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Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) is confident that if the corona numbers drop further, there can be easing from mid-February.

But you can't start all the easing at once because there would be too much mobility, he said on Friday evening in an online forum on the situation in Saxony.

“It's only possible step by step.” At times, 800 people took part in the forum directed by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) via Zoom, Facebook and Youtube.

The tone on social media was largely factual.

The head of government had previously been criticized for engaging in talks with deniers of the corona pandemic and other critics of restrictions.

"I know that there are people who cannot be reached," he said on Friday.

There are also people who have questions and legitimate concerns.

"I think we should take every opportunity to explain what we do." One also has to admit mistakes.

It is also possible that people would change their point of view if they had different facts.

It should be about drawing the right conclusions from the development.

Kretschmer spoke out in favor of a comprehensive processing of the crisis.

“The time will come - I think it is not far at all - when we have to talk about what has that done to us (...).

After this crisis, I think Germany has to go to the couch.

We have to process that, we have to pronounce it, ”he said.

The long-term strategy of getting out of the restrictions is about gradually getting things going again.

Mutations in the virus would make this difficult.

He can only hope that society can take it.

One must learn from this crisis.

It is "a test that this generation has to face".

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Two doctors, the head of a nursing home and the mayor of Zittau, Thomas Zenker, also took part in the online forum, which was moderated by the Saxon KAS regional representative, Joachim Klose.

Thomas Grünewald, head of the Saxon vaccination commission, agreed the people patiently.

Pandemics could last up to five years and come with five, six, or seven waves, he said.

One wants to counteract this with the vaccinations.

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