Effect of the corona protection measures unclear | Health City Berlin
Friday July 1, 2022 – Author: bab
The effects and side effects of the protective measures in the Corona crisis can hardly be assessed. Prof. Hendrik Streeck explained this today in Berlin. The virologist belongs to the expert commission that should evaluate this.
The effects and side effects of the previous protective measures in the corona crisis can hardly be assessed, even from an expert point of view. This was explained by the Bonn virologist Prof. Hendrik Streeck after a report by the dpa agency. Bundles of measures were taken at the same time that could not be separated, said Streeck. He is a member of the expert commission that was commissioned by the Bundestag and the Federal Government to evaluate these. The counter-commission report today.
In general, one can say: “Every measure has its time,” Streeck continued in the agency report. So it makes sense, especially at the beginning of a pandemic, to reduce the spread in the population, he said with a view to closures and lockdown measures. The longer this takes, the smaller the effects.
Masks protect when seated
With access rules only for vaccinated, recovered or tested (3G/2G), the effects of virus variants and vaccines are dependent. In general, the protection against infection fizzles out very quickly, he made clear. Therefore, one should work with daily updated tests.
Streeck emphasized: “Masks work. You have to say that clearly.” But it is important that people also want to wear masks. The commission’s report states that an ill-fitting and not tight-fitting mask has an outstanding to effect.
Effect of the corona protective measures unclear
According to dpa, Jutta Allmendinger warned that politicians should deal with the evaluation report on the effect of the corona protection measures, even if the data situation was not optimal. It is a question of respect that the committee’s work is taken seriously, said the President of the Berlin Social Science Center.