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Everything stays the same.
Almost everything.
Anyone who had hoped for a quick end to the lockdown from the Corona summit between the federal and state governments was disappointed on Wednesday evening.
The measures to contain the pandemic in Germany were largely extended until March 7th.
Only then can a “stable” seven-day incidence of 35 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants be expected.
Only hairdressers are allowed to reopen at the beginning of the month under certain conditions.
In addition, responsibility for opening schools and day-care centers was transferred back to the federal states.
In future there will no longer be a nationwide uniform regulation.
Given the more contagious virus mutations, are the cautious easing justifiable?
Or are they not going far enough due to falling incidence?
And how effective is the vaccine against mutations?
In the evening, Sandra Maischberger drew a first balance sheet with her panel discussion.
She discussed the open questions in the studio with Tübingen's Lord Mayor Boris Palmer, the intensive care doctor Uwe Janssens, the TV presenter Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt and journalist Anna Mayr and WELT author Anette Dowideit.
The chief physician of the vaccine manufacturer Moderna, Tal Zaks, was also connected from Boston.
Where are the November aid?
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He would not have wanted to go through the crisis in any other country, stated Meyer-Burckhardt right at the beginning, before attesting some top politicians in the government to a certain lack of empathy.
“You can tell that the politicians in charge, the Chancellor, the Minister of Health and the Minister of Economic Affairs, have no children.
You have never been the manager of a company.
They don't know how you feel if your salary doesn't come when the shop is closed. "
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Meyer-Burckhardt sharply criticized the fact that only half of the aid promised at the beginning of November had been paid out.
As a politician, he would no longer dare to go public until it was dealt with.
The frustration of trade and culture
Dowideit interpreted the opening of the hairdressers as a very important psychological signal.
Nevertheless, given the unequal treatment, she could understand the great frustration of retailers and cultural workers.
“There is no rational reason not to open small shops.
It is conceived from the needs of the population.
You can replace shopping with the internet, but you don't get haircuts. "
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In a separate interview, Boris Palmer, known for his rather moderate stance towards restrictions, met Uwe Janssens.
"The fate of people whose livelihoods are being destroyed must also flow into the decisions," demanded Tübingen's mayor and pleaded for moderate relaxation and new strategies, such as comprehensive rapid tests in schools.
Germany's neighboring countries
Palmer also brought in a rethink in data protection for better tracking.
“But people in this country are stoned for such demands,” he teased.
"I can no longer explain to people that the small shop will remain closed while Aldi is crowded and Amazon is conquering the whole world."
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He pointed out that many of Germany's neighboring countries weighted the balance differently.
"We seem to be extremely focused on security with our decision to keep everything closed, but the price on the other hand is extremely high." Continuing massive encroachments on fundamental rights can only be justified by overburdened intensive care units.
"We now have triage in child and adolescent psychiatry, not in intensive care units."
The possibility of a third and fourth wave
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"The capacities of the intensive care units are not the measure of all things," warned Janssens urgently.
"When they are full, the train has already left." Low infection rates are the decisive factor in the corona pandemic.
In view of the rampant virus mutations, the doctor thought nothing of early easing.
If you talk about openings, you also have to accept the consequences, and they also include deaths and possibly a third and fourth wave.
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“I find it succinct that we have to weigh the loss of work against human life at all,” Anna Mayr was visibly outraged by Palmer's demands.
Money is overrated in such a situation.
On the other hand, new ideas are needed.
Towards the end of the broadcast, Tal Zaks was supposed to go live from Boston to give an assessment of the extent to which the vaccine he helped to develop protected against virus mutations.
However, he could not provide any really reassuring answers.
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“We are concerned,” said Zaks.
“The immune system seems to be somewhat more difficult to recognize mutants than the normal virus variants.
It would be terrible if people who had already been immunized could become infected again. "
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Zaks was confident that the vaccine could be adapted relatively quickly.
In conclusion, he ventured a cautiously optimistic forecast: “I don't have a crystal ball.
It's a global problem.
But populations with access to vaccine will be in a significantly better position next winter. "