Murnau: Man just survives Covid-19 – Corona deniers are “huge on the biscuit”

• Jost Schlegtendal from Murnau is sporty, healthy – and still got seriously ill with the corona virus.
• He barely survived the virus. All the more, he lacks understanding for the corona demos.
• But he is certain: The corona deniers are in the minority.
• Everything from the region is available in the GAP newsletter.

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Murnau – Jost Schlegtendal happens to be on Tuesday Fairground cycled past. What kind of casserole is that? He asked himself. Meanwhile he knows: The „Corona-Info-Tour“ stopped in Murnau. About 300 people came. Including mask refusers, distance rule ignors, Corona deniers.

Murnauer fell ill with Covid-19 – and barely survived

It is precisely this group that “really pisses me off,” says Schlegtendal. He wants to call out to them: Stop distance! Wear yours Masks! Limit your contacts! “What is so bad about it?” If you can save lives with it.

The 66-year-old almost died. In March the lawyer had a Corona virus infected. He lay in the for 28 days Murnau Accident Clinic, twelve of them in Come on. In the Tagblatt interview at the end of May, he described his experiences, his hallucinations and his happiness. Even then he was annoyed about the nationwide demonstration;n against restrictions – freedom of expression with all due respect.

Murnau: Covid-19 survivor has no understanding of corona demos

Also in Murnau went Citizen for “a life in freedom” on the streets. A rather local event. Now those known in Germany were looking for each other Lateral thinker activists Dr. Bodo Schiffmann and preacher Samuel Eckert Murnau as a station, the market which, according to the police chief, has developed “into a small center” of the anti-corona movement. Schlegtendals home to rail against the government, corona measures and restrictions.

This point leaves Schlegtendal at a loss. “What restriction?” For himself he only says: “I’m just more at home, I don’t care.” It hits them worse younger generation. He talked about it with his three children, all in their mid-twenties. Sure: you would like to party, meet friends. Doesn’t work – and she accept the situation.

Corona in Bavaria: Schlegtendal does not understand demonstrators: “What restriction?”

Schlegtendal also thinks of the people who live in the Hotellerie and Gastronomy are busy or Retailerswho suffer massively. “The Situation sucks“- he says how it is. But: “We have to go through that now.” With a mask, with a distance, with contact restrictions. He emphasizes that again and again.

Schlegtendal is not interested in himself. He feels good, only his legs lack strength. “I couldn’t ski yet.” Otherwise: healthy. He has – even if there is no guarantee – no fearthat he is infected again. But what about other people who might fare just like him? Of course its course was an exception no doctor found one for it Explanation.

Lockdown for hospitality and retailers: “The situation sucks. We have to go through now “

Is there sporty, healthy Man that Virus almost killed would have. But his example shows: “It can affect anyone.” Schlegtendal wants to spread this message. He performs in his private environment Educational work. Tell his story. He briefly considered whether he should show up at a demonstration. With a sign: “I had Corona.”

After corona illness: Murnauer does educational work

That doesn’t work in the lateral thinker camp, he knows that. At the end of May he got into a conversation with a few of them in the pedestrian zone. To find out after five minutes: “You talk to each other, but you can’t find a common denominator.”

He stays calm. The deniers Conspiracy theorists and mask refusers he sees in the Minority. He believes 95 percent support the rules. The other five, “they are unfortunately very loud”.

Murnauer convinced: conspiracy theorists and mask refusers in the minority

After Corona meetings in Murnau, the mayor continues to believe in his citizens. “That wasn’t a Murnau event. I don’t think the Murnau people want to be system critics. “

(By Katharina Bromberger)

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