introduced that diseases would decrease, when it was repealed, that they would rise again, and when it was reintroduced, that they would go back down. But that was not the case.
Second lock is not necessary
“But that doesn’t mean you should stop wearing the masks. If there are a lot of people in an enclosed space, there is nothing against it. Or if someone feels safe with them, no problem. Even if the government says they can be used in buses or supermarkets, then we do it. But if you ask me, can we use the numbers to show that it is beneficial? Then I have to say no, “Allerberger told Stöckl.
Nor does he consider a second blockade necessary in any case: “I think the same objective can be achieved with softer measures.” The new findings on herd immunity are also cause for hope, says the epidemiologist: “Originally we thought we needed a contamination of 70 to 80 percent of the population to achieve herd immunity, so everything stops on its own. Values from Ischgl, Bergamo or Wuhan, for example, show that an infection rate of 42 percent could mean that people are no longer infecting each other. This is being investigated further; if true, it would lead to relaxation sooner. than we originally hoped to have. “
