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Almost eleven million views in seven days: In an Instagram video, Sat.1 presenter Marlene Lufen speaks about the psychological and physical consequences of the lockdown.

A post that has not only been seen and shared many times, but also commented on more than 30,000 times.

“I'm trying to put something into words that has been on my mind for a very long time,” the 50-year-old begins the video.

She has not been able to sleep well for a long time.

“I have the feeling that in two or three years we will look back at that time and think: We did it wrong.

The lockdown was the wrong thing we could have done.

At least over such a long period of time. "

In 14 minutes, Lufen addresses social problems that the lockdown has caused or exacerbated - but which, in her opinion, receive too little attention.

To do this, she phoned many people and read studies.

When she reads out the results, her voice fails - and the attention that the video still has days later makes it clear that she has hit a nerve.

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In the Charité's violence clinic, there were 23 percent more cases of violence against children in the first half of 2020, explains Lufen.

"In 2020, 461,000 children voted for the 'number against sorrow'.

Online advice alone had an increase of 31 percent over the previous year. "

The “Youth Notmail” and the “Online Youth and Parent Advice” have also seen increases since March 2020 by 50 percent at times.

She continues to talk about the rise in mental illness, anorexia, and depression.

The post went viral.

There was a lot of praise, also from Corona deniers.

At the same time, critics spoke up: Lichten's argument was limping, she did not name an alternative to lockdown, those affected felt that she had been instrumentalized by her, the figures were not properly researched.

“Der Volksverpetzer” even published a fact check.

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Shortly afterwards, Lufen was invited to discuss "Stern TV" with the SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach.

“So many who are mentally atrophied!” Lufen said, among other things, accusing Lauterbach of scaring people with the descriptions of apocalyptic scenes.

Sat.1 is now taking the discussion as an occasion and broadcasting a special on Monday evening.

Guests at the live talk "Marlene Lufen: Germany in Lockdown" include:

  • Dr.

    Karella Easwaran

    (specialist in pediatric and adolescent medicine)

  • Charis Krüger

    (suffers from depression, founded a self-help group in 2016)

  • Alexander Löher

    (district student representative of the grammar schools in Upper Bavaria-West and board member of the Munich city student council)

  • Tim Raue

    (star chef)

  • Manuela Kraft

    (the employee of an outpatient care service is connected live)

  • Julia Reinhardt

    (head of the perpetrator facility "Contra Domestic Violence" in Rhineland-Palatinate)

Ultimately, the talk will probably be about the question of whether the consequences of the pandemic can be offset in this way.

At a time when many figures are based on extrapolations and assumptions, this will be difficult to answer.