Robert Koch Institute President Lothar Wheeler is calling for lockdown measures – and for those who have been vaccinated – and warns that the 2G Rule (access for vaccinated and sick people) is no longer enough to stem the fourth wave of the pandemic.
“If 50,000 people are infected in one day, 400 of them will die,” Wheeler told Die Zeit, adding that “everything we do today will only work in two or three weeks.” The 2G Rule, which is currently a key tool in the strategy of many state governments, “is important, but in the current situation, it is unfortunately not enough,” said Robert Koch, President of the Institute, and called for contacts to be reduced. , to cancel large events, to facilitate work from home, to reduce the number of spectators at the various shows and, above all, to completely close the “outbreaks” of infection, such as bars and clubs.
Mr Wheeler also explains that the number of unvaccinated people in Germany is around 15 million and the mobility is now much higher than last year. So the coronavirus spreads very quickly. “So we conclude that the current data on the number of cases is incomplete and that the actual number of cases is much higher,” he said.
Regarding compulsory vaccination, Mr. Wheeler argues that “such a thing would not be the right measure”, but also referred to the recommendation of the World Health Organization that “after everything has been tested and a part of the population is still does not want to be vaccinated, then compulsory vaccination should not be ruled out “. I share this view, concludes the head of “Robert Koch”.
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