The intensive care doctor Uwe Janssens says: "We get hate mail because we are supposed to stir up fears. When we say that we will soon have over 6000 occupied intensive care beds, it means that we would stir up fears. The opposite is the case. We want to warn and protect."

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Stephan Kramer, President of the Thuringian Office for the Protection of the Constitution, also sees a steadily growing fear in Germany outside of Corona, which, according to Kramer, is not covered by reality: "We are facing a blatant divergence between actual and perceived security in the country Fears of existence, fear of loss of identity - many things play a role in the cultural and social debate. All of this contributes to the fact that we are in a permanent state of fear. "

For the photographer and war reporter Julia Leeb, fear is an integral part of her job, which often leaves deep marks: "When fear happens in a collective, it is a great consolation. That is why many of my colleagues keep going back to war zones - because they are there Bumping into like-minded people. Back in Germany they are not understood. "

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