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Renowned German virologist Hendrik Streek, director of the Bonn Institute of Virology, has strongly opposed the imposition of the new quarantine as a solution to a possible second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.
According to the British Telegraph, Streek advises all countries considering reintroducing the quarantine to calm down and not succumb to mass hysteria. “It is time to leave it and move on. We can mock the virus using our knowledge. We must realize that COVID-19 will be with us for a long time and we must learn to live with it. We cannot go on with the end of our normal life and paralyze everything ”, Streek is categorical.
The publication recalls that Professor Streek supported the first quarantine that Germany introduced. Then came shocking preliminary data from Italy and scientists were just beginning to deal with the coronavirus. In such conditions, the precautionary principle presupposes the imposition of draconian measures. But the situation changed dramatically in the coming months, according to the virologist.
According to him, the virus is now less dangerous for several reasons and the logic is that reasonable measures must be taken and the right balance must be found. “I am convinced that changes in people’s attitudes have had a strong impact on the infection. Now they are less infected due to social distance, which makes the clinical picture much more favorable.” Better hygiene and Masking measures have the effect of reducing the spread of the virus, “said the professor.
According to Streek, to monitor the development of the pandemic, it is not enough to monitor the number of newly infected, but rather to monitor data from the intensive care units of hospitals. It is now clear that massive concentrations accelerate the spread of infection, while going to the hairdresser or the store is a risk that can be controlled. It proposes the introduction of the so-called traffic light system, that is, the introduction of local measures depending on where the situation deteriorates, which regions fall into the green, yellow or red zone. The colors would indicate the occupation of the hospital capacity. Austria recently introduced a similar version, writes “Telegraph”.
In conclusion, Streek said that state authorities cannot go wrong in fighting the pandemic, as long as they rely on common sense and detailed analysis of what is the lesser evil. At this point, the pendulum has swung too far in the direction of “kovid neurosis”, which has slashed key UN programs to combat HIV and hunger in the third world, and this could lead to a large number of deaths, according to the German virologist. “Fear is often a useful reflex, but in this situation he is a bad advocate. “People have become irrational,” he concluded.
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