Doctor and politician Wolfgang Wodarg sees scaremongering in dealing with the corona virus. Now chief virologist Christian Drosten counters the criticism and finds clear words.
- The new type of corona virus is spreading more and more.
- However, there is a belief that the virus is not as bad as often claimed.
- Chief virologist Christian Drosten now contradicts this view in clear terms.
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Berlin – The Novel Corona virus* is spreading worldwide. Italy is the worst hit in Europe. But the virus is now spreading more and more in Austria and Germany. Bavaria* and now the Federal Republic has therefore already taken drastic measuresthat restrict public life in many areas.
Nevertheless, in some places there are still View that the novel corona virus is not that bad, as often claimed. The doctor is a prominent supporter of this thesis Wolfgang Wodarg. One of his YouTube videos is currently haunting the web. Now the prominent virologist reacts Christian Drosten on the theses of Wodarg – and it becomes clear.
Corona virus “nothing special”? Wodarg caused a sensation with theses
According to Wolfgang Vodargs – Politician and pulmonologist – is the novel Coronavirus is less dangerous than is widely reported. In interviews and above all a YouTube video, which is currently widely shared on social media, Wodarg describes the current one reaction on the virus as Scaremongering. In his view, corona viruses have always existed.
Coronaviruses have also always been found in seven to 15 percent of people with flu symptoms. “So it is nothing special that there are new corona viruses now. But that doesn’t mean that they are more dangerous than others, ”Wodarg said in an interview on the ZDF program“ Frontal21 ”.
Clarifies in the current podcast episode @c_drosten about statements by Dr. Wolfang Wodarg too # SARSCoV2 that have been heavily discussed in the media in recent days. # COVID19 @NDRinfo https://t.co/DffthtBcpA
– Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (@ChariteBerlin) March 18, 2020
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Drosten reacts to coronavirus theses: “That’s right” – but …
Christian became in his daily podcast with NDR Drosten*, Head of virology at the Charité in Berlin, confronted with the Wodargs theses and responded clearly. First of all, Drosten confirms some figures that Wodarg mentions: “That’s right, there are of course four coronaviruses in the human population. They occur seasonally, especially when the flu is on. And the frequency is roughly right, ”said Drosten in the NDR. But: “They have nothing to do with the new corona virus.”
What is new, according to Drosten, is above all that the novel corona virus is now known as pandemic* coming to us, so that’s it very many infections at the same time give. In addition, the course of the disease in the new virus is different from that in the previous corona viruses. Then Drosten goes into another Wodarg thesis. After that they would Death numbers* the new virus does not attract any attention at all in the overall mortality of the populationif you are not specifically looking for it. There are too few for that.
Corona death rate – Drosten: “But you can’t compare it all”
Drosten also agrees on this point at the present time. In comparison to the overall mortality rate, the dead would hardly be of any importance due to the new corona virus. But Drosten clearly says: “But you can’t compare all of that.” In addition, this picture will change soon.
In Germany, Drosten is currently on the rising side of the infection curve, who explains further: “If we don’t do anything now – drastically and drastically – it will go on and we have a problem in June or July. Then we have an effect on lethality, i.e. the number of people who die anyway. And you will not only see this in the statistics, but you will see it in the hospitals. These patients will then no longer be able to be treated and they will die. That is now the case in Italy. ”
In addition, several people have now died of the new corona virus within a few weeks. The overall mortality rate usually refers to one year, that is, to a much longer period. That is why it is so difficult to compare the numbers.
Wodarg’s view that the new corona virus is not that bad is what Drosten calls the “displacement mechanism” and continues: “There are of course different ways to deal with this situation. One is now to make steep theses public and say: none of this exists at all ”.
In general, Drosten says that Germany is now on the right track in dealing with the virus. However, he also says: “Many have not yet understood this. You can still see a lot of people handling it fairly carelessly. ”He sees people in the middle of Berlin and sitting in the bars. The virologist says: “This should stop now”.
Meanwhile, in Corona times, a new social action is being established in Germany that shows cohesion among the population. In the meantime, the situation in Austria is exacerbated by the corona virus. All of Tyrol is under quarantine. Meanwhile, Spain reports alarming numbers. The situation is also becoming more serious in Great Britain and a real catastrophe could threaten in Africa.
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* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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