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AOn Wednesday, the Leopoldina Academy warned of a “difficult-to-control development of the pandemic” as temperatures drop in the fall. On Thursday, the Maybrit Illner editorial team already had a first loss of control: Tobias Hans (CDU) should have come to the fair. But that did not work. Saarland’s prime minister went into voluntary quarantine Thursday night due to contact with a corona-infected person.
The guests to the program should discuss precisely these cases: “Summer is leaving, Corona remains, will autumn become a risk?” Was the theme. So does that mean more restrictions, more party and home office bans?
In the round, Illner welcomed professor of virology Ulrike Protzer and Sibylle Katzenstein, a general practitioner in Berlin with a lot of experience in corona tests. Also invited was Ute Teichert, president of the Federal Association of Physicians of the Public Health Service.
Hans’ Corona test was negative, but the Mayor of Berlin, Michael Müller (SPD), took his place on the program. The announced Christian Lindner (FDP) was represented by his party’s general secretary, Volker Wissing.
How was the moderator?
Illner hosted a relaxed group of unemotional scientists and doctors, supplemented by the two politicians Müller and Wissing. However, they also showed little desire to insist on each other. Consequently, the moderator was rarely asked to mediate.
However, Illner made an effort to keep the conversation within the scope of the questions he asked. He did not allow repetitions of demands to pass, such as Wissing’s for more parliamentary debate: “This is the third time he complains.”
Illner’s quick Q&A ping-pong was also the victim of little verbal battles that could have developed even more tension. This is what happened in the debate between Müller and Katzenstein over the crown tests for teachers: Illner ended Illner with a simple “Then!”
Night theme
“What I don’t understand is why people find it so difficult to get tested,” said Katzenstein, thus touching on a topic that should cover the entire program: Corona rapid tests.
Katzenstein was of the opinion: “The test has to go to the patient and not the other way around.” Potentially ill people should not take the subway first, stand in line and thus spread the virus, he criticized. Another argument in favor of home testing is that target groups who currently refuse to “go to any authority” can be reached in this way, Katzenstein said.
This is where Teichert got hooked. She supports rapid tests, but noted that they should primarily benefit systemically relevant and risk groups. For those who like to party, quick tests can be used if they have enough.
Protzer gave the debate the scientific component and explained the problem with the current tests. That is not “the duration of the test itself”, but the time it takes to make an appointment with the doctor, send the material and prepare it in the laboratory. Protzer also stated that rapid tests should be performed by trained personnel. This would require additional infrastructure, which is currently not available.
Wissing saw the rapid tests as an opportunity to jumpstart the economy, because “we can’t do without everything in the long run.” This could, for example, make business trips to risky areas easier. The Secretary General of the FDP repeatedly emphasized: “The health system is also based on economic success.”
However, Protzer countered all the hype about rapid tests: more tests did not necessarily lead to fewer infected people. “I think you can’t just test this virus.”
Expert of the night
A quarter of an hour before the end of the transmission, infection researcher Michael Meyer-Hermann from Braunschweig was online. He took the opportunity to rank some numbers in circulation, such as 2,000 new infections per day.
Since they are currently increasing, “it is not really possible to say that the situation in Germany is stable.” Meyer-Hermann called for close monitoring of events to be able to intervene at an early stage and warned: “Sometimes the ship can’t move either.”
At the same time, the expert clarified: “We do not need a perfect system to control this pandemic.” There are always uninhibited protesters and partiers creating new sources of contagion. “We have to organize our measures in such a way that we can tolerate it,” said the immunologist and concluded: “Errors are part of a living society.”
The request of the night
Looking ahead to the cool autumn, Berlin doctor Katzenstein had one more wish for her mayor Müller towards the end: mushrooms versus internships. Specifically: Patio Heaters – To make the wait a little more pleasant for those waiting for a test.
Because, as Katzenstein had noted before: “People want to get tested. And the queue in front of my office is 200 meters long ”. A pragmatic solution will be found, Müller promised. Referring to other required things that were not so easy to implement, Illner was also pleased: “Okay, at least there are patio heaters.”
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