How dominant the fear of risk is is shown in the fetishization of the incidence value 50, i.e. an infection of no more than 0.05 percent of the population within seven days. In view of the low mortality and age-specific threat, the decisive benchmark should be the utilization of the intensive care units. Nevertheless, Angela Merkel and the prime ministers carry the incidence like a monstrance in front of them, and we follow the daily proclamation of the new values ​​in the news and become restless when the red on the charts becomes too dark.