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Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - The aerosol researcher Gerhard Scheuch has warned against driving people with exit restrictions into the indoor areas, which are much more dangerous from an infectious point of view.
The ban on going out between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. associated with the planned federal emergency brake are counterproductive from a technical point of view, said the ex-president of the international aerosol research association on Wednesday in the morning echo of WDR 5. “When we impose curfews, we suggest the Population: Attention!
It's dangerous outside.
But the exact opposite is the case.
If people stay indoors, it's dangerous. "
Leading aerosol researchers from Germany had therefore already called for a change of course in an open letter to the federal and state governments.
The scientists resisted “that one suddenly catastrophizes“ outside ”,” explained Scheuch.
Blockages on the banks of the Rhine, jogging with a mask, closed parks or a ban on going out for a walk or a cigarette in the evening from a possibly cramped apartment in the fresh air are "absurd measures".
Instead, citizens should be allowed to go outside.
Corona infections are "an indoor problem," emphasized the aerolsol researcher.
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Scheuch recommended that those who absolutely have to meet other people should strictly limit the number and keep the meetings short.
"Every hour longer meeting together indoors is very, very dangerous."
Most of them still don't realize that.
Lessons in schools are only possible with a combination of protective measures: ventilation, room filters, putting on masks, short teaching times and large rooms.
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Position paper and open letter from the Society for Aerosol Research