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Friday 23 October 2020
Protection of the mouth and nose is a symbol hated by crown deniers. Statements by the director of the German Medical Association, who question the usefulness of the masks, are causing a stir. Then the doctor looks back at the study situation and rowed again.
Two days after I questioned the usefulness of everyday masks in the fight against the pandemic, the president of the German Medical Association, Klaus Reinhardt, rowed back. “Current evidence from various studies speaks in favor of protecting the mouth and nose,” he said. His statements caused him considerable irritation, which he very much regrets.
The president of the German Medical Association, Klaus Reinhardt, looked again at the everyday masks.
(Photo: Picture Alliance / dpa)
Reinhardt said on the ZDF talk show “Markus Lanz” Wednesday night that he was not convinced by everyday masks “because there is no real scientific evidence that they are really useful. Especially not in self protection and probably just completely little protection against the infection of others “.
Now he reversed that: “Studies indicate that both transmission to others and self-infection is reduced through everyday masks,” he said, according to the statement. In relation to the mask requirement, the doctor also spoke of a “mask requirement” in Lanz’s broadcast.
Reinhardt had been criticized for his remarks by the Marburger Bund Doctors Union. President Susanne Johna said: “This personal opinion of the President of the German Medical Association contradicts the current status of the study and is apt to discredit the evidence-based concept of minimizing infections that has been effective for months.” SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach even saw Reinhardt’s statements as a “reason for resignation.”
In a joint communication, Reinhardt and numerous representatives of medical associations, including Johna from the Marburger Bund, emphasized that the evidence speaks in favor of a benefit. “Despite all the uncertainty that still exists, the data, from the point of view of the signers, results in a clear recommendation to use oral and nasal protection,” the statement said.
